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The Indiana Film Journalists Association endeavors to promote quality film criticism in the Hoosier state & support Indiana’s growing film industry
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Midwest Film Journal’s Sam Watermeier reviews Hoosier native Ronald Short’s new stoner / puppet comedy series, now streaming on Laugh After Dark TV. #filmsky 📽️
Teagan and His Bros
With the streaming series “Teagan and His Bros,” Ronald Short returns with another round of comforting hangout comedy that hits the spot at the right time.
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February 9, 2026 at 5:56 PM
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At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" (opening this week) delivers no-fear, cavalier, renegade, steer-clear filmmaking that will leave you feeling pretty psyched. #filmsky 📽️
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
A freewheeling odyssey to save the world, “Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die” is no-fear, cavalier, renegade, steer-clear filmmaking that leaves you feeling pretty psyched.
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February 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
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This week on Indy Now, Christopher Lloyd checks out new releases "Arco," "Solo Mio," "The Strangers: Chapter 3," "Dracula: A Love Story" and "The Moment."

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The AV Room: Indy Now -- February 6
This week on Indy Now, Christopher Lloyd checks out new releases "Arco," "Solo Mio," "The Strangers: Chapter 3," "Dracula: A Love Story" and "The Moment."
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February 7, 2026 at 1:04 PM
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Ben Sears says The President’s Cake shows, through naturalistic detail, how life under a dictatorship trickles down to all walks of life #filmsky 📽️
The President’s Cake Review
The President’s Cake shows, through naturalistic detail, how life under a dictatorship trickles down to all walks of life.
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February 6, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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"Jimpa" is an affecting, offbeat family drama glimpsed through the prism of queerness, starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow as a daughter and father navigating their scratchy past and vanishing future.

#moviereview by Christopher Lloyd #filmsky 📽️
Jimpa
An affecting, offbeat family drama glimpsed through the prism of queerness, starring Olivia Coleman and John Lithgow as a daughter and father navigating their scratchy past and vanishing future.
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February 5, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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#IFJA member Brent Leuthold isn't going batty for yet another movie version of Dracula, coming to theaters this Friday #filmsky 📽️
Dracula
At this point, there have been so many cinematic attempts at adapting Bram Stoker's immortal vampiric tale that filmmakers shouldn't bother cracking that coffin open unless they have something new to ...
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February 4, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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"Solo Mio" is a love letter to Italy and romance, as Kevin James reaches beyond his comedy roots as a shlub dumped at the altar who decides to go ahead with his honeymoon alone. #moviereview by Christopher Lloyd. #filmsky 📽️
Solo Mio
A love letter to Italy and romance, as Kevin James reaches beyond his comedy roots as a shlub dumped at the altar who decides to go ahead with his honeymoon alone.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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William Holden anchors "Escape from Fort Bravo," a rather mundane Western that's part POW story, part mushy romance and part Indian-fighting adventure.

#classicfilm column by Christopher Lloyd. #filmsky 📽️
Reeling Backward: Escape from Fort Bravo (1953)
William Holden anchors this rather mundane Western that's part POW story, part mushy romance and part Injun-fighting adventure.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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We are officially on #Letterboxd, give us a Follow! 🟠🟢🔵 #filmsky 📽️
Indiana Film Journalists Association’s profile
IndyFJA uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. 33 films watched. Favorites: Sinners (2025), One Battle After Another (2025), The Substance (2024), The Brutalist (2024). Bio: Established in 2...
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February 1, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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This week on Indy Now, Christopher Lloyd reviews "Send Help," "Shelter," "The Voice of Hind Rajab," "A Private Life" and "The Wrecking Crew." Watch or listen now!

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The AV Room: Indy Now -- January 30
This week on Indy Now, Christopher Lloyd reviews "Send Help," "Shelter," "The Voice of Hind Rajab," "A Private Life" and "The Wrecking Crew." Watch or listen now!
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January 31, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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Director Sam Raimi offers his signature mix of puckish irony, relatable characters and over-the-top bursts of gore in "Send Help," the tale of an office drone who crash-lands on an island with her a-hole boss.

#Moviereview by Christopher Lloyd #filmsky 📽️
Send Help
Director Sam Raimi offers his signature mix of puckish irony, relatable characters and over-the-top bursts of gore in this tale of an office drone who crash-lands on an island with her a-hole boss.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:25 AM
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Jason Statham is back in "Shelter," playing his prototypical glum nobody who's -- surprise! -- actually a killing machine fighting for a girl's life against the shadowy government forces he used to serve.

#moviereview by Christopher Lloyd. #filmsky 📽️
Shelter
Jason Statham is back, playing his prototypical glum nobody who's -- surprise! -- actually a killing machine fighting for a girl's life against the shadowy government forces he used to serve.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:38 PM
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At Midwest Film Journal, IFJA member Nick Rogers resurrects his Coming Around Again feature — revisiting movies he didn't much like the first time to see if he's changed his mind — with the 1998 poker drama "Rounders." #filmsky 📽️
Coming Around Again: Rounders
After a long hiatus, Nick Rogers relaunches his Coming Around Again feature — revisiting films he disliked to see if he feels differently — with 1998’s “Rounders.”…
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January 28, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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"The Voice of Hind Rajab" is a heartbreaking dramatization of a little Palestinian girl who was trapped in the Gaza war that focuses on the human element rather than angry politics, elevating its power.

#moviereview by Christopher Lloyd #filmsky 📽️
The Voice of Hind Rajab
A heartbreaking dramatization of a little Palestinian girl who was trapped in the Gaza war focuses on the human element rather than angry politics, elevating its power.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:26 PM
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At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says Jodie Foster's first French-language leading role in nearly 50 years has some fun diversions. But the herky-jerky tones and superficial drama of "Vie privée (A Private Life)" lack that certain je nais sai quoi. #filmsky 📽️
Vie privée (A Private Life)
Jodie Foster’s first French-language lead role in nearly 50 years offers some entertaining diversions, but its herky-jerky tones and superficial drama lack that certain je nais sai quoi.
midwestfilmjournal.com
January 27, 2026 at 5:23 PM
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#IFJA members Ben Sears and Nate Richard share their thoughts and reactions to this year’s Oscar nominees on the Film Yap Podcast #filmsky 📽️
Yap vs. Yap: Surprises and snubs from the 2026 Oscar nominations
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January 24, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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This week on Indy Now, Christopher Lloyd reviews "Mercy," "In Cold Light," "The Testament of Ann Lee," "H is for Hawk" and "No Other Choice."

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The AV Room: Indy Now -- January 23
This week on Indy Now, Christopher Lloyd reviews "Mercy," "In Cold Light," "The Testament of Ann Lee," "H is for Hawk" and "No Other Choice."
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January 24, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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For the Society of Professional Journalists, IFJA member Nick Rogers talks with documentary filmmaker Sharon Liese about "Seized," a chronicle of a 2023 police raid on a small-town newspaper that's premiering at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. #filmsky 📽️
Marion County Record documentary “Seized” to premiere at Sundance Film Festival
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January 23, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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Maika Monroe anchors "In Cold Light," a terrifically tense thriller about a drug dealer just released from prison whose attempts to rebuild her empire turn toward death and disaster.

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In Cold Light
Maika Monroe anchors this terrifically tense thriller about a drug dealer just released from prison whose attempts to rebuild her empire turn toward death and disaster.
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January 22, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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A professor turns to training a killer goshawk as a way of dealing with the trauma of her father's death in "H is for Hawk," an affecting based-on-true story starring Claire Foy.

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H is for Hawk
A professor turns to training a killer goshawk as a way of dealing with the trauma of her father's death in this affecting based-on-true story.
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January 21, 2026 at 2:17 PM
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At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says that while "The Testament of Ann Lee" can't sustain the brilliance of its first hour, it remains a unique and impressive musical drama from the makers of "The Brutalist." #filmsky 📽️
The Testament of Ann Lee
Although it can’t sustain the brilliance of its first hour, “The Testament of Ann Lee” remains a unique and worthwhile musical drama from the makers of “The Brutalist.”…
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January 20, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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"The Sea Chase," a forgettable John Wayne WWII vehicle, attempts to graft a romance onto a grim adventure on the high seas, and the result is a movie dizzy with wayward narrative navigation. #ClassicFilm #moviereview by Christopher Lloyd #filmsky 📽️
Reeling Backward: The Sea Chase (1955)
This forgettable John Wayne vehicle attempts to graft a romance onto a grim adventure on the high seas, and the result is a movie dizzy with wayward narrative navigation.
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January 19, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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This week on Indy Now, Christopher Lloyd reviews what's new in theaters and streaming: "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple," "Rebuilding," "Charlie the Wonderdog," "Dead Man's Wire" and "The Rip."

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The AV Room: Indy Now -- January 16
This week on Indy Now, Christopher Lloyd reviews what's new in theaters and streaming: "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple," "Rebuilding," "Charlie the Wonderdog," "Dead Man's Wire" and "The Rip."
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January 17, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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#IFJA member Nick Rogers kicks off his 2026 installments of "Class of ... " — in which he reflects on a film celebrating its 20th, 30th or 40th anniversary — with an essay on 1986's "Iron Eagle" at Midwest Film Journal. #filmsky 📽️
Class of 1986: Iron Eagle
“Class of … ” — Nick Rogers’ monthly series that looks at films celebrating 20th, 30th or 40th anniversaries — kicks off for 2026 with a look at 1986’s “Iron Eagle.”…
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January 16, 2026 at 4:36 PM
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At Midwest Film Journal, #IFJA member Nick Rogers says there's little that's novel about "The Rip," but Ben Affleck and Matt Damon entertainingly dance around the depth and dimension of their real-world friendship. #filmsky 📽️
The Rip (2026)
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck entertainingly dance around the depth and dedication of their legendary real-world friendship in a way that elevates this cop thriller above genre routine.
midwestfilmjournal.com
January 16, 2026 at 2:21 AM