fantasy

"Imagination Always Runs Retrograde": Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez on INVENTION
“Imagination Always Runs Retrograde”: Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez on INVENTION

Documentarian Courtney Stephens and actress Callie Hernandez join Film Inquiry to discuss “Invention.”

PINK NARCISSUS: A Queer Underground Classic Resurfaces
PINK NARCISSUS: A Queer Underground Classic Resurfaces

Now newly restored in 4K, Pink Narcissus has returned to hypnotize viewers and remind us of the undeniable impact Bidgood’s had on queer art and culture.

SXSW Film Festival 2025: GOOD BOY, REDUX, REDUX & MERMAID
SXSW Film Festival 2025: GOOD BOY, REDUX, REDUX & MERMAID

At the 2025 SXSW Film Inquiry takes a look at Good Boy, Redux, Redux & Mermaid.

A Knight’s War: Dark, Spellbinding Fantasy
A Knight’s War: Dark, Spellbinding Fantasy

A Knight’s War blends classic fantasy motifs and adding a dark, unique edge that’s visually gripping.

Sundance 2025: Didn’t Die and Rains Over Babel
Sundance 2025: Didn’t Die and Rains Over Babel

Though these two films, “Didn’t Die” and “Rains Over Babel,” are very different stories, they are tied together by ideas of mortality.

How to Train Your Dragon (2025): Trailer
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (2025): TRAILER

It feels as if all the tools are in place for a live-action How To Train Your Dragon to stick the landing at the box office.

The End: Trailer
THE END: TRAILER

If Neon can stick the landing, The End has potential to be a breakout indie hit and a generational film of 2024.

TUESDAY: We Need More Original Films Like This
TUESDAY: We Need More Original Films Like This

Tuesday was a beautiful and moving film, if you haven’t seen it, you need to and you need to tell five friends to do the same.

THE CROW: An Exercise In Why
THE CROW: An Exercise In Why

The Crow struggles to connect with audiences due to its lack of compelling character development and chemistry.

New York Asian Film Festival 2024: PATTAYA HEAT, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN &BRUSH OF THE GOD
New York Asian Film Festival 2024: PATTAYA HEAT, TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN & BRUSH OF THE GOD

From this year’s New York Asian Film Festival we take a look at Pattaya Heat, Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In & Brush of the God!

The Circle Of Life: Why THE LION KING Still Resonates 30 Years Later
The Circle Of Life: Why THE LION KING Still Resonates 30 Years Later

When I think of epic and intimate storytelling in animation, I think of The Lion King (1994).

Away from the Hype: STAR WARS: EPISODE I - THE PHANTOM MENANCE 
Away from the Hype: STAR WARS: EPISODE I – THE PHANTOM MENANCE 

It has a lot of charm and it’s refreshing to see something playing by its own rules and not following a rigid formula.

KUNG FU PANDA 4: Enough Wit For One More Kick
KUNG FU PANDA 4: Enough Wit For One More Kick

Kung Fu Panda 4 has lost some of its mojo, but still has a few nice moves left in this old franchise.

Horrific Inquiry: LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE
Horrific Inquiry: LEPRECHAUN 4: IN SPACE

From Ridley Scott’s Alien to David Cronenberg’s The Fly, From Little Shop of Horrors to Frankenstein, Leprechaun 4 not only takes us to the depths.

Horrific Inquiry: LET ME IN (2010)

For this Horrific Inquiry we take a look at 2010’s vampiric Let Me In.