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The Latest Articles by David Sims

The Oscar Nominations Are In, and a Few Big Trends Are Out

The competition is more genuinely surprising than it has been in years.

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Hollywood Cannot Survive Without Movie Theaters

Why is this so hard for studios to believe?

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Skinamarink Is a Delightful Nightmare

The idiosyncratic horror film makes use of one of the scariest devices: a story with more questions than answers.

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The Last of Us Makes the Apocalypse Feel New Again

The HBO adaptation is well versed in the bleak clichés of the zombie genre, but it also offers something unexpected: empathy.

The Atlantic

M3GAN’s Killer-Robot Doll Is Just What 2023 Needs

The zany horror film is as self-aware as the sentient android at its center.

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The Mind-Boggling Grandeur of White Noise

The film is sharply funny, eerily timely, and loaded with movie stars. So why is this blockbuster-size event falling flat?

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Rian Johnson’s Primal Scream

The Glass Onion director on why his sequel to Knives Out is louder and angrier

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The Dizzying Debauchery of Babylon

Damien Chazelle’s new film is an extravaganza of caustic misery and overflowing movie magic.

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‘No One Wants to Talk About Mortality’

The British director Joanna Hogg on death, mothers, and the allure of memoir movies

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Steven Spielberg’s Movie Magic Has a Dark Side

And no one knows it better than he does.

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Avatar: The Way of Water Puts Most Modern Blockbusters to Shame

James Cameron’s sequel to his 2009 epic is proof that cinematic wonder still exists.

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You Can’t Really Make a Feel-Good Body-Horror Movie

The Whale aims for noble sentimentality, but Darren Aronofsky can’t stop turning pain into spectacle.

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The 10 Best Films of 2022

An unforgettable year of cinema by newcomers and old masters alike

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Unfortunately, the Sexy Teen-Cannibal Romance Is a Letdown

In Bones and All, the gore is paired with a love story that’s surprisingly tame.

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The Streaming Death Spiral Must End

Former Disney CEO Bob Iger is back at a time when the company desperately needs a new direction.

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The Menu Skewers Class Politics

The pitch-black comedy examines the ethics of “eating the rich”—and the hypocrisy of “ethical consumption.”

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Does Dave Chappelle Find Anything Funnier Than Being Canceled?

During his appearance on Saturday Night Live, the comedian opened by addressing Ye’s and Kyrie Irving’s anti-Semitic statements.

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The Fabelmans Is Steven Spielberg’s Most Honest Movie Yet

The director tackles his most challenging material: his own childhood.

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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Does the Near Impossible

It’s a thrilling blockbuster that still makes time for grief.

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The Indie Horror Film That Everyone Is Suddenly Talking About

Barbarian capitalizes on the thing viewers love and hate most: the unknown.

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James Gray’s Vision of American Dysfunction

In Armageddon Time, the filmmaker’s New York childhood is a warning bell for our polarized present.

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House of the Dragon Actually Pulled It Off

The Game of Thrones spinoff crammed a 19-year family saga into 10 episodes of television—and somehow, it worked brilliantly.

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‘I’m Trying to Get All the Coolness Out of My Movies’

Martin McDonagh, the man behind In Bruges and The Banshees of Inisherin, thinks he might be mellowing out.

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Black Adam Is the Nadir of Superhero Movies—And of Dwayne Johnson

Dwyane Johnson delivers a charmless performance in his latest movie.

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Angela Lansbury Could Make the Silliest Movie a Work of Art

To understand her greatness, look no further than one of the silliest films she ever appeared in: 1971’s Bedknobs and Broomsticks.

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