September 2019 - In Review Online

New York Film Festival 2019 | Dispatch 1: The Irishman, First Cow, Varda by Agnès

September 30, 2019

Our first dispatch from the 2019 New York Film Festival offers quick takes on a smattering of the festival circuit’s biggest films this year, including: the world premiere of Martin Scorsese’s Netflix-backed, de-aging spectacle, The Irishman; a trio of Cannes Competition entries — The Whistlers, Atlantics, and Oh Mercy!; the late Agnès Varda’s final, introspective documentary, Varda by Agnès; and the latest efforts from two of the most distinctive female filmmakers working, Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow and Angela Schanelec’s I Was Home, But… Check…

#KickingtheCanon by Jack Lent Music

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five | The Message

Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five’s The Message, released in 1982, is one of the most important albums in all of hip-hop. While coming in at only seven tracks, the release is surprisingly diverse in its instrumentation and its vocals: It starts with a few…

September 30, 2019

by Joe Biglin by Paul Attard Feature Articles Music What Would Meek Do?

What Would Meek Do? | Summer Issue – Part 1

SoundCloud junkies Paul Attard and Joe Biglin run down some rap releases from the month of July in the latest What Would Meek Do?. This eleventh official issue (part of a special double issue, with the second one arriving shortly) features takes on a…

September 30, 2019

Before We Vanish by InRO Staff Feature Articles Film

Before We Vanish | September 2019: The Laundromat, First Love, Midnight Traveler

OK, so things don’t really vanish anymore: even the most limited film release will (most likely, eventually) find its way onto some streaming service or into some DVD bargain bin assuming that those still exist by the time this sentence finishes. In other words, while the title of In Review…

September 26, 2019

#ObscureObject by Ryo Miyauchi Music

Bat for Lashes | Lost Girls

On Lost Girls, Natasha Khan sounds more free than she has since she completely lay her trust in the arms of another on “Daniel,” the lead single off her 2009 album Two Suns. Interim Bat for Lashes releases have found Khan growing more wary…

September 24, 2019

#BlockbusterBeat by Steven Warner Film

3 From Hell | Rob Zombie

It’s hard to believe that rocker turned horror auteur Rob Zombie would become one of the most divisive filmmakers of the 21st century. His debut feature, 2003’s House of 1000 Corpses, was fetishistic in its re-creation of ’70s-era exploitation flicks, right down his use…

September 23, 2019

by InRO Staff Festival Coverage Film

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 | Dispatch 7: Wavelengths Program

Our seventh and final dispatch from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (here’s our first, our second, our third, our fourth, our fifth, our sixth) is also our largest, offering takes on all of the features (and one long short) present in this year’s…

September 20, 2019

#StreamingScene by M.G. Mailloux Film

Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly | White Trash Tyler

One must marvel at Travis Scott’s dramatic cultural ascendancy. The 28-year-old hip-hop artist currently operates in the highest strata of pop stardom, put there by his rabid, young fanbase. And yet a mere five years ago, it seemed as if Scott would end up…

September 19, 2019

by InRO Staff Festival Coverage Film

Toronto International Film Festival 2019 | Dispatch 6: A Hidden Life, Atlantis, Seberg

Our sixth dispatch from the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival (here’s our first, our second, our third, our fourth, our fifth) offers an eclectic mix of takes: Terrence Malick’s return to more pastoral vistas, A Hidden Life; Venice award-winner Atlantis; Ken Loach’s latest social…

September 18, 2019

#StreamingScene by Daniel Gorman Film

Ana, Mon Amour | Calin Peter Netzer

With Ana, Mon Amour, director Calin Peter Netzer is desperately trying to align himself with the great figures of doomed romantic cinema, from Rivette and Cassavettes to Bergman and Pialat. That’s certainly a bold aspiration, although given that rarified air it is perhaps unsurprising that…

September 16, 2019

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