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The film wrings tension and excitement out of the simple exchange of sensitive information. The post ‘Relay’ Review: David Mackenzie’s Tense and Diverting Urban Espionage Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Throughout, the film is consistently in conversation with the rom-com genre as a whole. The post ‘Materialists’ Review: Celine Song’s Rom-Com Is Self-Aware, but Don’t Call It a Reinvention appeared first on Slant Magazine.

At least the dragons are a huge point in this largely pointless the film’s favor. The post ‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Review: Thanks for Nothing, You Useless Reptile appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film limply gestures at ideas around women’s rights and athlete boycotts. The post ‘Tatami’ Review: A Visually Striking but Politically Tepid Iranian-Israeli Sports Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is most convincing in its depiction of an ongoing struggle to define oneself. The post ‘Sex’ Review: Dag Johan Haugerud’s Funny, If Digressive, Look at Male Sexuality appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is comic yet vicious and cynically bleak in its portraiture of Japan’s silent plague. The post ‘Best Wishes to All’ Review: Shimotsu Yûta’s Eerie Evocation of a Happiness Epidemic appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Rithy Panh’s film is hard-hitting yet illusive, much like the story its characters are hunting. The post ‘Meeting with Pol Pot’ Review: An Implication-Rich Drama About Hiding a Genocide appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Very little about this murkily shot film generates much in the way of thrills or emotion. The post ‘Echo Valley’ Review: Michael Pearce’s Rushed and Schematic Psychological Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film leads to an outcome that’s both violently chaotic and tragically predictable. The post ‘Inside’ Review: A Tragic Prison Tale Anchored by Three Memorable Performances appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Killer of Killers only gives us just enough to get by, get invested, and get to the goods. The post ‘Predator: Killer of Killers’ Review: Thrillingly Transcending History…and the World appeared first on Slant Magazine.