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There’s pleasure to Nouvelle Vague’s winking affection for Godard’s Breathless. The post ‘Nouvelle Vague’ Review: Richard Linkater’s Love Letter to the French New Wave appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Good Boy finds several clever ways to draw us in to its canine perspective. The post ‘Good Boy’ Review: A Supernatural Horror Film from a Canine’s Point of View appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s archival images conjure a sensation of inexorable doom. The post ‘Trains’ Review: Mariejf Drygas Refracts the Early 20th Century Through a Locomotive Prism appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The horror here proves as much a dead end as the main characters’ relationship. The post ‘Bone Lake’ Review: A Matter of FetLife and Death appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Gavagai examines how the prejudices we’ve supposedly left in the past still shape that world. The post ‘Gavagai’ Review: Ulrich Köhler’s Autocritical Drama About a Production of ‘Madea’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Johansson and Squibb discuss the process of endowing Eleanor with a sense of humanity. The post Interview: Scarlett Johansson and June Squibb on ‘Eleanor the Great’ and Forgiveness appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film unearths new depths of existential anxiety engendered by our tumultuous times. The post ‘Bugonia’ Review: Yorgos Lanthimos’s Damning, Bonkers Indictment of Our Fractured Times appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This year’s slate provides a lucid window on a world in a state of turmoil and reinvention. The post New York Film Festival 2025 appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Much of Road to Revenge plays like a spectacularly gory silent film. The post ‘Sisu: Road to Revenge’ Review: A Rowdy, Looney Tunes-esque Sequel to a Sleeper Hit appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Romería could be seen as a sequel of sorts to Carla Simón’s autobiographical Summer 1993. The post ‘Romería’ Review: An Intensely Personal Portrait of a Woman Reconciling with the Past appeared first on Slant Magazine.