Slant Magazine - Slant covers movies, festivals, music, TV shows, video games, theater, and more, through its reviews, dispatches, lists, and interviews Suggestions About Masthead Donate Media Kit Terms of Service Privacy Policy Film Music TV Video Features News Games Theater Donate The Weeknd ‘Hurry Up Tomorrow’ Review: A Less Than Euphoric Farewell to an Alter-Ego by Nick Seip February 4, 2025 Abel Tesfaye is tired of the Weeknd, and after a while, you start to feel it too. ‘The Fishing Place’ Review: Rob Tregenza’s Historical Drama Celebrates the Crane Shot by Zach Lewis 4K UHD Blu-ray Review: William Friedkin’s ‘Cruising’ on Arrow Video by Eric Henderson The Closeted Imagination: Doug Dibbern and Richard Scott Larson on Film Memoirs by Richard Scott Larson ‘Sorry, Baby’ Review: Eva Victor’s Devastatingly Funny Look at Rebuilding After Trauma by Ross McIndoe Advertisement Film ‘Bring Them Down’ Review: Christopher Andrews’s Mercilessly Bleak Revenge Drama by William Repass This Irish drama’s tone of inevitability amounts to an anti-modern despair. 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