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Fantastic Fest 2026: The Director Of THE SQUIRREL Talks About His Sweet Sci-Fi Charmer

Cinema Scholars is back with more coverage of Fantastic Fest 2026 and an interview with Markus Lehmusruusu, director of The Squirrel. The Squirrel, a...

Fantastic Fest 2026 Coverage: Two Days Full Of Horror!

Introduction I love Fantastic Fest! It is my favorite eight days of the year. Every year, I walk into the festival carrying this massive amount...

RESIDENT EVIL (2026) Review: Never Thought I Would See The Day

Introduction My first memory of the Resident Evil video game franchise goes all the way back to my college years. I was in a friend's...

WANNABE: ALL WASHED UP: A Roundtable Interview With The Mockumentary Makers

Introduction Hollywood loves comeback stories. Few, however, are quite as gloriously awkward or as hilariously self-inflicted as Wannabe: All Washed Up. Twenty years after Richard...

GAIL DAUGHTRY AND THE CELEBRITY SEX PASS Review: This Is What They Mean By A Crime Against Film

Introduction The concept of the celebrity sex pass was popularized on an episode of Friends. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, a celebrity...

AUTONOMOUS: Kyle Valle And Erin Áine Talk About Their Groundbreaking ‘Micro Horror’

Introduction Independent filmmaking has always been about embracing limitations and transforming them into opportunities. Whether it's stretching a budget, building creatures from scratch, or experimenting...

THE ODYSSEY: A Review Of Christopher Nolan’s Latest Epic!

Introduction Christopher Nolan has become a generational storyteller and filmmaker. His films have explored superheroes through The Dark Knight Trilogy, science fiction through Interstellar (2014)...

THE TOWN THAT TAKES: An Interview With Writer/Director Britt Bankhead And Star Grace Patterson

Introduction Horror has always been at its most unsettling when it taps into stories that feel older than memory itself. Long before masked killers stalked...