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"I Wanted To Show That Your Second Home Oftentimes Feels Like A Shitty Home." A Conversation With Cooper Raiff, Director, Writer, And Star Of SHITHOUSE
“I Wanted To Show That Your Second Home Oftentimes Feels Like A Shitty Home.” A Conversation With Cooper Raiff, Director, Writer, And Star Of SHITHOUSE

Reyzando Nawara had the opportunity to speak with Cooper Raiff about his movie Shithouse, the painful yet realistic part of the college experience, and more!

A TEACHER Miniseries: A Misfired Look Into Grooming
A TEACHER Miniseries: A Misfired Look Into Grooming

While it’s visually handsome, with performances from the two leads that are equally staggering, the show fails to accomplish what it wants to do.

SMOOTH TALK: Laura Dern Comes of Age in This Stellar Drama
SMOOTH TALK: Laura Dern Comes of Age in This Stellar Drama

A gorgeous, thrilling portrayal of careless childhood dissolving in the summer sun, Smooth Talk is a landmark coming-of-age film.

London Film Festival 2020: CICADA
London Film Festival 2020: CICADA

With both leads shining bright, Cicada is altered, and elevated, by an undercurrent of trauma that haunts its central pair.

REBECCA: Ben Wheatley Heads To Manderley With Mixed Results
REBECCA: Ben Wheatley Heads To Manderley With Mixed Results

Rebecca is not a bad or dull film, but it squanders the immense potential for something vital and thrilling in du Maurier’s tale.

MAINSTREAM: Vapidly Denouncing Vapidity
MAINSTREAM: Vapidly Denouncing Vapidity

Mainstream hardly qualifies as a satisfactory, much less intelligent response to the media-saturated simulacra it lounges very comfortably within.

Page to Screen: On THE GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY and the Power of Sharing Stories
Page to Screen: On THE GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL PIE SOCIETY and the Power of Sharing Stories

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is a story about stories, why we share and retell them, and why we adapt them.

DAMNATION: The Bleak and the Beautiful
DAMNATION: The Bleak and the Beautiful

If you’re looking to wallow in despair, rather than escape it, then Damnation is the film for you.

London Film Festival 2020: ANOTHER ROUND
London Film Festival 2020: ANOTHER ROUND

Vinterberg’s film goes to higher highs and lower lows than expected, proving both heart-achingly sad and outrageously joyous.

Interview with Jessica Bruder, The Author Behind NOMANDLAND
London Film Festival 2020: NOMADLAND

Any way you choose to interpret it, Nomadland flourishes under the direction of Zhao, and bolstered by a brilliant performance from McDormand.

London Film Festival 2020: Interview with ROSE: A LOVE STORY Director Jennifer Sheridan
London Film Festival 2020: Interview with ROSE: A LOVE STORY Director Jennifer Sheridan

Jennifer Sheridan talks to Film Inquiry about directing her scriptwriter, working in the snow, and designing a vampire.

HANNIBAL RISING: Anti-Fascism Without Ideology
HANNIBAL RISING: Anti-Fascism Without Ideology

Hannibal Rising poses the question about what kinds of monsters we make of ourselves by settling for the aesthetics of political virtue.

RADIUM GIRLS: On How The Glowing Element Crowned and Destroyed Women
RADIUM GIRLS: On How The Glowing Element Crowned and Destroyed Women

Despite its lack of focus and structural issues, there is much to merit in Radium Girls.

KAJILLIONAIRE: Miranda July's Atypical Dramedy Is Moving And Full Of Heart
KAJILLIONAIRE: Miranda July’s Atypical Dramedy Is Moving And Full Of Heart

Bizzarre and eccentric, Kajillionaire is a tender and moving story about love and our needs for connection.

SYNCHRONIC: A Bumpy Trip Through Time
SYNCHRONIC: A Bumpy Trip Through Time

While Synchronic is not the deep and pensive film it attempts to be, it is still an enjoyable film that will entertain.