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Mark blatant advertising for speedy deletion, using {{db-spam}}. | | Slant Magazine | | URL | www.slantmagazine.com | | Type of site | Film and Music webzine | | Registration | No | | Available language(s) | English | | Owner | | | Created by | | | Launched | 2001 | | Current status | Active | Since its inception in 2001, Slant Magazine has grown exponentially in content, exposure, and readership. Using a grassroots approach, the site has carved a unique niche for itself in both the online film and music circles. In the last few years, Slant has become known for its edgy, intelligent, and often funny pop cultural criticism. Roger Ebert has called co-founder and film editor Ed Gonzalez a "critic I admire" because of his "forcible writing style."[1] In addition to reviews of film, music, TV and DVD, Slant frequently covers film festivals like the New York Film Festival. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ...
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This article is about motion pictures. ...
For other uses, see Music (disambiguation). ...
A Webzine is an ezine hosted on the World Wide Web rather than in print. ...
Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ...
Roger Joseph Ebert (born June 18, 1942) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American film critic. ...
A film festival is a mostly annual festival showcasing films, usually of a recent date, sometimes with a focus on a specific genre (e. ...
The New York Film Festival is the one of the United Statess most prestigious film festivals, first held in 1962 in New York. ...
Style & Attitude
Slant's music section was originally envisioned as a place where pop music could be appreciated unironically, and as an alternative to the more indie-dominated Pitchfork Media, but in recent years more and more indie-rock has been featured on the site. Pitchfork Media, usually known simply as Pitchfork, is a United States-based daily Internet publication devoted to music criticism and commentary, music news, and artist interviews. ...
Both the film and music sections are very vocal about their contempt for Hilary Duff.[2] Hilary Erhard Duff (born September 28, 1987) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, fashion designer, and spokesperson. ...
Since the Iraq War began, the writing has gotten more political, but the focus remains on entertainment. For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...
Rating system Slant employs two different rating systems: - Films and television programs are rated using the traditional 4-star system.
- Albums and DVDs are rated using a 5-star system.
Films awarded 4 stars (This is a small sampling.) 3 Women is a 1977 film directed by Robert Altman. ...
German film written and directed by Werner Herzog. ...
Bad Education (Spanish: La mala educación) is a 2004 film by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar about two reunited childhood friends (and lovers) in the vein of an Alfred Hitchcock murder mystery. ...
Close up (1990), directed by Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami, is based on real events, which are recreated by actors playing themselves. ...
Profondo Rosso (also known as Deep Red or The Hatchet Murders) is a 1975 giallo thriller film directed by Dario Argento and starring David Hemmings. ...
Él, also called This Strange Passion in English, is a 1953 Mexican-made film by the Spanish director Luis Buñuel. ...
Femme Fatale is a 2002 film directed by Brian De Palma. ...
George Washington (2000) is a film about a group of children in a depressed small town in the U.S. South. ...
Husbands and Wives is a 1992 American film directed and written by Woody Allen. ...
Killer of Sheep is a 1977 film that depicts the culture of urban African-Americans; the film is considered an alternative to Blaxploitation films. ...
The Last Temptation of Christ, (in Greek O Teleutaios Peirasmos, Ο Τελευταίος ΠειÏασμός) also published as The Last Temptation, is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1951. ...
For the street in Los Angeles, see Mulholland Drive. ...
The Night of the Hunter is a 1955 film noir based on the novel by Davis Grubb. ...
Opera is a 1987 horror film written and directed by Dario Argento. ...
Point Blank is a 1967 crime film directed by John Boorman and starring Lee Marvin, adapted from the classic pulp novel The Hunter by Donald E. Westlake, writing as Richard Stark. ...
The Royal Tenenbaums is the 2001 dramatic comedy about three genius siblings who experience great success in youth, and even greater disappointment and failure after their eccentric father leaves them in their adolescent years. ...
Showgirls is a film directed by Paul Verhoeven and released in 1995 by United Artists. ...
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre may refer to: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (film series) The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the 1974 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, the 1986 film Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III, the 1990 film Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation, the 1994 film The Texas Chainsaw Massacre...
Underground (Serbian: Подземље, Podzemlje) is a 1995 award-winning film directed by Emir Kusturica with a screenplay by DuÅ¡an KovaÄević. It is also known by the subtitle Once Upon a Time There Was a Country (Serbian: Била једном једна земља, Bila jednom jedna zemlja), which was the title of the story shown on...
Les Vampires is a 1915 10-part silent movie. ...
When a Woman Ascends the Stairs ) is a 1960 Japanese drama film directed by Mikio Naruse. ...
Xala is a 1975 Senegalese film directed by Ousmane Sembène. ...
Yi Yi: A One and a Two (Chinese: 一一) is a drama directed by Edward Yang about the struggles of a business man and the lives of his middle class Taiwanese family in Taipei seen though three generations. ...
Films awarded zero stars Trade is a 2007 film produced by Roland Emmerich and Rosilyn Heller, directed by Marco Kreuzpaintner and starring Kevin Kline. ...
Promo for the DVD Release of I Know Who Killed Me I Know Who Killed Me is a 2007 thriller film directed by Chris Sivertson and starring Lindsay Lohan. ...
Lets Go to Prison is a dark American comedy that was released in theatres November 17, 2006, starring Dax Shepard, Will Arnett and Chi McBride, and directed by Bob Odenkirk. ...
K-PAX (2001) is a mystery and/or sci-fi drama about a mental patient who claims he is an alien. ...
For the moral philosophy, see Pay it forward. ...
Bad Boys II is a 2003 action comedy film directed by Michael Bay and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. ...
This article is about the 2004 film. ...
Sleepover is a 2004 teen film directed by Joe Nussbaum and starring Alexa Vega. ...
A Cinderella Story is a teen romance movie starring Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray. ...
The Phantom of the Opera is a 2004 Joel Schumacher directed film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Harts internationally successful 1986 stage musical, which is in turn based on the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. ...
Nine Lives Poster Nine Lives is a 2005 movie telling nine short, loosely intertwining tales centred around nine different women. ...
For the Brutal Juice song, see Cannibal Holocaust (song). ...
The OH in Ohio is a 2006 comedy film directed by Billy Kent; he also wrote it, with the help of Sarah Bird. ...
Albums awarded 5 stars Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American pianist and singer-songwriter. ...
Little Earthquakes (1992) was the solo debut album of singer Tori Amos, featuring the singles Winter, China, Silent All These Years and Crucify. It helped usher in the success of other female singer/songwriters in the 1990s. ...
The Beach Boys are an American rock and roll band. ...
Pet Sounds is a 1966 album recorded by American pop group the Beach Boys. ...
The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...
Love is a soundtrack compilation album by The Beatles released in November 2006. ...
This article is about the musician. ...
Odelay is the critically acclaimed 1996 forth album by alternative rock artist Beck. ...
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a singer/songwriter with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including popular, hip-hop, alternative-rock, torch songs, folk, and classical. ...
Singles from Homogenic Released: September 1997 Released: December 1997 Released: March 1998 Released: October 1998 Released: June 1999 Homogenic, released in September of 1997, is an album by Icelandic singer-songwriter/musician Björk. ...
Björk Guðmundsdóttir (born November 21, 1965 in Reykjavík, Iceland) is a singer/songwriter with a great expressive range and an interest in many kinds of music including popular, hip-hop, alternative-rock, torch songs, folk, and classical. ...
Post is the third solo album by Icelandic singer/songwriter/musician Björk released in June of 1995. ...
David Bowie (IPA: []) (born David Robert Jones on 1947 January 8) is an English singer, songwriter, actor, multi-instrumentalist, producer, arranger and audio engineer. ...
The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars is a 1972 concept album by David Bowie, praised as the definitive album of the 1970s by Melody Maker magazine. ...
For the song of the same name, recorded by Tracy Byrd and later by Jason Aldean, see Johnny Cash (song). ...
For the song of the same name, recorded by Tracy Byrd and later by Jason Aldean, see Johnny Cash (song). ...
Personal File is an album by the late American music icon Johnny Cash. ...
Deee-Lite was a house- and dance music group formed in New York City. ...
World Clique (1990) is the first and most well-known album by the dance music band Deee-Lite. ...
Ani DiFranco (IPA: ) (born Angela Maria Difranco on September 23, 1970) is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. ...
Dilate is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco, released in 1996 (see 1996 in music). ...
Ani DiFranco (IPA: ) (born Angela Maria Difranco on September 23, 1970) is a singer, guitarist, and songwriter. ...
Not A Pretty Girl is the sixth studio album released by Ani DiFranco on her own record label, Righteous Babe Records. ...
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Irony is a Dead Scene is an EP by Dillinger Escape Plan with Mike Patton, released on August 27, 2002 (see 2002 in music). ...
DJ Shadow (born Josh Davis in 1972)[1] is an American DJ, turntablist, music producer and songwriter. ...
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This article is about the band. ...
Rumours is a rock and roll album released by Fleetwood Mac in 1977. ...
Gnarls Barkley is a Grammy-award winning musical collaboration between DJ, multi-instrumentalist and producer Danger Mouse (Brian Burton) from Baltimore, and rapper/vocalist Cee-Lo Green (Thomas Callaway), from Atlanta. ...
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Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and songwriter. ...
White Chalk is the eighth studio album by PJ Harvey. ...
This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
Tongues and Tails is the first album by American singer/songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins, released in 1992 (see 1992 in music). ...
Richard Hawley portrait by Gareth James. ...
Ladys Bridge is the fifth studio album from musician Richard Hawley. ...
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ...
Alternate cover Special Edition release cover. ...
Kraftwerk (pronounced [], German for power station) is a German musical group from Düsseldorf that has made immense contributions to the development of improvisational rock and electronic music, most notably within the latter categorys sub-genres which later became known as synthpop, electro, techno, house and IDM. Early musical...
Trans-Europe Express is the English language version of a 1977 music album by German band Kraftwerk (see 1977 in music). ...
This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is a concept album the second solo album by American country singer Miranda Lambert. ...
Look up Madonna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
This article is about the album. ...
Massive Attack are an English trip hop band. ...
Blue Lines is the debut album by British electronica group Massive Attack, released on August 6, 1991 (see 1991 in music) by Virgin Records. ...
Sarah Ann McLachlan, OC,[2] OBC[2] (born January 28, 1968) is a Grammy-winning Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. ...
Fumbling Towards Ecstasy is a 1993 album by Sarah McLachlan. ...
This article is about the musician. ...
Listen without Prejudice Vol. ...
Joni Mitchell, CC (born Roberta Joan Anderson on November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter. ...
Court and Spark is Joni Mitchells January 1974 full-length release. ...
The National, now officially known as CBC News: The National, is the CBCs flagship national television newscast. ...
Boxer is the fourth studio album by The National. ...
Joanna Newsom (born January 18, 1982) is an American harpist, pianist, harpsichordist, singer and songwriter from Nevada City, California. ...
Ys (IPA pronunciation: ) is the second album by Joanna Newsom. ...
For the town, see Portishead, Somerset. ...
Dummy, released in 1994, was the debut album of the Bristol-based group Portishead. ...
The term prince, from the Latin root princeps, is used for a member of the highest ranks of the aristocracy or the nobility. ...
1999 is Princes fifth album, released in October 1982. ...
Radiohead are an English rock band. ...
OK Computer is the third album by the English rock band Radiohead, released in 1997. ...
R.E.M. is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia in 1980 by Bill Berry (drums), Peter Buck (guitar), Mike Mills (bass guitar), and Michael Stipe (vocals). ...
Murmur is the first full-length album released by Athens, Georgia alternative rock band R.E.M.. Released in April 1983, Murmur was preceded by the Chronic Town EP the previous year. ...
Damien Rice (born December 7, 1973) is an Irish folk singer, famous for his two albums O and 9. ...
O is the name of Damien Rices first album, originally released in 2002. ...
Sufjan Stevens (IPA pronunciation: ) (born July 1, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and musician from Petosky, Michigan. ...
Illinois (pronounced or ill-i-NOY), also known as Come on feel the Illinoise, is a 2005 concept album by American songwriter Sufjan Stevens, with songs referencing places and people related to the U.S. state of Illinois. ...
John Vanderslice (born in Gainesville, Florida in 1967) is an American musician, formerly of mk Ultra but now performing with his own band. ...
Emerald City is the sixth album by American singer-songwriter John Vanderslice. ...
John Vanderslice (born in Gainesville, Florida in 1967) is an American musician, formerly of mk Ultra but now performing with his own band. ...
Pixel Revolt is an album by American singer-songwriter John Vanderslice. ...
Thomas Alan Waits (born December 7, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor. ...
Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13, 1950, name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris),[1] is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. ...
Innervisions is an album by Stevie Wonder, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). ...
Albums awarded zero stars Audrey Faith Perry McGraw, known professionally by her first married name Faith Hill (born September 21, 1967), is an American country singer, known for her commercial success as well as her marriage to fellow country singer Tim McGraw. ...
Fireflies is the sixth album by country artist and Grammy award winning Faith Hill. ...
Robert Sylvester Kelly (born January 8, 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is a multiple Grammy Award winning American Urban R&B singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. ...
TP-3: Reloaded, R. Kellys 7th solo effort, is the self-proclaimed Pied Piper of R&Bs third installment to the 12 Play series (which include the chart topping 12 Play & TP-2. ...
References - ^ http://www.slantmagazine.com/mediakit.asp
- ^ [ http://www.slantmagazine.com/search/search.asp?zoom_query=hilary+duff&submit.x=0&submit.y=0 Hilary Duff in Slant Magazine]
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