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Not for nothing does Eddington arrive with the tagline “Hindsight is 2020.” The post ‘Eddington’ Review: Ari Aster’s Anti-Western Is a Pointed Snapshot of a Broken America appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s action sequences showcase Gunn’s gift for large-scale but coherent spectacle. The post ‘Superman’ Review: James Gunn Pledges Winning Allegiance to a Superhero’s Essential Goodness appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is at its best when it’s keyed to its main character’s breakneck energy. The post ‘Wild Diamond’ Review: Reality Bites for a Fame-Seeking French Teenager appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s lightness and sense of wonder is befitting an evening of blissful dreams. The post ‘Daniela Forever’ Review: Nacho Vigalondo’s Sci-Fi Drama Is Less Than the Sum of Its Influences appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film adopts a diaristic, epistolary form that flattens its emotional topography. The post ‘Little, Big, and Far’ Review: Jem Cohen Ponders the Fabric of the Universe appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Serra discusses how being close to a torero taught him to take risks in his work. The post Interview: Albert Serra on Being the True Torero in ‘Afternoons of Solitude’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Jaws is the pop masterpiece as happy accident. The post ‘Jaws’ at 50: The Early Steven Spielberg Masterpiece That Forever Changed the Movies appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This nostalgia-fueled adventure story is rendered soulless by the blatant product placement. The post ‘Jurassic World Rebirth’ Review: A New Chapter, Yes, but a Franchise Still Past Its Sell-By Date appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film collages its influences with an anarchic panache. The post ‘Kill the Jockey’ Review: Luis Ortega’s Surreal Picaresque About a Man’s Shifting Identity appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The video store becomes something self-reflexive across the film’s three-hour running time. The post ‘Videoheaven’ Review: Alex Ross Perry’s Engrossing Lament to the Video Store appeared first on Slant Magazine.