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December 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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Take a look back at some of the music inspired by the crisis that galvanized a generation to action. #WorldAIDSDay2025 www.slantmagazine.com/music/15-son...
15 Songs Inspired by the HIV/AIDS Crisis
We look back at some of the music inspired by the crisis that (eventually) galvanized a generation into action.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Take a look back at some of the music inspired by the crisis that galvanized a generation to action. #WorldAIDSDay2025 www.slantmagazine.com/music/15-son...
WTO/99’s emphasis is on the spectacle of protest, rather than its organization. See it at DCTV'S Firehouse Cinema in NY starting this Friday.
'WTO/99' Review: An Archival Look at the 1999 Seattle Protests
The emphasis of Ian Bell's archival documentary is on the spectacle of protest, rather than its organization.
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December 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
WTO/99’s emphasis is on the spectacle of protest, rather than its organization. See it at DCTV'S Firehouse Cinema in NY starting this Friday.
Josh Safdie's MARTY SUPREME rapturously reprises a siren song that transcends any single American era, beckoning hustlers to heed its call. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/47xpsxfn
December 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Josh Safdie's MARTY SUPREME rapturously reprises a siren song that transcends any single American era, beckoning hustlers to heed its call. Read @marshallshaffer.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/47xpsxfn
With 'Sweetface Killah,' Infinite Coles grapples with living in the shadow of his father, Ghostface Killah. Read our review.
Infinite Coles 'Sweetface Killah' Review: Carving Out a New Lane
The singer probes the hardship of living in the shadow of his father, Ghostface Killah.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
With 'Sweetface Killah,' Infinite Coles grapples with living in the shadow of his father, Ghostface Killah. Read our review.
The 'Untold Story' behind one of Madonna’s most underrated, revealing albums, 'Bedtime Stories,' still has some loose ends. Read our review.
Madonna 'Bedtime Stories – The Untold Chapter' Review
The story of one of Madonna’s most underrated, nakedly revealing albums still feels partly untold.
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November 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
The 'Untold Story' behind one of Madonna’s most underrated, revealing albums, 'Bedtime Stories,' still has some loose ends. Read our review.
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that KIRBY AIR RIDERS is easy just because it features Kirby. Read Mitchell Demorest's review.
'Kirby Air Riders' Review: Fast and Out of Control
Don't fall into the trap of thinking that 'Air Riders' is an easy game just because it features Kirby.
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November 26, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Don’t fall into the trap of thinking that KIRBY AIR RIDERS is easy just because it features Kirby. Read Mitchell Demorest's review.
Kahlil Joseph's BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS zooms across the screen, propelled by the volume and velocity of its ideas. See it in select theaters starting this Friday.
'BLKNWS' Review: Songs in the Key of Video Art
With 'BLKNWS,' Kahlil Joseph acknowledges that the archive of Black images and stories isn't a fixed object.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Kahlil Joseph's BLKNWS: TERMS & CONDITIONS zooms across the screen, propelled by the volume and velocity of its ideas. See it in select theaters starting this Friday.
ZOOTOPIA 2 provides plenty of food for thought for its young audience, making a more expansive statement on the dangers of intolerance than the first film. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.
'Zootopia 2' Review: An Intrepid Bunny Eats the Rich
Jared Bush and Byron Howard's 'Zootopia 2' makes a more expansive and intricate statement on the dangers of intolerance than the first film.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
ZOOTOPIA 2 provides plenty of food for thought for its young audience, making a more expansive statement on the dangers of intolerance than the first film. Read @positivelytonsils.bsky.social's review.
Like the best detective tales, WAKE UP DEAD MAN doesn’t just dazzle us with a clever answer at the end. tinyurl.com/3tr992my
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Like the best detective tales, WAKE UP DEAD MAN doesn’t just dazzle us with a clever answer at the end. tinyurl.com/3tr992my
As far as high concepts go, there’s plenty of fertile ground in ETERNITY’s premise. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.
'Eternity' Review: Till Death Do Us Part
A committed cast raises director David Freyne's high-concept rom-com 'Eternity' from out of purgatory.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
As far as high concepts go, there’s plenty of fertile ground in ETERNITY’s premise. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.
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"Yes, I do believe that cinemas are life-giving organisms."
On history, memory, Udo Kier, and more in my conversation about THE SECRET AGENT (opening 11/26) writer/director/producer Kleber Mendonça Filho and star Wagner Moura for @slantmagazine.com: www.slantmagazine.com/features/wag...
On history, memory, Udo Kier, and more in my conversation about THE SECRET AGENT (opening 11/26) writer/director/producer Kleber Mendonça Filho and star Wagner Moura for @slantmagazine.com: www.slantmagazine.com/features/wag...
Wagner Moura and Kleber Mendonça Filho on 'The Secret Agent'
Moura and Mendonça Filho discuss the role of cinema in making social change, the nature of Moura's multiple roles in the film, and more.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
"Yes, I do believe that cinemas are life-giving organisms."
On history, memory, Udo Kier, and more in my conversation about THE SECRET AGENT (opening 11/26) writer/director/producer Kleber Mendonça Filho and star Wagner Moura for @slantmagazine.com: www.slantmagazine.com/features/wag...
On history, memory, Udo Kier, and more in my conversation about THE SECRET AGENT (opening 11/26) writer/director/producer Kleber Mendonça Filho and star Wagner Moura for @slantmagazine.com: www.slantmagazine.com/features/wag...
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT is fascinated with the ways in which cinema, politics, and personal history co-mingle. In theaters this Wednesday. tinyurl.com/4mmvxx32
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE SECRET AGENT is fascinated with the ways in which cinema, politics, and personal history co-mingle. In theaters this Wednesday. tinyurl.com/4mmvxx32
This year’s San Francisco Silent Film Festival boasted 19 features, 11 shorts, a fragment of an otherwise lost film, and more. Read Sean Axmaker's dispatch.
San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2025
This year, the five-day event boasted 19 feature films, 11 shorts, a fragment of an otherwise lost film, and more.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
This year’s San Francisco Silent Film Festival boasted 19 features, 11 shorts, a fragment of an otherwise lost film, and more. Read Sean Axmaker's dispatch.
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 7’s strangeness scarcely counts as a unique spin on a familiar gameplay loop.
'Call of Duty: Black Ops 7' Review: Weirdness for Its Own Sake
This game's strangeness scarcely counts as a unique spin on a familiar gameplay loop.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:12 PM
CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 7’s strangeness scarcely counts as a unique spin on a familiar gameplay loop.
Read our interview with Mascha Schilinski about the devastating SOUND OF FALLING, how she approached the film’s sound design, her research into the reverberations of trauma, and more. tinyurl.com/yc88cd35
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Read our interview with Mascha Schilinski about the devastating SOUND OF FALLING, how she approached the film’s sound design, her research into the reverberations of trauma, and more. tinyurl.com/yc88cd35
At its best, A MAGNIFICENT LIFE’s details are warm and intimate, suggesting fondly remembered memories. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.
'A Magnificent Life' Review: A Loving Tribute to Marcel Pagnol
The film’s details are warm and intimate, suggesting fondly remembered memories.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
At its best, A MAGNIFICENT LIFE’s details are warm and intimate, suggesting fondly remembered memories. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review.
Clint Bentley’s TRAIN DREAMS surveys an era’s unprecedented upheavals with an ambivalent eye. On Netflix tomorrow. tinyurl.com/yzzk4kfr
November 20, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Clint Bentley’s TRAIN DREAMS surveys an era’s unprecedented upheavals with an ambivalent eye. On Netflix tomorrow. tinyurl.com/yzzk4kfr
Packed with thoughtful and engaging new extras, Radiance Films's excellent new box set WICKED GAMES: THREE FILMS BY ROBERT HOSSEIN brings much-needed attention to a singular actor-director’s early output. tinyurl.com/3edb99pu
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Packed with thoughtful and engaging new extras, Radiance Films's excellent new box set WICKED GAMES: THREE FILMS BY ROBERT HOSSEIN brings much-needed attention to a singular actor-director’s early output. tinyurl.com/3edb99pu
Given a stunning new 4K restoration and excellent extras, Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT is a haunting and at times surreal examination of a married couple’s fears and desires. Available Tuesday on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/7dv8xy6y
November 19, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Given a stunning new 4K restoration and excellent extras, Stanley Kubrick’s EYES WIDE SHUT is a haunting and at times surreal examination of a married couple’s fears and desires. Available Tuesday on 4K UHD Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/7dv8xy6y
Director Jalmari Helander talks to us about making SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE, his influences, his favorite set pieces, and more. tinyurl.com/4xjhem5v
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Director Jalmari Helander talks to us about making SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE, his influences, his favorite set pieces, and more. tinyurl.com/4xjhem5v
Much of SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE plays like a spectacularly gory silent film. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/486zdxw3
November 19, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Much of SISU: ROAD TO REVENGE plays like a spectacularly gory silent film. Read @roccotthompson.bsky.social's review. tinyurl.com/486zdxw3
The setup of Hikari’s RENTAL FAMILY is milked for all its humor and pathos—and then some. Read Alexander Mooney's review. tinyurl.com/2zsdf36k
November 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The setup of Hikari’s RENTAL FAMILY is milked for all its humor and pathos—and then some. Read Alexander Mooney's review. tinyurl.com/2zsdf36k
Right issues have kept John Woo’s masterpiece out of print in America for years, but at long last it returns in a definitive release with a projection-accurate transfer and a wealth of extras. Read @jakecole.bsky.social on 1989's THE KILLER. tinyurl.com/4pjaymy3
November 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Right issues have kept John Woo’s masterpiece out of print in America for years, but at long last it returns in a definitive release with a projection-accurate transfer and a wealth of extras. Read @jakecole.bsky.social on 1989's THE KILLER. tinyurl.com/4pjaymy3
WICKED: FOR GOOD is stretched out, breathless, and never really emotionally affecting, even on the level of nostalgia.
'Wicked: For Good' Review: A Stretched-Out Second Act
John M. Chu's film is stretched out, breathless, and never really emotionally affecting, even on the level of nostalgia.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
WICKED: FOR GOOD is stretched out, breathless, and never really emotionally affecting, even on the level of nostalgia.