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I’m Still Here’s affection for its subjects, though tender, is largely hagiographic. The post ‘I’m Still Here’ Review: Walter Salles’s Personal Chronicle of a Political Disappearance appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The 49th edition of the festival was a showcase of more liberal sentiments and artistic styles. The post Polish Film Festival 2024: ‘Under the Volcano,’ ‘The Girl with a Needle,’ ‘Night Silence,’ & More appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This is a film of great freedom, suggesting that anything can happen at any given moment. The post ‘Who by Fire’ Review: Philippe Lesage’s Fluid and Riveting Tale of Simmering Rivalries appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The drama of the film is a literal life and death struggle that’s exceedingly of this moment. The post ‘My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow’ Review: A Trenchant Reality Show appeared first on Slant Magazine.

In Guadagnino’s latest, the queer, tragically, becomes quotidian. The post ‘Queer’ Review: Luca Guadagnino’s Pitiable William S. Burroughs Adaptation appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The huge party at the film’s center is among the great parties of recent American cinema. The post ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ Review: An Ecstatically Maximalist Celebration of Ritual appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film finds Marianne Jean-Baptiste channeling an anger that feels excruciatingly real. The post ‘Hard Truths’ Review: Mike Leigh’s Compassionate Portrait of a Woman on the Brink appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Just as its style is enervating, Emilia Pérez settles for mundane portraiture. The post ‘Emilia Pérez’ Review: Jacques Audiard’s Melo-Noir Musical Makes It Up As It Goes Along appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Grief may be its starting point, but the film has much more on its mind than that. The post ‘The Shrouds’ Review: David Cronenberg’s Disquieting Story of Grief and Disillusionment appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Writer-director Rungano Nyoni’s second feature is as acerbic as it is unforgiving. The post ‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ Review: A Playfully Searing Drama About the Perils of Denial appeared first on Slant Magazine.