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Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE SUBSTANCE & THE LAST SHOWGIRL
Toronto International Film Festival 2024: THE SUBSTANCE & THE LAST SHOWGIRL

Both The Substance and The Last Showgirl evaluate mortality by leaning on their respective stars’ relationship with celebrity in real life.

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.

TRAP: A Concert You'll Want To Bail
TRAP: A Concert You’ll Want To Bail

Trap is a movie seemingly gift-wrapped for greatness that eventually crumbles under its own logic.

Tribeca Film Festival 2024: WITCHES
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: WITCHES

Witches may not be the most talked about film at this year’s festival, but it is certainly the most vital.

A Quiet Place Day One — source: Paramount Pictures
A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE: Michael Sarnoski Efficiently Tears Apart NYC

Forty-five years after Alien, cat people finally have a new horror movie with Michael Sarnoski’s “A Quiet Place: Day One.”

MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER: A Love Letter To The Preeminent Magicians Of The Movies
MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER: A Love Letter To The Preeminent Magicians Of The Movies

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger is a fitting tribute to the preeminent magicians of the movies.

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.

FEMME: An Agressive Gay Revenge Film
FEMME: An Agressive Gay Revenge Film

Femme is both mean and tender, displaying how sexuality and secrets can keep ones real self in violent confrontation with one’s masked self.

Horrific Inquiry: TRAIN TO BUSAN
Horrific Inquiry: THE OMEN (1976)

With Easter just around the corner, it felt like the perfect time to check The Omen off my list.

CLUB ZERO: A Satisfying Serving Of Satire
CLUB ZERO: A Satisfying Serving Of Satire

Club Zero is often disturbing and always engaging, but it’s certainly not for everyone.

STOPMOTION: Breathing Life Into Horrific Brilliance
STOPMOTION: Breathing Life Into Horrific Brilliance

Stopmotion is a unique gem within the realm of horror, capturing the disintegration of a puppet and puppeteer.

THE IRON CLAW: A Tragic Tale Of Wrestling Royalty
THE IRON CLAW: A Tragic Tale Of Wrestling Royalty

Durkin’s moving, muscular tale will astound and captivate you, and is unlikely to leave a dry eye in the house. The Iron Claw is a spectacular triumph.

Horrific Inquiry: LET ME IN (2010)

For this Horrific Inquiry we take a look at 2010’s vampiric Let Me In.

Horrific Inquiry: FUNNY GAMES (2007)

Horror films have trained us to expect the final girl, but Funny Games does not acknowledge this hope and desire for survival.

TRAINSPOTTING Criterion Review: Danny Boyle's '90s Masterpiece, Restored In 4K
TRAINSPOTTING Criterion Review: Danny Boyle’s ’90s Masterpiece, Restored In 4K

Criterion’s new 4K Ultra HD Blu-Ray is the best Trainspotting has ever looked and sounded on home video format and is the definitive way of viewing.