drama

AFIRE: Cruel Summer
AFIRE: Cruel Summer

Fueled by brilliant performances and Petzold’s typically masterful storytelling, Afire will continue to smolder in the depths of your mind.

Cannes 2023: ALL TO PLAY FAR & MARGUERITE’s THEOREM
Cannes 2023: ALL TO PLAY FAR & MARGUERITE’S THEOREM

Wilson Kwong dives into two films that are interesting examples of dramatic French cinema with clear commercial appeal. 

Inquiring Minds: CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON (1954)
Inquiring Minds: THE TRUMAN SHOW (25th Anniversary Edition)

The Truman Show manages to be inspiring and disturbing simultaneously, a symbiosis that is rarely seen.

THE BEAR Season Two: An Elevated Experience
THE BEAR Season Two: An Elevated Experience

This series comes back for a season two with an entertaining entry that shows an improvement over the first both in writing and performances.

ASTEROID CITY: What's Behind Wes Anderson's Curtain
ASTEROID CITY: What’s Behind Wes Anderson’s Curtain

Asteroid City is stylistically undifferentiated from most of Anderson’s recent output but it does take the audience behind the curtain.

THE STRANGER: A True Crime Becomes A Slow-paced And Dark Thriller
THE STRANGER: A True Crime Becomes A Slow-paced And Dark Thriller

The Stranger has many surprises and very clever narrative journeys, managing to build an atmosphere of suspense with very few and wisely used resources.

ASTEROID CITY: An Exercise In Acting Disinterested
ASTEROID CITY: An Exercise In Acting Disinterested

From Fantastic Mr. Fox to The French Dispatch, something strange and different happens every time and Asteroid City is no different.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: FRESH KILLS
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: FRESH KILLS

Fresh Kills is a uniquely compelling piece of work in the pantheon of gangster movies, grounded by powerful performances and a stellar directorial debut.

HUMAN FLOWER OF FLESH: Breathe Me In "The Travail of the Water"
HUMAN FLOWER OF FLESH: Breathe Me In “The Travail of the Water”

Human Flowers of Flesh is just as enticing for anyone who has or hasn’t seen Beau Travail.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: OUR SON
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: OUR SON

A cathartically devastating film, Our Son reaches deep into the wells of emotion.

REVOIR PARIS: Healing After Horror
REVOIR PARIS: Healing After Horror

Revoir Paris is not an easy film to watch, but the emotional journey is a gratifying one.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: ONE NIGHT WITH ADELA
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: ONE NIGHT WITH ADELA

In our latest review from the Tribeca Film Festival, One Night with Adela may be a bumpy ride, but it’s a wild one.

TED LASSO Interview With Music Supervisor Tony Von Pervieux
TED LASSO Interview With Music Supervisor Tony Von Pervieux

Film Inquiry spoke with Ted Lasso’s musical supervisor Tony Von Pervieux about his work on the show and its latest season.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: THE LINE
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: THE LINE

The Line is a well-oiled stress machine with its depiction of this pervasive, casually cruel facet of college life.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: HE WENT THAT WAY & DEAD GIRLS DANCING
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: HE WENT THAT WAY & DEAD GIRLS DANCING

Making a good double feature, Payton McCarty-Simas reviews He Went That Way and Dead Girls Dancing!