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The film unearths new depths of existential anxiety engendered by our tumultuous times. The post ‘Bugonia’ Review: Yorgos Lanthimos’s Damning, Bonkers Indictment of Our Fractured Times appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This year’s slate provides a lucid window on a world in a state of turmoil and reinvention. The post New York Film Festival 2025 appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Much of Road to Revenge plays like a spectacularly gory silent film. The post ‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ Review: A Rowdy, Looney Tunes-esque Sequel to a Sleeper Hit appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Romería could be seen as a sequel of sorts to Carla Simón’s autobiographical Summer 1993. The post ‘Romería’ Review: An Intensely Personal Portrait of a Woman Reconciling with the Past appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Chapter 2 plays for a while like a needlessly extended epilogue to the first film. The post ‘The Strangers: Chapter 2’ Review: Masked Villains Get a Backstory in Perfunctory Sequel appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Mumenthaler’s attention to subjectivity invites comparison to Virginia Woolf’s work. The post ‘The Currents’ Review: Milagros Mumenthaler’s Mesmerizing Portrait of Estrangement appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film sees the narrow self-interest of a nation reflected in the man at its center. The post ‘The Mastermind’ Review: Kelly Reichardt’s Heist Movie Is a Sneakily Bitter Portrait of a Nation appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film collapses dreams, reality, past, and present into a singular cinematic haunted space. The post ‘Black Phone 2’ Review: An Eerie, Tactile Plunge into the Realm of Dreamscapes appeared first on Slant Magazine.

It’s telling that Primate is high-strung in its eagerness to get down to the carnage. The post ‘Primate’ Review: Johannes Roberts’s Killer Ape Movie Is a Slick, Pathos-Free Throwback appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This gene splice of road movie and coming-of-age story is as whimsical as it is disjointed. The post ‘The Last One for the Road’ Review: A Low-Key Journey Through the Venetian Countryside appeared first on Slant Magazine.