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For better and for worse, the film breezily keys itself to its main character’s demeanor. The post ‘Roofman’ Review: Channing Tatum and Kirsten Dunst Barely Save Polite True-Crime Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The setup of Hikari’s film is milked for all its humor and pathos—and then some. The post ‘Rental Family’ Review: A Mawkish Portrait of a Struggling Actor’s Journey of Self-Discovery appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film proceeds in a gently anecdotal mode, recalling Hartley’s Meanwhile from 2011. The post ‘Where to Land’ Review: Hal Hartley’s Pensive Portrait of an Artist’s Search for Meaning appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film plays a long game with audiences that frustrates far more than it illuminates. The post ‘The Ugly’ Review: Yeon Sang-ho’s Frustratingly Half-Told Tale of Memory and Beauty appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Del Toro’s adaptation resonates most profoundly on a mythic, archetypal level. The post ‘Frankenstein’ Review: Guillermo del Toro Shows the Thin Line Between Man and Monster appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Horror is a genre perfectly suited to Chainey’s soundtrack-forward style of filmmaking. The post ‘Rabbit Trap’ Review: Bryn Chainey’s Eerie Folk-Horror Tale About the Allure of Sound appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film leaves us with a haunting sense of life in Naples existing in a liminal state. The post ‘Below the Clouds’ Review: Gianfranco Rosi’s Mosaic of Life in the Shadow of Vesuvius appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The Lost Bus may reminded you of ’90s blockbusters like Dante’s Peak. But should it? The post ‘The Lost Bus’ Review: Paul Greengrass’s Roller Coaster Ride Through the 2018 Camp Fire appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is a vivid meditation on human possibility in the face of fate and nature’s power. The post ‘Sirât’ Review: Óliver Laxe’s Parable Is a Sensorially Rich and Trippy Desert Odyssey appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s desire to resist easy storytelling paradigms is admirable, but only up to a point. The post ‘Late Fame’ Review: Kent Jones’s Amiable New York City Poet Drama Pulls Its Punches appeared first on Slant Magazine.