Slant Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Dune
Frank HerbertSlantRead our conversation with Denis Villeneuve about honoring his childhood imagination of #Dune, the undertones that he perceives in Frank Herbert’s novel that he wanted to bring to the foreground, and more. https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/denis-villeneuve-interview-dune/
Paperback, 2005
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Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century
Jessica BruderSlantWriter-director Max Walker-Silverman’s A LOVE SONG plays like a tamped-down version of Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland. Read Clayton Dillard's review. https://t.co/2feO3LAVHS
Paperback, 2018
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How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Andreas MalmSlantFew films feel as excitingly jacked in to our current social climate as HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE. In theaters this Friday. Read @mahahafilm's review. https://t.co/V8kRliGeWb
Paperback, 2021
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Women Talking
Miriam ToewsSlantFor better and worse, writer-director Sarah Polley’s adaptation of WOMEN TALKING is most noteworthy for its imagery. Read @kenjfuj's review. #TIFF22 https://t.co/Jw6BDdgTs7
Paperback, 2020
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Shantaram
Gregory David RobertsSlant#Shantaram conjures its sense of place beautifully, but also trades heavily in a sort of "Eat Pray Love"-style wisdom. Read @OneBigWiggle's review. https://t.co/6aFgFnvV76
Paperback, 2005
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The African Desperate
Martine SymsSlantThat THE AFRICAN DESPERATE is a send-up of art school is beyond doubt, but what’s less clear is just how far the satire goes. Read William Repass on the Martine Syms film. https://t.co/sBS9arNcFE
Paperback, 2022
$15.95$7.97 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Phantom of the Opera
LeRoux GastonSlantGorgeous and goofy in equal measure, Dario Argento puts his inimitable stamp on this adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, now available on Blu-ray from @ScorpionDVD. https://t.co/VeVxydQuJd
Paperback, 2017
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India Song
Marguerite DurasSlantGorgeously lensed and hauntingly elusive, Marguerite Duras's THE INDIA SONG and BAXTER, VERA BAXTER get reliably strong transfers and a slender yet solid set of supplements from Criterion. https://t.co/hIB1mZYyU5 https://t.co/P9w9wclWTa
Paperback, 1994
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Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman: Stories
Haruki MurakamiSlantBLIND WILLOW, SLEEPING WOMAN is the first animated feature to adapt Murakami’s work, and IT makes the most of the medium in order to capture the author’s brand of magic realism. Read @davidjrobb's review. https://t.co/1KoVqj6PGn
Paperback, 2007
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Medici: Legacy Volume 3
Matteo StrukulSlant#RPBoo's #LegacyVolume2 turns footwork’s elements—hip-hop, house, IDM, and drum ‘n’ bass—and spins them into something that sounds like a totally new language. Read our review! https://t.co/2CuBkzHr5v
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