Olivia Cooke

NAKED SINGULARITY: A Blend Of Genres That Never Quite Comes Together
NAKED SINGULARITY: A Blend Of Genres That Never Quite Comes Together

Naked Singularity tries to connect the legal and sci-fi elements of its story but ends up not quite capturing either aspect of the film.

LITTLE FISH: A Beautiful, Harrowing Take on Love & Life

Profound, gorgeously shot, and performed, Little Fish is a film that is unforgettable.

LITTLE FISH Trailer
LITTLE FISH Trailer

A couple fights to hold their relationship together as a memory loss virus spreads and threatens to erase the history of their love and courtship.

Interview with Mikkel Nielsen, Editor of SOUND OF METAL
Interview with Mikkel Nielsen, Editor of SOUND OF METAL

Film Inquiry recently had the opportunity to speak with editor Mikkel Nielsen about his work on the upcoming Riz Ahmed drama, Sound of Metal.

SOUND OF METAL Trailer
SOUND OF METAL Trailer

A heavy-metal drummer’s life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing.

KATIE SAYS GOODBYE: An Absence of Thematic Meaning
KATIE SAYS GOODBYE: Substituting Masochism For Meaning

Katie Says Goodbye proves playing an uplifting song at the end of a film doesn’t resolve the absence of thematic meaning that was lacking throughout the entire movie.

Of Ennui and Animalia: American Boredom in Thoroughbreds and American Animals
Of Ennui & Animalia: American Boredom In THOROUGHBREDS & AMERICAN ANIMALS

Lily, Amanda, Spencer, and Warren are all a bit bored. School sucks. Growing up isn’t easy. So they join the canon of bored white folks who look that boredom in the eye and turn to violence.

LIFE ITSELF: Elevated Love Story Through The Ages Falls Flat

Dan Fogelman’s Life Itself has heart, but it’s ultimately too shallow in execution to support his grander ambitions. 

READY PLAYER ONE: Spielberg's Exhilarating Tribute To Pop Culture In 3D
READY PLAYER ONE: Spielberg’s Exhilarating Tribute To Pop Culture In 3D

Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One is a truly exhilarating visual experience and a thrilling ode to pop culture. Spielberg’s control of the camera and expertise in crafting an action sequence is nonpareil, ultimately making the film the greatest movie to see in 3D since Avatar.

THOROUGHBREDS: Nothing New, But It’s Still Snarky Fun

Watching Thoroughbreds, one is fully aware of the debt it owes to the similar films that came before it. But that doesn’t make it any less enjoyable to watch. Female friendship has never looked so deliciously dangerous.

THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM: A Conventional Murder Mystery That Defies Convention
THE LIMEHOUSE GOLEM: A Conventional Murder Mystery That Defies Convention

The Limehouse Golem finds ways to toy with you at every turn, making it entertaining viewing despite its seemingly conventional premise.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Podcast
ME AND EARL AND THE DYING GIRL: Narcissistic and Utterly Loathsome From Start to Finish

Although not without empathy, it is hard to argue against the statement that teenagers are some of the most self-centred people alive. I know this from being a particularly self-centred teenager, who at thirteen regularly made statements of self-loathing in order to gouge sympathy and attention from my peers. It was an attention seeking phase that I mercifully grew out of very quickly, but I can at least be forgiven for it for being young and stupid.

The Quiet Ones
THE QUIET ONES Almost Put Me To Sleep

The Quiet Ones director John Pogue took a risk – inviting the viewer to follow along with Professor Joseph Coupland’s (Jared Harris) “experiment” to prove that the supernatural is simply a manifestation created in the minds of the mentally disturbed. What Professor Coupland and his team didn’t expect was a genuine haunting. The Quiet Ones was unexpected, different.