1990s

GREGG ARAKI'S TEEN APOCALYPSE TRILOGY Criterion Review: Three '90s Classics, Newly Restored
GREGG ARAKI’S TEEN APOCALYPSE TRILOGY Criterion Review: Three ’90s Classics, Newly Restored

Film Inquiry takes a look at the new Criterion release of Gregg Araki’s Teen Apocalypse Trilogy.

MOVING: Divorce Separation Blues
MOVING: Divorce Separation Blues

Shinji Somai’s magnificent 1993 coming-of-age film, Moving—now available in a new 4K restoration from Cinema Guild—can be interpreted in several ways.

STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE 25 Years Later
STAR WARS: THE PHANTOM MENACE 25 Years Later

With the recent temporary re-release of the Phantom Menace to honor its twenty-fifth anniversary, how does the film hold up?

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.

TRAINSPOTTING Criterion Review: Danny Boyle's '90s Masterpiece, Restored In 4K
TRAINSPOTTING Criterion Review: Danny Boyle’s ’90s Masterpiece, Restored In 4K

Criterion’s new 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray is the best Trainspotting has ever looked and sounded on home video format and is the definitive way of viewing.

HOUSEHOLD SAINTS: The Resurrection Of An Independent Classic
HOUSEHOLD SAINTS: The Resurrection Of An Independent Classic

Household Saints is a strange yet satisfying brew of family drama and spiritual contemplation that deserves the broader audience it has been denied.

A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION: Coupling and Capitalism, Edward Yang-Style
A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION: Coupling and Capitalism, Edward Yang-Style

“A Confucian Confusion” is quintessentially Yang, a needle-sharp satire of life in a city increasingly in the thrall of capitalism.

Horrific Inquiry: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER S4 E10: “Hush”

Welcome back to the scariest, and at times goriest, column here at Film Inquiry: Horrific Inquiry.…

Horrific Inquiry: AUDITION (1999)

Audition is a slow burner of a horror, an almost perfect example of a frog in boiling water.

THE FUNERAL (1996): Reversing The Genre, But Compromising Conviction
THE FUNERAL (1996): Reversing The Genre, But Compromising Conviction

In Ferrara’s world of fatalistic nihilism in The Funeral, there’s no escape from life torments, and only death and self-destruction hold the key.

FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE: The Legacy Of Leslie Cheung Lives On
FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE: The Legacy Of Leslie Cheung Lives On

Both a monumental piece of Chinese cinematic history and a lasting tribute to the special brilliance of its star, this is essential viewing.

Inquiring Minds: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954)
Inquiring Minds: Verhoeven Double Feature: ROBOCOP & STARSHIP TROOPERS

For this edition of the column I decided to dive into two of Paul Verhoeven’s interesting and unique filmography.

Inquiring Minds: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954)
Inquiring Minds: THE TRUMAN SHOW (25th Anniversary Edition)

The Truman Show manages to be inspiring and disturbing simultaneously, a symbiosis that is rarely seen.

STREET FIGHTER: Pure Popcorn Campy Goodness
STREET FIGHTER: Pure Popcorn Campy Goodness

Street Fighter reminds us that even a bad movie can be loads of fun and make you feel like a little kid again.

TWILIGHT: The Goodness Of Man In An Irredeemable World
TWILIGHT: The Goodness Of Man In An Irredeemable World

Twilight is remarkable, and it’s a movie that is at once empathetic and compassionate and also cynical about the limits of justice.