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Del Toro’s adaptation resonates most profoundly on a mythic, archetypal level. The post ‘Frankenstein’ Review: Guillermo del Toro Shows the Thin Line Between Man and Monster appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Horror is a genre perfectly suited to Chainey’s soundtrack-forward style of filmmaking. The post ‘Rabbit Trap’ Review: Bryn Chainey’s Eerie Folk-Horror Tale About the Allure of Sound appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film leaves us with a haunting sense of life in Naples existing in a liminal state. The post ‘Below the Clouds’ Review: Gianfranco Rosi’s Mosaic of Life in the Shadow of Vesuvius appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The Lost Bus may reminded you of ’90s blockbusters like Dante’s Peak. But should it? The post ‘The Lost Bus’ Review: Paul Greengrass’s Roller Coaster Ride Through the 2018 Camp Fire appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is a vivid meditation on human possibility in the face of fate and nature’s power. The post ‘Sirât’ Review: Óliver Laxe’s Parable Is a Sensorially Rich and Trippy Desert Odyssey appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film’s desire to resist easy storytelling paradigms is admirable, but only up to a point. The post ‘Late Fame’ Review: Kent Jones’s Amiable New York City Poet Drama Pulls Its Punches appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This ferocious adaptation of King’s novella as a passion play about class solidarity. The post ‘The Long Walk’ Review: This Stephen King Adaptation Holds a Harrowing Mirror to Reality appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This anthem of aspiration and struggle leaves no doubt about Coppola’s beliefs. The post ‘MegaDoc’ Review: A Thrilling Portrait of the Making of Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film attests to a craft’s enduring importance at a time when resources for it have declined. The post ‘Cover-Up’ Review: Laura Poitras’s Sweeping Tribute to the Power of Investigative Journalism appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Jay Kelly represents the moment when Baumbach has gone fully soft. The post ‘Jay Kelly’ Review: Noah Baumbach Schmaltzy Tribute to an Old-Fashioned Movie Star appeared first on Slant Magazine.