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Red One tries to straddle the line of naughty and nice, and ends up being nothing as a result. The post ‘Red One’ Review: Quantum of Santa appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Dream Team’s absurdist brand flirts with art-for-art’s-sake disengagement. The post ‘Dream Team’ Review: An Absurdist Basic Cable Homage That Buries Its Head in the Sand appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Like so many latter-day Scott films, Gladiator II at once feels half-baked but overstuffed. The post ‘Gladiator II’ Review: Sir Ridley Scott’s Absurd and Uneven Return to the Colosseum appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Taormina discusses how “sonder” informs the shape and texture of his work. The post Interview: Tyler Taormina on the Shape and Sincerity of ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film, at times, strains for visual dynamism at the expense of the plays’ natural rhythms. The post ‘The Piano Lesson’ Review: Malcolm Washington’s Reverential August Wilson Adaptation appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Arnold’s artful indulgences often detract from the film’s purported authenticity. The post ‘Bird’ Review: Andrea Arnold’s Gritty, Sentimental Coming-of-Age Fable Flies Blind appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The best examples of this genre continue to evoke humanity’s eternal fear of social disruption. The post The 100 Best Film Noir Movies of All Time appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The filmmakers discuss what making the documentary taught them about the nature of power. The post Interview: Yuval Abraham and Basel Adra on ‘No Other Land’ and Its Plea for Freedom appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Eastwood’s film casts a morally inquiring side-eye at the American legal system. The post ‘Juror #2’ Review: Clint Eastwood’s Old-Fashioned and Morally Ambiguous Courtroom Drama appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Writer-director Hannah Peterson effectively suffuses the film with a mournful absence of life. The post ‘The Graduates’ Review: A Quietly Somber Portrait of a Community Living Through Grief appeared first on Slant Magazine.