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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.

APOLONIA, APOLONIA: Portrait Of An Artist By A Filmmaker
APOLONIA, APOLONIA: Portrait Of An Artist By A Filmmaker

Apolonia Apolonia manages to paint a fairly engaging portrait of an artist discovering the intimate balance between success and her freedoms as an artist.

Tribeca Film Festival 2023: APOLONIA, APOLONIA
Tribeca Film Festival 2023: APOLONIA, APOLONIA

What results is an engrossing, often painful, always warm portrait of the challenges of wanting to make art in a world hostile to the prospect.

London Film Festival 2022: HOLY SPIDER, SAINT OMER & LIVING
London Film Festival 2022: HOLY SPIDER, SAINT OMER & LIVING

The London Film Festival rolls on. Our latest review round-up covers stories of real life…

Heartland International Film Festival 2022: AFTERSUN, HOLY SPIDER, CAT DADDIES & FOLLOW HER
Heartland International Film Festival 2022: AFTERSUN, HOLY SPIDER, CAT DADDIES & FOLLOW HER

In our first report from the 2022 Heartland International FilmFestival we give you a taste of the festival!

Seattle International Film Festival 2022 Report #2: SPEAK NO EVIL & STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT
Seattle International Film Festival 2022 Report #2: SPEAK NO EVIL & STRAIGHTEN UP AND FLY RIGHT

The 48th Seattle International Film Festival continues, rain or shine, and for Film Inquiry’s second…

Sundance Film Festival 2022: FRESH And THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Sundance Film Festival 2022: FRESH And THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

In our latest report from Sundance Film Festival 2022, Wilson Kwong reviews Fresh and Worst Person in the World – both films demanding attention.

NYFF 2021 THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
NYFF 2021: THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD

You’ll definitely laugh, and you might cry, too; whatever the case may be, you’re guaranteed to be moved by Trier’s empathetic storytelling.

TIFF 2021: FLEE: Animation as Therapy
TIFF 2021: FLEE: Animation as Therapy

Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee uses animation as a form of therapy for both its central subject and the audience.

AMERICAN SAUSAGE STANDOFF: Satire That Never Comes Together
AMERICAN SAUSAGE STANDOFF: Satire That Never Comes Together

American Sausage Standoff is a with a memorable visual style and strong performances, but the humor never takes centerstage.

THE COUNTY A Fight By The Farmers, For The Farmers
THE COUNTY: A Fight By The Farmers, For The Farmers

Grímur Hákonarson’s The County follows an Icelandic widowed farmer as she fights beauracratic corruption and injustice.

Interview with Mads Mikkelsen and Anders Thomas Jensen, star and director of RIDERS OF JUSTICE
Interview with Mads Mikkelsen and Anders Thomas Jensen, Star and Director of RIDERS OF JUSTICE

Luke Parker speaks with star Mads Mikkelsen and writer-director Anders Thomas Jensen about their latest film together, Riders of Justice.

CPH:DOX 2021: KILLING ESCOBAR, RAISING A SCHOOL SHOOTER, A MAN AND A CAMERA, CANNON ARM AND THE ARCADE QUEST
CPH:DOX 2021: KILLING ESCOBAR, RAISING A SCHOOL SHOOTER, A MAN AND A CAMERA, CANNON ARM AND THE ARCADE QUEST

Musanna Ahmed takes a look at four films in our first installment of coverage at Denmark’s 2021 CPH:DOX Film Festival.

Glasgow Film Festival 2021: SHORTA
Glasgow Film Festival 2021: SHORTA

Shorta is a timely and thrilling actioner with its plot of police brutality and ultimately its message an important one to hear.

Glasgow Film Festival 2021: RIDERS OF JUSTICE
Glasgow Film Festival 2021: RIDERS OF JUSTICE

Underneath all the comedy and action are moments of real heart and pathos, Riders of Justice manages to balance its brand of pitch-black humour and gore.