by InRO Staff Film InRO Monthly

January 2024 Roundup: Interviews, Essays, Reviews & More

February 5, 2024

Credit: Netflix

ESSAYS

JAFAR PANAHI’S POST-ARREST FILMOGRAPHY: DELIBERATING DEFIANCE
FEATURE BY: Dhruv Goyal

EXPLODING ART WITH ARTIFICE: WES ANDERSON’S ROALD DAHL QUARTET
 FEATURE BY: Anand Sudha

NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND: POOR THINGS, FROM NOVEL TO SCREEN
 FEATURE BY: Theo Rollason

DIGITAL NOIR PROPHECIES IN THE CANYONS AND THE COUNSELOR
 FEATURE BY: Mike Thorn


INTERVIEWS

NEXT TIME, I’M GOING TO MAKE A FILM ABOUT RAINBOWS: AN INTERVIEW WITH HUGH WELCHMAN
FEATURE BY: Joshua Polanski

VIEWED, AND IN TURN, FELT: AN INTERVIEW WITH PHẠM THIÊN ÂN
FEATURE BY: Conor Truax


FESTIVAL COVERAGE

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

Credit: Palm Pictures

BRIGHT STAR
DIRECTOR: Jane Campion — WRITTEN BY: Grace Boschetti

BITTER VICTORY
DIRECTOR: Nicholas Ray — WRITTEN BY: Daniel Gorman

MILLENNIUM MAMBO
DIRECTOR: Hou Hsiao-hsien — WRITTEN BY: Fred Barrett

Credit: Grasshopper Film

JANUARY 1 – JANUARY 5

MAYHEM!
DIRECTOR: Xavier Gens — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

SELF RELIANCE
DIRECTOR: Jake Johnson — REVIEW BY: Joshua Peinado

NIGHT SWIM
DIRECTOR: Bryce McGuire — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

HE WENT THAT WAY
DIRECTOR: Jeffrey Darling — REVIEW BY: Luke Gorham

THE ABANDONED
DIRECTOR: Tseng Ying-Ting — REVIEW BY: Fred Barrett

GOOD GRIEF
DIRECTOR: Dan Levy — REVIEW BY: Mattie Lucas

THE BRICKLAYER
DIRECTOR: Renny Harlin — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman


JANUARY 8 – JANUARY 12

THE SETTLERS
DIRECTOR: Felipe Gálvez Haberle — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang

THE BOOK OF CLARENCE
DIRECTOR: Erdem Tepegöz — REVIEW BY: Steven Warner

MEAN GIRLS
DIRECTOR: Samantha Jayne & Arturo Perez Jr. — REVIEW BY: Conor Truax

LIFT
DIRECTOR: F. Gary Gray — REVIEW BY: Steven Warner

THE BEEKEEPER
DIRECTOR: David Ayer — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

LAST THINGS
DIRECTOR: Deborah Stratman — REVIEW BY: Ryan Akler-Bishop

APOLONIA, APOLONIA
DIRECTOR: Lea Glob — REVIEW BY: Joshua Peinado

INSHALLAH A BOY
DIRECTOR: Amjad Al-Rasheed — REVIEW BY: Joshua Bogatin


JANUARY 15 – JANUARY 19

INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON
DIRECTOR: Phạm Thiên Ân — REVIEW BY: Jesse Catherine Webber

THE BREAKING ICE
DIRECTOR: Anthony Chen — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang

THE ARC OF OBLIVION
DIRECTOR: Ian Cheney — REVIEW BY: Emily DuGranrut

I.S.S.
DIRECTOR: Gabriela Cowperthwaite — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

WHICH BRINGS ME TO YOU
DIRECTOR: Peter Hutchings — REVIEW BY: Emily DuGranrut

FOUNDERS DAY
DIRECTOR: Erik Bloomquist — REVIEW BY: Fred Barrett

THE KITCHEN
DIRECTOR: Kibwe Tavares & Daniel Kaluuya — REVIEW BY: Dhruv Goyal

ONE MORE SHOT
DIRECTOR: James Nunn — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman


JANUARY 22 – JANUARY 26

TÓTEM
DIRECTOR: Lila Avilés — REVIEW BY: Esmé Holden

MAMBAR PIERRETTE
DIRECTOR: Rosine Mbakam — REVIEW BY: Shar Tan

PICTURES OF GHOSTS
DIRECTOR: Kleber Mendonça Filho — REVIEW BY: Dhruv Goyal

HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS
DIRECTOR: Mike Cheslik — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

SOMETIMES I THINK ABOUT DYING
DIRECTOR: Rachel Lambert — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang

BADLAND HUNTERS
DIRECTOR: Heo Meyong-haeng — REVIEW BY: Joshua Polanski

MILLER’S GIRL
DIRECTOR: Jade Halley Bartlett — REVIEW BY: Fred Barrett

THE SEEDING
DIRECTOR: Barnaby Clay — REVIEW BY: Emily DuGranrut

MASTERS OF THE AIR
CREATOR: John Shiban & John Orloff — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

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