If Kiyoshi Kurosawa Made ‘Skins,’ it Would Look a Lot Like ‘Burn’ [Sundance 2026 Review]Makoto Nagahisa’s Burn is a Sundance all-timer. It’s fitting that the film both opens and closes with Ju-Ju (Nana Mori) burning everything around her to the ground. Nagahisa, who also penned the script, borrows the diegesis of horror, though Burn is not, in the strictest sense, a horror movie. Burn is, in the most complimentary terms, the equivalent of Kiyoshi Kurosawa directing Skins (or Euphoria, for the younger crowd). Burn 5.0 Summary Makoto Nagahisa’s Burn disorients, disrupts, and breaks through your rib cage, grabs hold of your heart, and squeezes it until it bursts Sending User Rating 0 ( 0 votes)Categorized:Reviews