Dunald Mill Limestone Quarry in Nether Kellet, England

It’s a comedy challenge. And not just any comedy challenge – it’s a roast! And not just any roast, it’s a roast of winners of the semi-coveted title of Miss Congeniality. How will these queens EVER come up with material that’s deeply cutting and hilarious in relation to these nice queens? A roast is not…

Most Americans haven’t heard the name Virgil “Bus” Carrell. But drive across the country and you’ll see Carrell’s work. And if you’ve entered a national forest, driven to a natural monument, or crossed the Continental Divide, you’ve probably even pulled over and snapped a selfie next to one of his creations. Those quirky brown-and-cream trapezoids,…

For two weeks in October 2020, Nigel Larkin’s truck traveled back and forth between the Hull Maritime Museum and his conservation workshop, several hours away, carrying load after load of precious cargo. There was the large tuna skeleton and assorted whale skeletons, among them a narwhal nearly nine feet long and a sperm whale jaw…

It is inevitable that the famous sometimes have a hand in their own depictions in media. That is to say, from living figures, one can expect a level of involvement from a subject relating to their portrayal onscreen. For instance, the recent Rocketman, a fantastical retelling of Elton John‘s life and career, was initiated by…

2020 has finally ended and we here at Film Inquiry want to look back at one of the few bright spots it had to offer: the amazing movies. We asked our writers to give their individual top ten films of the year, and since they have varying tastes and are flung across the world, their…

Ajay Giri juggles an eight-foot king cobra in one hand and a snake hook in the other. The cobra’s forked tongue flicks. Its tail, coiled around Giri’s left arm, twitches restlessly. Hay, huts, fields, and farmers are all scorched under the afternoon sun at Heggodu, an agricultural village bordering the Agumbe Reserve Forest. Here, deep…