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On paper, anime master Hosoda Mamoru’s Scarlet sounds positively electrifying. The post ‘Scarlet’ Review: Hosoda Mamoru’s ‘Hamlet’-Inspired Anime Is a Trip into the Uncanny Valley appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Charlie Ahearn’s film is a time capsule of early-’80s hip hop culture and satire on class collision. The post Truly the Voice of the Gutter: ‘Wild Style,’ a Foundational Depiction of Hip-Hop Culture appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Initially resembling a dark psychological drama, the film increasingly settles into a gentler tone. The post ‘A Private Life’ Review: Jodie Foster Shows Off Her French in Slight Murder Mystery appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Stewart’s feature-length directorial debut is a shattered portrait of female pain and power. The post ‘The Chronology of Water’ Review: Kristen Stewart’s Hauntingly Fragmentary Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Safdie’s rapturously reprises a siren song that transcends any single American era. The post ‘Marty Supreme’ Review: Josh Safdie’s Table Tennis Saga Is an All-American Triumph appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Sorrentino discusses why it was important to reflect an ideal version of politics in his film. The post Interview: Paolo Sorrentino on ‘La Grazia,’ His Muse Toni Servillo, and the Ideal of Politics appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s emphasis is on the spectacle of protest, rather than its organization. The post ‘WTO/99’ Review: Ian Bell’s Unsettling, If Blinkered, Look at the 1999 Seattle Protests appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film sees the intensity of moral strictures as giving meaning to the transgression of them. The post ‘Little Trouble Girls’ Review: A Restless Portrait of the Mysteries of Desire and Transgression appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This adaptation of Isabel Greenberg’s graphic novel is as insubstantial as candy floss. The post ‘100 Nights of Hero’ Review: Julia Jackman’s Queer, Feminist Fairy Tale Is Skin Deep appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This curatorial eye felt like a particularly precious gift this year The post IDFA Festival 2025: Claire Simon’s ‘Writing Life,’ Ulises de la Orden’s ‘The Trial,’ & More appeared first on Slant Magazine.