drama

PLEASURE: The Pain of It All
PLEASURE: The Pain of It All

Once you remove the explicit content, there’s not that much about Pleasure that is truly revolutionary, or even rebellious.

Cannes 2022: EL AGUA: A Beguiling Mystery in Rural Spain
Cannes Film Festival 2022: EL AGUA: A Beguiling Mystery In Rural Spain

Elena López Riera’s El Agua is a slow, seductive, and assured tale of young love and mysticism in an exquisitely rendered Spanish village.

BROTHERLY LIES: An Effective Indie Drama Dealing With Harsh Truths
BROTHERLY LIES: An Effective Indie Drama Dealing With Harsh Truths

Showing that love, life, and relationships are imperfect, Mark Schwab’s Brotherly Lies is a gripping indie drama about regret, desire, and trauma.

Cannes Film Festival 2022: Cristian Mungiu Delivers Another Searing Masterpiece With R.M.N.
Cannes Film Festival 2022: Cristian Mungiu Delivers Another Searing Masterpiece With R.M.N.

R.M.N. is the work of an artist with a rare gift for transmogrifying culture, politics, and ideology into human drama.

Cannes Film Festival 2022: CORSAGE Is A Fresh, Fantastic Take On The Suffering Royal Woman Story
Cannes Film Festival 2022: CORSAGE Is A Fresh, Fantastic Take On The Suffering Royal Woman Story

Amidst a sea of dull, insipid, even sadistic takes on the beautiful, suffering royal lady story we’ve seen, Corsage breaks like the sun through the clouds.

AIR DOLL: That Empty Feeling
AIR DOLL: That Empty Feeling

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 2009 fantasy-romance Air Doll is an introspective film where a blow-up doll begins to turn into a living woman.

Interviews With Holden Miller & Daniel C. Connolly for NIGHT SKY
Interviews With Holden Miller & Daniel C. Connolly For NIGHT SKY

Film Inquiry spoke with creator/writer Holden Miller and writer/producer Daniel C. Connolly for the new Amazon Prime original series: Night Sky.

MONTANA STORY: You Don't Have To Go Home
MONTANA STORY: You Don’t Have To Go Home

Montana Story is a film that tries to do a bit too much, but a pair of great performances and a core story makes it worth looking past its faults.

MEN: Don't You Know That You're Toxic?
MEN: Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?

Unfortunately, Men starts as a very strong and legitimately scary exploration of heady issues but unravels in the final third act.

HAPPENING: Then, Now, Tomorrow

Happening is an unflinching portrayal of the horrors that far too many people have gone through in order to exercise control over their own bodies.

THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE (S1E8) “Blank Spaces”: An Artistic Farewell
THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE (S1E8) “Blank Spaces”: An Artistic Farewell

In the finale, ”Blank Spaces” wraps nicely giving brief ends for each of its characters.

BLACK BOX: A Thriller That Lands
BLACK BOX: A Thriller That Lands

Black Box as a whole will keep viewers engrossed and unsure, its unpredictability and weaving mystery an entertaining venture.

THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE (S1E7) “Teenage Dirtbag”: The End Is Near
THE GIRL FROM PLAINVILLE (S1E7) “Teenage Dirtbag”: The End Is Near

The Girl from Plainville’s “Teenage Dirtbag” leaves viewers with a lot to question and think about, maintaining a basis for conversation.

THE NORTHMAN: A Tale As Old As Time
THE NORTHMAN: A Tale As Old As Time

Both beautiful and brutal, Robert Eggers’ The Northman is a saga worth seeing.

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…