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The film is at its best when it’s keyed to its main character’s breakneck energy. The post ‘Wild Diamond’ Review: Reality Bites for a Fame-Seeking French Teenager appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s lightness and sense of wonder is befitting an evening of blissful dreams. The post ‘Daniela Forever’ Review: Nacho Vigalondo’s Sci-Fi Drama Is Less Than the Sum of Its Influences appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film adopts a diaristic, epistolary form that flattens its emotional topography. The post ‘Little, Big, and Far’ Review: Jem Cohen Ponders the Fabric of the Universe appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Serra discusses how being close to a torero taught him to take risks in his work. The post Interview: Albert Serra on Being the True Torero in ‘Afternoons of Solitude’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Jaws is the pop masterpiece as happy accident. The post ‘Jaws’ at 50: The Early Steven Spielberg Masterpiece That Forever Changed the Movies appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This nostalgia-fueled adventure story is rendered soulless by the blatant product placement. The post ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Review: A New Chapter, Yes, but a Franchise Still Past Its Sell-By Date appeared first on Slant Magazine.

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.

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.