Arts
![Bunnylovr: A Not-So-Fully-Formed Reflection on Isolation](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/i6pv98qwjBunnylovr-Still_1.webp)
Bunnylovr: A Not-So-Fully-Formed Reflection on Isolation
Bunnylovr is worth the watch, as Zhu is very clearly an up-and-coming, promising talent with a lot to offer modern audiences. … read more
![By Design Needs To Go Back to the Drawing Board](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/By_Design-Still1-H-2025-1024x577.webp)
By Design Needs To Go Back to the Drawing Board
It’s the kind of official selection that gets chosen because it has a short enough runtime to easily fit into programming and some stars to promote, but it’s a stretch to call it a film. … read more
![The Legend of Ochi Provides Lifelike Creatures and Bland Characters](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/The_Legend_of_Ochi-Still_1-1024x576.webp)
The Legend of Ochi Provides Lifelike Creatures and Bland Characters
It’s perplexing to see a film that has all the makings of a wondrous experience turn out feeling so utterly unexceptional and bland. … read more
![Train Dreams: A Gentle and Meandering Exploration of American Existentialism](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Train_Dreams-Still_1-1024x576.jpg)
Train Dreams: A Gentle and Meandering Exploration of American Existentialism
Despite its heavy subject matter, Train Dreams is a surprisingly gentle and contemplative film. … read more
![Mr. Nobody Against Putin: The Bittersweet Bravery of Dissent](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Mr_Nobody_Against_Putin-Still1-1024x576.webp)
Mr. Nobody Against Putin: The Bittersweet Bravery of Dissent
Mr. Nobody Against Putin defies the stereotype that all Russians are cold, ruthless killers, showing that most Russian citizens are similar to American citizens … read more
![Didn’t Die: Those Tormented Groans Are Coming From The Audience](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Didnt_Die-Still1-1024x576.webp)
Didn’t Die: Those Tormented Groans Are Coming From The Audience
I give director Meera Menon some credit for providing a unique perspective on the end of the world, but Didn’t Die would’ve had to tear me limb from limb to get my attention. … read more
![A Journalist’s Nightmare: Opus Is a Punchy but Predictable Cult Horror](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Opus-Still1-1024x576.webp)
A Journalist’s Nightmare: Opus Is a Punchy but Predictable Cult...
It’s Midsommar (murderous cult in the countryside) meets Ingrid Goes West (the dark side of celebrity worship) meets Get Out (I wanted to scream “Get out!” the whole time). … read more
![The Sexy, Surreal Spanish Soap Opera of Rains Over Babel](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Rains_Over_Babel-Still1-1024x576.webp)
The Sexy, Surreal Spanish Soap Opera of Rains Over Babel
So throw back your “elixir of life” and let the music take you as you’re dragged down into the blacklight purgatory of Rains Over Babel. … read more
![All That’s Left of You: A Palestinian Family’s Generational Struggle Under Occupation](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/All_Thats_Left_of_You-Still_1-1024x576.webp)
All That’s Left of You: A Palestinian Family’s Generational Struggle...
All That’s Left of You is a modern masterpiece, a film that everyone should watch, especially since the Palestinian perspective has been overlooked for so long. … read more
![Max Walker Silverman Paints a Portrait of Loss and Hope in Rebuilding](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Rebuilding-Still_1-1024x576.jpg)
Max Walker Silverman Paints a Portrait of Loss and Hope...
While Rebuilding was chosen as an official festival selection long before the California wildfires turned the Pacific Palisades and Altadena to cinders, the connection is hard to shake. … read more