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Barrymore Film Center & Teaneck International Film Festival partner to champion independent journalism with the NJ Premiere of "Steal This Story, Please!"

(TEANECK, NJ) -- The Teaneck International Film Festival (TIFF), a project of The Puffin Foundation, is proud to announce a new partnership with the Barrymore Film Center, launching with the New Jersey premiere of the acclaimed documentary Steal This Story, Please! on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at 7:30pm followed by a special talkback with Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!) who is the subject of the documentary and Karen Ranucci, one of the film's producers.




 

PBS' Independent Lens Launches 20th Season of Free Pop-Up Screening Series in Teaneck and Nationwide

(TEANECK, NJ) -- The award-winning PBS documentary series, INDEPENDENT LENS, presents the launch of the upcoming season of Indie Lens Pop-Up in partnership with the Teaneck International Film Festival and the Puffin Cultural Forum. The season kicks-off on February 4, 2026 with The Librarians and continues through May. The series is free for all but sign up is required.



UCPAC presents a screening of "The Godfather Part II" in 35mm

(RAHWAY, NJ) -- Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) presents a screening of The Godfather Part II in 35mm on Friday, January 16, 2026 at 7:00pm. Here's your chance to see one of the greatest films of all time on the big screen.



New Release Review - "Sentimental Value"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
published 2025-12-23

"I turn sideways to the sun Keep my thoughts from everyone It's a jungle, I'm a freak Hear me talk, but never speak"



First Look Review - "It Ends"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
published 2025-12-20

For some people, life can feel like a rollercoaster. But for most of us who are fortunate to live in the relative peace and safety of the western world, life is more like one long straight road. There are occasional bumps, but for the most part we spend our lives headed straight towards a certain destination. To save ourselves from going mad, we try to turn off this road as often as possible as we seek variety, but our responsibilities inevitably force us to return to the highway. One of the things we fear most is monotony and the idea that every day will be exactly the same. It's why we punish people by sending them to prison.





New Release Review - "Preparation For The Next Life"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
published 2025-12-13

Having won acclaim for his Oscar-nominated documentary Mind the Gap, director Bing Liu makes his narrative feature debut with an adaptation of Atticus Lish's 2014 novel Preparation for the Next Life. Scripted by the Pulitzer-winning playwright Martyna Majok, it's a story of cross-cultural romance. But though the star-crossed lovers here are from very different worlds, none of their cultural differences matter. They're simply two humans, and what threatens to destroy their relationship are their very human flaws.



New Release Review - "Influencers"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
published 2025-12-10

With Aliens, his sequel to Ridley Scott's Alien, James Cameron decided to up the ante by pluralising the titular monsters. With Influencers, writer/director Kurtis David Harder's welcome sequel to his entertaining 2022 thriller Influencer, it's the victims rather than the villain who have been multiplied. When you have a villain as fiendish as the murderous identity thief CW (Cassandra Naud), one is all you need.



New Release Review - "Reflection In A Dead Diamond"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
published 2025-12-06

To say the work of the French filmmaking duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani is divisive is an understatement. Like Tarantino and Eli Roth, Cattet and Forzani are obsessed with 20th century Italian genre cinema, and weave their influences into their work. But while Tarantino is a natural storyteller, the French duo are truer to their Italian influences in displaying nary the slightest interest in spinning a comprehensible narrative.



New Release Review - "Left-Handed Girl"

by Eric Hillis, TheMovieWaffler.com
published 2025-12-04

Two decades after co-directing 2004's Take Out with Sean Baker, Shih-Ching Tsou has made her solo directorial debut with the Taipei-set family drama Left-Handed Girl. In the years since Take Out, Tsou has produced several of Baker's films, and Baker collaborates again here as co-writer and editor. Anyone familiar with Baker's filmography will recognise his influence here. Once again this is a film about working class strivers doing whatever they can to stay afloat; sex work rears its head; and like Tangerine, it was shot on an adapted iPhone.



20th Anniversary of Teaneck International Film Festival is a Wrap

(TEANECK, NJ) -- It all began 21 years ago with an idea and planning, and this November the Teaneck International Film Festival, a project of The Puffin Foundation, Ltd., celebrated its 20th anniversary of presenting films and programs that bring people together as a community and foster a commitment to caring and involvement. This year's festival was marked by feelings of pride and gratitude on the part of the TIFF committee, Executive Director Jeremy Lentz, and the many sponsors who have been supporters from the earliest days.


 

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B. F. Skinner Plays Himself – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM!

 Friday, January 23, 2026 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



Winnie

Winnie the Pooh – Popcorn & Pajamas Film Series

 Friday, January 23, 2026 @ 7:00pm
Hamilton Stage at Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC)
360 Hamilton Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065



Short

Short Doc Program: Portrait of a Monastery, A Way to be Together, Arrested at Delaney Hall, 300 – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM!

 Saturday, January 24, 2026 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



ANDA

ANDA & The Game Camera - Online for 24 Hours!

 Sunday, January 25, 2026 @ 12:00am
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901



Tomorrow

Tomorrow Morning – Online for 24 Hours and In-Person at 7PM!

 Saturday, February 07, 2026 @ 7:00pm
NJ Film Festival
71 Hamilton Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901




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