Jude Law is chillingly, image-shatteringly good as the soulless Putin in WIZARD OF THE KREMLIIN, Olivier Assayas's big, sprawling, more-truth-than-fiction chronicle of Russia's slide back into totalitarianism. CINEMA DAILY US review up here: cinemadailyus.com/reviews/wiza...

🚨PETITION: CLOSE THE LONDON HKETO🖊️ A jury has convicted two men linked to #London's Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) of spying on #HongKongers in the U.K. 👉It's time to act. Sign and share the petition. Shut the HKETO. Protect people in Britain: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

It is dangerous to travel through a hostage-taking country like Russia. That even includes layovers, as the new Apple TV+ series UNCONDITIONAL makes amply clear. Review here: www.jbspins.com/2026/05/unco...

SILENT FRIEND invites viewers to mediate on what it means to be human through a researcher's relationship with plants. Not all of its 3 interwined story arcs are equally successful, but it still represents assured and refined filmmaking. CINEMA DAILY US review here: cinemadailyus.com/reviews/sile...

The new THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME movie, TEARS OF THE AZURE SEA features the franchise's most cartoony character, but in an appealingly bitersweet underdog story. CINEMA DAILY US review up here: cinemadailyus.com/reviews/that...

A POEM FOR LITTLE PEOPLE has a terrible title, but is raw and intimate footage of Ukrainian volunteer evacuation teams is deeply compelling. Review up here: www.jbspins.com/2026/05/a-po...

CASA GRANDE is not YELLOWSTONE. It is far more ideologically charged than that popular franchise, in ways fans might not appreciate. Howver, it has a healthy apreciation of traditional ranching life and a great vilain in Lou Diamond Phillips. Review up here: www.theepochtimes.com/bright/casa-...

To build buzz for the new film, Crunchyroll brought THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS SLIME: SCARLET BOND back into theaters. It stands alonee fairly easily and features surprisingly compelling exclusive-to-the-fiilm characters. CINEMA DAILY US review up here: cinemadailyus.com/reviews/that...

There are no pyramids or tomb-raiding in LEE CRONIN'S THE MUMMY, but fans not wedded to Mummy movie traditions should appreciate this radically new take, because it does what horror movies are supposed to do. CINEMA DAIKLY US cinemadailyus.com/reviews/lee-...

EAGLES OF THE REPUBLIC represents an incisive politcal thriller with a touch of the absurd, while also evoking nostalgia for the golden age of Egyptian cinema. Review up here: www.theepochtimes.com/bright/eagle...

BRAND NEW LANDSCAPE is a quiet but potent family chamber drama that also has a good deal of architectural savvy. Its minimalist aesthetic isn't for everyone, but the performances are impressive. ND/NF CINEMA DAILY US review up here: cinemadailyus.com/pick-up/nd-n...

There will be heritage nights for the Irish, Puerto Ricans, Italians, Koreans, blacks, and a Pride Night. New York is a very Jewish city, much more so than it is Irish or Puerto Rican. What gives? | Michael Brendan Dougherty https://ow.ly/Wi0250YKKUn

CHERNOBYL LIFE AND OTHER DISASTERS provides a personal but highly relevant perspective on the nuclear disaster, especially the young protag's growing understanding of the widespread disbelief of state media-propaganda. Review: www.jbspins.com/2026/04/cher...

EXIT 8 is one of the most successful horror video game adatations yet, thanks to its creepiness. Yet, it also clearly reflects a keen awareness of its absurdist-existentialist predecessors that could help it corssover beyond category. CINEMA DAILY US review up here: cinemadailyus.com/reviews/exit...

PUTIN'S FORTUNE is a particularly powerful indictment of the Russian mobster-dictator, b/c of its dramatic images. Yet, it is also thoroughly researched. Indeed, it is impressive how many crimes, outrages, and human rights abuses it manages to chronicle. Review: www.jbspins.com/2026/04/puti...

The Great Amdo Rebellion was an uprising in the Amdo region of Tibet against Chinese Communist authorities in 1958. Learn more in Tsering Döndrup’s unflinching account of imprisonment, famine, death, and generational trauma. tricycle.org/magazine/don...

Performing in a dance troupe should not require the degree of courage demonstrated by the Shen Yun company. The documentary UNBROKEN serves as an urgent wakeup call, exposing the CCP's extraterritorial campaign of harassment against Shen Yun. Review up here: www.theepochtimes.com/bright/unbro...

SINS OF KUJO's title character represents the worst of the worst. His ethics are unconventional, but he has an economist's understanding of incentives and unintended consequences, which makes it one of the best legal dramas in a long time. CINEMA DAILY US review: cinemadailyus.com/reviews/netf...

MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS PT1 LAST AIR IN MOSCOW is a remarkably chilling and immersive documentary portrait of Russia's slide into Orwellian totalitarianism. It is an indispensible record of Putin's assault on free speech, free thought, and basic decency. review here: www.jbspins.com/2026/04/my-u...

This is Najmeh Mohammadi, 23, from Mashhad. She was charged with “apostasy” and detained on January 10 by the regime in Iran. Her execution could happen at any moment. No crime that justifies this. No system that should allow this. Just a life about to be taken. Speak up.

BASEBALL: BEYOND BELIEF makes a compelling case that community, tradition, faith, and closely related optimism are uniquely baked into the fabric of the game. It celebrates faithfulness and fandom. Plus, it features several former NY Yankees. Review heree: www.theepochtimes.com/bright/baseb...

With all this crying about the decision of the IOC, people again only centre the male point of view. This is about the women's competition and nobody is talking about what the female athletes want. The IOC however, asked them:

PROJECT HAIL MARY successfully marries the hard science fiction of Arthur C. Clarke with an alien buddy movie. It is the kind of original genre filmmaking that can rekindle interest in the sf genre. CINEMA DAILY US review up here: cinemadailyus.com/pick-up/proj...

Folks. If your hill to die on is this “Iran’s a mess” narrative, you should be embarrassed, and in due time you will be. The world’s foremost expert in the study of urban warfare, Major John Spencer:

MARIINKA (screening at CPH: DOX) documents how Putin's dirty war has fractured families and utterly destroyed the titulalr Ukrainian city, Review up here: www.jbspins.com/2026/03/cph-...

ARMAVENI shines a spotlight on the Armenian Genocide and contemporary Turkey's turn towards authoritarianism. Yet, teens will easily relate to the story. Review here: www.jbspins.com/2026/03/arma...

HBO's FUKUSHIMA: A NUCLEAR NIGHTMARE fully explains the technical aspects of the 2011 Japanese disaster & stirringly documents the heroism of the Fukushima 50. However, it lacks sufficient sources when alleging corporate and official misconduct. Review up here: www.theepochtimes.com/bright/needl...

WHOEVER STEALS THIS BOOK (@ NYICFF) promotes literacy in a roundabout way. However it also has many of the anime staples fans love (shapeshifting, magical libraries & a plucky young heroine) in an endearing, bittersweet genre-hopping fantasy. CINEMA DAILY US review: cinemadailyus.com/pick-up/new-...

Two Toronto synagogues were shot at last night, not even a week after a different synagogue in Canada was fired at during Purim. Bayt Synagogue and Shaarei Shomayim Synagogue are the latest in a long string of violence against the Jewish community in Canada. How many more until somebody acts?

Bani Khoshnoudi's THE VANISHING POINT (at Doc Fortnight) provides a timely moral-ethical reality check by paying tribute to an executed cousin and documenting average Iranians' decades-long resistance to their oppressive regime. Review up here: www.jbspins.com/2026/03/doc-...

MY GRANDFATHER IS A NIHONJIN illuminates the Japanese-Brazilian immigrant experience through its charming hand-drawn animation and vibrant tropical colors. It incorporates very real history into an easily relatable family story. NYICFF review up at CINEMA DAILY US: cinemadailyus.com/pick-up/nyic...

Mamdani Vows Retaliatory Strikes Against Bernie's Kosher Delicatessen https://babylonbee.com/news/mamdani-vows-retaliatory-strikes-against-bernies-kosher-delicatessen/?utm_source=fediverse

Liberal New York Times subscriber from Colorado. Transactivists call these people far right.

This new ANIMAL FARM graphic novel does Orwell & readers full justice. It brilliantly exposes the methods of totalitarian regimes, as well as the ruinous economic implications of socialism. Purmensky’s art also aptly suits the tragedy and satire of the story. Review: www.jbspins.com/2026/02/geor...

BAKI-DOU: THE INVINCIBLE SAMURAI introduces Baki the Grappler to the legendary Miyamoto Musashi, so it never lacks for action. CINEMA DAILY US review up here: cinemadailyus.com/reviews/baki...

MARSHALS lacks the complexity and the biting wit of the original YELLOWSTONE, but it is a rugged, outdoorsy procedural, featuring sympathtic veteran characters and energetically executed action scenes. @epochtimes.bsky.social review up here: www.theepochtimes.com/bright/marsh...

My Cartoon on Eileen GU 漫画谷爱凌 Gu is not a traitor for not representing USA. But She is a traitor to humanity for she helps CCP to white-wash Uyghur genocide，HK crackdown，brutal Internet censorship and high profile metoo case of Peng Shuai.

IT MEANS HOPE depicting a young forced to lie under torture & duress by Iran's morals police--seen from the perspective of the makeup artist, who must cover-up her black eye, powerful indicts those who remained silent during the latest crackdown. Review up here: www.jbspins.com/2026/02/slam...

WILD BOYS evenhandedly chronicles the brouhaha that erupted when 2 brothers claiming to have been raised outside modern society emerged from the Canadian woods. Its compassionate but honest treatment will leave viewers w/ very mixed feelings. EPOCH review here: www.theepochtimes.com/bright/wild-...

The American figure skater’s golden performance off the ice stands in stark contrast with that of the California-born, China-embracing skier. | Jennifer Tiedemann https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/02/liu-gu/

#ANTIZIONISM = #RACISM The genocide/apartheid/colonizer/baby-killer are age-old lies, conspiracies & blood libels about Jews. Anti-Zionism gives PERMISSION to HATE & ATTACK Jews publicly. Anti-Zionism is #JewHatred without any consequences. #NeverAgainIsNow #EndJewHatred

PERLA (at the Santa Barbara Intl Film Fest) is a honest, heartfelt drama exploring the trauma of the Communist Era, based on the filmmaker's real-life Slovak family experiences. review up here: www.jbspins.com/2026/02/sbif...

DANDELION'S ODYSSEY, Animation Firist's opening night film, traces th post-apocalyptic survival of four dandelion pappi across the galaxy, like a creation fab;e for evolutionary biologits.CINEMA DAILY US review up here: cinemadailyus.com/pick-up/dand...

Remember the Palisades fires? They were only one year ago. The 3-part L.A. FIRESTORM collects harrowing survivors' stories of average people rescuing others or their homes with absolutely no help from the local authorities. Review here: www.jbspins.com/2026/01/la-f...

The 2026 Sundance Film Festival will the final edition to have the benefit of founder Robert Redford's insight. Fittingly, I take stock of his legacy as a movie star and as the godfather of indie film (as well as a TWILIGHT ZONE guest star) in CINEMA DAILY US: cinemadailyus.com/pick-up/sund...

33 PHOTOS FROM THE GHETTO thoughtfully analyzes Leszek Grzywaczewski's recently rediscovered photos of the Warsaw Uprising, while chronicling the inspiring lives of the amateur photographer and the Jewish man, whose family he sheltered. @EpochTimes review here: www.theepochtimes.com/bright/33-ph...

A BRIEF HISTORY OF A LONG WAR, is a fascinating comic-form primer on longstanding Russian aggression towards Ukraine, including the Holodomor genocide, the "Executed Renaissance" Purges, and Khrushchev's crackdown of "Sixtiers" dissidents. Highly recommended. Review: www.jbspins.com/2026/01/a-br...

Michael Apted's newly restored doc THE LONG WAY HOME follows Russian rocker Boris Grebenshchikov during the period of Glasnost optimism. The new postscript shows he is still a rock & roll rebel, speaking out against Putin's war. Both are revealing. Review here: www.jbspins.com/2026/01/to-s...

Bare months after Oct. 7, there was denial of that massacre -- denial of the whole thing. And it had been videoed! An historian said to me, "Doesn't that make you think about Holocaust denial? People won't even believe WHAT'S ON FILM!" We are in a psycho-ideological realm.

Bright, colorful, and freshly Oscar-nominated, ARCO starts slow, but builds into a smart and surprisingly poignant animated time-travel fable. CINEMA DAILY US review up here: cinemadailyus.com/reviews/arco...