comedy

TUESDAY: We Need More Original Films Like This
TUESDAY: We Need More Original Films Like This

Tuesday was a beautiful and moving film, if you haven’t seen it, you need to and you need to tell five friends to do the same.

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: Director/Writer Sook-Yin Lee Of PAYING FOR IT
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: Director/Writer Sook-Yin Lee Of PAYING FOR IT

Film Inquiry soke with director Sook-Yin Lee really for the TIFF film Paying For it.

KINDS OF KINDNESS: Three Short Films In A Trench Coat
KINDS OF KINDNESS: Three Short Films In A Trench Coat

Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds of Kindness is smart and funny, uncomfortable, moving, and confusing. It is also beautiful.

Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE ASSESSMENT & EMILIA PEREZ
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE ASSESSMENT & EMILIA PÉREZ

Both The Assessment and Emilia Pérez demonstrate the versatility of a festival like TIFF, which is always inclusive of all genres and subgenres of cinema.

WE’RE NOT MARRIED? Interview With Star Danielle Larracuente and Writer/Executive Producer Rae Lashea
WE’RE NOT MARRIED? Interview With Star Danielle Larracuente and Writer/Executive Producer Rae Lashea

Film Inquiry spoke with Danielle Larracuente and Rae Lashea for the film We’re Not Married!

Melbourne International Film Festival 2024: KNEECAP, BABES, TEACHES OF PEACHES, SASQUATCH SUNSET & WAKE UP
Melbourne International Film Festival 2024: KNEECAP, BABES, TEACHES OF PEACHES, SASQUATCH SUNSET & WAKE UP

The Melbourne International Film Festival is in its 72nd year with a program of global features, shorts, documentaries, VR experiences, and classic movies.

I’LL BE RIGHT THERE: If Parenthood Were A Modern Indie
I’LL BE RIGHT THERE: If Parenthood Were A Modern Indie

I’ll Be Right There showcases family drama and how, within that drama, there can be something to laugh and feel good about.

THE BECOMERS: What's Weirder, Aliens Or 2020?
THE BECOMERS: What’s Weirder, Aliens Or 2020?

The Becomers politely reminds us that being a human is fundamentally weird–– and yes,  being a human in 2020 was especially weird.

Saturday Night: Trailer 1
SATURDAY NIGHT TRAILER 1

Saturday Night is the story of young producer Lorne Michaels trying desperately to keep his new live TV show on the rails, 90 minutes to the premiere.

Greedy People: Trailer 1
GREEDY PEOPLE TRAILER 1

“Greedy People” follows two bumbling cops who accidentally murder a rich civilian, finding themselves in the crosshairs of foes that wanted to do so first.

THE INSTIGATORS: Requiem for the Boston Movie
THE INSTIGATORS: Requiem for the Boston Movie

The Instigators evokes the Boston movies of yore like a Dunkin’ drinkin’ Ghost of Christmas Past.

Almost None: Revisiting SALTBURN
Almost None: Revisiting SALTBURN

Despite its issues, I find the movie an uncomfortably entrancing tale of desire, one that I will continue to return to for years to come.

VIVA: Barbi in VIVA-Land

Viva is told by an indie woman director whose mise-en-scene and script pay tribute to classic musicals.

SIX IN PARIS: A French Dispatch from 1965
SIX IN PARIS: A French Dispatch from 1965

Despite its flaws, Six in Paris should fascinate fans of the French New Wave—or, really, fans of anything French at all.

You Are Here: Comedy in a Cosmic Revelation
YOU ARE HERE: Comedy in a Cosmic Revelation

Michael Friberg’s newest short, You Are Here, blends comedy and existentialism as one man grapples with the sheer scope of existence.