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The film limply gestures at ideas around women’s rights and athlete boycotts. The post ‘Tatami’ Review: A Visually Striking but Politically Tepid Iranian-Israeli Sports Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is most convincing in its depiction of an ongoing struggle to define oneself. The post ‘Sex’ Review: Dag Johan Haugerud’s Funny, If Digressive, Look at Male Sexuality appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is comic yet vicious and cynically bleak in its portraiture of Japan’s silent plague. The post ‘Best Wishes to All’ Review: Shimotsu Yûta’s Eerie Evocation of a Happiness Epidemic appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Rithy Panh’s film is hard-hitting yet illusive, much like the story its characters are hunting. The post ‘Meeting with Pol Pot’ Review: An Implication-Rich Drama About Hiding a Genocide appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Very little about this murkily shot film generates much in the way of thrills or emotion. The post ‘Echo Valley’ Review: Michael Pearce’s Rushed and Schematic Psychological Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film leads to an outcome that’s both violently chaotic and tragically predictable. The post ‘Inside’ Review: A Tragic Prison Tale Anchored by Three Memorable Performances appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Killer of Killers only gives us just enough to get by, get invested, and get to the goods. The post ‘Predator: Killer of Killers’ Review: Thrillingly Transcending History…and the World appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Sans a mythology of its own, Ballerina is just another 87Eleven joint. The post ‘Ballerina’ Review: A ‘John Wick’ Spinoff with Thrills but No Mythology of Its Own appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Like any number of Exorcist wannabes, David Midell’s film is a special kind of hell. The post ‘The Ritual’ Review: Not Even Al Pacino Can Save This Bland Serving of Supernatural Hokum appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Byrne’s film is an unsuccessful fusion of creature feature and slasher. The post ‘Dangerous Animals’ Review: Sean Byrne’s Toothless Shark Tale from Down Under appeared first on Slant Magazine.