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Death Will Come is a conspicuously de-glamorized tale of violent characters on society’s fringes. The post Locarno Film Festival 2024: ‘Street of No Return,’ ‘Bang Bang,’ and ‘Death Will Come’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The way Nora Fingscheidt captures two modes of life is one of the film’s greatest strengths. The post ‘The Outrun’ Review: Saoirse Ronan Soars in Drama About Navigating the Waves of Addiction appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This tale of spiritual and neo-colonial exploitation is unfocused and unrelentingly somber. The post ‘Transamazonia’ Review: An Elegant Mood Piece That Can’t See the Forest for the Trees appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This cunningly devised thriller wields our assumptions against us like a sharp implement. The post ‘Strange Darling’ Review: A Squirm-Inducing Battle of Wills That Keeps You Guessing appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Andra Day and Glenn Close bring the film to life in a way that the literal ghosts wish they could. The post ‘The Deliverance’ Review: Lee Daniels’s Haunted House Story Is Elevated by Human Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Fede Álvarez maximizes what made the original movies so compelling. The post ‘Alien: Romulus’ Review: Back to Basics appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The exhibition encourages a critical perspective on movie props and the world they come from. The post “Movie Icons” at the Museo Nazionale del Cinema appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Campillo’s oddly paradoxical film is at once lackadaisical and urgent. The post ‘Red Island’ Review: Robin Campillo’s Remembrance of Things Past appeared first on Slant Magazine.

In Constance Tsang’s feature-length directorial debut, silence speaks volumes. The post ‘Blue Sun Palace’ Review: A Quietly Gripping Portrait of Grief and Displacement appeared first on Slant Magazine.

These found-footage films further solidify Jude’s status as one of our most vital artists. The post Locarno Film Festival 2024: Radu Jude’s ‘Eight Postcards from Utopia’ and ‘Sleep #2’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.