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 Jessica Brown Findlay. Mother Mary will be released in theaters everywhere on April 24, 2026. 

Like most girls, I grew up attending we...

If Part I of our series was the story of an ascent, then Part II is the story of orbit. Join us as we explore how the Sherman Brothers moved from promising in-house talents to the center of Disney’s musical identity! By the mid-1960s, they weren’t simply writing songs; they were writing the soundtrack to our collective childhoods.

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Cinema Scholars offers the final installment of our coverage from the SXSW Film & TV Festival 2026, taking a look at three very different romantic comedies: The Sun Never Sets, Chasing Summer, and

In the spring of 1996, a vibrant, pastel-hued whirlwind touched down in South Beach, Miami, and changed the landscape of mainstream American comedy forever. Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Elaine May, The Birdcage was more than just a remake of the 1978 French classic La Cage aux Folles....

As anyone who’s watched the 2015 Polish horror/musical masterpiece The Lure can attest, mermaids are supposed to be scary. They’re not humans with fish tails – they’re monsters of the deep. This appears to be the understanding of writer/director Tyle...