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Throughout the film, Okuyama spins poetry from seemingly inconsequential moments. The post ‘My Sunshine’ Review: Okuyama Hiroshi’s Gentle Portrait of the Changing Seasons of Life appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This biopic about Whitney Wolfe Herd can’t escape the shadow of The Social Network. The post ‘Swiped’ Review: A Questionably Hagiographic Portrait of a Tech Entrepreneur appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This protean fable is tremulous, tricky, and intrepid, much like its pious protagonist. The post ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ Review: The Musical Agony and the Ecstasy of Anne Lee appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film follows too closely in the footsteps of John Hyams’s documentary of the same name. The post ‘The Smashing Machine’ Review: Benny Safdie’s Biopic Is a Prolonged Bout with Déjà Vu appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The past comes off in Mascha Schilinski’s film as an onerous, if unseen, weight on the present. The post ‘Sound of Falling’ Review: A Haunting Meditation on the Reverberations of Trauma appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The actors discuss the film’s richly fragmentary style, its frank sex scenes, and more. The post Interview: Tom Blyth and Russell Tovey on the Authenticity of Carmen Emmi’s ‘Plainclothes’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Johansson’s direction keeps things simple in a way that the hurried screenplay doesn’t. The post ‘Eleanor the Great’ Review: A Big Lie in Scarlett Johansson’s Film Is a Big Ask for Audiences appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Hartley discusses Where to Land’s origins, fundraising, and drawing from his own life. The post Interview: Hal Hartley on ‘Where to Land’ and Making Movies His Own Way appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film movingly conjures the feeling of music’s creation of a suspended present tense. The post ‘The History of Sound’ Review: A Soulful Portrait of a Romance Rooted in Love of Music appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The original film’s careful balance of “stupid and clever” is mostly absent from this sequel. The post ‘Spinal Tap II: The End Continues’ Review: A Nostalgic Sequel to a Mockumentary Classic appeared first on Slant Magazine.