Kristian Lin
Film Shorts // April 15-21, 2026
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Bad Boy Karthik (NR) This Indian action-comedy stars Naga Shaurya as a man who must protect his family from local gangsters. Also with Samuthirakani,...
Hamlet: Slumlord Millionaires
And now we have the fourth version of Hamlet in the last 16 months. I don’t think I would want to review a new...
Oh, The Drama!
WARNING: This review contains spoilers.
It’s a great blessing to find a romantic partner who knows the worst thing about you and still wants to...
Film Shorts // April 8-14, 2026
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Beast (R) This Australian sports drama is about a retired MMA fighter (Daniel MacPherson) who must fight one last match for his family. Also...
The Best Players Who Won’t Be at World Cup 2026
The Italian word for “playoff” is spareggio, and I’m sure much of Italy would be happy if they never heard it again. After playoff...
Oh, Kay!
In many ways, Patricia Cornwell’s novels were ahead of their time. That’s why I ate up a bunch of them as a teenager. A...
Film Shorts // April 1-7, 2026
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Biker (NR) This Indian sports film is about a group of motorcyclists competing on the motocross circuit. Starring Sharwanand, Malvika Nair, Rajasekhar, Atul Kulkarni,...
Forbidden Fruits: Poison Apple
I always thought The Craft was one of the best teen movies of the 1990s. It’s hard to make a teen film about witches...
Tickets Up
People say that film is a universal artform, and while cinema can do much to communicate across cultural and religious lines, it still can’t...
Film Shorts // March 25-31, 2026
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The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist (PG) Daniel Roher’s documentary doesn’t tell me anything really new about AI, but it does...
