The Post will likely be overlooked at this year’s Oscars, but with its historical depiction of the fight for the press and democracy, as well as its similarities to present day, it is still worth watching.
Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman, the directors of Academy Award nominated animation Loving Vincent, spoke to Film Inquiry’s Nathan Osborne about the seven year process to bring their unique biopic to the big screen.
With its shallowness of character and its failed continuity of plot, Queen of the Desert is a film made as if to remind us of why we call films ‘pictures’, since the only good thing about the film is its mise-en-scenes.
Oh Lucy! is an inventive and poignant story that’s remarkably relatable, touching on loneliness and the sometimes outrageous lengths one will go to to escape the world and discover one’s own happiness.
The hilarious-looking Izzy Gets The Fuck Across Town is the debut for writer/director Christian Papierniak and stars Mackenzie Davis, Haley Joel Osment, and Alia Shawkat.
For our latest Staff inquiry, we chose to look back at some of our childhood favorites, which range from musicals to anime to Disney fairy tales.
The Music Of Silence lacks emotional weight, developed characters, a coherent linear story, and sufficient enough acting to make a passable biopic of a living legend.
We were able to speak with David Freyne, writer/director of the zombie horror film The Cured, starring Ellen Page, about the powerful realities that inspired his film, how he got his dream cast, and what’s next!
Bomb City makes an impassioned statement in a sometimes messy way, but the energy it gives off is far more effective than any staid, overly safe version of this story could ever be.
Mute is riddled with unoriginal elements, from the Blade Runner inspired visuals to the generic missing persons story, to the underdeveloped characters; it is a misfire on all accounts.
Gus Edgar reports from the Berlinale in Berlin with reviews of Pig, Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot, Season of the Devil, 7 Days in Entebbe and U-July 22.
With occasional heartfelt moments that catch you off guard and the laughter you expect from a comedy, When We First Met falls flat, lacking a fresh enough story to save it from feeling limp.
Sebastian, the directorial debut of James Fanizza is a heartfelt and honest portrayal of the small moments that lead towards falling in love.
Unsane has been filmed with an iPhone, giving the picture a paranoia-fuelled low-fi fuzz. This is more than just a marketing gimmick, as Soderbergh’s film centers on the idea of stalking – a timely focal point considering the mass of sexual allegations that Hollywood has found itself mired in.
In Birthmarked, a couple embark on an epic study of their own kids, two adopted and one that’s biologically theirs, attempting to raise them into predetermined types of people despite their genetic backgrounds.
