Benjamin Franz

Benjamin Franz is a research librarian and film scholar with the University of Houston Clear Lake. He greatly enjoys the strange, deranged, and depraved in Cinema. Also the screwball; can't forget screwball. Comedy is life.

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Way Down Low

Omar Rogers excels at slice-of-life films. With his latest Way Down Low, he...

By Benjamin Franz in Homepage Reviews • Aug 20, 2026

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SubHysteria 2026

Amongst the worst fears New Yorkers have expressed to me during my 12-year...

By Benjamin Franz in Homepage Reviews • Aug 19, 2026

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What Only Cicadas See

Brad Courtemanche has a fascinating and devious imagination. In his first...

By Benjamin Franz in Homepage Reviews • Jul 30, 2026

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