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The competing passions at play throughout Misericordia inevitably spill over into violence. The post ‘Misericordia’ Review: Alain Guiraudie’s Thorny Exploration of Sexual Desire and Repression appeared first on Slant Magazine.

An overlooked curio from Suzuki’s mid-’60s hot streak receives an excellent transfer. The post Review: Suzuki Seijun’s Yakuza Action Movie ‘Tattooed Life’ on Radiance Films Blu-ray appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The unoriginality of the story eventually calls out the POV conceit as a one-note gimmick. The post ‘Presence’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Ghost Story Is Haunted by the Familiar appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Often blunt and unwieldy, Mohamed Rasolouf's film is nevertheless impactful. The post ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Review: Rage Against Iran’s Theocratic Authoritarian Regime appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Universal Language is aiming beyond mere satire or culture-clash playfulness. The post ‘Universal Language’ Review: A Riff on Iranian Cinema, and Reckoning with Canadian Identity appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The Room Next Door mirrors the defiant spirit of its main characters in the filmmaking itself. The post ‘The Room Next Door’ Review: Almodóvar’s Two-Hander Lives Intimately with Thoughts of Death appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The bedrock principle undergirding Reijn’s exploration of carnal connection is always honesty. The post ‘Babygirl’ Review: Halina Reijn’s Erotic Drama Puts the “Screw” in “Screwball” appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Stretched to its ideological limits, Pepe is about the nasty domino effect of colonialism. The post ‘Pepe’ Review: Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias’s Fragmentary Post-Colonial Fable appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Recalling Minervini’s past docufiction work, the film is a show of impressionistic portraiture. The post ‘The Damned’ Review: Roberto Minervini’s Ponderous Vision of the Monotony of War appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is winningly defined by a peculiar admixture of national pride and self-deprecation. The post ‘Rumours’ Review: Guy Maddin’s Lightly Surreal and Wildly Funny Satire of Political Ineptitude appeared first on Slant Magazine.