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‘Mickey 17’ Review: Bong Joon-ho’s Timely and Entertaining Anti-Capitalist Satire
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Robert Pattinson clearly relishes leaning into bug-eyed lunacy as much as he does pathos. The post ‘Mickey 17’ Review: Bong Joon-ho’s Timely and Entertaining Anti-Capitalist Satire appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Every Oscar Best Picture Winner, Ranked
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This list is part sheepish capitulation to the role the Oscars have played in our lives. The post Every Oscar Best Picture Winner, Ranked appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Review: A Haunting Foursome in a Web of Buried Secrets
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In a work as emotionally devastating as this, the performances are everything. The post ‘Long Day’s Journey Into Night’ Review: A Haunting Foursome in a Web of Buried Secrets appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘You Burn Me’ Review: Matías Piñeiro’s Intimate, Impressionistic Cesare Pavese Adaptation
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The film is a meditation on love and desire, death and memory, silence and expression. The post ‘You Burn Me’ Review: Matías Piñeiro’s Intimate, Impressionistic Cesare Pavese Adaptation appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Everhood 2’ Review: This Action Role-Playing Game Is an Invitation to an Identity Crisis
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The disorientation that Everhood 2 seeks to bring about is more or less the point here. The post ‘Everhood 2’ Review: This Action Role-Playing Game Is an Invitation to an Identity Crisis appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: John Lithgow Slays in James Ashcroft’s Dubious Thriller
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After a while, the film’s bleak atmosphere becomes more grating than unsettling. The post ‘The Rule of Jenny Pen’ Review: John Lithgow Slays in James Ashcroft’s Dubious Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Seven Veils’ Review: Atom Egoyan’s Chilly Psychodrama of Artistic Obsession Gone Awry
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The film’s pleasures are ultimately more textural and academic than those of Tár. The post ‘Seven Veils’ Review: Atom Egoyan’s Chilly Psychodrama of Artistic Obsession Gone Awry appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Visitor’ Review: Bruce LaBruce’s Blazing Middle Finger to Bourgeois Society
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The Visitor turns Teorema’s subtext into scathingly funny text. The post ‘The Visitor’ Review: Bruce LaBruce’s Blazing Middle Finger to Bourgeois Society appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Surfer’ Review: Nicolas Cage Rages Against Australian Bros in Psychedelic Thriller
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Visually, the film conjures the same sense of dreamy disorientation of Coralie Fargeat’s work. The post ‘The Surfer’ Review: Nicolas Cage Rages Against Australian Bros in Psychedelic Thriller appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Picture
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Can you blame us for indulging in “humanities major, sociology minor” thought exercises? The post Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Picture appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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