2020s

DESERT OF NAMIBIA: The Gloom Generation
DESERT OF NAMIBIA: The Gloom Generation

Aesthetically pleasing but ultimately frustrating, Desert of Namibia fails to resonate despite Kawai’s substantial star power.

Greek Mothers Never Die: A Lively, Lovely Film
GREEK MOTHERS NEVER DIE: A Lively, Lovely Film

Just in time for Mother’s Day, Greek Mothers Never Die is a sweet film with enough humor and heartfelt moments for mother and daughter alike.

Yadang: The Snitch: A K-Popcorn Flick
YADANG: THE SNITCH: A K-Popcorn Flick

If you’re looking to change up your popcorn flick pick, Yadang: The Snitch has action, humor, and a plot that keeps you thinking.

Woman of the Dead, Season Two: Heartstopping Thrills
WOMAN OF THE DEAD, Season Two: Heartstopping Thrills

Based on the novel by Bernhard Aichner, the show is back with more thrills, more action, and more bodies.

Sinners: A Sin to Miss
Sinners: A Sin to Miss

Sinners is a beautiful celebration of black culture and art, as well as a story of redemption, trauma, guilt, and racism.

Ape-ril: For the Love of Monkey Movies 
Ape-ril: For the Love of Monkey Movies 

Ape-ril is a state of mind, a commitment to the absurd, the goofy, the simian, and I’d honestly recommend you try it out.

BLUE SUN PALACE: In a Lonely Place
BLUE SUN PALACE: In a Lonely Place

Blue Sun Palace pulls back the curtain of a Queens massage parlor to give us an intimate look at the lives of the immigrant women.

Black Bag review
BLACK BAG: Steven Soderbergh’s Elegant Thriller Is A Spy Caper Made For Adults

At our most cynical moments, we can reduce most films in our minds to gorgeous…

Pink Floyd at Pompeii: The Concert Classic Restored
Pink Floyd at Pompeii: The Concert Classic Restored

The film is digitally re-mastered in 4K, directly from the original 35mm footage, and includes enhanced audio mixed by musician Steven Wilson.

"Imagination Always Runs Retrograde": Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez on INVENTION
“Imagination Always Runs Retrograde”: Courtney Stephens and Callie Hernandez on INVENTION

Documentarian Courtney Stephens and actress Callie Hernandez join Film Inquiry to discuss “Invention.”

INVENTION: Alice’s Adventures in Conspiracy Theory
INVENTION: Alice’s Adventures in Conspiracy Theory

In Invention, an airily shaggy, collaborative piece of improvised, genre-fluid auto-fiction by documentarian Courtney Stephens and actress Callie Hernandez.

THE PENGUIN LESSONS (2025) - source: Sony Pictures Classics
THE PENGUIN LESSONS: Steve Coogan And A Penguin Stand Up To Fascism (And It Goes About As Well As You’d Expect)

It’s official — the United Kingdom has The Penguin Lessons fever. Posters for this thing, depicting…

Darkest Miriam: A Study of Grief, Love, and Loss
Darkest Miriam: A Study of Grief, Love, and Loss

In “Darkest Miriam,” we follow the eponymous protagonist through her own struggles with grief, as well as her hopes of love along the way.

Music Box Films, Eephus
EEPHUS: Baseball’s About More Than Making it to the Big Leagues

If you asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up, at 5…

THANK YOU VERY MUCH: Remembering Andy Kaufman’s Genius
THANK YOU VERY MUCH: Remembering Andy Kaufman’s Genius

Like many before, Alex Braverman’s Thank You Very Much takes on the near impossible task of showing who this enigmatic anti-comedian comedy star was.