Slamdance 2020
![Slamdance: Ask No Questions](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Ask-No-Questions-Featured-1024x576.jpg)
Slamdance: Ask No Questions
Viewers must approach Ask No Questions as a investigative documentary instead of another conspiracy-theory proposal. The film begins with the account of a CNN reporter who, with her cameraman, captures the scene of what is televised as a Falun Gong “religious public suicide” in Beijing at Tiananmen Square. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Tahara](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/tahara-slamdance.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Tahara
Speaking to the potential of toxicity in friendships that take place early in life, Olivia Peace’s Tahara encourages the safety of autonomy. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Sanzaru](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sanzaru.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Sanzaru
The disorienting and claustrophobic thirller Sanzaru shows a solid potential for director Xia Magnus in their thematic concepts, visuals and soundscapes. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Bastards’ Road](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/BR-Rogovy-Poster-Image.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Bastards’ Road
Bastards’ Road is a film portraying a sense of hope in veterans creating their own network, breaking down the stigma of struggling with PTSD and reaching out to one another. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Máxima](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/maxima-slamdance-682x1024.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Máxima
Máxima is a must-see for anyone who feels they can’t make an impact—the film is proof that the willingness to fight for what is right can make a difference. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: A Dog’s Death](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/16b31cb2-de2a-4409-b60d-b26815a1ef06-1024x512.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: A Dog’s Death
Matías Ganz’s A Dog’s Death is a top-notch thriller that unravels the absurd and violent consequences of class and racial discrimination. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Tapeworm](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/MV5BOTYzNWY1YzMtNzVkOC00NTFmLWE1YWUtMTVlNmY4MDc4ZTAyXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNzU5NDU5MzQ@._V1_SX1777_CR001777937_AL_.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Tapeworm
Ultimately Tapeworm is a film that by all rights should be incredibly dull. It breaks every convention of good storytelling and manages to be captivating. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Jasper Mall](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/jaspermall-slamdance-692x1024.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Jasper Mall
The documentary Jasper Mall illustrates the mediocre hum of an Alabama shopping-center’s current market that once housed a myriad of different storefronts. … read more
![Slamdance Film Review: Murmur](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/murmur_0HERO.jpg)
Slamdance Film Review: Murmur
Writer-director Heather Young approaches the themes of love, loneliness and dependence from a different angle in her award-winning feature debut, Murmur. … read more
![Slamdance Film Festival 2020: Close Quarters (Territorio)](https://www.slugmag.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/373-Ed-Closequarters-Agencia-Bengala-1.jpg)
Slamdance Film Festival 2020: Close Quarters (Territorio)
Close Quarters is a narrative feature that deconstructs tropes of masculinity—in Mexican society, no less—and instills a gripping sense of unease. … read more