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Staff Inquiry: Tis The Season - Film Inquiry's Holiday Traditions
Staff Inquiry: Tis The Season – Film Inquiry’s Holiday Traditions

Everyone here at Film Inquiry has their preferred way of integrating movies into the holiday season, and this month we’ve decided to share the ones we’ve built well-loved traditions around.

Anarchic Cinema: An Introduction To Embracing The Inner Chaos Of Movies
Anarchic Cinema: An Introduction To Embracing The Inner Chaos Of Movies

Matthew Roe introduces Anarchic Cinema, the beginning of a new series focusing on the evolution of art from the obvious to the complex.

Is The Slasher Genre Dead?
Is The Slasher Genre Dead?

We examine the history and trends of the slasher horror sub-genre, and whether it is still as popular in modern times as it was in the past.

Staff Inquiry: It's Good To Be Bad - Our Favorite Villains
Staff Inquiry: It’s Good To Be Bad – Our Favorite Villains

They are the scoundrels, the miscreants, the agents of chaos, and you can’t keep your eyes off them: these are our favorite villains!

Staff Inquiry: Horror Films That Terrified Us
Staff Inquiry: Horror Films That Terrified Us

It’s almost Halloween, so the Film Inquiry writers tell about the films that truly scared them. Even traumatised them.

HELL HOUSE LLC: DIRECTOR'S CUT: Breaking The Found-Footage Curse
HELL HOUSE LLC: DIRECTOR’S CUT: Breaking The Found-Footage Curse

Despite belonging in the overdone sub-genre of found footage, Hell House LLC manages to just stand out amongst the masses.

Paul Haggis
Exclusive Interview With Paul Haggis, Honoree Of Mallorca International Film Festival

Alex Arabian spoke with Paul Haggis, writer of Oscar winning films such as Crash and Million Dollar Baby, and honoree of EMIFF.

VICTORIA & ABDUL: As Twee But Warm As They Come
VICTORIA & ABDUL: As Twee But Warm As They Come

Prepare to be utterly charmed by Stephen Frears’ Victoria & Abdul, a warm, twee film that gives movies for senior audiences a good name.

Staff Inquiry: Our Favorite Years Of Cinema
Staff Inquiry: Our Favorite Years Of Cinema

Our latest Staff Inquiry deals with our favorite years in cinema, and our picks ranged from classic Hollywood to more modern day.

Aronofsky Or Turn It Off-ski - REQUIEM FOR A DREAM Gets The Take Two Treatment
Aronofsky Or Turn It Off-ski – REQUIEM FOR A DREAM Gets The Take Two Treatment

In the latest of our Take Two series, we tackle Requiem for a Dream, the drug-fueled nightmare that launched Darren Aronofsky into stardom.

STRONGER: An Interview With Jake Gyllenhaal
STRONGER: An Interview With Jake Gyllenhaal

Alex Arabian attended a private screening and Q&A of Stronger. This is the video and transcription of the interesting talk with Jake Gyllenhaal.

Interview With SCHOOL LIFE Director Neasa Ni Chianáin
“There’s Always Little Pockets Of Light, And I Think It’s Important To Tell Those Stories.” Interview With SCHOOL LIFE Director Neasa Ni Chianáin

Writer Arlin Golden sat down and talked with Neasa Ni Chianáin, director of the upcoming Irish documentary School Life.

Save MOTHER!, Please
Save MOTHER!, Please

mother!, Darren Aranofsky’s polarizing film, is doing poorly at the box office – just what does that mean for the future of studios?

Dinner With Dames #10, With Byron Willinger (Recap)
Dinner With Dames #10, With Byron Willinger (Recap)

For Dinner With Dames #10, Cinefemme gathered a group of women filmmakers to dine with Byron Willinger, writer of The Commuter.

Staff Inquiry: Director's Cinematic Worlds We Want To Inhabit
Staff Inquiry: Director’s Cinematic Worlds We Want To Inhabit

In our latest collaboration, we discuss cinematic worlds we want to live in, ranging from John Ford’s Westerns to Jacques Demy’s musicals.