Reviews: Juliet and the King from Fantasia Festival 2025 July 30, 2025 Juliet and the King is an Iranian animated film about how the Shah wanted to mount a production of Romeo and Juliet, despite the countries protestations. Continue Reading
Reviews: Good Game from Fantasia Festival 2025 July 28, 2025 Good Game is an e-sports drama about a former champion trying to re-find his game and drag a team of nobodies to the spotlight. Continue Reading
Reviews: La mort n’existe pas from Fantasia Festival 2025 July 22, 2025 Final Rating: 2/5 A young activist’s apparent lack of commitment to the cause is explored in the movie La mort n’existe pas (Death Does… Continue Reading
Reviews: Nintama Rantarō: Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja from TJFF 2025 July 7, 2025 Invincible Master of the Dokutake Ninja is the latest in the Nintama Rantarō films. Here the young ninja’s must investigate the disappearance of their missing teacher. Continue Reading
Reviews: Muromachi Outsiders (Samurai Fury) from TJFF 2025 July 1, 2025 Final Rating: 4/5 In 1461, the Kanshō famine devastated Kyoto, at that time the seat of the ruling Ashikaga shogunate. As thousands starved –… Continue Reading
Reviews: Grand Maison Paris from TJFF 2025 June 30, 2025 Grand Maison Paris is a sequel to the series Grand Maison Tokyo, where a Japanese chef in Paris must face an uphill battle to become a master of his craft. Continue Reading
Reviews: Aberdeen from imagineNATIVE 2025 June 19, 2025 Aberdeen is about a grandmother who is stuck in a cycle of struggle as she deals with being unhoused, addiction and losing custody of her grandchildren. Continue Reading
Reviews: Remaining Native from imagineNATIVE 2025 June 17, 2025 Final Rating: 3.5/5 In summer 2022, Kutoven “Ku” Stevens began the annual Remembrance Run, a two-day, 50-mile event in rural Nevada, in which participants… Continue Reading
Reviews: The Lost Tiger from imagineNATIVE 2025 June 16, 2025 Final Rating: 3/5 The Lost Tiger, directed by Chantelle Murray, opens with Red (Jimi Bani) and Kara (Nakkiah Lui), a young kangaroo couple, discovering… Continue Reading
Reviews: Cells At Work from TJFF 2025 June 13, 2025 Final Rating: 4.5/5 The human body is a miracle of evolution. Containing over 37 trillion cells, our bodies work so well we usually take… Continue Reading
