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The anti-climactic climax, though, rescues the film from obnoxious whimsicality. The post ‘The Kidnapping of Arabella’ Review: Carolina Cavalli’s Quirky-to-a-Fault Road Movie appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This relentlessly cruel rejiggering makes every Evil Dead film before seem like Sunday school. The post ‘Evil Dead Burn’ Review: Sébastien Vaniček’s Personal, If Literal-Minded, Schlockfest appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Poignantly, McElwee wrestles with the perils of personal documentary filmmaking. The post ‘Remake’ Review: Ross McElwee Hauntingly Reflects on Death and the Nature of Memory appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Barrio Triste relies on a mood of disaffected melancholy, if without a clear direction. The post ‘Barrio Triste’ Review: Stillz’s Meandering Fantasy Crime Movie Set in 1980s Medellín appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Bernstein’s gifts as a storyteller are less narrative than atmospheric. The post ‘Night Nurse’ Review: Georgia Bernstein’s Moody Subversion of a Familiar Power Dynamic appeared first on Slant Magazine.

There’s a warmth to the film that cuts through its disillusion with the industry that created it. The post ‘Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass’ Review: An Unlikely ‘Wizard of Oz’ Parody appeared first on Slant Magazine.

McElwee discusses, among other things, his new film and staring down the loss of his son. The post Interview: Ross McElwee on Refracting the Past in ‘Sherman’s March’ and ‘Remake’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film understands that historical truth and personal memory are inseparable. The post ‘Do You Love Me’ Review: Lana Daher’s All-Archival Cinematic Love Letter to Lebanon appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film uses the Minions to smuggle in a message about the enduring power of cinema. The post ‘Minions & Monsters’ Review: Pierre Coffin’s ‘Zelig’-like Love Letter to Old Hollywood appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The wallow in nostalgia and sentimentality isn’t a sign that the boys have grown soft. The post ‘Jackass: Best and Last’ Review: Johnny Knoxville and Company’s Wistful, Gross-Out Goodbye appeared first on Slant Magazine.