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A Look at Every Oscar-Nominated Short This Year
by admin|2 years ago|Roger Ebert
Our short film expert analyzes all 15 Oscar-nominated shorts.
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Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Music (Original Song)
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
Luck may play more of a factor here than ever seemed possible just a couple of weeks ago. The post Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Music (Original Song) appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Memoir of a Snail Director Adam Elliot on Making His Audience an Emotional Wreck and Why He Won’t Win the Oscar
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Two decades ago, stop-motion animator Adam Elliot burst onto the scene with his wonderful short Harvie Krumpet. Following a man cursed with lifelong bad luck, it earned him an Oscar and introduced the world at large to Elliot’s wicked sense...
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‘Cleaner’ Review: Martin Campbell’s ‘Die Hard’ Clone Has Big Straight-to-Video Energy
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
The film does with the inside-outside perspective that’s embedded in its premise. The post ‘Cleaner’ Review: Martin Campbell’s ‘Die Hard’ Clone Has Big Straight-to-Video Energy appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’ Review: A Dazzlingly Fragmented Euro-Spy Action Thriller
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
The film wastes not a single second throughout its expansion reshaping of perception. The post ‘Reflection in a Dead Diamond’ Review: A Dazzlingly Fragmented Euro-Spy Action Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Rotterdam 2025 Review: I’M STILL HERE Will Not Fade From Your Memory
by admin|2 years ago|Screen Anarchy
In 1970, Brazil was suffering under a military dictatorship. Political opponents and critics were arrested, tortured and murdered. As much as 20,000 people were "disappeared" under the regime. One of them was Rubens Pavia, an architect who had been a...
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Berlinale Review: Ari Unlocks the Beautiful Mystery of an Ordinary Life
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
French director Léonor Serraille’s third feature Ari is the portrait of an über-sensitive young man who ponders his place in the world while looking up people from his past to hold conversations that were never had. If this sounds like...
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Berlinale Review: Michel Franco’s Dreams Spins the Treacherous Dance of Love Across Borders
by admin|2 years ago|The Film Stage
Some images have become metonymic by nature, reflecting the political problems of today with little to no context needed. Such a shot opens Michel Franco’s newest offering, Dreams, and it is one of a huge truck abandoned next to a...
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‘Lurker’ Review: Alex Russell’s Tale of Fandom Run Amok Excoriates Parasocial Relationships
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
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
by admin|2 years ago|Slant Magazine
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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