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THE END OF OAK STREET Review: A Summer Movie From Another Time

Introduction From the moment the soundtrack starts in David Robert Mitchell’s The End of Oak Street, I felt a certain sense of nostalgia. This movie...

QUENTIN TARANTINO: What’s Next For One Of Hollywood’s Greatest Directors?

Introduction Almost 35 years into his career, Quentin Tarantino remains one of the most distinctive and influential filmmakers of the modern era. Emerging from the...

The Stork Club: Old Hollywood’s New York Hangout

Introduction From 1929 until 1965, the famed New York City establishment, The Stork Club, was one of the world's premier nightclubs. Here, movie stars mingled...

AMERICAN BABY: A Review Of The Teen Pregnancy Festival Darling

Cinema Scholars reviews the teenage pregnancy drama American Baby, directed by Ellen Rodnianski. The film won the Audience Award last fall at the Austin...

ASK E. JEAN: Director Ivy Meeropol On Her New Documentary, Silence, Survival, and Social Justice

Introduction There’s a moment early in Ask E. Jean where you completely forget where the story is heading. Before the lawsuits, before the deposition footage,...

THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU Review: Just Like Old Times

Introduction Did you know it's been seven years since the last Star Wars movie (The Rise of Skywalker) was released? It's hard to believe, but...

SACCHARINE Review: A Mixed Message Among the Horror

Introduction Despite a commitment to gross-out horror included with food, Natalie Erika James' Saccharine eventually falls victim to its own ideas. While it tries to...

DOCTOR WHO: THE MOVIE (1996): A 30 Year Reflection On The Doctor’s Attempted Revival

Introduction Thirty years ago, on May 14, 1996, a blue box materialized in a place it had rarely frequented: the gleaming, high-budget landscape of American...