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Slant Magazine
URL www.slantmagazine.com
Type of site Film and Music webzine
Registration No
Available language(s) English
Launched 2001
Current status Active

Slant Magazine is an online publication that features reviews of movies, music, DVDs and TV shows, as well as interviews with actors, directors and musicians. Roger Ebert has called co-publisher and film editor Ed Gonzalez a "critic I admire" because of his "forcible writing style."[1] The site, launched in 2001, frequently covers film festivals like the New York Film Festival.

Contents

[edit] Style & Attitude

Slant's music section originally focused very heavily on pop music[2] but in recent years more indie-oriented music, including country, has been heavily reviewed on the site.[3]

Both the film and music sections are very vocal about their contempt for Hilary Duff.[4]

Since the Iraq War began, the editorial content has gotten more political, but the focus remains on entertainment.[5]

[edit] Slant in the Media

In a recent article, The New York Times called Slant "a repository of passionate and often prickly pop-cultural analysis."[6] Slant's reviews have often been the source of debate and discourse online and in the media: Ed Gonzalez's review of Kevin Gage's 2005 film Chaos sparked some debate when Roger Ebert quoted Gonzalez in review of the film in the Chicago Sun-Times[7]; The New York Press quoted another Slant writer, Keith Uhlich, in a review of the Michael Bay film The Island[8]; and Gonzalez, who writes regularly for The Village Voice film section, was recently praised by former Voice critic Nathan Lee for his attention to politics and pop culture in a lively and interesting way.[9]

[edit] 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.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Slant Magazine media kit.
  2. ^ Wayback Machine: Slant Magazine (January 27, 2002)
  3. ^ Slant Magazine: Music Current Section
  4. ^ Hilary Duff in Slant Magazine
  5. ^ Slant Magazine: "Barack Obama: A Story of Race and Politics"
  6. ^ The New York Times: "Say 'Brian De Palma.' Let the Fighting Start."
  7. ^ Chicago Sun-Times: "Chaos" Review
  8. ^ New York Press: "Supersonic Strap-On"
  9. ^ Rotten Tomatoes: Meet a Critic: Nathan Lee Weighs in on Leaving the Village Voice, Why Critics are Ineffective, and What's Next

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