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ASSASSIN Review: When Good Action Meets Bad Balance

Introduction I really dislike a movie that does not know what it is. Is it an action film, a comedy, a drama? Sometimes a film...

NORMAL Review: It’s All Over Our Faces

Introduction In a movie like Normal, you can't help but smile some of the time. Not because it's a well-written movie. Not because of stand-out...

Art House New York: An Interview With Allason Leitz, Co-Founder Of The “People’s Film Festival”

Introduction There’s a familiar story doing the rounds: cinemas are dying, audiences have moved on, and the magic of the big screen is fading into...

TRUE ROMANCE (1993) – A 30th Anniversary Retrospective

Introduction In the Summer of 1993, most of the cinema-viewing world was fixated on dinosaurs, of the Jurassic kind. However, just a year earlier, another...

THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA (1937) – A Retro Review

Cinema Scholars presents a retro review for the 1937 Best Picture Oscar-winning biography The Life of Emile Zola. Directed by William Dieterle and starring...

THE AVENGERS: The Emma Peel Years (1965-1968)

Introduction The first three seasons of the ITV spy series The Avengers aired from 1961-1964. It was very popular in the UK, but because it...

The Five Greatest Concert Films Of All Time!

Introduction To be a truly iconic rock or pop documentary feature, you need to do more than just show a band or performer playing on...

THE DIVE: Director Maximilian Erlenwein Talks About His New Thriller

Introduction  Cinema Scholars interviews Maximilian Erlenwein, writer/director of the new survival thriller The Dive which will be available In Theaters and Everywhere You Rent Movies...