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Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Makeup & Hairstyling
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Monstro Elisasue will take one more blood-spewing bow here. The post Oscar 2025 Winner Predictions: Makeup & Hairstyling appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Interview: Christopher Abbott on Finding Himself in the Irishness of ‘Bring Them Down’
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Abbott discusses the merging of character and self and how the film fits into his career arc. The post Interview: Christopher Abbott on Finding Himself in the Irishness of ‘Bring Them Down’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Love Hurts’ Review: Ke Huy Quan Turns Down for What in Playfully Earnest Meta-Movie
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The film is startlingly earnest in having Quan play both to and against type. The post ‘Love Hurts’ Review: Ke Huy Quan Turns Down for What in Playfully Earnest Meta-Movie appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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The Closeted Imagination: Doug Dibbern and Richard Scott Larson on Film Memoirs
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Dibbern and Larson discuss how writing about film led them back to writing about themselves. The post The Closeted Imagination: Doug Dibbern and Richard Scott Larson on Film Memoirs appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Fishing Place’ Review: Rob Tregenza’s Historical Drama Celebrates the Crane Shot
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The film’s particular genius lies in a very consistent use of off-screen space. The post ‘The Fishing Place’ Review: Rob Tregenza’s Historical Drama Celebrates the Crane Shot appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘André Is an Idiot’ Review: An Irreverent Comedy About the Loss of an Irreverent Mind
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Tony Benna’s film is a consistently hilarious look at the ridiculousness of living with cancer. The post ‘André Is an Idiot’ Review: An Irreverent Comedy About the Loss of an Irreverent Mind appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Sorry, Baby’ Review: Eva Victor’s Devastatingly Funny Look at Rebuilding After Trauma
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This is an unrelentingly funny movie that happens to be about the after-effects of sexual assault. The post ‘Sorry, Baby’ Review: Eva Victor’s Devastatingly Funny Look at Rebuilding After Trauma appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Atropia’ Review: Haily Gates’s Anti-War Satire Lacks Gravitas, and Appropriately So
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In its messy unreality, the film finds something profoundly simple in the trivial. The post ‘Atropia’ Review: Haily Gates’s Anti-War Satire Lacks Gravitas, and Appropriately So appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You’ Review: A Go-for-Broke Rose Byrne Proves Anxiety Is a Mother
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The film is a tonal rollercoaster navigating wild swings with pinpoint precision. The post ‘If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You’ Review: A Go-for-Broke Rose Byrne Proves Anxiety Is a Mother appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Bring Them Down’ Review: Christopher Andrews’s Mercilessly Bleak Revenge Drama
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This Irish drama’s tone of inevitability amounts to an anti-modern despair. The post ‘Bring Them Down’ Review: Christopher Andrews’s Mercilessly Bleak Revenge Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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