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For Good is never really emotionally affecting, even on the level of nostalgia. The post ‘Wicked: For Good’ Review: John M. Chu’s Breathlessly Stretched-Out Second Act appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film creates an ouroboros where the future and the past circle back on one another. The post ‘Cactus Pears’ Review: Rohan Kanawade’s Gently Stirring Portrait of Grief and Longing appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The filmmaker discusses his influences and inventing weird ways to kill people. The post Interview: Jalmari Helander on the Mayhem-Filled Fever Dream of ‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Perkins mistakes abstruseness for surrealism and oppressive atmosphere for palpable tension. The post ‘Keeper’ Review: Osgood Perkins’s Airless, Abstruse Cabin-in-the-Woods Chiller appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The actors discuss how they approached the lightly satirical elements of Joachim Trier’s film. The post Interview: Elle Fanning and Stellan Skarsgård on ‘Sentimental Value’ and Acting Within Acting appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film delicately teases out its characters’ intersecting ambitions and intertwined fates. The post ‘Left-Handed Girl’ Review: Shih-Ching Tsou’s Intimately Detailed, Taipei-Set Melodrama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This biblical fantasy’s dreary, static solemnity invites comparison to Robert Eggers’s work. The post ‘The Carpenter’s Son’ Review: Lofty Nathan’s Dreary Biblical Fantasy Reins In Nicolas Cage appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Wright lends verve to the film’s action, but his expansion of the novel is a ruinous one. The post ‘The Running Man’ Review: Edgar Wright’s Mollifying Vision of Empowerment appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s convoluted plot is one big MacGuffin leading to the thwarting of a cartoon villain. The post ‘Now You See Me: Now You Don’t’ Review: Smoke, Mirrors, and Nothing Beneath appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film attests to hope being a resource worth preserving in dark times. The post ‘Arco’ Review: Ugo Bienvenu’s Animated Adventure Harbors Hope for a Burning World appeared first on Slant Magazine.