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Chapter 2 plays for a while like a needlessly extended epilogue to the first film. The post ‘The Strangers: Chapter 2’ Review: Masked Villains Get a Backstory in Perfunctory Sequel appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Mumenthaler’s attention to subjectivity invites comparison to Virginia Woolf’s work. The post ‘The Currents’ Review: Milagros Mumenthaler’s Mesmerizing Portrait of Estrangement appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film sees the narrow self-interest of a nation reflected in the man at its center. The post ‘The Mastermind’ Review: Kelly Reichardt’s Heist Movie Is a Sneakily Bitter Portrait of a Nation appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film collapses dreams, reality, past, and present into a singular cinematic haunted space. The post ‘Black Phone 2’ Review: An Eerie, Tactile Plunge into the Realm of Dreamscapes appeared first on Slant Magazine.

It’s telling that Primate is high-strung in its eagerness to get down to the carnage. The post ‘Primate’ Review: Johannes Roberts’s Killer Ape Movie Is a Slick, Pathos-Free Throwback appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This gene splice of road movie and coming-of-age story is as whimsical as it is disjointed. The post ‘The Last One for the Road’ Review: A Low-Key Journey Through the Venetian Countryside appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Across Park’s film, “no other choice” becomes a kind of disingenuous mantra. The post ‘No Other Choice’ Review: Park Chan-wook’s Ferociously Farcical Skewering of Capitalism appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is a memorable take on the real-time spectacles we make of crime and punishment. The post ‘Dead Man’s Wire’ Review: Gus Van Sant’s Breathlessly Satirical True-Crime Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.

There comes a point where After the Hunt is defined by its convolutions. The post ‘After the Hunt’ Review: Luca Guadagnino’s Hollow Provocation About Cancel Culture appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The correlation of football to an arcane tradition is the only novel insight offered by Him. The post ‘Him’ Review: GOATs Go to Hell appeared first on Slant Magazine.