After a rich and varied March release landscape, April came back down to Earth a bit. There were still exciting, under-the-radar releases (Gazer, Henry…
Mad Bills to Pay “The working man is a sucker” — so reads the opening title card of Joel Alfonso Vargas’ debut feature, Mad…
The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick Filmmaker Pete Ohs’ working methods prioritize flexibility, openness, and spontaneity. As with all of his…
After a numbing first couple months in 2025 cinema, March struck back in a big way, giving theatergoers a number of new films from…
Little Boy In a less-than-apocryphal anecdote repeated throughout the French media, Jean Renoir once said, “I made La Bête humaine because [Jean] Gabin and…
Desert of Namibia At first, Yoko Yamanaka’s Desert of Namibia seems to be just another entry in what this writer is calling Millennium Mambo-core,…
Suspended Time Given the muted critical response and prolonged time period between its festival premiere and eventual (limited) distribution, the new Olivier Assayas film…
Henry Fonda for President Thoughtful film curation asks us to consider films in a new light. Alexander Horwath knows this better than most, having…
As February comes to a close, we’re back with more new reviews of this month’s latest releases. Here you’ll find our thoughts on everything from big entries like The Monkey, Captain America…
In the Mouth In the Mouth, the sophomore feature from Cory Santilli (Saul at Night, 2019) is everything from a film noir to a…
Pavements “The world’s most important and influential band breaks up and it’s not a big deal.” Thus begins Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements, establishing from…
Blazing Fists I watched two films from IFFR’s 2025 festival: one was The Last Dance, the smash hit Hong Kong family melodrama set in…
Yasuko, Songs of Days Past Like many Japanese directors his age, Kichitaro Negishi got his start at the legendary Nikkatsu studio making the only…
January 2025 brings with it a slight tweak to our format at InRO. Still featured will be all of the content we've made it our mission to deliver, but packaged a little differently and delivered according to a new timeline. Throughout the month, you'll still find us dropping our fantastic writers' work in interviews, essays,
YEAR IN REVIEW BEST FILMS OF 2024 ESSAYS THE FLEAS OF PETTICOAT LANE: JURASSIC PARK, FROM PAGE TO FILM FEATURE BY: Milo Garner IMMORTALITY…
Individual Lists Aaditya Aggarwal Contributor 1. Mambar Pierrette — Rosine Mbakam 2. Mountains — Monica Sorelle 3. Janet Planet — Annie Baker 4. Babygirl — Halina Reijn 5. Queer — Luca Guadagnino 6. The Room Next Door — Pedro Almodóvar 7. Last Summer — Catherine Breillat 8. Girls Will Be Girls — Shuchi Talati 9.
Convergence and divergence are sometimes indistinguishable from each other, especially when occurring in an ecosystem so rapid, cacophonous, and reflexive. This is the bubble…
Convergence and divergence are sometimes indistinguishable from each other, especially when occurring in an ecosystem so rapid, cacophonous, and reflexive. This is the bubble…