The film collages its influences with an anarchic panache. The post ‘Kill the Jockey’ Review: Luis Ortega’s Surreal Picaresque About a Man’s Shifting Identity appeared first on Slant Magazine.
The video store becomes something self-reflexive across the film’s three-hour running time. The post ‘Videoheaven’ Review: Alex Ross Perry’s Engrossing Lament to the Video Store appeared first on Slant Magazine.
R.T. Thorne’s film continually finds clever ways to subvert familiar story beats. The post ‘40 Acres’ Review: Danielle Deadwyler Is Ferocious in Tense Post-Apocalyptic Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.
In his new documentary, Holding Liat, director Brandon Kramer follows an American-Israeli family in the middle of the worst crisis imaginable: the kidnapping of relatives on October 7, 2023, by members of the terrorist organization Hamas. The titular Liat Atzili...
Familiar Touch represents a unique entry in cinema’s exploration of aging and dementia, offering a perspective rarely seen on screen: that of the person living with the condition rather than the family members watching from the sidelines. Director Sarah Friedland’s...
What do you do when your indie sci-fi slasher about a killer robot becomes a surprise cult hit? You sign on for round two, or course. Director Gerard Johnstone brings back the singing, dancing best friend for life, cutesy AI...
With some retro 1980s styling, and featuring analog technology as the off-centre focal point, the poster for David MacKenzie's tradecraft-laden whistle-blowing corporate thriller, Relay, displays like a nod to the paranoid thrillers of the 1970s, and a print advertisement for...
NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterIn the Mood for Love and its never-before-seen epilogue In the Mood for Love 2001 begin playing while a restoration of Christiane F. starts. Museum of Modern ArtA Theater...