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‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ Review: A Touching, If Gentle to a Fault, Dramedy of Mutual Healing
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This is an immensely likeable film, thanks largely to the chemistry between its two leads. The post ‘Bob Trevino Likes It’ Review: A Touching, If Gentle to a Fault, Dramedy of Mutual Healing appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Interview: Carson Lund on Keeping Time with ‘Eephus,’ and Frederick Wiseman’s Influence
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Lund discusses how Wiseman, the legacy of baseball movies, and criticism influenced Eephus. The post Interview: Carson Lund on Keeping Time with ‘Eephus,’ and Frederick Wiseman’s Influence appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘McVeigh’ Review: A Suffocatingly Atmospheric, If Muted to a Fault, Portrait of a Terrorist
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McVeigh’s ominous atmosphere is omnipresent, clinging to Timothy like a dog to a bone. The post ‘McVeigh’ Review: A Suffocatingly Atmospheric, If Muted to a Fault, Portrait of a Terrorist appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘In the Lost Lands’ Review: Paul W.S. Anderson’s Arrestingly Trashy George R.R. Martin Adaptation
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The film provides Anderson with a sturdy canvas for his unique brand of gaudy, campy cool. The post ‘In the Lost Lands’ Review: Paul W.S. Anderson’s Arrestingly Trashy George R.R. Martin Adaptation appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Mickey 17’ Review: Bong Joon-ho’s Timely and Entertaining Anti-Capitalist Satire
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Robert Pattinson clearly relishes leaning into bug-eyed lunacy as much as he does pathos. The post ‘Mickey 17’ Review: Bong Joon-ho’s Timely and Entertaining Anti-Capitalist Satire appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Every Oscar Best Picture Winner, Ranked
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This list is part sheepish capitulation to the role the Oscars have played in our lives. The post Every Oscar Best Picture Winner, Ranked appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Review: A Haunting Foursome in a Web of Buried Secrets
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In a work as emotionally devastating as this, the performances are everything. The post ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Review: A Haunting Foursome in a Web of Buried Secrets appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘You Burn Me’ Review: Matías Piñeiro’s Intimate, Impressionistic Cesare Pavese Adaptation
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The film is a meditation on love and desire, death and memory, silence and expression. The post ‘You Burn Me’ Review: Matías Piñeiro’s Intimate, Impressionistic Cesare Pavese Adaptation appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Everhood 2’ Review: This Action Role-Playing Game Is an Invitation to an Identity Crisis
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The disorientation that Everhood 2 seeks to bring about is more or less the point here. The post ‘Everhood 2’ Review: This Action Role-Playing Game Is an Invitation to an Identity Crisis appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: John Lithgow Slays in James Ashcroft’s Dubious Thriller
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After a while, the film’s bleak atmosphere becomes more grating than unsettling. The post ‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: John Lithgow Slays in James Ashcroft’s Dubious Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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