This piece was originally published by Film Inquiry on August 10, 2022. With new mutations of the COVID-19 virus still popping up seemingly every day and monkeypox cases spreading faster than vaccines can be doled out, one might wonder if it’s too soon for an anxiety-inducing thriller about a hyper-contagious and incredibly deadly virus being spread within the claustrophobic confines of an…

This piece was originally published by Film Inquiry on August 9, 2022. Forty-six years ago, the legendary actress Sônia Braga shot to international stardom on the strength of the provocative comedy Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands. Based on the 1966 novel of the same name by Jorge Amado, the film tells the story of a woman in 1940s Brazil who finds…

This piece was originally published by Film Inquiry on August 4, 2022. The sophomore feature from writer-director Andrew Semans, Resurrection stars Rebecca Hall as a woman fighting back against her past abuser when he re-enters her life, keen to pick up where he left off. Deeply disturbing in an understated way, Resurrection is a psychological horror film that truly gets instead your…

This piece was originally published by Film Inquiry on July 27, 2022. It’s all too easy to suffer from FOMO as another festival draws to a close, and the New York Asian Film Festival is no exception. Despite having seen a great variety of films from this year’s lineup, I already have regrets about the ones I didn’t get a chance to…

This piece was originally published by Film Inquiry on July 19, 2022. This summer marks the 20th anniversary of the New York Asian Film Festival, presented by the New York Asian Film Foundation and Film at Lincoln Center. The 2022 festival lineup includes six world premieres, eight international premieres, 19 North American premieres, four U.S. …

This piece was originally published by Film Inquiry on July 13, 2022. It’s easy to get your hopes up at the start of She Will when the words Dario Argento Presents appear on the screen in the iconic font one cannot help but associate with Suspiria. However, if you were expecting this film, which Argento executive produced, to be another spellbinding classic…

This piece was originally published by Film Inquiry on July 6, 2022. Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović made a splash at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival with Murina, winning the prestigious Camera d’Or for Best First Feature. Executive produced by Martin Scorsese, Murina combines the sinister tension of noir with the emotional agony of coming of age to tell the story of one…

This piece was originally published by Film Inquiry on June 21, 2022. One of the hardest things about being a teenage girl is feeling you have to represent a certain ideal of femininity as you grow into womanhood. That ideal is presented to you as what is most desirable for boys, and thus what every girl should aspire to be: pretty, and…

This piece was originally published by Film Inquiry on June 14, 2022. Hong Sang-soo is one of the most prolific directors working today; between 1996 (The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well) and 2022 (The Novelist’s Film) the South Korean filmmaker has released 27 features and three shorts, many of which have been honored at the world’s most prestigious film festivals…