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The film’s emphasis is on the spectacle of protest, rather than its organization. The post ‘WTO/99’ Review: Ian Bell’s Unsettling, If Blinkered, Look at the 1999 Seattle Protests appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film sees the intensity of moral strictures as giving meaning to the transgression of them. The post ‘Little Trouble Girls’ Review: A Restless Portrait of the Mysteries of Desire and Transgression appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This adaptation of Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel is as insubstantial as candy floss. The post ‘100 Nights of Hero’ Review: Julia Jackman’s Queer, Feminist Fairy Tale Is Skin Deep appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This curatorial eye felt like a particularly precious gift this year The post IDFA Festival 2025: Claire Simon’s ‘Writing Life,’ Ulises de la Orden’s ‘The Trial,’ & More appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Zootopia 2 outdoes its predecessor by adding new and deeper layers to its social commentary. The post ‘Zootopia 2’ Review: An Intrepid Bunny Rages Against the Machine in Winning Sequel appeared first on Slant Magazine.

A committed cast raises David Freyne’s high-concept rom-com from out of purgatory. The post ‘Eternity’ Review: Till Death Do Us Part appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This year’s festival boasted 19 features, 11 shorts, a fragment of an otherwise lost film, and more. The post San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2025 appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Mendonça Filho and Moura discuss the role of cinema in making social change. The post Interview: Wagner Moura and Kleber Mendonça Filho on ‘The Secret Agent’ as Resistance appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Schilinski discusses the film’s sound and her research into the reverberations of trauma. The post Interview: Mascha Schilinski on Tracking Trauma Across Generations in ‘Sound of Falling’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s details are warm and intimate, suggesting fondly remembered memories. The post ‘A Magnificent Life’ Review: Sylvain Chomet’s Loving, If Blinkered, Tribute to Marcel Pagnol appeared first on Slant Magazine.