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‘Union County’ Review: Will Poulter Anchors a Quietly Powerful Picture of Recovery
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Like its taciturn protagonist, there are no airs about Adam Meeks’s film. The post ‘Union County’ Review: Will Poulter Anchors a Quietly Powerful Picture of Recovery appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Interview: Kurosawa Kiyoshi on the Universal Resonance of ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’
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Kurosawa discusses making his first jidaigeki and its mixture of myth and historical reality. The post Interview: Kurosawa Kiyoshi on the Universal Resonance of ‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Interview: Will Gluck on ‘One Night Only’ and the Challenges of Making Theatrical Rom-Coms
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Gluck discusses people’s squeamishness around on-screen sex and more. The post Interview: Will Gluck on ‘One Night Only’ and the Challenges of Making Theatrical Rom-Coms appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘One Night Only’ Review: Will Gluck’s Rom-Com Is a Sitcom-ish Spin on ‘The Purge’
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The film is sometimes racy and cutting, only for it to turn soft, doe-eyed, and chaste. The post ‘One Night Only’ Review: Will Gluck’s Rom-Com Is a Sitcom-ish Spin on ‘The Purge’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Ice Cream Man’ Review: Eli Roth’s Narratively Thin Spoonful of Grisly Ultraviolence
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Ice Cream Man’s shocks are fueled by the sophistication of the kills and who commits them. The post ‘Ice Cream Man’ Review: Eli Roth’s Narratively Thin Spoonful of Grisly Ultraviolence appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Interview: Jane Schoenbrun and Hannah Einbinder on ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’
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Schoenbrun and Einbinder discuss balancing the intellectual and the physical. The post Interview: Jane Schoenbrun and Hannah Einbinder on ‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Olmo’ Review: Fernando Eimbcke’s Funny and Poignant Coming-of-Age Story in a Minor Key
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The hidden depths of Eimbcke’s latest have a knack for sneaking up on you. The post ‘Olmo’ Review: Fernando Eimbcke’s Funny and Poignant Coming-of-Age Story in a Minor Key appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Tinsman Road’ Review: Robbie Banfitch’s Melancholic Found-Footage Ghost Story
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This is the type of found-footage film that could only be made by a connoisseur of the genre. The post ‘Tinsman Road’ Review: Robbie Banfitch’s Melancholic Found-Footage Ghost Story appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Tony’ Review: Matt Johnson’s Poignant, Mostly Unconventional Anthony Bourdain Biopic
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The film is most interested in the passions that kept Bourdain’s demons at bay. The post ‘Tony’ Review: Matt Johnson’s Poignant, Mostly Unconventional Anthony Bourdain Biopic appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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All 38 MCU Movies Ranked
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On the occasion of Spider-Man: Brand New Day’s release, we ranked all the films in the MCU. The post All 38 MCU Movies Ranked appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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