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Witches film review
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2024: WITCHES

Witches starts off like a video essay. Writer, director, editor (and “star”) Elizabeth Sankey talks…

Blitz (2024) film
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2024: BLITZ

As in all his work, McQueen coaxes strong performances, with particular props to first-timers (at very different ages) Heffernan and Weller.

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.

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.

THE CROW: An Exercise In Why
THE CROW: An Exercise In Why

The Crow struggles to connect with audiences due to its lack of compelling character development and chemistry.

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.