Leave One Day review
Cannes 2025: Leave One Day (Partir un Jour) and Enzo

In what feels like a very natural fit, I’ll be pairing together two of the…

Cannes 2025: Two Prosecutors and Eddington

In this Cannes Film Festival report we take a look at Eddington and Two Prosecutors.

Cannes 2025: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo and Case 137
Cannes 2025: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo and Case 137

Both filmmakers return to La Croisette with fictionalized stories about real life issues at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

THE SEALED SOIL: A Bold Feminist Feature from Pre-Revolutionary Iran
THE SEALED SOIL: A Bold Feminist Feature from Pre-Revolutionary Iran

A stunning snapshot of young womanhood in a very specific time and place, The Sealed Soil is a classic of world cinema that deserves to be discovered by new audiences.

Cannes 2025: Sound of Falling and A Pale View Of Hills
Cannes 2025: Sound of Falling and A Pale View Of Hills

From this Cannes Film Festival 2025, Film Inquiry screened Pale View of Hills and Sound of Falling.

Final Destination: Bloodlines review
FINAL DESTINATION: BLOODLINES: A Delightfully Gory Return to the Series

Admittedly, I didn’t get into the Final Destination series until just recently, but of course I…

at-home movie theater experience
Creating the Ultimate At-Home Movie Night Experience

There’s something truly magical about the movie theater: the hush as the lights dim, the…

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning review
Cannes 2025: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

When Tom Cruise asks you to trust him one last time, it’s hard to say…

PINK NARCISSUS: A Queer Underground Classic Resurfaces
PINK NARCISSUS: Wild Dreams Can Overcome Low Budgets

Pink Narcissus is a film that is of creative and inspirational importance, a literal relic of possibility in the realm of the visual image.

The Ruse: A Moody Mystery
The Ruse: A Moody Mystery

If there’s anything we’ve learned from movies and television, it’s that a beautiful locale is never quite what it seems.

CAUGHT BY THE TIDES: Sea Change
CAUGHT BY THE TIDES: Sea Change

A sprawling story, Caught by the Tides epitomizes what makes Jia Zhangke one of our most essential contemporary filmmakers.

HUNG UP ON A DREAM: A Winsome Portrait of The British Invasion Act The Zombies
HUNG UP ON A DREAM: A Winsome Portrait of The British Invasion Act The Zombies

Hung Up on a Dream is one of the better musical biographies I’ve seen in some time, and it’s because the story at its core is burgeoning with creative vibrancy, fraternity, and a joyous love of music.

Absolute Dominion: Doesn’t Deliver
ABSOLUTE DOMINION: Doesn’t Deliver

Despite its curious premise, however, Absolute Dominion appears to pull every punch and kick it throws.

LOVE HOTEL: An Interesting Intruder in Shinji Sômai's Filmography
LOVE HOTEL: An Interesting Intruder in Shinji Sômai’s Filmography

“Love Hotel,” a 1985 pinku film, stands as a funny little curiosity in the larger filmography of Shinji Sômai.

Interview With Rachel Suissa Writer/Director and Star of GREEK MOTHERS NEVER DIE
Interview With Rachel Suissa Writer/Director and Star of GREEK MOTHERS NEVER DIE

Film Inquiry spoke with the writer, director and star of GREEK MOTHERS NEVER DIE: Rachel Suissa.