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Reviews: Love is the Monster from TIFF 2026

September 17, 2026

Final Rating: 1.5/5 From Costa Rican director Neto Villalobos Brenes, Love is the Monster follows a Grandmother (Paulina Garcia) living in a post-apocalyptic world…

Reviews: The World Before from TIFF 2026

September 16, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 The World Before, directed by Yoon Dan-bi, centres on the relationship between Jin (Sim Su-bin) and Du-jae (Kim Eo-jin), two childhood…

Reviews: The Last Photograph from TIFF 2026

September 15, 2026

Final Rating: 1/5 A former DEA agent travels to Colombia to avenge his brother and sister-in-law, teaming up with the conflict photographer who captured…

Reviews: Head to Head from TIFF 2026

September 14, 2026

Final Rating: 3.5/5 Head to Head is a briskly paced satire of the Iranian media censors. Featuring a film-within-a-film and frank discussions of women’s…

Reviews: Smudge the Blades from TIFF 2026

September 13, 2026

Final Rating: 2.5/5 A down-on-his-luck former hockey player becomes coach for a reserve’s failing under-18 team in the Canadian film Smudge the Blades. Writer,…

Reviews: Crime Wave – Physical Release

September 12, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 Blu-Ray Recommendation: Recommend There is a certain crop of directors from the classic Hollywood period that, for decades, lived on more…

Reviews: Children Untold from TIFF 2026

September 11, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 Children Untold, directed by Miwa Nishikawa, stars Ami Koyae as Kotoko, a young girl who evacuates Tokyo before the end of…

Reviews: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad – Physical Release

September 3, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 Blu-Ray Recommendation: Enthusiastic Recommend The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, directed by Nathan Juran, is a throwback to an era when epics…

Reviews: Colony from Fantasia Festival 2026

September 2, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 Zombies with a hivemind take over a Seoul shopping mall in Colony. Director Yeon Sang-ho’s horror film boasts impressive effects and…

Review: The Cameraman – Physical Release

August 31, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 Blu-ray Recommendation: Do Not Recommend When people think of the greatest comedians from the silent era the top three answers are…