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Francis Ford Coppola’s 50-year-old dream is now an audacious, uncompromising reality. The post ‘Megalopolis’ Review: Empire State of Mind appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film obnoxiously looks back at the first SNL with the 20/20 vision of hindsight. The post ‘Saturday Night’ Review: Jason Reitman’s Love Letter to ‘SNL’ Is Closer to Smug Fan Fiction appeared first on Slant Magazine.

But how deeply can a film explore the psyche of a man who so nakedly shows us his worst? The post ‘The Apprentice’ Review: Ali Abbasi’s Docudrama Knows Exactly Who Donald Trump Is appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This year’s edition of the festival is a cinematic cornucopia unlike any other. The post New York Film Festival 2024 appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The tone of Sora Neo’s film wobbles between a sober social commentary and outright satire. The post ‘Happyend’ Review: It’s Only a Teenage Wasteland appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Araki discusses how society has and hasn’t caught up with his incendiary trilogy of films. The post Interview: Gregg Araki on the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy’s Generation-Defying Sense of Doom appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is a devious commentary on the all-too-human desire for easy explanations. The post ‘Sleep’ Review: Jason Wu’s Shape-Shifting, Parenthood-Themed Debut Gets Under the Skin appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Like his hero, Corbet has made an unvarnished monument to the authentic American character. The post ‘The Brutalist’ Review: Brady Corbet’s American Epic Is Built to Weather the Ages appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is a handsomely mounted production in which much of the filth feels stage-managed. The post ‘Harvest’ Review: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Moody, and Mopish, Medieval Period Piece appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is about the fraught ambiguities of seeing through a one-way mirror. The post ‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: In the Virtual (and Actual) Footsteps of a Missing Child appeared first on Slant Magazine.