The worst thing a film — or any other form of art — can do is work too hard to be about something. This is…
In This Issue: FEATURES: What You See in the Film Is What I Found: An Interview with Frederick Wiseman by Sam C. Mac Shattered Camaraderie:…
Both the serial killer film and the road movie have storied and traceable cinematic histories, operating in movements that often weave past and around each…
In This Issue: Aggregated in this special issue of InRO Monthly is new writing on the Top 25 Films of 2023, as voted on by…
Dashing Through the Snow It seems wholly appropriate that Disney’s new holiday comedy Dashing Through the Snow bypassed theaters completely and premiered on the studio’s…
More than almost any other director, the methods of Michael Mann’s filmmaking have always matched its meanings, and his characters are defined by their attempts…
In This Issue: FEATURES: IT’S BACK: ADAPTATIONS OF STEPHEN KING’S HORROR EPIC by Mike Thorn FILM FESTIVAL COVERAGE: AFI FEST 2023, coverage by Andrew Dignan: American…
The art of adaptation precludes mere transcription, most particularly where the written word is translated to a visual medium like film. Nowhere is the canvas…
Ever Deadly opens with an unbroken seven-minute shot of katajjaq, or Inuit throat singing, featuring musician and writer Tanya Tagaq and performance artist Laakkuluk Williamson…
In This Issue: FEATURES: STITCHING REALITIES: An Interview With Eduardo Williams by Jesse Catherine Webber A CONTRACT WITH THE AUDIENCE: An Interview With James Benning by Zach Lewis…
Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls is a textbook example of the kind of short-form Internet meme-art that has no business attempting the…
Amidst the ongoing renaissance of Indigenous art, there is one existential crisis that is rarely addressed: First Nations’ access to clean, drinkable water. It’s not…
There’s an undeniable novelty that introduces Thomas Hardiman’s directorial debut, Medusa Deluxe. On its surface, the film promises to be a lively, twisty — quite…
Before the age of BookTok commenced, which both invigorated the eternally dying publishing industry and perhaps brought about the death of literature by pushing sub-AI…
“Only Minnelli believes implicitly in the power of his camera to transform trash into art, and corn into caviar. Minnelli believes more in beauty than…
Experience really can make all the difference: Samuel Fuller’s films could only have come from a real-life war veteran, and Bull Durham could only have…
The past decade suggests an encroaching — or, perhaps at this point, arrived — renaissance in Indigenous art. Regardless of the medium, native voices are…
“U.S. history is a branch of a larger tree of history… but it’s that covetous branch that thinks it’s the tree.” Proffered somewhere partway through…
There’s no denying the sheer aesthetic appeal of Laura McGann’s The Deepest Breath. Charting the mind-boggling freediving efforts of Alessia Zecchini and Stephen Keenan, the…
In This Issue: FEATURES: MASTER OF PUPPETS: A Retrospective of James Wan’s Scary Movies by Mike Thorn FIDMarseille 2023: The Mariner (Yohei Yamakado) by Ryan Akler-Bishop // …
In This Issue: FEATURES: FIDMarseille 2023: The Masturbator’s Heart (Michael Salerno) by Ryan Akler-Bishop // Artistes en Zones Troublés (Stéphane Gérard and Lionel Soukaz) by Shar Tan …