Slant Magazine

Zootopia 2 outdoes its predecessor by adding new and deeper layers to its social commentary. The post ‘Zootopia 2’ Review: An Intrepid Bunny Rages Against the Machine in Winning Sequel appeared first on Slant Magazine.

A committed cast raises David Freyne’s high-concept rom-com from out of purgatory. The post ‘Eternity’ Review: Till Death Do Us Part appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This year’s festival boasted 19 features, 11 shorts, a fragment of an otherwise lost film, and more. The post San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2025 appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Mendonça Filho and Moura discuss the role of cinema in making social change. The post Interview: Wagner Moura and Kleber Mendonça Filho on ‘The Secret Agent’ as Resistance appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Schilinski discusses the film’s sound and her research into the reverberations of trauma. The post Interview: Mascha Schilinski on Tracking Trauma Across Generations in ‘Sound of Falling’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s details are warm and intimate, suggesting fondly remembered memories. The post ‘A Magnificent Life’ Review: Sylvain Chomet’s Loving, If Blinkered, Tribute to Marcel Pagnol appeared first on Slant Magazine.

For Good is never really emotionally affecting, even on the level of nostalgia. The post ‘Wicked: For Good’ Review: John M. Chu’s Breathlessly Stretched-Out Second Act appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film creates an ouroboros where the future and the past circle back on one another. The post ‘Cactus Pears’ Review: Rohan Kanawade’s Gently Stirring Portrait of Grief and Longing appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The filmmaker discusses his influences and inventing weird ways to kill people. The post Interview: Jalmari Helander on the Mayhem-Filled Fever Dream of ‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Perkins mistakes abstruseness for surrealism and oppressive atmosphere for palpable tension. The post ‘Keeper’ Review: Osgood Perkins’s Airless, Abstruse Cabin-in-the-Woods Chiller appeared first on Slant Magazine.