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Author: Jeff Bulmer

Jeff Bulmer is the co-host and co-creator of Classic Movies Live! He was also formerly a film critic for the Kelowna Daily Courier. Jeff’s favourite movies include Redline, Spider-Man 2, and Requiem for a Dream.

Reviews: Infinite Summer from Fantasia Festival 2024

July 30, 2024

Final Rating: 2.5/5 At times, Miguel Llansó’s Infinite Summer is a character study, a conspiracy thriller, a wistful teen comedy, and a buddy cop…

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Reviews: Kizumonogatari – Koyomi Vamp from Fantasia Festival 2024

July 29, 2024

Final Rating: 2/5 One day, while walking through the subway, Koyomi Araragi (Hiroshi Kamiya) encounters a vampire at the end of her life. Despite…

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Blog: Fantasia Film Festival 2024 Preview

July 15, 2024

From July 18th to August 4th, Montreal will host the 28th edition of the Fantasia Film Festival. Here are our most anticipated films playing!

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Reviews: Jeanne Du Barry

June 25, 2024

The historical romance film Jeanne du Barry is clearly a passion project for director Maïwenn, but ironically, passion is the thing most absent in the film. 

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Reviews: Don’t Call It Mystery From Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2024

June 20, 2024

Totonō, is a socially awkward student with a Sherlock Holmes-like knack for observation. On a trip to Hiroshima, he is enlisted to help solve a family feud. 

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Reviews: Missing From Toronto Japanese Film Festival 2024

June 19, 2024

Miu, the daughter of Saori and Yutaka has been missing for six months. Every day, the couple spend their time after work distributing flyers in the town square.

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Reviews: Madame Web

May 24, 2024

Even at its worst, Madame Web is fascinating. The choices are almost uniformly bad, but in interesting ways that inspire more reflection.

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Reviews: river

May 23, 2024

In River, the inhabitants of a small inn in the Japanese countryside suddenly find themselves in a time loop, River restricts the loop to two minutes.

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Reviews: Grand Theft Hamlet from Hot Docs 2024

May 15, 2024

Grand Theft Hamlet, documents the process to stage a live production of Hamlet within the virtual world of GTA during the UK’s COVID lockdown in early 2021. 

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Reviews: Secret Mall Apartment from Hot Docs 2024

May 9, 2024

After his home was demolished in the wake of the mall’s opening, artist Michael Townsend had an idea: what about living in the mall?

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