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‘Lurker’ Review: Alex Russell’s Tale of Fandom Run Amok Excoriates Parasocial Relationships
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Lurker makes use of exaggeration and escalation to tell a fable about modern fame. The post ‘Lurker’ Review: Alex Russell’s Tale of Fandom Run Amok Excoriates Parasocial Relationships appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Quiet Ones’ Review: A Gripping Heist Movie About Denmark’s Biggest-Ever Robbery
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The Quiet Ones is a reminder of the simple pleasures of a caper film with ice in its veins. The post ‘The Quiet Ones’ Review: A Gripping Heist Movie About Denmark’s Biggest-Ever Robbery appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Ex-Husbands’ Review: After Loss, a New Lease on Life, Perhaps, for a Father and His Sons
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The film is full of little moments that speak clearly to the particularities of father-son bonds. The post ‘Ex-Husbands’ Review: After Loss, a New Lease on Life, Perhaps, for a Father and His Sons appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Documentary Feature
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AMPAS’s endorsement of one film in this category could have life-saving repercussions. The post Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Documentary Feature appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Memory of Butterflies’ Review: A Thorny Unveiling of Colonial Exploitation
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Tatiana Fuentes Sadowski’s film boldly exposes the hypocrisies of Western liberal intervention. The post ‘The Memory of Butterflies’ Review: A Thorny Unveiling of Colonial Exploitation appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Mickey 17 Review: Bong Joon Ho’s Sci-Fi Comedy is an Oddly Manipulative, Self-Congratulatory Parable
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Is Mark Ruffalo giving a Trump impression? It’s early into Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 when the actor struts into the frame in a velvety blazer, wife Ylfa (Toni Collette) in tow, gloating as a crowd stands and claps like...
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‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: Putting ‘Cinderella’ Through the Body-Horror Wringer
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The film’s style is measured, not just maximalist, when it comes to body horror. The post ‘The Ugly Stepsister’ Review: Putting ‘Cinderella’ Through the Body-Horror Wringer appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Music (Original Score)
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Better luck in the other music category, Emilia Pérez. The post Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Music (Original Score) appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Shudder in March: RULE OF JENNY PEN, BLOODY AXE WOUND, And STARVE ACRE
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Once we have all survived the most lovey dovey of days on the yearly calendar we may turn our attention to what our friends at Shudder have planned for us during the month of March.    Highlight films are the...
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Berlinale Review: Hot Milk Offers a Marvelous Look at Maternal Trauma
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A mother-daughter relationship is rarely a love story, at least not in any of the ways art has dramatized it thus far. Sure, a mother loves her daughter deeply (and vice-versa), but it is a sentiment defined by ambivalence and...
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