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Hong’s film understands that the reassuring bond of community that can also be a trap. The post ‘By the Stream’ Review: Hong Sang-soo’s Bittersweet Tale About Fostering Belonging appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is prone to indulge in poetic intermezzos, at once earthy and otherworldly. The post ‘Viet and Nam’ Review: Truong Minh Quy’s Queer Romance Mines Beauty from Desolation appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s treatment of its subject is belligerently hamfisted, disingenuous, and incurious. The post ‘Reagan’ Review: President or Saint? This Biopic of the Gipper Can’t Tell the Difference appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film ultimately exploits an urgent crisis in order to provide audiences with genre kicks. The post ‘City of Dreams’ Review: Casting a Lurid Light on the Shadows of Child Trafficking appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The continued cutaways back to Earth effectively de-pressurize Slingshot’s main plotline. The post ‘Slingshot’ Review: A Consistently Tension-Deflating Trip to One of Saturn’s Moons appeared first on Slant Magazine.

For better and worse, you can tell that The Wasp was initially written for the stage. The post ‘The Wasp’ Review: A Well-Acted Drama of Revenge That Backs Itself Into a Corner appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film somehow shows its hand too early and plays its cards too close to its chest. The post ‘Blink Twice’ Review: Zoë Kravitz’s Me Too Thriller Borrows from the ‘Get Out’ Playbook appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Silver and his two stars discuss their endlessly rewarding collaborative process. The post Interview: Nathan Silver, Carol Kane, and Jason Schwartzman on ‘Between the Temples’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Woo’s old-school methods are in full effect, but they lose their elegance on digital. The post ‘The Killer’ Review: John Woo’s Remake of His 1989 Masterpiece Coasts Flatly on Style appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Only the third-act showdown inside an opera house elevates this mostly uninspired remake. The post ‘The Crow’ Review: A Garden-Variety Brood-a-Thon with a Single Killer Sequence appeared first on Slant Magazine.