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![Film Review: Dead Ringo](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Walker-with-knife-1024x576.jpg)
Film Review: Dead Ringo
Using a combination of practical and visual effects, prosthetics and miniatures, Tim Boone infuses Dead Ringo with moody panache. … read more
![Film Review: A Man Called Otto](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/SLUG-2023-a-man-called-otto-1024x655.webp)
Film Review: A Man Called Otto
A Man Called Otto is an excellent showcase for one of the top movie stars of the past 50 years and a poignant study of loneliness, despair and love. … read more
![Film Review: Neptune Frost](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Neptune-Frost.jpg)
Film Review: Neptune Frost
Neptune Frost is a rare movie that is able to capture something new about the human experience through the lens of artists speaking out for social liberation. … read more
![Film Review: The Eternal Daughter](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/the-eternal-daughter-SLUG-2022-daniel-kirkham.jpeg)
Film Review: The Eternal Daughter
Joanna Hogg’s work is deeply personal, and in a year of reflective works, The Eternal Daughter is one of the strangest, most tender and very best. … read more
![Film Review: Apostles](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/apostles-scud-SLUG-2022-1024x481.jpeg)
Film Review: Apostles
Scud’s Apostles works best when approached as an abstract artwork. Cinema will always be an elusive concept, but Apostles doesn’t seem to clear anything up. … read more
![Film Review: Babylon](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/babylon-SLUG-2022-1024x652.png)
Film Review: Babylon
While Babylon has hilarious moments and visual marvels scattered throughout its mammoth runtime, Chazelle never lets up on bombarding audiences with excess. … read more
![Film Review: The Whale](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/the-whale-SLUG-2022.png)
Film Review: The Whale
The Whale is an unrelentingly repulsive and degrading film that does everything in its power to treat its lead character as if he were part of a freak show. … read more
![Film Review: Emancipation](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/emancipation-SLUG-2022-Patrick-Gibbs-1024x627.jpeg)
Film Review: Emancipation
Given the current climate where too many Americans want to downplay or ignore the history and lingering effects of slavery, Emancipation deserves to be seen. … read more
![Film Review: Four Samosas](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/SLUG-Four-Samosas-IFC-Films-2022-Daniel-Kirkham-scaled-1-1024x650.png)
Film Review: Four Samosas
The team behind Four Samosas clearly put a lot of thought and finesse into its presentation—if only they had a more polished script to present. … read more
![Film Review: Avatar: The Way of Water](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/avatar-the-way-of-water-SLUG-2022-1024x547.jpeg)
Film Review: Avatar: The Way of Water
Avatar: The Way of Water commits all of the major sins of an unnecessary sequel and delivers big disappointment for fans and a smug affirmation for detractors. … read more