Inside (2023)

‘Inside,’ which opens in theaters on March 17th, actually overlaps much more considerably with some of the experimental theater work from early in Dafoe’s career. So while it lacks the type of big hooks which could take its narrative off in directions that would hold more mainstream appeal, this sort of experience — and Dafoe’s gifts with communicating a character’s rich interior life — makes him the ideal performer for this manner of experimental effort, which is basically a stage play masquerading (in fine cinematic form) as a film.