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Almost by definition, superhero movies are about hope and goodness. Even when things get dark for guys like Batman or the Punisher, their respective films end on notes of redemption. The Hulk may roar and Wolverine may growl, but eventually, the real baddies are defeated and the innocents are saved.

You’d think that Warner Bros. would know more about things exploding in your face. For more than 75 years, the studio has been producing cartoons about Wile E. Coyote, the genius scavenger whose plots to catch the Roadrunner are thwarted by faulty contraptions from the Acme Corporation. And yet, Warner

Stranger Things owes a lot to ’80s horror. There’s the Stephen King font used by the titles, the heavy use of synths on the score, and a scary monster who represents the sins of generations past. Creators Matt and Ross Duffer have paid that debt in several ways, including by

David Lowery is nothing if not a masterful curio. The multi-hyphenate storyteller (whose IMDb credits span directing, writing, cinematography, producing, editing, acting, sound design, and – somehow – many more roles) has delivered some true knockouts alongside some true stinkers, with a handful of mixed bags in between. His very

Erin Persley keeps coming back to curiosity when she talks about her work. Not as something aspirational, but as something instinctual;  the thing that quietly guides her toward stories she didn’t necessarily know she was looking for. Film Inquiry sat down to speak with the documentary filmmaker about her recent