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Donaldson discusses her choice to let her main character sit in silence for so long. The post Interview: India Donaldson on ‘Good One’ and Playing with the Rules of Perspective appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The importance of touch between a parent and child looms large over nearly every scene. The post ‘Daughters’ Review: A Quietly Devastating Portrait of Girls and Their Incarcerated Fathers appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film perfectly encapsulates the disaffection, alienation, and paranoia of an era. The post ‘The Conversation’ Review: Francis Ford Coppola’s Melancholic Tale of Surveillance appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film seems content to merely adapt the “Personal Life” section of Beckett’s Wikipedia page. The post ‘Dance First’ Review: James Marsh’s Biopic Gives Samuel Beckett the Wikipedia Treatment appeared first on Slant Magazine.

M. Night Shyamalan’s stylish thriller is schizophrenic in more ways than one. The post ‘Trap’ Review: Always Rooting for the Anti-Hero appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Like a well-executed heist, the film knows how to get in and get out with minimal fuss. The post ‘The Instigators’ Review: Doug Liman’s Fleet-Footed, Boston-Set Crime Caper appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Soi Cheang’s bustling, lovingly crafted frames are a breath of fresh air. The post ‘Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In’ Review: An Alternately Thrilling and Dense Action Epic appeared first on Slant Magazine.

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.

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.

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.