comedy

ALY Interview With Writer/Director Kevin Lee & Star Angela Wong Carbone
ALY Interview With Writer/Director Kevin Lee & Star Angela Wong Carbone

Film Inquiry spoke with writer/director Kevin Lee and his star Angela Wong Carbone for the short film Aly.

Slamdance Film Festival 2025: RACEWALKERS

Racewalkers reminds us of the beauty in embracing the quirky, the unconventional, and the unexpected.

BROKEN RAGE: Takeshi Kitano Can Still Make ‘Em Laugh
BROKEN RAGE: Takeshi Kitano Can Still Make ‘Em Laugh

Here’s an ice-cold take: movies nowadays are too damn long. Obviously, this is all relative;…

Slamdance 2025: Lockjaw and Portal to Hell
Slamdance 2025: Lockjaw and Portal to Hell

Kicking off this year’s Slamdance coverage, we’re looking at two different styles of comedy in “Lockjaw” and “Portal to Hell.”

Sundance 2025: Twinless and Train Dreams
Sundance 2025: Twinless and Train Dreams

Sundance this year has Twinless, an audacious exercise in storytelling, and Train Dreams that is equally as compelling.

LOVE HURTS: A Blood-Soaked Valentine’s Day Slog

Love Hurts is still worth a watch, if only for Quan’s tour-de-force performance.

RIVER: A Riff on Groundhog Day Set at a Kyoto Inn
RIVER: A Riff on Groundhog Day Set at a Kyoto Inn

At its best River uses the broad ensemble comedy of Japan in ways that evoke the best ensemble pieces like Noises Off or Christopher Guest’s work.

Sundance Film Festival 2025: ATROPIA, OMAHA & ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT

From sharp satire to raw emotion and meta-commentary, these three films take wildly different approaches to storytelling in this Sundance Film Festival.

Sundance 2025: Bubble & Squeak and By Design
Sundance 2025: Bubble & Squeak and By Design

While quirky and strange are always welcoming qualities, they can also be quite risky. Wilson Kwong reviews Bubble & Squeak and By Design.

A WOMAN IS A WOMAN and Anna Karina is an Icon
A WOMAN IS A WOMAN and Anna Karina is an Icon

A Woman is a Woman has never looked or sounded better—but Karina’s effervescent charm remains the film’s most valuable asset.

Sundance Film Festival 2025: THE VIRGIN OF THE QUARRY LAKE, SORRY, BABY & OH, HI

While these three Sundance movies are narratively different, their female focus leaves this trio, all by female directors, a fantastic assembly of our talent in today’s industry.

Sundance 2025: Azi; The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing; Out for Delivery; The Eating of an Orange
Sundance 2025: Azi; The Flowers Stand Silently, Witnessing; Out for Delivery; and The Eating of an Orange

This year, I’m kicking off Sundance with one of their short film programs. Here are four films from the Short Film Program 2.

Death of a Unicorn: Trailer 1
DEATH OF A UNICORN: TRAILER 1

Sometimes a film rises above a Z-movie premise on the strength of its characters, and the Death Of A Unicorn trailer is a prime example.

Not an Artist: Portraits of Persistence
Not an Artist: Portraits of Persistence

In the new comedy Not an Artist, we follow a group of artists taking the ultimate gamble to unlock their true potential, or perhaps lack of it.

Rocky's: The Boys are Back in Town
ROCKY’S: The Boys Are Back in Town

Rocky’s focuses on complicated friendships and the joy we can still find in them, even if a tragedy forced us back together.