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Column: An Open Invitation to Pedro Almodóvar from a Netflix Subscriber (and Spanish Film Fan)
Dear Pedro, Your conservative stance concerning Netflix at the Cannes Film Festival last week came as a surprise, especially from the...


Contemporary Norwegian Film and French Classic Take on Same Novel
Sometimes a film manages to completely capture a specific place and time, yet simultaneously feel universal -- a story that is so...


Column: Nollywood Brings African Stories to the World
Here's some global movie trivia for you: What's the world's largest film producer outside of Hollywood and India's Bollywood? Ever heard...


Column: A Tale of Two Cannes
When film industry magazine Screen International broke a story at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday about a group of middle-aged women...


Column: Oscars vs. Box Office
A reported 36.6 million people watched the Oscars last weekend, less than previous years but still more than the entire population of many countries. Even so, I can count on one hand the number of my students who say they bother to watch the ceremony. Have the Oscars lost their relevance? That seems to be the takeaway of many commentators after last weekend's awards. Even beyond the much-publicized controversy concerning the overwhelming "whiteness" of this year's nominees,
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