comedy

THE PENGUIN LESSONS (2025) - source: Sony Pictures Classics
THE PENGUIN LESSONS: Steve Coogan And A Penguin Stand Up To Fascism (And It Goes About As Well As You’d Expect)

It’s official — the United Kingdom has The Penguin Lessons fever. Posters for this thing, depicting…

THANK YOU VERY MUCH: Remembering Andy Kaufman’s Genius
THANK YOU VERY MUCH: Remembering Andy Kaufman’s Genius

Like many before, Alex Braverman’s Thank You Very Much takes on the near impossible task of showing who this enigmatic anti-comedian comedy star was.

Death of a Unicorn: Trailer 1
SXSW 2025: Drop, Death of a Unicorn & Slanted

From SXSW we take a look at Drop, Death of a Unicorn and Slanted!

DEAD LOVER: Mary Shelley Would Approve
DEAD LOVER: Mary Shelley Would Approve

A crazy quilt horror comedy like Dead Lover is likely not to everyone’s taste, but this film’s playful, undead spirit is contagious.

NOVOCAINE: Sometimes Love Don't Feel Like It Should
NOVOCAINE: Sometimes Love Don’t Feel Like It Should

If you like action comedy films that actually have a bit of a story, great action scenes, funny jokes, and a lot of heart, Novocaine is the perfect fit.

BORDERLINE: Horror Comedy Done Right
BORDERLINE: Horror Comedy Done Right

Borderline does a lot over the course of its 90 minutes, it made us laugh, it made us cringe, it made us look through our fingers.

MICKEY 17: Double The Pattinson, Double The Fun
MICKEY 17: Double The Pattinson, Double The Fun

Mickey 17 ripped apart the rule book for a Hollywood sci-fi movie, and its box-office success will hopefully lead to Joon-Ho getting even more runway next time around.

BLOODY AXE WOUND: Struggling To Find Identity
BLOODY AXE WOUND: Struggling To Find Identity

Bloody Axe Wound’s ideas were there but the writing couldn’t back them up or bring them to a place where we could fully care about anything happening.

ALY Interview With Writer/Director Kevin Lee & Star Angela Wong Carbone
ALY Interview With Writer/Director Kevin Lee & Star Angela Wong Carbone

Film Inquiry spoke with writer/director Kevin Lee and his star Angela Wong Carbone for the short film Aly.

Slamdance Film Festival 2025: RACEWALKERS

Racewalkers reminds us of the beauty in embracing the quirky, the unconventional, and the unexpected.

BROKEN RAGE: Takeshi Kitano Can Still Make ‘Em Laugh
BROKEN RAGE: Takeshi Kitano Can Still Make ‘Em Laugh

Here’s an ice-cold take: movies nowadays are too damn long. Obviously, this is all relative;…

Slamdance 2025: Lockjaw and Portal to Hell
Slamdance 2025: Lockjaw and Portal to Hell

Kicking off this year’s Slamdance coverage, we’re looking at two different styles of comedy in “Lockjaw” and “Portal to Hell.”

Sundance 2025: Twinless and Train Dreams
Sundance 2025: Twinless and Train Dreams

Sundance this year has Twinless, an audacious exercise in storytelling, and Train Dreams that is equally as compelling.

LOVE HURTS: A Blood-Soaked Valentine’s Day Slog

Love Hurts is still worth a watch, if only for Quan’s tour-de-force performance.

RIVER: A Riff on Groundhog Day Set at a Kyoto Inn
RIVER: A Riff on Groundhog Day Set at a Kyoto Inn

At its best River uses the broad ensemble comedy of Japan in ways that evoke the best ensemble pieces like Noises Off or Christopher Guest’s work.