drama

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.

THE SEALED SOIL: A Bold Feminist Feature from Pre-Revolutionary Iran
THE SEALED SOIL: A Bold Feminist Feature from Pre-Revolutionary Iran

A stunning snapshot of young womanhood in a very specific time and place, The Sealed Soil is a classic of world cinema that deserves to be discovered by new audiences.

Cannes 2025: Sound of Falling and A Pale View Of Hills
Cannes 2025: Sound of Falling and A Pale View Of Hills

From this Cannes Film Festival 2025, Film Inquiry screened Pale View of Hills and Sound of Falling.

PINK NARCISSUS: A Queer Underground Classic Resurfaces
PINK NARCISSUS: Wild Dreams Can Overcome Low Budgets

Pink Narcissus is a film that is of creative and inspirational importance, a literal relic of possibility in the realm of the visual image.

CAUGHT BY THE TIDES: Sea Change
CAUGHT BY THE TIDES: Sea Change

A sprawling story, Caught by the Tides epitomizes what makes Jia Zhangke one of our most essential contemporary filmmakers.