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Potrykus looks without flinching at the ultimate consequences of permanent adolescence. The post ‘Vulcanizadora’ Review: Joel Potrykus’s Bleak and Poignant Coming-of-Middle-Age Tale appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film finds a state of grace in that torrential pull between the familiar and the new. The post ‘Bonjour Tristesse’ Review: Durga Chew-Bose Lends a Timeless Story a Newfangled Tenor appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is a philosophical account of the shaky ground that human existence stands on. The post ‘The Gullspång Miracle’ Review: A Stranger-Than-Fiction Account of a Family’s Secret History appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is far from original, but it successfully translates game logic to the big screen. The post ‘Until Dawn’ Review: A Haunted Toy Box of a Video Game Adaptation appeared first on Slant Magazine.

If only the entirety of the film displayed the ferocious sense of purpose of its final act. The post ‘Havoc’ Review: Gareth Evans’s Plodding Neo-Noir Is Nearly Redeemed by Its Killer Finish appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Saxon discusses what he sees as the relationship between technology and nature. The post Interview: Isaiah Saxon on Empowering Children with ‘The Legend of Ochi’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Kulumbegashvili discusses why she wants to sabotage expectations every time she makes a film. The post Interview: Dea Kulumbegashvili on the Minimalist Aesthetic and Tension of ‘April’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Everything here is too clean and fastidious—the opposite of lived in. The post ‘On Swift Horses’ Review: Daniel Minihan’s Unusually Chaste ’50s Queer Melodrama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Ultimately, the film’s broad comic strokes mesh poorly with its boilerplate action beats. The post ‘The Accountant 2’ Review: Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal in a Sometimes Winning Bromance appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The marketing folk over at Sony are cheeky monkeys. The post “Seven, Six, Eleven, Five”: Watch the Second Trailer for Danny Boyle’s ‘28 Years Later’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.