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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...

MAGNUM, P.I. (1980-1988) – How Tom Selleck Transformed Television

Introduction The rebooted Magnum P.I. (2018-2023), starring Jay Hernandez, was a good and fun series. Hernadez was a charismatic and engaging lead. Further, Perdita Weeks...

Review: MOTHER MARY Is A Stylized Rock Opera Thriller With Horror Sensibilities

Cinema Scholars reviews David Lowery's new music thriller Mother Mary, starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel. The film co-stars FKA Twigs, Kaia Gerber, and...

WICKED Review: A Discovery Of Witches

Introduction I’m not a big fan of origin stories featuring villains. They always start out with the villain being good and, later, either being misunderstood...

The Making Of E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

If it weren't for a pair of decisions by Steven Spielberg in the late 1970s/early 1980s E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) would have never made...

OKIE: We Meet The Creative Team Behind The New Indie Drama!

Introduction In Okie, Louie, an acclaimed writer, returns to his dilapidated hometown after his father’s death. Confronted with a deluge of people from his past,...

RED ONE Review: On Johnson, On Evans, On Liu, And On Simmons!

Introduction Do you know what I expect out of a Dwayne Johnson led film? Very little. Do you know what I expect out of a...

NOBODY’S FOOL (1994) – A 30th Anniversary Retro Review

Introduction In one of his final starring roles, Paul Newman proves, once again, his uncanny ability to turn what would otherwise be an unlikeable and...