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The film indicates a remarkably fully formed cinematic sensibility, for both better and worse. The post White Hot Cool: ‘Reservoir Dogs’ and the Birth of Quentin Tarantino’s Style appeared first on Slant Magazine.

With these films, Hollywood’s most talented video clerk blossomed into a great artist. The post The Cocksure Auteur Grows Up: Quentin Tarantino’s ‘Kill Bill: Vols. 1 and 2’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Yamada’s animated film suggests great depths by withholding so much. The post ‘The Colors Within’ Review: Yamada Naoko’s Luminous Anime About Finding Oneself appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Sasha Rainbow’s film loses all momentum once the face-swapping kicks into motion. The post ‘Grafted’ Review: This Body-Swapping Horror Movie Doesn’t Know What It Wants to Be appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Lynch understood that many of the fantasies he loved were built on nightmares. The post David Lynch, Cinema’s Premiere Architect of Dreams and Nightmares, Dead at 78 appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Keke Palmer and SZA throw it back in more ways than one in this breezy comedy. The post ‘One of Them Days’ Review: Squabble Up appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Seth Gordon’s film is largely, and awkwardly, beholden to the most banal of spy tropes. The post ‘Back in Action’ Review: Mission Deplorable appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The arrival of Oscar prognostication season is both a blessing and a curse. The post 2025 Oscar Nomination Predictions appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Whannell’s film doesn’t convincingly reinvent the fundamentals of werewolf folklore. The post ‘Wolf Man’ Review: Leigh Whannell’s Reboot Tears a Somber Path Through Werewolf Lore appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Michiel Blanchart’s thriller proceeds with little to distinguish it from its contemporaries. The post ‘Night Call’ Review: Belgian Black Lives Matter Thriller Starves for Follow-Through appeared first on Slant Magazine.