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Presenting Issue 3: Now On View! This issue highlights the visual aspects of the solo work BTS' seven members put out over the last few years. Read for essays, illustrations, and interviews with the incredible filmmakers who worked on these music videos. Download link below!

"In its short 11-minute runtime, the film is as nuanced as it is humorous in its depiction of the three men fighting for a cause they believe in—their value as aging members of society." Read the full review below ⭐️ 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/we-wer…

"What separates 'Possible Love' from Park Chanwook’s darkly cartoonish violence in 'No Other Choice' (2025) or Bong Joonho’s outlandish dystopia in 'Snowpiercer' (2013) is the aching humanity of each character." Read our full review below 🌖 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/possib…

"Following the animated version of the story in 2024, this version of Look Back brought Fujino and Kyomoto to life in a touching reflection on artistry, friendship, love, and grief." Read the full review below 💚 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/look-b…

"Crossing a Dawn is a film about growing up and accepting that happily ever after is not a given—and finding something worth holding onto anyway." Read our full review below 💫 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/crossi…

"An undeniable tension emerges when Jay is trapped in the whale, maybe not enough for the audience to feel as though we’re there with him, but enough to be glad we aren’t." Read our full review below 🐋 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/whalef…

"Matt’s face melts and molds in ways that turn the audience’s stomach. Despite the film's low budget, Watkins and his team knew exactly where to focus their priorities, bringing to life the horror that is Clayface." Read the full review below 🌟 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/clayfa…

"Through rotating podiums and rotting walls, the stage of fools is brilliantly pulled apart piece by piece as Cruise delivers a strikingly smarmy diegetic indictment of our complacency." Read the full review below 💫 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/digger…

"Chandler and Pierre bring something stunningly authentic to their roles. 'Lanterns' gives us another iconic, impactful duo who grow exponentially and then are gone too soon from our screens." Read the full review below ⭐️ 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/lanter…

"Primetime's exploration of humanity and the desperation that comes with trying to hold onto it is Oppenheim’s biggest accomplishment." Read our full review below 📺 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/primet…

"Along with captivating visuals, the pacing and characterization elevated this film into one of the best watches of the festival this year." Read our full review of The Beloved below ❤️ 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/the-be…

"'Toy Gun Bandit' follows in the footsteps of the Safdie brothers’ 'Good Time' (2017) as a colourful, high-stress, chaotic film with what seems like no escape from the impending disaster." Read our full review below 💫 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/toy-gu…

This year, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) celebrated its 51st year of programming. Though 10 feels like too short a list to pull from the incredible lineup, here are our favorites from the festival: 🔗 0613focus.com/journal/tiff-2…

REMINDER: Submissions close tomorrow night, Oct. 29th at 11 pm ET. Get your submissions in soon!

"While this film doesn’t introduce any new angles or particularly groundbreaking perspectives on the theory, it embraces the purposely awkward and intentionally artificial design of its world to tell a deeper story." Read our full review below 💛 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/vertig…

Issue 5 is officially in the works and pitches are OPEN! This time we're covering My Chemical Romance's Long Live the Black Parade Tour. Find out more about what we're looking for and submit your pitch below 🖤 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…

"'You Can See Everything' is the ultimate car crash that you can’t look away from. As soon as you think you know what’s going on, Holmes, Evans, or Fielder himself rips the rug right out from under you." Read our full review below💫 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/you-ca…

"Doomed, gay vampire romance is by no means a new concept, but Director Kasper Kalle’s take on vampires refreshed the genre with a layer of the paranormal and body horror." Read the rest of our review below❤️ 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/no-res…

"Tinkham and Woloson completely nailed the back and forth, push and pull that comes with having a sibling and anyone in the audience can feel it." Read the full review below💫 🔗0613focus.com/reviews/litter…

"Luka Marčetič’s second feature film premiered at Fantastic Fest 2026 and crafts a poignant and somewhat strange world filled with quirky, deadpan, and intensely emotional characters." Read our full review below ⭐️ 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/girl-i…

"Evoking films like 'Dazed and Confused' (1993) and 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High' (1982), 'Sunburn' is a breath of fresh air in the “group of kids existing in the world” subgenre." Read our full review below 💙 🔗 0613focus.com/reviews/sunbur…