Shane Slater

LATEST ARTICLES ( 915 )

• Best of 2024: Top 10 Films of the Year

  

  As I reflect on the past year in film, I remain convinced of the medium's importance to society. Indeed, from awe-inspiring fantasy worlds, to gripping papal... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2024: Top 20 Acting Performances

  

  This year's films certainly weren't lacking in brilliant acting, across varying genres and languages. And if you've seen the outstanding performances listed... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: I Saw the TV Glow

  

  Do you ever feel out of place in your family, your community, this world or even your own skin? That inexplicable feeling plagues Owen in "I Saw the TV Glow",... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Dune: Part Two

  

  As the cineplexes continue to be increasingly dominated by sequels and other questionable cash grabs, there is ongoing debate surrounding what to expect from... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: The Seed of the Sacred Fig

  

  Almost every time I watch an acclaimed new film from an Iranian auteur, I'm amazed at their skill for dramaturgy. On the surface, filmmakers like Asghar Farhadi... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: No Other Land

  

  "I hope God takes him and relieves him from this life." This despondent remark comes from a tearful Palestinian mother during an interview about her son, who wa... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: The Brutalist

  

  Ever since his operatic directorial debut "The Childhood of a Leader" and his sophomore effort "Vox Lux", Brady Corbet has established a reputation for... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Will & Harper

  

  Throughout life, we go through many important relationships, both platonic and romantic. In marriage, for example, we vow to be committed despite whatever... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Conclave

  

  There's something about philosophical debates on film that scratches a special itch for me. Watching talented actors debate opposing views through crackling... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: The Wild Robot

  

  One of the biggest victims of modern Hollywood's sequel craze is animation, as icons of originality and creativity such as Pixar and Dreamworks have come to loo... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2025 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2023: Top 10 Films of the Year

  

  We've come to the end of another fantastic year at the movies. And as I look back on the year's best films, it's clear that filmmakers around the world had... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2023: Top 20 Acting Performances

  

  It's always a difficult task to narrow down the year's best film performances. The art of acting continues to impress and surprise me every year, as talented... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

  

  After numerous sequels, reboots and Marvel Cinematic Universe crossovers, you'd think audiences would be tired of seeing Spider-Man on screen. I would be one... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: The Zone of Interest

  

  On first glance, the Höss family of two parents and five children are your typical middle class family. They live in a comfortable home with hired help, a... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Four Daughters

  

  Among the post 9/11 terror panic, few radical groups are as feared as ISIS. At the height of their powers they seized control of significant portions of... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Barbie

  

  Under ordinary circumstances, the idea of a "Barbie" film would elicit dismissive groans from any discerning movie lover. But when it was announced that this bi... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Anatomy of a Fall

  

  In the opening scenes of Justine Triet's engrossing Palme d'Or winner "Anatomy of a Fall", we meet the film's protagonist Sandra at her cozy mountain chalet. Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Killers of the Flower Moon

  

  Much like its legacy of slavery, American society has yet to fully reckon with the genocidal suppresion of Native Americans. In his latest epic "Killers of the... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Oppenheimer

  

  During the month of August 1945, two events occured that would change the course of world forever. Specifically, the atomic bombings of the Japanese cities... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• REVIEW: Bobi Wine: The People's President

  

  The corruption of African leaders has almost become a cliché since the post-colonial democratization of the continent's various nations. Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2024 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES