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The more the film diverges from Kurosawa’s, the more confident and distinguished it becomes. The post ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ Review: Spike Lee’s Virtuosic Reimagining of a Neo-Noir Classic appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is perhaps Joachim Trier’s most mature and emotionally complex work to date. The post ‘Sentimental Value’ Review: An Affecting Tale of Intergenerational Family Conflict appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Chuck Russell is certainly committed to making an old-school, effects-laden genre thrill ride. The post ‘Witchboard’ Review: Spirited Direction Almost Dispels the Curse of Insipid Material appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film recalls the themes of Rebecca and the temporal displacements of Alain Resnais’s work. The post ‘Went Up the Hill’ Review: Samuel Van Grinsven’s Transfixing, Sensorial Ghost Story appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The overriding suspense here is largely created by watching truth become negotiable. The post ‘The Knife’ Review: Nnamdi Asomugha’s Thriller About the Slipperiness of Truth appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is mostly memorable for its depiction of a city gradually hollowing itself out. The post ‘White Snail’ Review: In Search of Romance in the Shadow of the Russia-Ukraine War appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is efficiently orchestrated, but its storytelling is remarkably leaden and incoherent. The post ‘The Birthday Party’ Review: Willem Dafoe Is a Billionaire Menace in Undercooked Melodrama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

With the R-rated canine comedy Fixed, Genndy Tartakovsky is off the leash. The post ‘Fixed’ Review: Genndy Tartakovsky’s Canine Comedy Aims for Low-Hanging Fruit appeared first on Slant Magazine.

For every moment of electrifying horror, the film cleanses the palette with comic relief. The post ‘Weapons’ Review: Zach Cregger’s Eerie, and Disarmingly Funny, Horror Freak-Out appeared first on Slant Magazine.

An Officer and a Spy has the appropriate cynicism to end on a note of ambivalence. The post ‘An Officer and a Spy’ Review: Roman Polanski’s Clinically Chilling Dreyfus Affair Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.