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Matthew Roe explores the Dogme 95 movement, arguing that it shows the boundaries of the human psyche, creativity and sociopolitical climate more effectively than any other movement of its time.
In this third part of Fantasy Science, we’re going to get into how multiple universes may be possible. We’ll attempt to categorize some of the ones represented in popular fiction, starting off with the film The Golden Compass.
For this Staff Inquiry, we examine the films that make us cry, with examples ranging from the personal to overall moving manifestations of life’s struggles.
Twelve Monkeys is Terry Gilliam’s dystopian vision of time travel, in which everything that happens is inevitable, probing into questions of the meaning and purpose of life.
If you are even remotely familiar with technology, science fiction, or the world of computers, you’ve probably heard the phrase ‘Turing test’. Let’s explore this test, and the way it’s portrayed and used in Ex Machina.
In this first part of Fantasy Science, our resident physicist Radha Pyari Sandhir explains wormholes and discusses how they are portrayed in film, and explains what the real life science behind them is.
Andy Warhol is often considered a pioneer of the “anti-film” or cinematic nihilism, though his films themselves leave much to be desired.
The Post will likely be overlooked at this year’s Oscars, but with its historical depiction of the fight for the press and democracy, as well as its similarities to present day, it is still worth watching.
For our latest Staff inquiry, we chose to look back at some of our childhood favorites, which range from musicals to anime to Disney fairy tales.
With an intricate and complicated plot but also delving deep into themes of identity and self, Shane Carruth’s Primer is the quintessential modern time travel film.
The Film Inquiry team counts down their top ten films of 2017, with each writer compiling their own list and describing in further detail their number 1 pick.
In this series, we will be examining various films in the seminal genre of time travel. To start, we look at George Pal’s The Time Machine, the most famous adaptation of H.G. Wells’ novel.
With impeccable direction, engaging dialogue, consummate costume and makeup, and one of the best performances ever to grace the silver screen by Oldman, Darkest Hour is an overwhelming achievement.
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.
Matthew Roe introduces Anarchic Cinema, the beginning of a new series focusing on the evolution of art from the obvious to the complex.