It may help to understand how “Inheritance” was shot before seeing filmmaker Neil Burger’s latest effort. The spy thriller’s vaguely impressionistic feel is due to the desire of Burger — whose movies ...

Unlike the sleek, jet-setting aesthetic of a Bond film, Inheritance prefers its settings claustrophobic, dingy, and chaotic. We hop between Cairo, Delhi, and Seoul—an itinerary that already has my ...

When reviewing a film, reading the director’s statement can feel an awful lot like checking their will. What an artist intended with the choices they left behind won’t always matter to the audience, ...

If it weren’t for the empty adjustable hospital bed in the room, it would seem like Maya’s (Phoebe Dynevor) story is a lot like any other film about 20-somethings living in New York City: she steps ...

Transforming personal trauma into a supernatural element is a favorite trope of writers across many genres, including horror, fantasy, magical realism and speculative fiction. Embodying fear, grief or ...

In description, “Inheritance” sounds like one of those movies that’s about the gimmickry of its own making: A spy thriller shot entirely on iPhone, with many scenes staged in public without permits ...

When reviewing a film, reading the director's statement can feel an awful lot like checking their will. What an artist intended with the choices they left behind won't always matter to the audience, ...