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Blaževičius’s film aims to unmask righteousness as a performance. The post ‘How to Divorce During the War’ Review: Andrius Blaževičius Melds the Personal and Political appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The film is akin to an adaptation of a Wikipedia page, with full frontal nudity. The post ‘Franz’ Review: Agnieszka Holland’s By-the-Book Biopic of Literary Genius Franz Kafka appeared first on Slant Magazine.

This cheery trifle amounts to little more than a collection of quirky character interactions. The post ‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ Review: Ben Gregor’s Hardly Fruitful Enid Blyton Adaptation appeared first on Slant Magazine.

It Ends is a neatly crafted, if somewhat under-imagined, inquiry into a Twilight Zone scenario. The post ‘It Ends’ Review: Alex Ullom Turns a Road to Nowhere into an Existential Undertaking appeared first on Slant Magazine.

When in doubt, the film defaults to rehashing jokes that felt a lot fresher 20 years ago. The post ‘The Wrong Girls’ Review: Dylan Meyer’s Fun, If Half-Baked, Ode to the Stoner Comedy appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Dave Green’s film suggests a Coyote-Road Runner short by way of Michael Clayton. The post ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ Review: An Anarchic, ‘Looney Tunes’-esque Assault on Capitalist Greed appeared first on Slant Magazine.

The lack of thrills might be easier to accept if the human drama had also yielded dividends. The post ‘The End of Oak Street’ Review: A Dinosaur Movie Possessed of an Extinction-Level Imagination appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Meeks discusses his extensive research and working the non-professional actors in recovery. The post Interview: Adam Meeks on ‘Union County’ and Acknowledging Our Shared Humanity appeared first on Slant Magazine.

Andrew Patterson’s film is an awkward blend of disparate elements. The post ‘The Rivals of Amziah King’ Review: A Honey-Sweetened Southern Fable About Community appeared first on Slant Magazine.

For all its gentleness, Robb Moss’s film doesn’t shy away from thorny terrain. The post ‘The Bend in the River’ Review: A Life-Affirming Portrait of Time, Friendship, and Change appeared first on Slant Magazine.