Night had fallen on Mahebourg, a bustling trade town on the southeast coast of Mauritius, when what would come to be called the “people’s factory zone” met for the first time. It was an enterprise born of necessity: A crisis…
During the darkest parts of the winter, most locals dwell inside. But when the sun returns and the days get longer the ice road is a perfect spot to recharge the batteries. Sweden’s Luleå archipelago formed during the last ice…
A man does what we all dream of doing in The Outside Story, the feature debut of writer/director Casimir Nozkowski. Okay, it’s literally just going outside and running into people, but how many of us can do that right now? Not…
Ruiguang Pagoda, also known as the Auspicious Lustre Pagoda, is the earliest pagoda built in what is now known as the Panmen Scenic Area of Suzhou. The pagoda was built in 247 CE during the reign of King Chiwu Sun…
The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum is a decidedly understated independent institution compared to the grand federal repositories of his successors. The quiet, one-room exhibition on the second floor of the Forbes Library is perhaps in line with the…
Emerald Fennell jumps on the phone from England the day after winning a Writers Guild award for Best Original Screenplay for “Promising Young Woman.” A week earlier, she’d been nominated for three Academy Awards for the film—her first feature—for Best…
★★★★ Directed by: Piero Cannata Written by: Piero Cannata Starring: Daniele Marotta, Monica Zanforlin, Marilea Vaglica Film Review by: Vikas Yadav A screenwriter plays with his characters in the same way a kid plays with his plastic toys. They kill,…
Welcome back to the newest, and at times goriest, column here at Film Inquiry – Horrific Inquiry. Twice a month, I will be tackling all things horror, each month bringing two films back into the spotlight to terrify and frighten…
“This is unnatural, we gotta tell someone.” “No, we can’t!” “Why not…?” “Because they’ll take it away from us!!” Time to catch up with this clever sci-fi short film titled Burnt Grass, which originally premiered in 2014 at the Toronto…
The conventional movie monster is a frightening, ravenous, carnivorous beast that devours anything — and everything — in its path. It might have tentacles, or it might drip with putrid slime. It might be thunderous and fast as lightning, or…