drama

Shakey Grounds: The Right Beats, But Wrong Tone
Shakey Grounds: The Right Beats, But Wrong Tone

Michael Garcia’s debut feature focuses on the grief of struggling musicians and an A&R rep trying to make a comeback.

TIFF Round-Up #1: LEVERS, COPPER, & MĀRAMA
TIFF Round-Up #1: LEVERS, COPPER, & MĀRAMA

For his first report from this year’s TIFF Soham Gadre takes a look at Levers, Copper and Mārama.

TIFF 2025: Roofman and Motor City
TIFF 2025: Roofman and Motor City

An energized ‘silent’ action film and a quirky narrative about a real life American who hid from authorities inside a local Toys”R”Us.

FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER: Bresson’s Underseen Ode to Love Found and Lost
FOUR NIGHTS OF A DREAMER: Bresson’s Underseen Ode to Love Found and Lost

Arriving in 4k, there’s never been a better time for Four Nights of a Dreamer to finally take the prominent place it deserves in Bresson’s filmography.

NO SLEEP TILL: The Cone of Uncertainty
NO SLEEP TILL: The Cone of Uncertainty

No Sleep Till is a moody tone poem to that singularly paradoxical sense of anticipation and malaise that sends house cats into hiding.

TAXI ZUM KLO: A Refreshingly Candid Gay Feature About Living Two Lives
TAXI ZUM KLO: A Refreshingly Candid Gay Feature About Living Two Lives

Taxi Zum Klo is a unique and proud feature that dares its audience to consider homosexuality and sexuality in general as natural to being human.

HARVEST: A Folkloric Drama Filled With Ambiguities

Tsangari seems satisfied to keep Harvest as a teaser, a tragedy of a place with no name and leaving it nameless and without doctrine.

DROWNING DRY: A (Maybe Too) Understated Tragedy Drama

Drowning Dry is a movie that is waiting to burst with its emotional weight but finds itself wafting.

SOULEYMANE’S STORY: Paris Through the Eyes of the Undocumented
SOULEYMANE’S STORY: Paris Through the Eyes of the Undocumented

Souleymane’s Story is an urgent, energetic drama that follows a Guinean immigrant through the streets of Paris.

Interview With Zoey Sidwell Director of TRAVEL PLANS

Zoey Sidwell spoke with Film Inquiry about how venture into filmmaking, her learning lessons, anticipation for the future and much more!

TITAMI: Fierce and Refusing to Flinch
TATAMI: Fierce and Refusing to Flinch

In a world that constantly asks women (especially women under authoritarian regimes) to stay silent, Tatami dares to scream. And, it speaks volumes. 

IL DONO: Michelangelo Frammartino’s Memento Mori

A poetic depiction of how the passage of time has affected a place so close to Frammartino’s heart, Il Dono is a film to lose yourself in.

ROSA LA ROSE, FILLE PUBLIQUE: Her Life To Live
ROSA LA ROSE, FILLE PUBLIQUE: Her Life To Live

Newly restored: Rosa La Rose, Fille Publique deserves her second chance in the spotlight.

Dances With Films: UNFAITHFUL Interview With Producer & Star: Jack D. Fleischer
Dances With Films: UNFAITHFUL Interview With Producer & Star: Jack D. Fleischer

Film Inquiry spoke with star and producer of Unfaithful Jack D. Fleischer!

SHANGHAI BLUES: Revisiting Tsui Hark’s Sparkling Screwball Comedy
SHANGHAI BLUES: Revisiting Tsui Hark’s Sparkling Screwball Comedy

Filled with nostalgia for the past as well as hope for the future, Shanghai Blues is a romp worth revisiting as it re-enters theaters.