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Film Review: Sorry to Bother You
Buoyed by its people-power, anti-capitalist, revolution-minded readiness to jolt us awake, Riley’s filmic storytelling debut stays daring and endlessly inventive. … read more
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Film Review: Eighth Grade
Like eighth grade, Bo Burnham’s feature-film debut will have you wincing in secondhand (and firsthand) embarrassment and laughing through heart-pangs. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2018: The Misandrists](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/the-misandrists.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2018: The Misandrists
The Misandrists is the most frustrating movie I’ve seen in a while. I got whiplash trying to understand whether the film was celebrating women or only pretending to—satirizing with camp or offering an actual worldview. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2018: My Life With James Dean (Ma vie avec James Dean)](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/CE18_PF_Ma-vie-avec-James-Dean_My-Life-with-James-Dean_2_K18-1024x769.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2018: My Life With James Dean (Ma...
My Life With James Dean is charming, funny and sweet. The slow pace, small-town setting and care with its characters work together to give this film an atmosphere of kindness. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2018: Sisterhood](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/sisterhood_publicity_-_h_2016.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2018: Sisterhood
Sisterhood is co-parenting without romance. Sei (played by Gigi Leung as her older self and Fish Liew as her teenage self) and Ling (Jennifer Yu) are two Chinese women without any romantic attraction to each other. … read more
![Damn These Heels: The Wild Boys (Les garçons sauvages)](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Les-Garcons-sauvages_Bertrand-Mandico_2018_36-1024x622.jpg)
Damn These Heels: The Wild Boys (Les garçons sauvages)
Whether you find it enjoyable or uncomfortable, watching The Wild Boys (Les Garçons Sauvages) is a visceral experience, as it focuses on the repulsive, tactile and even outright disgusting elements of violence and sex. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2018: 1985](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/1985_still.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2018: 1985
1985 is Adrian’s story of moving through his hometown one last time. Having contracted HIV from his now-deceased boyfriend while living in New York, Adrian struggles to reconcile his relationship to his god-fearing family with his knowledge that he is sick, that he will almost certainly die. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2018: Close-Knit](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/closeknit.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2018: Close-Knit
Naoko Ogigami’s thoughtful, pastel-hued family drama Close-Knit follows the self-sufficient and searching Tomo, played by Rinka Kakihara. … read more
![Damn These Heels 2018: Freelancers Anonymous](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/MV5BZWVlZDdjODAtYmZiZi00NDBiLTlhZmUtMmNiZGQ1ZTE1ZDZhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTA2Mzc5MTI@._V1_SX1777_CR001777999_AL_-1024x576.jpg)
Damn These Heels 2018: Freelancers Anonymous
What happens when a millennial gets stuck in an unfulfilling office job? She takes it upon herself to create a startup, of course—but not without some twists and turns along the way. … read more
![Film Review: Upgrade](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/355-ed-Film-Upgrade-STILL.jpg)
Film Review: Upgrade
Everything from the lighting and the cinematography to the comedic beats and over-the-top violence makes Upgrade stand out among the 2018 releases so far. It has been a long time since a film has made me scream out in horror multiple times from the display of sheer viciousness on the screen. … read more