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We sat down with Tema Staig, the woman behind Women In Media, who has been pushing for the acknowledgement and hiring of women in the film industry.
Audio-visual media have become intertwined. For both to survive in a digital age, cooperation between TV and cinema has become a go-to strategy.
High Noon, though premiering in 1952, is a film that has great significance today, expressing the strength and power of individual will.
We sat down with Kaci Smith to talk about her animation work on Kubo and the Two Strings, working as a rotoscope and digital paint artist.
The Film Inquiry team went back through the history of the Academy Awards, and selected our personal favorites out of the many nominations.
Lion will likely be overlooked at this year’s Oscars; with its inspiring heart-wrenching true story, though, it is still worth watching.
Gentleman’s Agreement is not merely an indictment of anti-Semitism, but a film that also “agrees” with the domestic concerns of its day.
With a series of incredibly eclectic films, the Death Wish franchise is one of the most unique action franchises to ever exist.
Arrival and Hell or High Water are both allegorical, effective films from last year, yet they also tend to state their themes too bluntly.
Introducing the new Film Inquiry YouTube video series Decipher, with Laura Birnbaum, where we will be using history, literature, art, and film to translate the hidden meanings within the films we love.
Alfred Hitchc*ck is famous not only for his masterful films, but for the sometimes harmful ways that he would treat his leading ladies.
We spoke with Kirsten Johnson, director of the documentary Cameraperson, how she became a cameraperson herself, and about her inspirations.
Abbas Kiarostami was an Iranian filmmaker that was part of the Iranian New Wave, a movement concerning self-reflexive and humanistic films.
Paul Thomas Anderson deeply cares about his characters, and the world that surrounds them. These themes are front and centre in The Master.
Nora Ephron had some very strange ideas about feminism and femininity, and today we pick apart You’ve Got Mail to prove it.
