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Austin Film Festival: Tyler Savage On ODDITIES, Genre Mashups, And Working With Adrienne Barbeau

Cinema Scholars interviews Tyler Savage, writer/director of the horror film Oddities, which celebrated its Texas Premiere at the Austin Film Festival. Oddities stars Lilimar,...

WICKER Review: The Most Human Man In Town Isn’t Human

Introduction I recently reviewed the first two episodes of Mike Flanagan’s new production of Carrie. One of the central themes of Carrie is the cruelty...

Austin Film Festival: A Chat With PETUNIA Director Alec C. Cohen And Star Charlie McDermott

Cinema Scholars interviews Petunia writer/director Alec C. Cohen and star Charlie McDermott at the Austin Film Festival. The film celebrated its world premiere at...

The Making of TOUCH OF EVIL (1958)

Badge of Evil In the spring of 1956, Whit Masterson's crime novel, Badge of Evil, became a modest hit upon its release. The book garnered...

THE LONG WALK Review: Walk It Off

Introduction By sheer coincidence, I attended a screening of The Long Walk just two days after walking around Disney World for three days. If you...

BACK TO THE FUTURE Turns 40: Revisiting A Classic

Introduction When Back to the Future premiered on July 3, 1985, no one could have predicted it would become one of the defining films of...

The American Spy Shows Of The Swinging Sixties

Introduction During the mid-1960s, the spy craze of movies and television was taking off. This was primarily thanks to the James Bond franchise exploding on...

ZOMBIECON VOL. 1: Filmmakers Kyle Valle and Erin Áine Talk About Their Horror-Comedy!

Introduction Rocket, Punkie, Javier, and Claire are a group of cosplaying best friends who must constantly battle assholes and a closed-minded society just to do...