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The film is a trenchant look at how the police have only built their impunity over time. The post <em>Power</em> Review: A Damning Indictment of Paramilitarism in American Policing appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Whenever Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt aren’t on screen together, the movie magic dissipates. The post <em>The Fall Guy</em> Review: Movie-Star Charisma Gets This Paean to Stuntpeople Only So Far appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is eventually caught up in the very pomp and splendor that it initially lampoons. The post <em>Jeanne du Barry</em> Review: Maïwenn’s Hollow Portrait of a Courtesan Turned Comtesse appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The O’Connor of Wildcat is a contentious outsider who seems ill at ease in her own skin. The post <em>Wildcat</em> Review: A Prickly and Uncompromising Biopic, Just Like Flannery O’Connor Herself appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Beyond its exquisitely granular precision, Kavtaradzė’s film is notable for its levity. The post <em>Slow</em> Review: Marija Kavtaradzė’s Complex Exploration of Communication and Intimacy appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Lost Soulz is a road-trip movie driven by good vibrations and the joy of making music. The post <em>Lost Soulz</em> Review: Katherine Propper’s Joyful, Rap-Infused Road-Trip Movie appeared first on Slant Magazine.

TCMFF continues to valiantly pursue the preservation of Hollywood film history. The post The 2024 TCM Classic Film Festival appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Tension becomes Caitlin Cronenberg’s film. The release of it, not so much. The post <em>Humane</em> Review: A Modest Proposal appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Snyder’s space epic plays more to his strengths, but it can’t rise above his weaknesses. The post <em>Rebel Moon – Part Two: The Scargiver</em> Review: Zack Snyder’s Ho-Hum <em>Seven Samurai</em> in Space appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The contrast of stasis and flux, of the sublime and the quotidian, characterizes Liu’s latest. The post <em>Art College 1994</em> Review: Liu Jian’s Animated Idyll of Youth in Repose, and Revolt appeared first on Slant Magazine.