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‘Amrum’ Review: Fatih Akin’s Delicate Parable Set During the Waning Days of Nazi Germany
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Akin’s film is a humble monument to the capacity for generational change. The post ‘Amrum’ Review: Fatih Akin’s Delicate Parable Set During the Waning Days of Nazi Germany appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Mad Bills to Pay’ Review: A Visceral Portrait of a Dominican Family’s Life in the Bronx
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The film folds warmth into the real pressures that define daily life in a Dominican community. The post ‘Mad Bills to Pay’ Review: A Visceral Portrait of a Dominican Family’s Life in the Bronx appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘American Dream’ Trailer: Barbara Kopple’s Oscar-Winning Classic Gets a 4K Restoration
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Kopple’s documentary classic is brutally revealing about the state of American capitalism. The post ‘American Dream’ Trailer: Barbara Kopple’s Oscar-Winning Classic Gets a 4K Restoration appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Slanted’ Review: Amy Wang’s Skin-Deep Satire About a High School Girl’s Race to Be White
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The nightmare of assimilation that Slanted imagines feels single-minded. The post ‘Slanted’ Review: Amy Wang’s Skin-Deep Satire About a High School Girl’s Race to Be White appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Invite’ Trailer: Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde Have a Swinging Good Time…Sort Of
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A24 opens Wilde’s follow-up to Don’t Worry Darling on June 26. The post ‘The Invite’ Trailer: Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde Have a Swinging Good Time…Sort Of appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘The Invite’ Trailer: Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde Having a Swinging Good Time…Sort Of
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A24 opens Wilde’s follow-up to Don’t Worry Darling on June 26. The post ‘The Invite’ Trailer: Seth Rogen and Olivia Wilde Having a Swinging Good Time…Sort Of appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘ChaO’ Review: Aoki Yasuhiro’s Deliriously Surreal, If Exhausting, Love Story
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Chao is a boisterous celebration of the flatness and fluidity of hand-drawn animation. The post ‘ChaO’ Review: Aoki Yasuhiro’s Deliriously Surreal, If Exhausting, Love Story appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Fiume o Morte!’ Review: Igor Bezinović’s Innovative Reconstruction of a Fascist Takeover
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Bezinović never allows us to forget the provisional, ramshackle frivolity of his storytelling. The post ‘Fiume o Morte!’ Review: Igor Bezinović’s Innovative Reconstruction of a Fascist Takeover appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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Interview: Sophy Romvari on ‘Blue Heron’ and Uncovering the Secrets of Childhood Memory
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Romvari discusses how her autobiographical first feature builds on her short work. The post Interview: Sophy Romvari on ‘Blue Heron’ and Uncovering the Secrets of Childhood Memory appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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‘Faces of Death’ Review: A Mostly Generic Remake of a Controversial Mondo Horror Film
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This remake’s influences are clear, but it doesn’t really do anything with them. The post ‘Faces of Death’ Review: A Mostly Generic Remake of a Controversial Mondo Horror Film appeared first on Slant Magazine.
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