Since 2001, we've brought you uncompromising, candid takes on the world of film, music, television, video games, theater, and more.https://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mlcupqyom22aCharli XCX's new single, "Rock Music," is a living tribute to her co-conspirators, while the music video gloriously revels in rock-'n'-roll cliché. https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/charli-xcx-rock-music-single-music-video/08 May 2026 04:17 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcupqyom22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mlbk26md5c2iRaro’s second Blu-ray release of CONVERSATION PIECE presents Luchino Visconti’s penultimate film with a transfer of a new 4K restoration and a wonderful audio commentary by @bilgeebiri.bsky.social. tinyurl.com/3kdn7pu807 May 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbk26md5c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mlbj55ccwk2tOne of our most recent listicles, 100 Best Film Noirs of All Time, is also one of the most popular in our 25-year history! These films evoke humanity’s eternal fear of social disruption. Which is your favorite? #Slant25 #ThrowbackThursday https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-100-best-film-noirs-of-all-time/07 May 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbj55ccwk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mlbg54zaes2zDespite loose ends, Ildiko Enyedi’s SILENT FRIEND is one of the most dreamily affectionate (and affectionately critical) portrayals of the natural sciences ever committed to the screen. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/silent-friend-review-tony-leung-lea-seydoux/07 May 2026 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbg54zaes2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mlbbox565s2mThe HIT ME HARD AND SOFT concert film, co-directed by Billie Eilish and James Cameraon, doesn’t totally succeed in capturing the show’s scope or thematic through line. Read @tylekurner.bsky.social's review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/billie-eilish-hit-me-hard-and-soft-the-tour-review-live-in-3d-review-james-cameron/07 May 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbbox565s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml7mm6szcs2kThe official thematic umbrella for the 2026 Turner Classic Movies Film Festival, held since 2010 in the heart of Los Angeles, had a clear and resonant point: “The World Comes to Hollywood.” tinyurl.com/yc3h85he06 May 2026 21:13 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7mm6szcs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml73zu2xj22iRight out of the gate, MORTAL KOMBAT II announces that it's ravenous to get down to bloody business. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/mortal-kombat-ii-review-karl-urban/06 May 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml73zu2xj22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml6zjpz5r22hPinkPantheress brought her TikTok techno to the Anthem theater in Washington, D.C. Read our review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/live-reviews/pinkpantheress-live-review-the-anthem-washington-dc/06 May 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6zjpz5r22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml55tt2yqc2tPRAGMATA is the type of game that used to be Capcom’s bread and butter. Read @justinofclark.bsky.social's review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/games/pragmata-review/05 May 2026 21:44 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml55tt2yqc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml4gpguo6s2sAs the title of Isaiah Rashad's new album, 'It's Been Awful,' indicates, things aren’t so hot in the rapper’s world. Read our review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/isaiah-rashad-its-been-awful-album-review/05 May 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4gpguo6s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml4aqhvlgc2cThe increasingly complex album-identification tasks throughout WAX HEADS are fun little puzzles, yes, but they’re also invitations to empathy. Read @illogicaljoker.bsky.social's review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/games/wax-heads-review/05 May 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4aqhvlgc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml2lr4vf5k2yOriginally published in 2006 and updated during the pandemic, Slant's 100 Greatest Dance Songs of All Time is one of the most popular lists in our 25-year history. #Slant25 https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/100-greatest-dance-songs/04 May 2026 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2lr4vf5k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml2eszvpjs2xRead our interview with Elliot Tuttle about BLUE FILM, how he directed his actors through the script’s rich subtext, what reactions on the festival circuit taught him about the film, and more. tinyurl.com/3ttk8hxm04 May 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2eszvpjs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml2ep7j3is2cElliott Tuttle’s BLUE FILM is a scrappy and profoundly unsettling chamber drama that uses taboo questions about performance, trauma, and (un)ethical desire as scalpels. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/blue-film-review-elliot-tuttle/04 May 2026 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2ep7j3is2chttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml2c67oxxs2iBeneath the propulsive beats of Muna's 'Dancing on the Wall' is a plea to open yourself up to intimacy. Read our review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/muna-dancing-on-the-wall-album-review/04 May 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2c67oxxs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml2bxgqhss2gNetflix's 'Lord of the Flies' isn't a very novel adaptation, but it manages to rally when it counts the most. Read our review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/tv/lord-of-the-flies-review-netflix/04 May 2026 18:20 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2bxgqhss2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3ml273hlsks2eXander Robin’s documentary THE PYTHON HUNT makes it abundantly clear from the get-go that the people are the problem. Opening Friday the Angelika Film Center. tinyurl.com/9rbftu6504 May 2026 17:28 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml273hlsks2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mkzzlv6rk22f"As sweet as the lives it celebrates, it’s something to savor time and time again." Check out the new HD transfer of Ishii Katsuhito’s THE TASTE OF TEA at the Metrograph starting this Friday. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-taste-of-tea/04 May 2026 15:50 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzzlv6rk22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mkzu3mk33c2iBen Lerner’s TRANSCRIPTION is ultimately about a pact we must make when we read fiction. Read @richardscottlarson.com's review. tinyurl.com/4vkn623u04 May 2026 14:11 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzu3mk33c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mkssqqnzv22vTo celebrate the release of 'In Times of Dragons,' we ranked every Tori Amos album. What's your Top 5? https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/every-tori-amos-album-ranked/01 May 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkssqqnzv22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mksec67lwc2jOn this day 25 years ago, Slant was born! #Slant25 https://www.patreon.com/posts/its-our-birthday-15701109001 May 2026 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksec67lwc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mkqmuwguus2sWith "Bring Your Love," Madonna and Sabrina Carpenter take aim at the comments section. https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/madonna-sabrina-carpenter-bring-your-love-confessions-ii/30 Apr 2026 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqmuwguus2shttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mkq422cxgk22Read our interview with Lucrecia Martel about NUESTRA TIERRA, why there was controversy around subtitling the documentary in Argentina, and what role film has in opening up conversations around Indigenous land rights. tinyurl.com/46pun32e30 Apr 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq422cxgk22https://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mkpwyzlsr223Lucrecia Martel’s NUESTRA TIERRA is less a portrait of one martyred man than a mosaic of a resistant community. See it starting this Friday @filmforumnyc.bsky.social. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/landmarks-review-lucrecia-martel/30 Apr 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpwyzlsr223https://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mkpvbejw322iKacey Musgraves's ‘Middle of Nowhere’ is a wistful declaration of independence. Read our review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/kacey-musgraves-middle-of-nowhere-album-review/30 Apr 2026 15:06 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpvbejw322ihttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mkpuyb5uwk2uOklou's Choke Enough Tour weaves kitsch and high art. Read our review of the artist's recent DC show. https://www.slantmagazine.com/music/oklou-live-review-washington-dc-930-club/30 Apr 2026 15:01 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpuyb5uwk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mkpunr7l622uNetflix's 'Man on Fire' has the distinction of being the first adaptation of the novel to lack its own identity. Read our review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/man-on-fire-review-yahya-abdul-mateen-ii/30 Apr 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpunr7l622uhttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mko2xxxwi224Ignite Films rolls out the red carpet for one of the greatest of Poverty Row film noirs, THE BIG COMBO with a sparkling new 4K transfer and a wealth of illuminating extras. tinyurl.com/4ed5x5m829 Apr 2026 21:43 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mko2xxxwi224https://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mknhztkczk2aTHE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2 has the zero-calorie comfort of its predecessor, even if it leaves you feeling hungry half an hour later. Read our review. https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-devil-wears-prada-2-review-meryl-streep-anne-hathaway/29 Apr 2026 16:04 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknhztkczk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/slantmagazine.com/post/3mklxiv56u22xTanaka Kinuyo’s directorial efforts focus on complicated women and the myriad issues that affect them. Now available on Criterion Blu-ray. tinyurl.com/yee8mbu529 Apr 2026 01:35 +0000at://did:plc:bua5mckzuevsoeoal4cd5y47/app.bsky.feed.post/3mklxiv56u22x