Slant Magazine

This year’s edition of the festival is a cinematic cornucopia unlike any other. The post New York Film Festival 2024 appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The tone of Sora Neo’s film wobbles between a sober social commentary and outright satire. The post ‘Happyend’ Review: It’s Only a Teenage Wasteland appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Araki discusses how society has and hasn’t caught up with his incendiary trilogy of films. The post Interview: Gregg Araki on the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy’s Generation-Defying Sense of Doom appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is a devious commentary on the all-too-human desire for easy explanations. The post ‘Sleep’ Review: Jason Wu’s Shape-Shifting, Parenthood-Themed Debut Gets Under the Skin appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Like his hero, Corbet has made an unvarnished monument to the authentic American character. The post ‘The Brutalist’ Review: Brady Corbet’s American Epic Is Built to Weather the Ages appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is a handsomely mounted production in which much of the filth feels stage-managed. The post ‘Harvest’ Review: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Moody, and Mopish, Medieval Period Piece appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is about the fraught ambiguities of seeing through a one-way mirror. The post ‘Stranger Eyes’ Review: In the Virtual (and Actual) Footsteps of a Missing Child appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film dots a sparse thread of plot with mini-masterpieces of cinematic ultraviolence. The post ‘Terrifier 3’ Review: Art the Clown Gets Naughty in Christmas Massacre for the Gory Faithful appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is a parable warning against nostalgic attempts to recreate the past. The post ‘Caught by the Tides’ Review: Jia Zhang-ke’s Wily Remembrance of Things Past appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The variableness of this movie is the risk of a working method as rapid and intuitive as Hong’s. The post ‘A Traveler’s Needs’ Review: An Unusually Uneven Hong Sang-soo Drama That Still Bears Fruit appeared first on Slant Magazine.