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‘Coup!’ Review: A Muddled Class Satire Set During the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic
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The film has little to add on the subject of the interplay of politics and infectious disease. The post ‘Coup!’ Review: A Muddled Class Satire Set During the 1918 Spanish Flu Epidemic appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Hell Hole’ Review: A Creature Feature By Way of a Mumblecore-ish Workplace Comedy
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The Adams family takes its first wobbly baby steps outside its homegrown horror comfort zone. The post ‘Hell Hole’ Review: A Creature Feature By Way of a Mumblecore-ish Workplace Comedy appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘War Game’ Review: Role-Playing an Insurrection
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The film suggests Dungeons & Dragons for political science and national security nerds. The post ‘War Game’ Review: Role-Playing an Insurrection appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Happy Campers’ Review: An Empathetic Look at a Scrappy Paradise Facing Extinction
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The film’s sense of evasion is as much a hindrance as it is a badge of honor. The post ‘Happy Campers’ Review: An Empathetic Look at a Scrappy Paradise Facing Extinction appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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All 34 MCU Movies Ranked
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On the occasion of the release of Deadpool & Wolverine, we ranked all the films in the MCU. The post All 34 MCU Movies Ranked appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Interview: Sean Wang on Applying Cinematic Language to the Internet in ‘Dìdi’
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Wang discusses what the Sundance Directors’ Lab taught him about the film’s toughest scene. The post Interview: Sean Wang on Applying Cinematic Language to the Internet in ‘Dìdi’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: A Self-Aware Reckoning with the MCU’s Next Era
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Deadpool & Wolverine doesn’t flinch from speaking some measure of truth to power. The post ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: A Self-Aware Reckoning with the MCU’s Next Era appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Only the River Flows’ Review: Wei Shujun’s Murky to a Fault Serial Killer Procedural
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Wei has crafted a noir that rejects the more dramatic trappings of such stories. The post ‘Only the River Flows’ Review: Wei Shujun’s Murky to a Fault Serial Killer Procedural appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Dìdi’ Review: A Taiwanese American Coming of Age in the Early Age of Social Media
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The film speaks unflinchingly to the unique anxieties and frustrations of early teenhood. The post ‘Dìdi’ Review: A Taiwanese American Coming of Age in the Early Age of Social Media appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘My Spy: The Eternal City’ Review: The Case of the Bungling Spy, Italian Style
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The film generates stakes that are far too heavy for the threadbare structure to support. The post ‘My Spy: The Eternal City’ Review: The Case of the Bungling Spy, Italian Style appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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