Quentin Dupieux

Cannes Film Festival 2024: THE SECOND ACT & ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL
Cannes Film Festival 2024: THE SECOND ACT & ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

At Canne’s 2024, Film Inquiry reviews Quentin Dupieux’s The Second Act (Le Deuxieme Acte), and Rungano Nyoni’s On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.

SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING: Get Ready To Inhale A Cloud Of Surreal Cinema
SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING: Get Ready To Inhale A Cloud Of Surreal Cinema

For those with a nihilistic sensibility, there will be solace in the nothingness that comes from Smoking Causes Coughing.

MANDIBLES Trailer
MANDIBLES Trailer

Two hapless losers discover a giant fly in the trunk of a stolen car and decide to domesticate it in a bizarre get-rich-quick scheme.

KEEP AN EYE OUT: Surrealist Murder Mystery Mayhem
KEEP AN EYE OUT: Surrealist Murder Mystery Mayhem

While Keep an Eye Out feels more like an extended comedy sketch than a feature film, it is definitely entertaining.

DEERSKIN: Bizarre Comedy Blends Character Study & Grotesque Violence
DEERSKIN: Bizarre Comedy Blends Character Study & Grotesque Violence

Even if you admire Deerskin’s audacity, its sudden and puzzling conclusion leaves much to be desired.

CIFF 2019 Reviews: SOLE, FIRE WILL COME, THE APOLLO & DEERSKIN
CIFF 2019 Reviews: SOLE, FIRE WILL COME, THE APOLLO & DEERSKIN

In her first report from Chicago International Film Festival, Lana Stanczak covers Sole, Fire Will Come, The Apollo and Deerskin.

Cannes 2019 Days 1 & 2: The Festival Opens With Zombies, Revolutions & Killer Style
Cannes 2019 Days 1 & 2: The Festival Opens With Zombies, Revolutions & Killer Style

Gus Edgar & Alistair Ryder report from Cannes, with reviews of The Dead Don’t Die, Deerskin, Les Miserables, Bull and A Brother’s Love.