Kristy Strouse

2 weeks ago | filminquiry.com | Kristy Strouse

With his newest short film Liquor Bank, Writer/Director Marcellus Cox continues to capture gripping moments of human fragility on screen. This 15 minute drama takes us into the apartment of veteran Eddie (Antwone Barnes) as he wakes up after a night of drinking. Having missed his year of sobriety party the night before, his sponsor, Baker (Sean Alexander James) checks in on him.

2 weeks ago | filminquiry.com | Kristy Strouse

A focus of many specials since his passing in 1984 (though many believed it was a prank) Andy Kaufman still remains of the most iconic comedians of his time. Though, he would frown at that phrasing. 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. The film starts off from Kaufman‘s own direction, an interesting format to thrust us into his particular brand of hilarity that was inherently unique.

1 month ago | filminquiry.com | Kristy Strouse

MOLA – A Tibetan Tale of Love and Loss, a beautiful documentary about Kunsang Wangmo, a 100-year-old Buddhist nun exiled from Tibet in 1959, recently screened at this year’s SXSW. Film Inquiry was able to sit down with co-directors (and family of Kunsang) Martin Brauen and Yangzom Brauen and Executive Producer on the project through Union Editorial, Michael Raimondi, to discuss this very personal and powerful story:This interview has been edited for clarity.

1 month ago | filminquiry.com | Kristy Strouse

At this year’s SXSW there was one movie that brought together dog lovers and horror fans: Good Boy. This ghost story from the point of view of a dog was something unseen before. Film Inquiry was able to speak with the writer/director Ben Leonberg, his partner and producer Kari Fischer and of course, the star himself: Indy!This is Kristy Strouse with Film Inquiry. I loved the movie and thought it was very creative, something I had never seen before.

1 month ago | filminquiry.com | Kristy Strouse

Film Inquiry was lucky enough to be on the ground at this year’s SXSW, and we’ve got a lot of coverage. Sometimes, you’ll be lucky as a film critic to view a film and just know that you saw something special. It’s a wonderful and fulfilling feeling. At this year’s fest, I definitely had it. With my first selection of films I cover a spectrum of genre: horror, sci-fi and dark comedy with each providing something truly original.