Film Review: Hamnet

Film Review: Hamnet
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Hamnet stands as a marvel of emotion, a hymn to grief sung softly into the marrow, a tale that leaves the soul strangely whole. … read more

SLUG Magazine Presents: 31 Days of Secondhand Givings

SLUG Magazine Presents: 31 Days of Secondhand Givings
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Gather around the radiant glow of the box set and don your gay apparel, you little freaks, for a festive installment of Secondhand Screenings!  … read more

Film Review: Eternity

Film Review: Eternity
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As a movie for guys who wear their hearts on their sleeves, or anyone who has had to choose whether they love someone enough, Eternity is deeply effective. … read more

Film Review: In Your Dreams

Film Review: In Your Dreams
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Siblings scared of their parents’ divorce find an old picture book about the Sandman. After reading it aloud, they find themselves sharing the same dream world. … read more

Film Review: Nuremberg

Film Review: Nuremberg
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Whether or not Nuremberg is truly one of the year’s best films, it’s a good one, and the importance of its message at this point in time cannot be overstated. … read more

Film Review: Bugonia

Film Review: Bugonia
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With Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos once again asserts his singular blend of absurdity, melancholy and moral inquiry, crafting a world where human behavior feels alien. … read more

Film Review: Blue Moon

Film Review: Blue Moon
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Blue Moon is a film for people who love words and the way they roll off the tongue to form a music of their own. … read more

Film Review: It Was Just An Accident

Film Review: It Was Just An Accident
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It Was Just An Accident is a riveting film — a taut and suspenseful piece of neo realist storytelling rooted in complex questions. … read more

Film Review: Good Fortune

Film Review: Good Fortune
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Good Fortune is consistently funny and insightful, offering a keen perspective on what it’s like for a normal person to make any headway in today’s economy. … read more

Film Review: Roofman

Film Review: Roofman
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Roofman tells the wild but true story of a former U.S. Army paratrooper and devoted father who turns to an unusual life of crime in the early 2000s. … read more

Film Review: A House of Dynamite 

Film Review: A House of Dynamite 
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A House of Dynamite is a good film that is severely hampered by coming at a time when the world is stranger and scarier than doomsday fiction. … read more

Film Review: One Battle After Another

Film Review: One Battle After Another
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We may not be fighting a literal war today, the tension and division feel as real — and One Battle After Another is the film that speaks directly to this moment. … read more