Month: December 2020

When Jerri Bell first wrote about the Golden Fourteen, their story only took up a sentence. These 14 Black women were the first to serve in the U.S. Navy, and Bell, a former naval officer and historian with the Veteran’s Writing Project, included them in a book about women’s contributions in every American war, co-written…

This article is part of our 2020 Rewind. Follow along as we explore the best and most interesting movies, shows, performances, and more released in this very strange year. In this entry, we explore the best animated movies of 2020. Peeking back at our 2020 Preview, we entered the year in the same fashion that…

November is a busy month for movie lovers as studios unleash their classiest films and family fare to theaters (remember theaters?) and home video labels deliver must-haves destined to opened Christmas morning. Vinegar Syndrome is no different, and their November releases are often among their most memorable. This year’s offerings continue that trend with four…

★★★★ Directed by: Ross McGowan Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: Craig McDonald-Kelly, Chris Evangelou, Ross McGowan Starring: Chris Evangelou, Humzah Awan, James Cosmo Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’,,Film Review by: ,,Jason Knight A boxing match is taking place. It is WBF Super…

In our new monthly column Laughed to Death, Brianna Zigler takes a look at the way comedy and existentialism go hand-in-hand in seemingly unlikely ways. In her first entry, she examines how The Eric Andre Show finds success in exploiting “the mortifying ordeal of being known.” In the Season 4 premiere of The Eric Andre Show, reality…

This interview originally aired on the pilot episode of The Global Film Podcast, a new weekly film podcast featuring in-depth global roundtable discussions from worldwide contributors. For their disability month special, Film Inquiry contributor Diego Andaluz interviewed Run‘s director Aneesh Chaganty and co-producer Natalie Qasabian, discussing their unconventional rise in the industry, inspirations for Run,…

“This would look very nice in my dining room.” Ah yes, nothing like a good story about a struggling artist. But this short film has a bit more to offer. Victor in Paradise is a bleak dark comedy short film written and directed by Brooklyn filmmaker Brendan McHugh, and after initially premiering at the Palm…

In 1962, a British spy made an eventful debut on the big screen. James Bond was cocky, suave and horny, quick with a bon mot and built for speed. Created by novelist Ian Fleming, Bond, played by Sean Connery, was also improbably immortal, designed to last throughout a durable, knowingly facile franchise. Bond was a…

Queerly Ever After is a bi-monthly column where I take a look at LGBT+ films that gave their characters a romantic happily-ever-after. There will be spoilers. Also, don’t forget to buy your Queerly Ever After merch right here. I’ve been very conflicted about whether to even include From Beginning to End in this column, I ultimately…

★★★★ Directed by: #OliviaWilde Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonWritten by: #GarrettCombs & #ChaseHilton Starring: #MargaretQually, #JohnPirkis, #SamStillman Read moreRobert Stack Finally Solves a Mystery in ‘The Strange and Deadly Occurrence’Short Film Review by Taryll Baker A woman is forced to rediscover her humanity in an increasingly digital world. It’s kind of…

“News of the World” reminds us how vital, and easily fumbled, third acts can be. Director Paul Greengrass reteams with his “Captain Phillips” star, Tom Hanks, for a smart, textured take on Paulette Jiles’ novel of the same name. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIt’s a perfectly Hanksian role, demanding endless gravitas,…

The title of Safety couldn’t be more fitting for this sentimentally simple true story of a college football athlete Ray McElrathbey who overcame hardship. There was no doubt someone within Disney heard the story of Ray’s problems at home that followed him to campus and made him struggle to prove himself worthy. And while the…

For several centuries, the village of Walraversjide (also called Raversyde) thrived through fishing and farming. Largely abandoned due to conflicts in the 16th century, it was not rediscovered until 1992. Since then, it has been meticulously studied and partially reconstructed, complete with medieval buildings and a history museum. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong…

Not far from the headwaters of the Manohara River, Shiva sits overlooking a sacred spot marked by the Swasthani Mandir. It was here that Parvati fasted and endured extraordinary hardships in an effort to charm a grieving Shiva to become her husband. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonAs the story goes, Shiva…

A hydrochronometer is a type of water clock. There are actually two of these extremely rare clocks located in Rome, the other is at Palazzo Berardi. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonFather Giovan Battista Embriaco was an inventor and professor at the College of St Thomas. Embriaco created this hydrochronometer in 1867, and…

The movies are going back to Guantanamo in The Mauritanian, the latest from director Kevin Macdonald. The horrors and hypocrisies of the Guantanamo Bay detention center shouldn’t be news to anyone, but the ways in which it disregarded the fundamentals of American law and values are worth examining again and again. This time it’s the story…

A small stretch of West Mersea’s beach is known by the strange moniker, Monkey Beach. The reason for this curious name, as well as its adjoining Monkey Steps, is believed to have stemmed from the beach’s past.  Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonIt’s believed by some that at the bottom of the…