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Created Equal: A Milestone Program For The Tuned-In Generation (& Interview With Jacob Burns' Director Of Education)
Created Equal: A Milestone Program For The Tuned-In Generation (& Interview With Jacob Burns’ Director Of Education)

We had a chance to talk with Emily Keating, the Director of Education for Created Equal, a civil rights and film program for kids in Brooklyn.

Tribeca Film Festival: Oppression, Fear and Freedom Dominate in DISOBEDIENCE, LEMONADE, THE GIRL AND THE PICTURE and NICE
Tribeca Retrospective: The 25th Anniversary Of RESERVOIR DOGS With Panel

With the festival entering its final day, and my screenings complete, I thought my time…

A Not So Subtle Feminist Tale: THE VIRGIN SUICIDES
A Not So Subtle Feminist Tale: THE VIRGIN SUICIDES

Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides is a film about five sisters that is often dismal and dark, yet it also conveys powerful feminist themes.

DONNIE DARKO 15th Anniversary: The Themes Of A Cult Classic
DONNIE DARKO 15th Anniversary: The Themes Of A Cult Classic

We celebrate Donnie Darko’s 15th anniversary by reconsidering some of its themes, which are simpler than the movie makes it seem.

The Days Before MOONLIGHT: A Dip into Barry Jenkins' Vimeo
The Days Before MOONLIGHT: A Dip Into Barry Jenkins’ Vimeo

Barry Jenkins’ work before Moonlight is freely available on his Vimeo account, and we’re taking a deep dive into his terrific work.

Dinner With Dames: Dinner #8, With Paul Feig (Recap)
Dinner With Dames: Dinner #8, With Paul Feig (Recap)

For Dinner With Dames #8 Cinefemme gathered a group of female filmmakers to dine with Paul Feig, writer/director of Ghostbusters and Spy.

What Makes A Comic Book Movie Artful?
What Makes A Comic Book Movie Artful?

The comic book movie has become the biggest targets for criticism, but some of them still remain artful. We compare six superhero films.

A Summer Box Office Forecast – Part 1

In the first of a series for 2017, we take a run-down through the box office potential of several high-profile summer movies.

Career Cancer Or Master-Pisces? ZODIAC Gets The Take Two Treatment
Career Cancer Or Master-Pisces? ZODIAC Gets The Take Two Treatment

In this new series, Robb Sheppard looks back on films he hated in the past to give them a second chance. In the first episode: Fincher’s ZODIAC.

The Nominated Film You May Have Missed: THE HUSTLER
The Nominated Film You May Have Missed: THE HUSTLER

In this edition of the nominated film you may have missed series, we discuss the classic 1961 sports drama The Hustler, starring Paul Newman.

“This Movie Was Almost Impossible”: An Exclusive Interview With Woody Harrelson

Film Inquiry writer Alistair Ryder sat down and talked with Woody Harrelson about his live one-shot directorial debut, Lost in London.

Interview With Director Candice Onyeama, On Mental Health & Identity In Film
Interview With Director Candice Onyeama, On Mental Health & Identity In Film

Candice Onyeama discusses the importance of her short film Hush to for herself, and about identity and those suffering from mental health.

Happiness, Delusion & Catharsis In LARS AND THE REAL GIRL
Happiness, Delusion & Catharsis In LARS AND THE REAL GIRL

In this analysis of 2007 film Lars And The Real Girl, we talk about how Lars’s delusions are very similar to how we find catharsis in film.

THE FIFTH ELEMENT: Have 20 Years Been Kind To Luc Besson's Schizophrenic Sci-fi?
THE FIFTH ELEMENT: Have 20 Years Been Kind To Luc Besson’s Schizophrenic Sci-fi?

The Fifth Element 20 years later: it’s still the packed with resplendent imagery, inventive art direction, and some well edited set pieces.

Interview With THE DARK TAPES Director Michael McQuown
Interview With THE DARK TAPES Director Michael McQuown

In our latest interview, we talk with director Michael McQuown, whose latest work is the anthology horror film The Dark Tapes.