The Wachowskis

SPEED RACER: The Wachowski's Misunderstood Masterpiece
SPEED RACER: The Wachowski’s Misunderstood Masterpiece

Bright and peppy, The Wachowski’s Speed Racer is a bonafide live-action cartoon and well worth a second look.

Staff Inquiry: Our Favorite Female Directors
Staff Inquiry: Our Favorite Female Directors

The Film Inquiry staff reveals their favorite female directors, from Alice Guy-Blaché to Sofia Coppola.

Defending JUPITER ASCENDING: The Matrix as a Coming-Out Party
Defending JUPITER ASCENDING: The Matrix As A Coming-Out Party

Jupiter Ascending was a critical and a box office failure. Aaron Berry examines it from the point of view of the directors’ own transition.

Jupiter Ascending
JUPITER ASCENDING: A Very Confused Wizard of Oz in Space

Let’s say Star Wars meets The Matrix. What comes to mind? An all-out intergalactic battle?

JUPITER ASCENDING Trailer

The newest film written and directed by The Wachowskis, Jupiter Ascending, is a return to science fiction and action in a universe more accessible than our own where interplanetary shipping is business as usual and the Earth is but a chess piece on a planetary chess board. Channing Tatum is Caine Wise, a genetically engineered hunter sent to Earth to find Jupiter Jones, played by Mila Kunis. Jupiter’s fate is much grander than her station in life would lead her to believe and the powers that be get nervous when she starts to learn her destiny.