Romería could be seen as a sequel of sorts to Carla Simón’s autobiographical Summer 1993. The post ‘Romería’ Review: An Intensely Personal Portrait of a Woman Reconciling with the Past appeared first on Slant Magazine.
Chapter 2 plays for a while like a needlessly extended epilogue to the first film. The post ‘The Strangers: Chapter 2’ Review: Masked Villains Get a Backstory in Perfunctory Sequel appeared first on Slant Magazine.
Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, and Kristin Scott Thomas lead the ensemble cast in the superb series about a rumpled MI-5 agent and his gang of cast-offs and rejects. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
While it's easy to call certain older works of literature and film that were set in the future and seemed to predict what is happening now, prescient, it's more likely that either their creatures made a luck guess, or that...
One of the most unforgettable, harrowing documentaries of the year, Geeta Gandbhir’s The Perfect Neighbor explores stand-your-ground laws through an individual case in Florida. Following a Sundance premiere, where it picked up a directing award, the film will now come to the...
Mumenthaler’s attention to subjectivity invites comparison to Virginia Woolf’s work. The post ‘The Currents’ Review: Milagros Mumenthaler’s Mesmerizing Portrait of Estrangement appeared first on Slant Magazine.
The firing, then rehiring of the talk show host in the wake of Charlie Kirk's death is a case study in the chilling effect the Trump administration has on free speech.