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by InRO Staff Featured Film InRO Monthly

June 2024 Roundup: Interviews, Essays, Reviews & More

July 5, 2024

Credit: Ingmar Chen

ESSAYS

WORLD WIDE WEB OF DREAD: HORROR FROM THE YEAR OF THE WEB, 30 YEARS LATER
FEATURE BY: Mike Thorn

CRAFT AS POLITICAL PRAXIS OR: FUCK THAT, FREE PALESTINE — MASAO ADACHI & KOJI WAKAMATSU’S RED ARMY/PFLP: DECLARATION OF WORLD WAR
FEATURE BY: Vicky Huang

A SURVEY OF ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES’ WINDOWED WORLDS: THE FILMS OF BARRY GERSON
 FEATURE BY: Andrew Reichel


INTERVIEWS

COMPLEXITIES OF OEDIPUS: A CONVERSATION WITH ANGELA SCHANELAC
FEATURE BY: Michael Sicinski

THE TEXAS OF IT ALL: AN INTERVIEW WITH LUCY KERR
FEATURE BY: Chris Cassingham

I JUST PUT THE FOOD IN FRONT OF YOU: AN INTERVIEW WITH ALEX ROSS PERRY
FEATURE BY: Conor Truax

SUPERNATURAL STICKER SISTERHOOD: AN INTERVIEW WITH AMANDA NELL EU
FEATURE BY: Sasha Han

FRONT LINES OF THE CREATIVE PROCESS: AN INTERVIEW WITH KIT ZAUHAR
FEATURE BY: Chris Cassingham

EMBRACING THE ELLIPSIS: AN INTERVIEW WITH CARSON LUND
FEATURE BY: Caleb Hammond


FESTIVAL COVERAGE

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

FIDMARSEILLE

Credit: 20th Century Fox

THE SPIRIT OF THE BEEHIVE
DIRECTOR: Victor Erice — WRITTEN BY: Dhruv Goyal

ARABIAN NIGHTS
DIRECTOR: Pier Paolo Pasolini — WRITTEN BY: Morris Yang

A MATTER OF TIME
DIRECTOR: Vincente Minnelli — WRITTEN BY: Fran Kursztejn

SPEED
DIRECTOR: Jan de Bont — WRITTEN BY: Selina Lee

HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN
DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón — WRITTEN BY: Selina Lee

Credit: Larry Horricks

JUNE 3 – JUNE 7

BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE
DIRECTOR: Adil & Bilall — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

REN FAIRE
DIRECTOR: Lance Oppenheim — REVIEW BY: Jake Tropila

THE WATCHERS
DIRECTOR: Ishana Shyamalan — REVIEW BY: Greg Nussen

ME
DIRECTOR: Don Hertzfeldt — REVIEW BY: Zach Lewis

LUMBERJACK THE MONSTER
DIRECTOR: Takashi Miike — REVIEW BY: Fred Barrett

BANEL & ADAMA
DIRECTOR: Ramata-Toulaye Sy — REVIEW BY: Michael Sicinski

THIS CLOSENESS
DIRECTOR: Kit Zauhar — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang

SOMEDAY WE’LL TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING
DIRECTOR: Emily Atef — REVIEW BY: Fred Barrett

I USED TO BE FUNNY
DIRECTOR: Ally Pankiw — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

AM I OK?
DIRECTOR: Tig Notaro & Stephanie Allynne — REVIEW BY: Ayeen Forootan

ALL THE COLOURS OF THE WORLD ARE BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE
DIRECTOR: Babatunde Apalowo — REVIEW BY: Shar Tan

UNDER PARIS
DIRECTOR: Xavier Gens — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

EXHUMA
DIRECTOR: Jang Jae-hyun — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

LIFE AFTER FIGHTING
DIRECTOR: Bren Foster — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

COTTONTAIL
DIRECTOR: Patrick Dickinson — REVIEW BY: Greg Nussen


JUNE 10 – JUNE 14

FIREBRAND
DIRECTOR: Karim Aïnouz — REVIEW BY: Emily DuGranrut

INSIDE OUT 2
DIRECTOR: Kelsey Mann — REVIEW BY: Michael Scoular

TIGER STRIPES
DIRECTOR: Amanda Nell Eu — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang

GHOSTLIGHT
DIRECTOR: Kelly O’Sullivan & Alex Thompson — REVIEW BY: Emily DuGranrut

JUST THE TWO OF US
DIRECTOR: Valérie Donzelli — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

20,000 SPECIES OF BEES
DIRECTOR: Estíbaliz Urresola Solaguren — REVIEW BY: Mattie Lucas

FEDERER: TWELVE FINAL DAYS
DIRECTOR: Asif Kapadia & Joe Sabia — REVIEW BY: Chris Cassingham

NEW STRAINS
DIRECTOR: Artemis Shaw & Prashanth Kamalakanthan — REVIEW BY: Ryan Coleman

BAD BEHAVIOUR
DIRECTOR: Alice Englert — REVIEW BY: Grace Boschetti

QUEENDOM
DIRECTOR: Agniia Galdanova — REVIEW BY: Greg Nussen

RIDE
DIRECTOR: Jake Allyn — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang

REVERSE THE CURSE
DIRECTOR: David Duchovny — REVIEW BY: Conor Truax

LATENCY
DIRECTOR: James Croke — REVIEW BY: Ayeen Forootan


JUNE 17 – JUNE 21

KINDS OF KINDNESS
DIRECTOR: Yorgos Lanthimos — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

THE BIKERIDERS
DIRECTOR: Jeff Nichols — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

JANET PLANET
DIRECTOR: Annie Baker — REVIEW BY: Nick Kouhi

GREEN BORDER
DIRECTOR: Agnieszka Holland — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

THE EXORCISM
DIRECTOR: Joshua John Miller — REVIEW BY: Frank Falisi

RITE HERE RITE NOW
DIRECTOR: Alex Ross Perry — REVIEW BY: Conor Truax

THELMA
DIRECTOR: Josh Margolin — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

THE DEVIL’S BATH
DIRECTOR: Veronika Franz & Severin Fiala — REVIEW BY: Dhruv Goyal

TRIGGER WARNING
DIRECTOR: Mouly Surya — REVIEW BY: Joshua Polanski

HUMANIST VAMPIRE SEEKING CONSENTING SUICIDAL PERSON
DIRECTOR: Ariane Louis-Seize — REVIEW BY: Michael Sicinski

CHESTNUT
DIRECTOR: Jac Cron — REVIEW BY: Fred Barrett

HERE TO CLIMB
DIRECTOR: Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg — REVIEW BY: Selina Lee

ANIMALIA
DIRECTOR: Sofia Alaoui — REVIEW BY: Fred Barrett


JUNE 24 – JUNE 28

MUSIC
DIRECTOR: George Miller — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

LAST SUMMER
DIRECTOR: Marco Bellocchio — REVIEW BY: Luke Gorham

A QUIET PLACE: DAY ONE
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

HORIZON: AN AMERICAN SAGA – CHAPTER 1
DIRECTOR: Ron Howard — REVIEW BY: Frank Falisi

DADDIO
DIRECTOR: Margreth Olin — REVIEW BY: Frank Falisi

THE HUMAN SURGE 3
DIRECTOR: Brad Peyton — REVIEW BY: Zach Lewis

THE VOURDALAK
DIRECTOR: James Cullen Bressack — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

FAMILY PORTRAIT
DIRECTOR: Sophie Dupuis — REVIEW BY: Jesse Catherine Webber

THE CONQUEROR: HOLLYWOOD FALLOUT
DIRECTOR: Richard Linklater — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

KALKI 2898 AD
DIRECTOR: Ron Howard — REVIEW BY: Joshua Polanski

A FAMILY AFFAIR
DIRECTOR: Margreth Olin — REVIEW BY: Ayeen Forootan

CONFESSIONS OF A GOOD SAMARITAN
DIRECTOR: Brad Peyton — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

REUNION
DIRECTOR: James Cullen Bressack — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang