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The documentary ultimately reveals itself as a paean to female strength and resistance. The post ‘To Hold a Mountain’ Review: A Tender Portrait of Female Resistance in Montenegro’s Highlands appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is most interesting when it’s keyed to its main character’s existential malaise. The post ‘Islands’ Review: In Jan-Ole Gerster’s Neo-Noir Mystery, Paradise Feels Like a Dead End appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The longer the film continues, the more nuanced our picture of Natchez grows. The post ‘Natchez’ Review: A Piercing Portrait of a Mississippi Town’s Antebellum Tourism Industry appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This finely shaded character study feels more than anything else like an existential parable. The post ‘A Poet’ Review: A Paean to Failure appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film could be seen as a show of Buddhist acceptance of art’s transience. The post ‘The History of Concrete’ Review: The Poignant Cracks Beneath John Wilson’s Deadpan appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Green’s continually, and slyly, confronts us with our mortality. The post ‘The Oldest Person in the World’ Review: Sam Green’s Moving Celebration of Lives Lived Long appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film spares some thought for the big questions of privacy, policing, and A.I. The post ‘Mercy’ Review: Chris Pratt Doomscrolls on Death Row in Decently Tense Dystopian Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Gans’s film does away with all the psychosexual nuance of Silent Hill 2. The post ‘Return to Silent Hill’ Review: Christophe Gans’s Misbegotten Adaptation of ‘Silent Hill 2’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The battles are just heating up. The post 2026 Oscar Nomination Predictions appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Between various ritual scenes, Mother of Flies gives us minimal drama. The post ‘Mother of Flies’ Review: The Adams Family’s Dramatically Anemic Return to Occult Horror appeared first on Slant Magazine.