Rachel Brosnahan plays a woman whose loyalty and patience are tested to the breaking point in Julia Hart’s “I’m Your Woman.” Brosnahan’s Jean and her newborn baby must go into hiding after her criminal husband announces that things have become too unstable for him on streets. His confidant, Cal (Arinze Kene), takes Jean to a…

Following his 2017 zombie flick with a humane twist, The Cured, Irish filmmaker David Freyne returns with a coming-of-age tale about… well, coming out – which at first, sounds like a far cry from the flesh-eating pandemonium that preceded it. Yet, there’s one thing that both films have in common and it remains unspoken –…

For centuries, the Ukrainian city of Odessa has served as the region’s great trading port. But legend has it that it took a fabulous bribe to pave the way. The story goes that 18th-century Odessa wanted money to build their port. Unfortunately, when the new tzar Paul I took power in 1796, he diverted the…

The Basilica of San Giorgio in Velabro is a religious building located in Rome, edificated on the former swampy area of Velabro and dedicated to Saint George. The origins of the church are not clear. It’s mentioned in various Early Middle documents, but these could also be a nod to a separate building.  Read moreA…

Andersonville is now a sleepy little town in southern Georgia. But during the Civil War, it was the site of the notorious Camp Sumter Prison. Here, thousands of captured Union soldiers perished, often from the miserable conditions. Today, the National Park Service maintains the National POW Museum where the prison once stood. Read moreA Guide to…

Katabatic winds scream across Cape Crozier, a snow-swept chunk of ice and rock at the edge of Antarctica. Nobody lives there. Nobody, that is, except for over 270,000 Adélie penguins. They’re klutzy, squawking, 2-foot-tall animals that waddle purposefully across the antarctic plains, biting and flapping and tripping over one another like little Monsieur Hulots. And…

Smoky Mountain Knife Works is heralded as the “World’s largest knife showplace.” The showroom covers more than 100,000 square feet and has more than a million visitors annually. Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe store is home to a massive collection of museum-quality cutlery memorabilia, artifacts, and mounts—as well as a plethora…

This interesting building in the small Central Bohemian town of Slaný was constructed by architects Vratislav Růžička and Vlastibor Klimeš between 1970 and 1979. Originally, several tenement houses were located at the current site of the building.  Read moreA Guide to The Perfect Bong Joon-ho MarathonThe structure is home to an oil and gas heating…

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…