CFTCA Monthly Digest: June 2026

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Welcome to CFTCA’s monthly digest for June 2026, a roundup of recent reviews, features, interviews, and more by CTFCA critics.

Film Reviews

Carolina Caroline | Reviewed by Darren Zakus | Read the Full Review

“Carolina Caroline lets Samara Weaving and Kyle Gallner steal your heart with their electrifying romantic chemistry that brings to life this modern day Bonnie and Clyde southern crime thriller.”

Find more of Darren’s work at Movie Scene Canada.

The Death of Robin Hood | Reviewed by Darren Zakus | Read the Full Review

“Matching the narrative intent at every turn, the artistry on display in The Death of Robin Hood is impressive to say the least.”

Find more of Darren’s work at Movie Scene Canada.

Disclosure Day | Reviewed by Elizabeth Mulloy | Read the Full Review

“Overall, Disclosure Day is an enthralling film, even if it never fully reaches its potential. For all of its thematic ambitions, the film often struggles to engage with the very questions it raises.”

Find more of Elizabeth’s work on The Celluloid Correspondent.

Fatherland | Reviewed by Elizabeth Mulloy | Read the Full Review

“While Fatherland is elegantly crafted and consistently intriguing, it may also be Pawlikowski’s most emotionally distant film to date..”

Find more of Elizabeth’s writing on That Shelf.

Supergirl | Reviewed by Elizabeth Mulloy | Read the Full Review

“If Supergirl had come out ten or fifteen years ago, it likely would have been both a critical and commercial success. But the genre has become increasingly cliché, nostalgia-driven, and creatively stagnant.”

Find more of Elizabeth’s work on The Celluloid Correspondent.

2026 Canadian Screen Awards | By Dakota Arsenault and Matthew Simpson | Listen to the Full Episode

“The 2026 Canadian Screen Awards concluded their week long celebration. The big film winners were 40 Acres, Nirvana the Band the Show the Movie and Honey Bunch. Matthew Simpson joins the show as we discuss the big winners, losers and snubs.”

Find more of Dakota’s podding at Contra Zoom.

2026, Midyear Top Ten | Reviewed by Rick Chung | Read the Full Piece

Rick Chung dives into the ten best movies of 2026 so far.

Find more of Rick’s writing at RickChung.com.

Retrospectives

Paul Thomas Anderson Ranked | By Dakota Arsenault | Listen to the Full Episode

“Our first director ranked episode since episode 175: Wes Anderson Ranked⁠ we look at the films by Paul Thomas Anderson in celebration of his 10th film being released and him winning Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars. Dakota and Jeff rank all 10 films and give out awards.”

Find more of Dakota’s podding at Contra Zoom.

Television Reviews

Cape Fear | By Rick Chung | Read the Full Review

“Bardem and Adams as opposing but corrupt forces of civil vengeance against each other provide the appropriately entertaining sensibility of a classic rat-a-tat-tat rivalry that goes back and forth each episode.”

Find more of Rick’s writing at RickChung.com.

Widow’s Bay | By Rick Chung | Read the Full Review

“As a welcoming but weird folk horror-comedy mashup clearly inspired by the many works of Stephen King, its supernaturally mythic small-town elements only heighten its dryly deadpan humour.”

Find more of Rick’s writing at RickChung.com.

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