drama

Glasgow Film Festival 2023: THE BEASTS
Glasgow Film Festival 2023: THE BEASTS

Initially, a terrific, tense, and brutal tale of class warfare, animalistic nature, and devastating consequences, over 2 1/2 hrs, it can’t sustain.

Glasgow Film Festival 2023: GOD'S CREATURES
Glasgow Film Festival 2023: GOD’S CREATURES

Ultimately, God’s Creatures is a well made, well acted piece of filmmaking, if only it was able to tie together its elements a little better.

REBROKEN: They Almost Did It
REBROKEN: They Almost Did It

Rebroken has really good first and second acts, but somewhere along the way it loses its confidence.

Inquiring Minds: THE POD GENERATION
Inquiring Minds: THE POD GENERATION

Tender and imaginative, The Pod Generation is elevated by strong performances, humor, and unique world-building.

LA CIVIL: One Mother's Tireless Quest For Justice
LA CIVIL: One Mother’s Tireless Quest For Justice

La Civil is ultimately an uneven crime thriller carried by an exceptional actress, but its subject matter is so important that one can overlook.

Glasgow Film Festival 2023: MY SAILOR, MY LOVE
Glasgow Film Festival 2023: MY SAILOR, MY LOVE

My Sailor, My Love is not quite a romance, but rather a slow examination of the wounds we inflict on each other and the difficulties of moving past wounds.

Interview With Writer And Director Colin West For LINOLEUM
Interview With Writer And Director Colin West For LINOLEUM

Film Inquiry spoke with writer/director Colin West for his film Linoleum!

A Century In Cinema: THE SMILING MADAME BEUDET (1923)
A Century In Cinema: THE SMILING MADAME BEUDET (1923)

Madame Beudet is widely considered to be one of the earliest feminist films and it’s a film that needs to be highlighted more.

Interview With SICK OF MYSELF Director Kristoffer Borgli
Interview With SICK OF MYSELF Director Kristoffer Borgli

Silvia Mariscal spoke with writer and director Kristoffer Borgli about his latest film Sick of Myself!

Away From The Hype: AKIRA
Away From The Hype: AKIRA

Away from the hype, Akira fares very, very well, remaining the Rosetta stone for so much sci-fi, body horror, and cyberpunk today.

JUNIPER: An Unlikely Bond Forms In Familiar Yet Understated Drama
JUNIPER: An Unlikely Bond Forms In Familiar Yet Understated Drama

Juniper is a beautifully filmed and excellently acted drama about the pursuit of repairing familial relations and learning to accept the inevitable.

A RADIANT GIRL: Coming Of Age At The End Of The World
A RADIANT GIRL: Coming Of Age At The End Of The World

A Radiant Girl is a film where horrors hover on the edge of every frame, out of sight but never truly out of mind.

Kompromat: A Rushin' Thriller
KOMPROMAT: A Rushin’ Thriller

Kompromat is a tense and gloomy character-driven thriller, loosely based on real events, and is an energetic ride that never lets up.

THE LAST OF US Season 1 Episodes 2-5: Whoa, We're Halfway There
THE LAST OF US Season 1 Episodes 2-5: Whoa, We’re Halfway There

The Last of Us just aired its fifth episode and if you aren’t already watching it, all I have to say is, what are you waiting for?

The Everlasting Beauty Of CHUNGKING EXPRESS
The Everlasting Beauty Of CHUNGKING EXPRESS

Chungking Express: the film that will remain young and beautiful until the end of time.