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As Bruce Springsteen, Jeremy Allen White is all slouched posture and distant stares. The post ‘Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere’ Review: A By-the-Numbers Biopic of the Boss appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s directors each take a horror movie staple and put their own distinctive spin on it. The post ‘V/H/S/Halloween’ Review: A Devilishly Mean-Spirited Found-Footage Anthology Film appeared first on Slant Magazine.

A House of Dynamite stares down impossible questions about an unthinkable scenario. The post ‘A House of Dynamite’ Review: Kathryn Bigelow’s Nerve-Shredding Vision of Nuclear Doomsday appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Anemone is especially preoccupied with what religion giveth and taketh away. The post ‘Anemone’ Review: Ronan Day-Lewis’s Vaporous Portrait of a Man’s Journey Toward Redemption appeared first on Slant Magazine.

There’s pleasure to Nouvelle Vague’s winking affection for Godard’s Breathless. The post ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Review: Richard Linkater’s Love Letter to the French New Wave appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Good Boy finds several clever ways to draw us in to its canine perspective. The post ‘Good Boy’ Review: A Supernatural Horror Film from a Canine’s Point of View appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s archival images conjure a sensation of inexorable doom. The post ‘Trains’ Review: Mariejf Drygas Refracts the Early 20th Century Through a Locomotive Prism appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The horror here proves as much a dead end as the main characters’ relationship. The post ‘Bone Lake’ Review: A Matter of FetLife and Death appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Gavagai examines how the prejudices we’ve supposedly left in the past still shape that world. The post ‘Gavagai’ Review: Ulrich Köhler’s Autocritical Drama About a Production of ‘Madea’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Johansson and Squibb discuss the process of endowing Eleanor with a sense of humanity. The post Interview: Scarlett Johansson and June Squibb on ‘Eleanor the Great’ and Forgiveness appeared first on Slant Magazine.