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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The Rumperbutts

Comedic rock musicals are a challenging form of film to get right. On top of...

By Benjamin Franz in Homepage Reviews • Feb 10, 2022

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I Am Samuel

Peter Murimi's I Am Samuel continues the recent trend of successful...

By Benjamin Franz in Homepage Reviews • Feb 09, 2022

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Melancolia

Writer/director Jorge Xolapa's Melancolia explores what must be the most...

By Benjamin Franz in Homepage Reviews • Feb 08, 2022

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