THE GREATEST SHOWMAN: An Enjoyable Musical Fantasy
[Published at Film Inquiry] Relatively unknown visual effects artist Michael Gracey makes an applaudable directorial debut with The Greatest Showman, a fictional musical...
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS: Tim Burton’s Timeless Masterpiece
Before he came down here, it never snowed. And afterwards, it did. I don’t think it would be snowing now...
WONDER: Prudent, Sincere & Perspicaciously Polycentric
[Published at Film Inquiry] It would be easy for one to think that Wonder may be a told centered solely from our...
DARKEST HOUR: The Capolavoro Of Gary Oldman’s Nonpareil Career
[Published at Film Inquiry] With Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, Anna Karenina, and now Darkest Hour, director Joe Wright has established himself as a master of period...
ENTANGLEMENT: A Wholly Original, Expectation-Subverting Gem
[Published at Film Inquiry] Of all the subjects to center a film around, suicide is one of the more delicate...
THE PIRATES OF SOMALIA: Deftly Jettisons Stereotypes For An Essential Viewing
[Published at Film Inquiry] In most mainstream media and film, there hasn’t been much gray area in the portrayal of...
FEAR US WOMEN: Empowering, Sobering, & Entrancingly Spectacular
[Published at Film Inquiry] In Fear Us Women, director David Darg immerses the viewer instantly at a YPJ outpost in Syria. We immediately...
HEAL: A Fascinating Look Into The Benefits Of Eastern Medicine
[Published at Film Inquiry] Heal reintroduces a topic and area of medicine that’s been around for thousands of years, since the Buddha...
JUSTICE LEAGUE: Visually Captivating, Stealthily Substantive, & Vacillatingly Cohesive
[Published at Film Inquiry] Director Zack Snyder (Watchmen) poured his heart and soul into the making of Justice League, and it shows in...
MAYHEM: Hilarious & Horrifying Socially Salient Satire
[Published at Film Inquiry] Mayhem is, first and foremost, an absolute blast from start to finish. Director Joe Lynch and screenwriter Matias Caruso team up to...