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Reviews: Sham from TJFF 2026

June 29, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 In Sham, an elementary school teacher becomes the victim of public harassment after being accused of using extreme corporal punishment on…

Reviews: Night Flower from TJFF 2026

June 26, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 Night Flower, directed by Eiji Uchida, stars Keiko Kitagawa as a struggling woman whose life changes after she begins selling drugs….

Reviews: George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey – Physical Release

June 25, 2026

Final Rating: 4.5/5 4K Recommendation: Enthusiastic Recommend For the number of great classic Hollywood era films that he directed, it feels wrong to call…

Reviews: Sai – disaster from TJFF 2026

June 24, 2026

Final Rating: 4.5/5 Sai – disaster is an atmospheric thriller about the creeping dread of everyday life. Incorporating elements of murder mystery, slice-of-life, and…

Reviews: Stop! That! Train!

June 23, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 Two best friends get jobs as railway hostesses on a runaway train in director Adam Shankman’s fast-paced disaster spoof Stop! That!…

Reviews: The Voices of Our Mother

June 22, 2026

Final Rating: 1.5/5 A sudden illness strikes a family’s matriarch, reuniting her children back to take care of her and her estate in The…

Reviews: Trainspotting – Restoration

June 5, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 In 1996, the English filmmaker Danny Boyle released his first massive hit: Trainspotting. Narrating the wounds of the youth in the…

Reviews: Groove – Physical Release

June 4, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 Blu-Ray Recommendation: Recommend Rave culture was not a new film subject at the turn of the century, with directors like Doug…

Reviews: Power Ballad

June 3, 2026

Final Rating: 3.5/5 In Power Ballad, Paul Rudd plays Rick Power, a retired rockstar turned wedding singer whose life begins to unravel when one…

Reviews: 2026 Hot Docs Round Up – Part 4

June 1, 2026

Pressing play on a new documentary short is a bit like reaching into Forest Gump’s proverbial box of chocolates: You never know what you’re…