comedy

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.

RUNNING ERINS: Balancing Life with Humor and Heart
RUNNING ERINS: Balancing Life with Humor and Heart

Running Erins offers an exploration of modern motherhood, social expectations, and the overwhelming challenges of trying to have it all.

PAPER MOON Criterion Review: The Bogdanovich Classic Comes to 4K
PAPER MOON Criterion Review: The Bogdanovich Classic Comes to 4K

Criterion’s new edition of Paper Moon is what so many have been long waiting for—a definitive release of this staple of 1970s American cinema.

Micro Budget: Macro Entertainment
MICRO BUDGET: Macro Entertainment

Micro Budget is a hilarious look at the struggles of filmmaking and an interesting character study of those just crazy enough to try.

GREEDY PEOPLE: Money, It's A Crime
GREEDY PEOPLE: Money, It’s A Crime

The direction, the cinematography, the lighting, all of it mesh together to highlight the wild and always forward story that is Greedy People.

MURDERING THE DEVIL and the Artistic Irreverence of Ester Krumbachová
MURDERING THE DEVIL and the Artistic Irreverence of Ester Krumbachová

Murdering the Devil is a prime example of how exhilarating the films of the Czechoslovak New Wave can be, and how much they owe to Krumbachová’s talents.

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: Interview With Writer/Director Johhny Man Of THE MOTHER AND THE BEAR
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: Interview With Writer/Director Johhny Man Of THE MOTHER AND THE BEAR

We spoke with Johnny Ma whose film The Mother and the Bear is a vibrant and unique film that points toward the evolving versatility of Canadian filmmakers.

Interview With Writer/Director Zoe Eisenberg for CHAPERONE

Film Inquiry spoke with writer/director Zoe Eisenberg for her film Chaperone!