When people call music cinematic, I think they just mean it sounds like it could be in a movie. About which, fair: being in a movie would do so. But the term is a little frivolous and unevocative. So take...
Note: This interview was originally published as part of our 2024 NYFF coverage. Afternoons of Solitude opens in theaters on June 27. When J. Hoberman placed game 6 of the 1986 World Series on his Village Voice year-end list, we...
Our generation’s The Two Jakes? That’s where the mind goes, but if David Fincher is (speaking creatively) something like the modern Polanski, I suspect Aaron Sorkin isn’t even as good a director as Jack Nicholson. Much as these comparisons were...
This high-energy crowd pleaser suggests a remake of Terminator 2 as directed by John Waters. The post ‘M3GAN 2.0’ Review: Mother Serves in Hard Sci-Fi Sequel with a Technosocial Conscience appeared first on Slant Magazine.
Note: This interview was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Sorry, Baby opens in theaters on June 27. Agnes’ (Eva Victor) life is defined by a sense of stagnancy. Four years after completing grad school in rural...
Director Raúl O. Paz-Pastrana just premiered his latest documentary, Backside, at the 2025 Tribeca Festival (where I reviewed it). The film focuses on the grooms and hotwalkers of Churchill Downs (home of the Kentucky Derby), most of whom are Latine....