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The film’s particular genius lies in a very consistent use of off-screen space. The post ‘The Fishing Place’ Review: Rob Tregenza’s Historical Drama Celebrates the Crane Shot appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Tony Benna’s film is a consistently hilarious look at the ridiculousness of living with cancer. The post ‘André Is an Idiot’ Review: An Irreverent Comedy About the Loss of an Irreverent Mind appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This is an unrelentingly funny movie that happens to be about the after-effects of sexual assault. The post ‘Sorry, Baby’ Review: Eva Victor’s Devastatingly Funny Look at Rebuilding After Trauma appeared first on Slant Magazine.

In its messy unreality, the film finds something profoundly simple in the trivial. The post ‘Atropia’ Review: Haily Gates’s Anti-War Satire Lacks Gravitas, and Appropriately So appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is a tonal rollercoaster navigating wild swings with pinpoint precision. The post ‘If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You’ Review: A Go-for-Broke Rose Byrne Proves Anxiety Is a Mother appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This Irish drama’s tone of inevitability amounts to an anti-modern despair. The post ‘Bring Them Down’ Review: Christopher Andrews’s Mercilessly Bleak Revenge Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Beyond the violence, the film makes us privy to the struggle of men to hold onto their humanity. The post ‘2000 Meters to Andriivka’ Review: Mstyslav Chernov’s Harrowing Portrait of Resilience appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s succession of symbolically loaded vignettes is less meaningful than intended. The post ‘Parthenope’ Review: Paolo Sorrentino’s Ponderous Rumination on Image-Making appeared first on Slant Magazine.

From the start, the film stokes tension with its peculiar sense of atmosphere. The post ‘Armand’ Review: Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel’s Needlessly Convoluted Classroom Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film has more on its mind than charting the rise and fall of another troubled icon. The post ‘Sly Lives! (aka the Burden of Black Genius)’ Review: Questlove’s Thrilling Sly Stone Tribute appeared first on Slant Magazine.