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Reviews: Aruku from TJFF 2026

July 17, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 Shikoku Island in Japan is host to a multi-site pilgrimage of 88 Buddhist temples associated with the monk Kukai (also called…

Reviews: Sirāt – Physical Release

July 16, 2026

Final Rating: 4/5 Blu-ray Recommendation: Recommend Ed. note: read our original review of Sirāt by Brodie Cotnam from Genre Gems 2025. “Not all those who…

Reviews: Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass

July 15, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 Your enjoyment of this Sundance-premiering film, out in theaters now, will largely boil down to walking in with the right set…

Reviews: Os Três/The Three – Restoration

July 10, 2026

Final Ratings: 4.5/5 For forty-one years, Portugal lived under a dictatorship of António de Oliveira Salazar. In the meantime, beneath the Estado Novo (New…

Reviews: How Dare You from TJFF 2026

July 9, 2026

Final Rating: 4.5/5 How Dare You, directed by Mipo Oh, centres around Ueda Yuishi (Tetta Shimada), an elementary schooler who loves bugs and animals…

Reviews: Purehearted from TJFF 2026

July 7, 2026

Final Rating: 3/5 Set in Okinawa, Purehearted, directed by Kaoru Haga, tells the story of a young woman determined to produce local rum. Based…

Reviews: Sherman’s March – Restoration

July 3, 2026

Final Rating: 4.5/5 In 1985, director Ross McElwee released his magnum opus, Sherman’s March. The filmmaker, who at that time had made films like…

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…