Slant Magazine

Monica Sorelle’s Mountains is a film about work that nonetheless champions leisure. The post ‘Mountains’ Review: Monica Sorelle’s Warm, Intimate Look at a Disappearing Community appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film sees intimacy and isolation as two sides of the same coin. The post ‘The Sparrow and the Chimney’ Review: Ramon Zürcher’s Dysfunctional Family Portrait appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Gearbox’s hit game series arrives on the big screen, losing its entire personality in the process. The post ‘Borderlands’ Review: Eli Roth’s Misguided Adaptation of a Classic Video Game Series appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Donaldson discusses her choice to let her main character sit in silence for so long. The post Interview: India Donaldson on ‘Good One’ and Playing with the Rules of Perspective appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The importance of touch between a parent and child looms large over nearly every scene. The post ‘Daughters’ Review: A Quietly Devastating Portrait of Girls and Their Incarcerated Fathers appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film perfectly encapsulates the disaffection, alienation, and paranoia of an era. The post ‘The Conversation’ Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Melancholic Tale of Surveillance appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film seems content to merely adapt the “Personal Life” section of Beckett’s Wikipedia page. The post ‘Dance First’ Review: James Marsh’s Biopic Gives Samuel Beckett the Wikipedia Treatment appeared first on Slant Magazine.

M. Night Shyamalan’s stylish thriller is schizophrenic in more ways than one. The post ‘Trap’ Review: Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Like a well-executed heist, the film knows how to get in and get out with minimal fuss. The post ‘The Instigators’ Review: Doug Liman’s Fleet-Footed, Boston-Set Crime Caper appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Soi Cheang’s bustling, lovingly crafted frames are a breath of fresh air. The post ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ Review: An Alternately Thrilling and Dense Action Epic appeared first on Slant Magazine.