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The 18th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, running from April 24 to May 5, is set with the world premiere of Academy Award-winning director Roger Ross Williams and HBO’s feature documentary Apollo. The fi...

Pre-Production. What's the big deal?

How did Marvel Studios become the most successful movie franchise in film history? It certainly didn't happen overnight. The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is the product of 80 years' worth of succes...

She’s running. The bad guys are close behind her. She sees a motorcycle that she can use for her to get away. She hops on, gets it started, and right before she can take off, the director yells “CUT!”...

The other day I decided to open Twitter because for some reason I convinced myself that would be a valuable way to use my time. I was greeted by a large picture of Spielberg and the headline "Film fan...

“Film criticism (like any other form of art criticism) is important because it helps inform filmgoers about any given film and whether it's worth their time. It also informs filmmakers as well, allowi...

Often I am told that the reason most films to hit the box office are flops is that the market now is tailored towards an international audience. This might be so, but the question that I have is, "Why...

We’ve all heard of it before, the plot device, the McGuffin, or the Deux Ex Machina. It’s that one story element that the protagonists are searching for, trying to activate, kill for, or even destroy....

Sunday’s 76th Golden Globes had one of the most interesting slate of winners yet. Between Alfonso Cuaron’s win as Best Director for Roma, Olivia Colman’s big win as Best Actress in The Favourite, and ...

Dear Vocal Readers, Oh, Hollywood, one of the most unoriginal things in today's society. Not only has Hollywood failed us when it comes to creating new and exciting content, but it also screws up the ...

2008's Iron Man was an incredible surprise to those who saw a failing Marvel Studios whose assets had been scattered make this dark horse of a superhero film that was entirely character centric. It wa...

The mystery and intrigue dripping from the screen is what is at the crux of the Amazon Video series Homecoming. Based on the podcast by Micah Bloomberg and Eli Horowitz, the show is an eerie, slightly...

There is an undeniable trend happening in the Broadway world right now. If you’ve seen a critically acclaimed movie recently, chances are you’ll see it again on the Broadway stage. This trend started ...

Cable is no longer relevant. Thanks, largely to younger viewers choosing instead to stream their shows. This allows them to choose what they want to watch, when they want to watch it, and they can eve...

Whether you're a cinema-goer, a film critic, or you're working on your own independent project, it is highly important to invest in independent cinema. Here are the reasons why.

Western entertainment media is feeling more and more pressure to be more diverse in ethnicity than it has been for decades. For the most part I’m behind this notion as it’s important that acting talen...

I taught my first high school drama class in 1993. Back then, I was an English teacher with one year as a performance major at Kent State University and a few weeks of experience as technical director...

We all know that superheroes are the root for younger audiences in the cinema world. Each superhero has their own perk, their own backstory, and many kids love an action-packed good guy. However, ther...