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The overbearing plot of the film sadly obscures the humanity of its characters. The post ‘Meanwhile on Earth’ Review: Jérémy Clapin’s Muddled Elegy on Grief in an Alien World appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The vibes are certainly off the charts in Kevin Smith’s latest. The post ‘The 4:30 Movie’ Review: Arrested Development appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Chris Sanders’s film has been cobbled together with a loving maverick spirit. The post ‘The Wild Robot’ Review: A Whole New World appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This remake is a hollow attempt at turning a provocative showpiece into a crowd-pleaser. The post ‘Speak No Evil’ Review: Blumhouse’s Gutless, and Un-Scary, Remake of a Danish Shocker appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The competing passions at play throughout Misericordia inevitably spill over into violence. The post ‘Misericordia’ Review: Alain Guiraudie’s Thorny Exploration of Sexual Desire and Repression appeared first on Slant Magazine.

An overlooked curio from Suzuki’s mid-’60s hot streak receives an excellent transfer. The post Review: Suzuki Seijun’s Yakuza Action Movie ‘Tattooed Life’ on Radiance Films Blu-ray appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The unoriginality of the story eventually calls out the POV conceit as a one-note gimmick. The post ‘Presence’ Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Ghost Story Is Haunted by the Familiar appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Often blunt and unwieldy, Mohamed Rasolouf's film is nevertheless impactful. The post ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Review: Rage Against Iran’s Theocratic Authoritarian Regime appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Universal Language is aiming beyond mere satire or culture-clash playfulness. The post ‘Universal Language’ Review: A Riff on Iranian Cinema, and Reckoning with Canadian Identity appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The Room Next Door mirrors the defiant spirit of its main characters in the filmmaking itself. The post ‘The Room Next Door’ Review: Almodóvar’s Two-Hander Lives Intimately with Thoughts of Death appeared first on Slant Magazine.