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by InRO Staff Featured Film InRO Monthly

September 2024 Roundup: Interviews, Essays, Reviews & More

October 9, 2024

ESSAYS

A MAN CHISELING AWAY AT STONE: ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES’ ROBERT BEAVERS RETROSPECTIVE
FEATURE BY: Andrew Reichel

THE THIEF TURNS BARDIC: ON RAJ KAPOOR’S AWAARA
FEATURE BY: Aaditya Aggarwal

A UTOPIA OF TRANSCENDED BONDS: JEAN RENOIR’S GRAND ILLUSION
FEATURE BY: Andrew Reichel

DEVELOPMENTS AND DISCOVERIES: PASSING STRANGERS AT 50
FEATURE BY: Alexander Mooney


INTERVIEWS

A CINEMATIC LINGUA FRANCA: AN INTERVIEW WITH RIAR RIZALDI
FEATURE BY: Theo Rollason

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SELF-DEFINITION: AN INTERVIEW WITH AARON SCHIMBERG
FEATURE BY: Conor Truax

MEETING THE MOMENT: AN INTERVIEW WITH SOFIA BOHDANOWICZ
FEATURE BY: Chris Cassingham

THE ART OF CO-PARTICIPATION: AN INTERVIEW WITH LISANDRO ALONSO
FEATURE BY: Andrew Reichel

THE DUAL NATURE OF AN ORDINARY PERSON: A CONVERSATION WITH KIYOSHI KUROSAWA
FEATURE BY: Omar Franini

CLOSE PORTRAITS: KAZIK RADWANSKI ON MATT AND MARA
FEATURE BY: Michael Sicinski

KEEP TUGGING THAT YARN: A CONVERSATION WITH COURTNEY STEPHENS & CALLIE HERNANDEZ
FEATURE BY: Chris Cassingham


FESTIVAL COVERAGE

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

VENICE FILM FESTIVAL

SHAUN OF THE DEAD
DIRECTOR: Edgar Wright — WRITTEN BY: Jake Tropila

RED PSALM
DIRECTOR: Miklós Jancsó — WRITTEN BY: Chris Cassingham

SEPTEMBER 2 – SEPTEMBER 6

BETTLEJUICE, BEETLEJUICE
DIRECTOR: Tim Burton — REVIEW BY: Frank Falisi

RED ROOMS
DIRECTOR: Pascal Plante — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang

REBEL RIDGE
DIRECTOR: Jeremy Saulnier — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

HIS THREE DAUGHTERS
DIRECTOR: Azazel Jacobs — REVIEW BY: Dhruv Goyal

WISE GUY: DAVID CHASE AND THE SOPRANOS
DIRECTOR: Alex Gibney — REVIEW BY: Jake Tropila

MY FIRST FILM
DIRECTOR: Zia Anger — REVIEW BY: Joshua Peinado

HOARD
DIRECTOR: Luna Carmoon — REVIEW BY: Jake Tropila

THE PARAGON
DIRECTOR: Michael Duignan — REVIEW BY: Öykü Sofuoğlu

HOLDING BACK THE TIDE
DIRECTOR: Emily Packer — REVIEW BY: Luke Gorham

APOLLO 13: SURVIVAL
DIRECTOR: Peter Middleton — REVIEW BY: Emily DuGranrut

OFF RAMP
DIRECTOR: Nathan Tape — REVIEW BY: Selina Lee

THE THICKET
DIRECTOR: Elliot Lester — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

THE COWBOY AND THE QUEEN
DIRECTOR: Andrea Nevins — REVIEW BY: Emily DuGranrut


SEPTEMBER 9 – SEPTEMBER 13

SPEAK NO EVIL
DIRECTOR: James Watkins — REVIEW BY: Alex Broadwell

MATT AND MARA
DIRECTOR: Kazik Radwanski — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

MY OLD ASS
DIRECTOR: Megan Park — REVIEW BY: Daniel Allen

WILL & HARPER
DIRECTOR: Josh Greenbaum — REVIEW BY: Emily DuGranrut

THE 4:30 MOVIE
DIRECTOR: Kevin Smith — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

THE KILLER’S GAME
DIRECTOR: J.J. Perry — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

BOOGER
DIRECTOR: Mary Dauterman — REVIEW BY: Emily DuGranrut

THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES
DIRECTOR: Asmae El Moudir — REVIEW BY: Clara Cuccaro

UGLIES
DIRECTOR: McG — REVIEW BY: Luke Gorham

FAILED STATE
DIRECTOR: Christopher Jason Bell & Mitch Blummer — REVIEW BY: Chris Cassingham

GOOD GIRL JANE
DIRECTOR: Sarah Elizabeth Mintz — REVIEW BY: Steven Warner

THE CRITIC
DIRECTOR: Anand Tucker — REVIEW BY: Joshua Polanski

SUBSERVIENCE
DIRECTOR: S.K. Dale — REVIEW BY: Ayeen Forootan


SEPTEMBER 16 – SEPTEMBER 20

WOLFS
DIRECTOR: Jon Watts — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

EUREKA
DIRECTOR: Lisandro Alonso — REVIEW BY: Dhruv Goyal

THE SUBSTANCE
DIRECTOR: Coralie Fargeat — REVIEW BY: Zach Lewis

A DIFFERENT MAN
DIRECTOR: Aaron Schimberg — REVIEW BY: Joshua Polanski

ALL SHALL BE WELL
DIRECTOR: Ray Yeung — REVIEW BY: Michael Scoular

NEVER LET GO
DIRECTOR: Alexandre Aja — REVIEW BY: Mike Thorn

OMNI LOOP
DIRECTOR: Bernardo Britto — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

TRAPEZIUM
DIRECTOR: Masahiro Shinohara — REVIEW BY: Ayeen Forootan

THE FEATHERWEIGHT
DIRECTOR: Robert Kolodny — REVIEW BY: Chris Cassingham

HAPPY CLOTHES: A FILM ABOUT PATRICIA FIELD
DIRECTOR: Michael Selditch — REVIEW BY: Selina Lee


SEPTEMBER 23 – SEPTEMBER 27

MEGALOPOLIS
DIRECTOR: Francis Ford Coppola — REVIEW BY: Dylan Adamson

THE WILD ROBOT
DIRECTOR: Chris Sanders — REVIEW BY: Selina Lee

SATURDAY NIGHT
DIRECTOR: Jason Reitman — REVIEW BY: Andrew Dignan

LEE
DIRECTOR: Ellen Kuras — REVIEW BY: Travis DeShong

APARTMENT 7A
DIRECTOR: Natalie Erika James — REVIEW BY: Zach Lewis

REZ BALL
DIRECTOR: Sydney Freeland — REVIEW BY: Luke Gorham

AZRAEL
DIRECTOR: E.L. Katz — REVIEW BY: Daniel Gorman

KILLER HEAT
DIRECTOR: Philippe Lacôte — REVIEW BY: Matt Lynch

REFORM!
DIRECTOR: Jon Bois — REVIEW BY: Ryan Swen

SLEEP
DIRECTOR: Jason Yu — REVIEW BY: Morris Yang