my film journal

Sweden’s Oscar entry, A Man Called Ove is a touching, bittersweet, comic tale that’s a deeply satisfying emotional experience, and it’s ...

Hirokazu Kore -e da, a vital voice in Japanese cinema, known for his emotionally distressing family dramas – Nobody Knows (2...

Lion is the profoundly moving true-life story of Saroo, a five year old boy living in a remote Indian village with his mother and siblin...

Fans and filmgoers rejoice! Rogue One: A Star Wars Story rocks, setting a new high standard for the space fantasy franchise and exceedin...

Studio Ghibli’s first collaboration with Dutch Academy Award winning animator Michael Dudok de Wit, The Red Turtle is a playful and movi...

The long awaited return of a beloved Japanese art-house classic has finally arrived with the new Janus films 4K restoration of Tampopo (1...

In the face of greed, human rights and decency are thrown out the window. Where there is the potential for profit, protection of those hu...

From celebrated actress Konkona Sensharma, making her directorial debut, comes an Indian drama that’s a poignant and surprisingly pow...

Near the ancient crime-ridden southern Italian city of Napoli, plagued by high unemployment, a ragtag family of musicians travel the coun...

One of the more unusual but fascinating films I saw at tiff16 this year, Heal the Living is an almost spiritual experience that trans...

The story couldn’t be more timely and urgent as European and other Western countries find themselves in the grip of weekly reports of you...

Morgan (2016) is a slick taut Sci-fi thriller that channels the minimalist slow burn story of Ex Machina (2015) with the suspenseful a...

Japan has a long history of touching intimate family portraits that are simultaneously sweet and sad, sentimental and nostalgic and pull ...

Internationally acclaimed master Iranian film auteur Abbas Kiarostami, who passed away on July 4, 2016 at age 76, stated earlier this yea...

Take a trip down memory lane driving your Oldsmobile 442 and listening to 8-Track tapes with a carton of LPs in the back, and relive your...