CJ Sheu

CJ Sheu Review Film Review Sep 28, 2026 The watchword of the film is naturalism—realism with the hard edges preserved. [...] These kids are stuck between a maturing body and still childish mind. Go to Full Review Typhoon Club (1985) 86% - -

CJ Sheu Review Film Review Sep 24, 2026 Thanks to Park Ji-hyun’s excellent performance, when the film jumped the shark, the sentence running through my mind wasn’t, "I can’t believe this is happening," but, "I can’t believe this is happening to her!" Go to Full Review FORBIDDEN FAIRYTALE (2025) - - - -

CJ Sheu Review Film Review Jul 24, 2026 The first half is interesting [...] . The second half just drags and drags[.] Go to Full Review Love on Trial (2025) 58% - -

CJ Sheu Review Film Review Jul 22, 2026 That first half is where the magic happens. Go to Full Review In-I In Motion (2025) - - - -

CJ Sheu Review Film Review Jul 18, 2026 The adaptation works. Go to Full Review The Odyssey (2026) 94% - -

CJ Sheu Review Film Review Jun 10, 2026 Spielberg is playing us like the aliens play humanity, and the film is our Margaret. Go to Full Review Disclosure Day (2026) 79% - -

CJ Sheu Critics at Large May 27, 2026 Backrooms (2026) is some very clever filmmaking. [... It] reminds me of the N64 game GoldenEye 007, notably the bonus levels[.] Go to Full Review Backrooms (2026) 85% - -

CJ Sheu Review Film Review Apr 20, 2026 Lowery is an allegorist, always has been. He can’t sustain straight realism. . . . But allegory works for this film[.] Go to Full Review Mother Mary (2026) 69% - -

CJ Sheu Review Film Review Apr 3, 2026 The schematic vibe of the film may make it a failure at realism, but it is successful agitprop for one important idea: Everyone is ultimately a stranger, so you should never ask your partner questions to which you’re unprepared to hear the "wrong" answer. Go to Full Review The Drama (2026) 76% - -

CJ Sheu The News Lens International Mar 25, 2026 Our view of each friend's life suggests that the critique here is not just of modernity, but of neoliberal patriarchal capitalism, in which everyone is just trying to get by. Go to Full Review Microhabitat (2017) - - - -

CJ Sheu Review Film Review Mar 17, 2026 The film sensitively and nuancedly portrays Deaf life and interactions with a light touch ... And all three leads are incredibly attractive. But its final twist leaves a bad aftertaste. Go to Full Review Hear Me: Our Summer (2024) - - - -

CJ Sheu Critics at Large Mar 15, 2026 The second half observes Betty as she tells her story again, and this is where things turn magical. Go to Full Review Betty Tells Her Story (1972) - - - -

CJ Sheu Critics at Large Mar 15, 2026 A surreal silent animated short about a boy who suffers because of his father’s race car obsession, it evokes the idyll of childhood for an only son, only to shatter it when the boy is stuffed into a car tire, replacing its spokes. Go to Full Review Sierra - - - -

CJ Sheu Critics at Large Mar 15, 2026 [T]he film makes a convincing case. At just 8 minutes, it’s an aesthetic achievement, too. ... The film literalizes the video essay. Go to Full Review Copycat (2015) - - - -

CJ Sheu Critics at Large Mar 15, 2026 The additive combined effect has a deeply felt power, partly drawn from the use of colors that are rarely found in much contemporary cinema. Go to Full Review The Windshield Wiper (2021) - - - -

CJ Sheu Critics at Large Mar 15, 2026 You want to other this Black man? Fine, he’ll show you what it *really* means to be inhuman. Go to Full Review Play It Safe (2021) - - - -

CJ Sheu Critics at Large Mar 15, 2026 I don’t really understand how it does what it does. ... In any case, the writer-director is one to watch. Go to Full Review The Unseen River (2020) - - - -

CJ Sheu Critics at Large Mar 15, 2026 [This] is one of the densest cinematic texts I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. I could easily give a two-hour lecture on this ten-minute film. Go to Full Review Heaven Reaches Down to Earth (2020) - - - -

CJ Sheu Critics at Large Mar 15, 2026 [W]hen the thing it says will happen actually happens, it’s romantic and nostalgic, just wonderful. Go to Full Review Adieu Bohème (2017) - - - -

CJ Sheu Critics at Large Mar 15, 2026 The proceedings are a farce of language, physical acting, and a surprising canniness on the part of the two negotiators. Somehow, they come to an agreement, but not by saying things. Go to Full Review Berlin Troika (2014) - - - -