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The film is efficiently orchestrated, but its storytelling is remarkably leaden and incoherent. The post ‘The Birthday Party’ Review: Willem Dafoe Is a Billionaire Menace in Undercooked Melodrama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

With the R-rated canine comedy Fixed, Genndy Tartakovsky is off the leash. The post ‘Fixed’ Review: Genndy Tartakovsky’s Canine Comedy Aims for Low-Hanging Fruit appeared first on Slant Magazine.

For every moment of electrifying horror, the film cleanses the palette with comic relief. The post ‘Weapons’ Review: Zach Cregger’s Eerie, and Disarmingly Funny, Horror Freak-Out appeared first on Slant Magazine.

An Officer and a Spy has the appropriate cynicism to end on a note of ambivalence. The post ‘An Officer and a Spy’ Review: Roman Polanski’s Clinically Chilling Dreyfus Affair Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

As a director and co-writer, Scott Thomas’s instincts lean toward the literal. The post ‘My Mother’s Wedding’ Review: Kristin Scott Thomas’s Formulaic Family Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is an emotional depiction of the gaping holes left by Buckley’s untimely death. The post ‘It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley’ Review: Amy Berg’s Plaintive Tribute to a Great Troubadour appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The tone of the film is generally as light and zany as its B-movie title suggests. The post ‘A Samurai in Time’ Review: Yasuda Jun’ichi’s Touching, and Funny, Reflection on Destiny appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Julian Glander’s film is driven less by plot than by the memorable atmosphere it summons. The post ‘Boys Go to Jupiter’ Review: ‘Earthbound’ Meets Wes Anderson in Animated Fever Dream appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Nick Rowland’s film doesn’t seem to have faith in the story the novel tells. The post ‘She Rides Shotgun’ Review: A Father-Daughter Relationship Put Through a Baffling Wringer appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The Police Squad is back, and under new, extremely capable management. The post ‘The Naked Gun’ Review: An Uproarious, Old-School Spoof of More Than Just Cop Dramas appeared first on Slant Magazine.