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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...

JUDGE DREDD (1995): 30 Years Of Breaking The Law Of Staying True To Your Source!

Introduction Judge Dredd is a British science fiction comic book character, created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra, first appearing in the second...

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST: 50 Years Of Madness

Introduction In the pantheon of American cinema, few films have left as indelible a mark as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. Released in 1975,...

JURASSIC WORLD REBIRTH Review – More Like Afterbirth

Introduction Does anyone get excited for the birth of their fourth child? Or seventh? Or is it more like that feeling you get when you...

Scholars’ Spotlight: Rudolph Valentino

Early Years Rodolfo Alfonso Raffaello Pierre Filiberto Guglielmi di Valentina d'Antonguolla, who would be known professionally as Rudolph Valentino, was born on May 6, 1895,...

The Rise And Fall Of The Hollywood Studio System – Part 1: The Golden Machine 1927–1939

Introduction The curtain rose on a new age of Hollywood cinema in 1927, when The Jazz Singer shattered the silence of motion pictures with Al...