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Are You Not Entertained? I’m Really, Really Not.
spoils Gladiator 2 by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/18/2024
It’s the Best Picture Front-Runner. It Deserves to Be Huge.
spoils Anora by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/17/2024
Netflix’s Star-Studded New Movie Is Transcendent
spoils His Three Daughters by Dana Stevens on Slate published 09/20/2024
It’s Supposed to Be the Feminist Horror Movie of the Year. I Hated It.
spoils The Substance by Dana Stevens on Slate published 09/18/2024
Lily Gladstone’s Great New Movie Shows She’s No One-Hit Wonder
spoils Fancy Dance by Dana Stevens on Slate published 06/28/2024
The New Mad Max Offers a Cure for Prequelitis
spoils Furiosa by Dana Stevens on Slate published 05/20/2024
Zendaya’s Instant-Classic New Tennis Movie Will Make You Sweat As Much As Its Stars
spoils Challengers by Dana Stevens on Slate published 04/23/2024
Civil War Feels Like a Nightmare. You Should Still See It.
spoils Civil War by Dana Stevens on Slate published 04/09/2024
This Generation Just Got Its Thelma and Louise
spoils Love Lies Bleeding by Dana Stevens on Slate published 03/08/2024
The Spectacular New Dune Will Turn Even Skeptics Into Believers
spoils Dune by Dana Stevens on Slate published 02/26/2024
The New Godzilla Is the Biggest International Movie Sensation Since Parasite. Don’t Miss It.
spoils Godzilla Minus One by Dana Stevens on Slate published 01/09/2024
Emma Stone Has Never Been Funnier (or Sexier) Than in Poor Things
spoils Poor Things by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/26/2023
Emma Stone’s Big, Weird Oscar Contender Is a Kinky Delight
spoils Poor Things by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/07/2023
Miyazaki’s First Movie in a Decade Is Mysterious, Startlingly Adult, and Completely Dazzling
spoils The Boy and the Heron by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/04/2023
Napoleon Is a Spectacular Mess
spoils Napoleon by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/16/2023
Killers of the Flower Moon Is a New Kind of Scorsese Masterpiece
spoils Killers of the Flower Moon by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/12/2023
Oppenheimer Is Gargantuan, Awe-Inspiring, and, in at Least Two Ways, Flawed
spoils Oppenheimer by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/20/2023
Barbie Is a Delight of Improbable Proportions
spoils Barbie by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/19/2023
The New Mission: Impossible Marks the Triumphant Return of Cinema’s Greatest Special Effect
spoils Dead Reckoning by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/11/2023
With Asteroid City, Wes Anderson Goes Where He Never Has Before
spoils Asteroid City by Dana Stevens on Slate published 06/14/2023
The Great New Comedy From Julia Louis-Dreyfus and One of Our Most Essential Filmmakers
spoils You Hurt My Feelings by Dana Stevens on Slate published 05/25/2023
2023’s First Great Comedy Is Knives Out Meets Columbo Meets Natasha Lyonne
spoils Poker Face by Dana Stevens on Slate tagged season 2: episode 1 published 01/26/2023
Babylon Is a Defecating Elephant of a Movie
spoils Babylon by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/22/2022
Avatar 2 Is Goofy, Cringey, and Spectacular
spoils Avatar 2 by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/15/2022
Brendan Fraser Deserves an Oscar for The Whale, but the Movie? Yikes.
spoils The Whale by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/01/2022
The New Knives Out Is a Total Blast
spoils Knives Out by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/21/2022
Spielberg’s Autobiographical New Movie Targets a Surprising Character for Criticism
spoils The Fabelmans by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/16/2022
The New Black Panther Responds to Chadwick Boseman’s Loss With a Surprising Choice
spoils Wakanda Forever by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/10/2022
The Weird Al Biopic Dares to Be Stupid
spoils Weird by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/03/2022
The Great New Comedy That Should Get Colin Farrell His First Oscar Nomination
spoils The Banshees of Inisherin by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/21/2022
Don’t Worry Darling’s Wild Surprise Ending Doesn’t Make Sense
spoils Don't Worry Darling by Dana Stevens on Slate published 09/23/2022
Nope Will Be Jordan Peele’s Most Polarizing Movie Yet
spoils Nope by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/21/2022
Netflix’s Most Expensive Movie Ever Makes the Globe-Trotting Bourne Trilogy Look Provincial
spoils Netflix by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/18/2022
Thor: Love and Thunder Is Mighty Fine
spoils Thor: Love and Thunder by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/07/2022
Top Gun: Maverick Is the Year’s First Great Blockbuster
spoils Top Gun: Maverick by Dana Stevens on Slate published 05/26/2022
Everyone Working to End Roe Should Be Forced to Watch This Movie
spoils Happening by Dana Stevens on Slate published 05/06/2022
Pixar’s Groundbreaking New Movie Is One of Its Best in Years
spoils Turning Red by Dana Stevens on Slate published 03/07/2022
The Batman Is The Endless
spoils The Batman by Dana Stevens on Slate published 02/28/2022
The Matrix Resurrections Takes Back the Red Pill
spoils The Matrix Resurrections by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/21/2021
Two Critics Debate Power of the Dog’s Surprising, Sneaky Ending
spoils Power of the Dog by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/10/2021
Is House of Gucci a Godfather-Esque Epic or the Best Comedy of 2021?
spoils House of Gucci by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/23/2021
Paul Thomas Anderson’s New Movie Is About an Age-Gap Romance. It’s Also a Blast.
spoils Licorice Pizza by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/23/2021
Netflix’s Power of the Dog Is One of the Best Movies of 2021
spoils Power of the Dog by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/18/2021
The Oscar Front-Runner Is a Watered Down Version of a Previous Winner
spoils Belfast by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/11/2021
Last Night in Soho Isn’t What You Expect From Edgar Wright. That’s a Good Thing.
spoils Last Night In Soho by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/28/2021
Eternals Is a Disaster of Intergalactic Proportions
spoils Eternals by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/27/2021
Dune Is a Ponderous Striptease With a Very Impressive Sandworm
spoils Dune by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/21/2021
Matt Damon. Ben Affleck. A Medieval #MeToo Story. What Could Go Wrong?
spoils The Last Duel by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/13/2021
Candyman Reclaims the Story From Its White Storytellers, With Mixed Results
spoils Candyman by Dana Stevens on Slate published 08/26/2021
One of the English Language’s Oldest Franchises Is Back and Trippy as Ever
spoils The Green Knight by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/29/2021
The Anthony Bourdain Doc Is No Hagiography
spoils Roadrunner by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/13/2021
Oscar Heavyweight The Father Is a Dementia Movie Unlike Any Other
spoils The Father by Dana Stevens on Slate published 02/25/2021
Promising Young Woman’s Flaws Run Deeper Than Its Bad Ending
spoils Promising Young Woman by Dana Stevens on Slate published 02/17/2021
The Best Horror Movie of 2020 Is Also the First Great Movie of 2021
spoils Saint Maud by Dana Stevens on Slate published 01/26/2021
Nomadland Is a Masterpiece Made by Two Separate Virtuosos
spoils Nomadland by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/02/2020
1917’s Two-Hour “Long Take” Isn’t Just a Gimmick
spoils 1917 by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/16/2019
Uncut Gems Is a Trip Deep Into Your Tolerance for Adam Sandler
spoils Uncut Gems by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/10/2019
Bombshell Tries, Fails to Make the Women of Fox News Feminist Heroes
spoils Bombshell by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/09/2019
Greta Gerwig Has Made Cinema’s Greatest Little Women
spoils Little Women by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/05/2019
The Mr. Rogers Movie Isn’t Really About Mr. Rogers
spoils A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/20/2019
Knives Out Reinvents the Whodunit for the Trump Era
spoils Knives Out by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/14/2019
Marriage Story Will Remind You Why ScarJo and Adam Driver Are Two of Our Greatest Stars
spoils Marriage Story by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/30/2019
The Lighthouse Is Both Artsy and Fartsy
spoils The Lighthouse by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/16/2019
Parasite Is the Best Movie of the Year So Far
spoils Parasite by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/10/2019
The Real Reason to Skip Joker Is That It’s Boring
spoils Joker by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/03/2019
Ad Astra Is the Rare Space Movie That Sticks the Landing
spoils Ad Astra by Dana Stevens on Slate published 09/18/2019
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Feels Like the Culmination of Tarantino’s Obsessions
spoils Once Upon a Time In Hollywood by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/25/2019
The Best Part of Toy Story 4 Is the Existential Terror
spoils Toy Story 4 by Dana Stevens on Slate published 06/17/2019
Booksmart Is More Than Just a Queer, Gender-Flipped Superbad
spoils Booksmart by Dana Stevens on Slate published 05/23/2019
Sundance Breakout The Souvenir Is One of the Best Movies of the Year So Far
spoils The Souvenir by Dana Stevens on Slate published 05/16/2019
Avengers: Endgame Is Like Samuel Beckett in Space!
spoils Avengers: Endgame by Dana Stevens on Slate published 04/24/2019
Get Out Took Aim at White Liberals. In Us, No American Is Safe.
spoils Us by Dana Stevens on Slate published 03/21/2019
Slate Spoiler Specials: Captain Marvel
spoils Captain Marvel by Dana Stevens on Slate published 03/08/2019
With Captain Marvel, Women Finally Have Their Own Mediocre Marvel Movie
spoils Captain Marvel by Dana Stevens on Slate published 03/06/2019
The Favourite Was Not Mine. Why Does Everyone Love This Movie?
spoils The Favourite by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/20/2018
Roma Is the Culmination of Everything Alfonso Cuarón Has Ever Done
spoils Roma by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/19/2018
Luca Guadagnino’s Suspiria Remake Is a Witches’ Brew of Art House, Horror, and Kink
spoils Suspiria by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/26/2018
Damien Chazelle’s Follow-up to La La Land Is About a Sad Man Obsessed With Moonlight
spoils First Man by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/11/2018
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga’s A Star Is Born Is Astonishing on Multiple Levels
spoils A Star Is Born by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/04/2018
The Old Man and the Gun Is a Perfect Swan Song for Robert Redford
spoils The Old Man and the Gun by Dana Stevens on Slate published 09/28/2018
In The Land of Steady Habits, Nicole Holofcener Explores Uncharted Territory: Men
spoils The Land Of Steady Habits by Dana Stevens on Slate published 09/14/2018
Does the Plot of Mission: Impossible—Fallout Make Any Sense? Does It Matter?
spoils Mission: Impossible—Fallout by Dana Stevens on Slate published 08/01/2018
Let’s Spoil Every Minute of Hereditary, Because Maybe You’re Too Afraid to See It
spoils Hereditary by Dana Stevens on Slate published 06/15/2018
You Were Never Really Here Hits You Like a Hammer
spoils You Were Never Really Here by Dana Stevens on Slate published 04/04/2018
Wes Anderson’s Latest May Be About Talking Dogs, but It Feels As Real As Any of His Movies
spoils Isle of Dogs by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 03/15/2018
Three Slate Critics Try to Make Sense of the Ending of Annihilation
spoils Annihilation by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 03/02/2018
Phantom Thread Is Too Good to Keep a Secret
spoils Phantom Thread by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 12/20/2017
The Disaster Artist May Redefine Your Sense of What It Means to Be Great
spoils The Disaster Artist by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 12/01/2017
The Shape of Water Is Like Pan’s Labyrinth With More Steamy Woman–on–Fish-Monster Sex
spoils The Shape of Water by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 11/30/2017
Call Me by Your Name Is an Extravagant Revelry in the Beauty of Italy, First Love, and Armie Hammer
spoils Call Me By Your Name by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 11/21/2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Is Martin McDonagh’s Darkest, Funniest Movie Yet
spoils Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 11/09/2017
Lady Bird Is a Coming-of-Age Movie That Announces Greta Gerwig as a Fully Developed Filmmaker
spoils Lady Bird by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 11/02/2017
Wonderstruck Is a Cabinet of Wonders
spoils Wonderstruck by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 10/20/2017
Blade Runner 2049 Is Just As Visually Dazzling and Thematically Vague As the Original
spoils Blade Runner 2049 by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 09/29/2017
Richard Linklater’s Last Flag Flying Is More Than a “Sequel” to The Last Detail
spoils Last Flag Flying by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 09/28/2017
In 2017, the Triumph of Battle of the Sexes Feels Like a Hollow Victory
spoils Battle of the Sexes by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 09/22/2017
No Number of Exclamation Points Will Prepare You for Mother!
spoils Mother! by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 09/15/2017
The New It Has Too Much Insane Clown, Not Enough Posse
spoils It by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 09/07/2017
Columbus’ Design for Living
spoils Columbus by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 08/31/2017
Logan Lucky
spoils Logan Lucky by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 08/17/2017
Good Time
spoils Good Time by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 08/09/2017
Whose Streets, Whose Stories
spoils Detroit by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 08/03/2017
Atomic Blonde
spoils Atomic Blonde by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 07/27/2017
Even Christopher Nolan Skeptics Will Be Wowed by Dunkirk
spoils Dunkirk by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 07/18/2017
The Thrilling, Thoughtful New Planet of the Apes Will Make a Monkey of Anti-Franchise Snobs
spoils War for the Planet of the Apes by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 07/11/2017
The Odd Movie A Ghost Story, Starring Casey Affleck Under a Bedsheet, Will Haunt You
spoils A Ghost Story by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 07/05/2017
Netflix’s Irresistible Okja Is an Anti-Capitalist E.T. Starring Tilda Swinton and a Superpig
spoils Okja by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 06/29/2017
Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled Is Elegant to a Fault—Even When the Hacksaws Come Out
spoils The Beguiled by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 06/21/2017
The Big Sick Is the Rare Rom-Com That’s As Messy As Real Life
spoils The Big Sick by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 06/15/2017
It Comes at Night Is Like a Horror Film Directed by Bruegel
spoils It Comes at Night by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 06/08/2017
Wonder Woman Made Me Finally See the Importance of Female Representation
spoils Wonder Woman by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 06/01/2017
Baywatch Is a Disaster in Slow Motion
spoils Baywatch by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 05/25/2017
What in the Hell Are We Supposed to Make of the Ending of Elle?
spoils Elle by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 01/04/2017
Martin Scorsese’s Been Trying to Make Silence for 30 Years. It Was Worth It.
spoils Silence by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 12/22/2016
Jackie Is an Intense Biopic About the Power of Image in the White House
spoils Jackie by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 12/01/2016
The Astonishing Manchester by the Sea Seems to Contain All of Life Within It
spoils Manchester by the Sea by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 11/18/2016
The Orchestrated Assault of Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk
spoils Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 11/10/2016
Loving Is a Simple, Moving Love Story About a Couple Who Just Happened to Change America
spoils Loving by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 11/03/2016
The Stunning Moonlight Showers Its Audience in Blessings
spoils Moonlight by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 10/20/2016
Set Aside Nate Parker’s History. The Birth of a Nation’s Use of History Is Troublesome, Too.
spoils The Birth of a Nation by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 10/07/2016
How Do You Make Sully Exciting When We Already Know Everything Ends Up OK?
spoils Sully by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 09/09/2016
Michael Fassbender Was Born to Play a Melancholy Lighthouse Keeper
spoils The Light Between Oceans by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 09/01/2016
Star Trek Beyond Doesn’t Reinvent the Franchise, but It Gets What’s Made It Live Long and Prosper
spoils Star Trek Beyond by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 07/21/2016
The All-Female Ghostbusters Are Having Too Much Fun to Worry About Haters
spoils Ghostbusters by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 07/14/2016
Mark Rylance Makes Motion-Capture Magic in The BFG
spoils The BFG by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 06/30/2016
Independence Day: Resurgence Is the Perfect Disaster Movie for Our Stupid Times
spoils Independence Day: Resurgence by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 06/24/2016
Finding Dory Does More Than “Just Keep Swimming.” It Explores New Depths.
spoils Finding Dory by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 06/15/2016
The Force Awakens Reinvigorates Star Wars for the 21st Century
spoils Star Wars: The Force Awakens by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 12/16/2015
Fatal Visions: Fassbender, Welles, Mifune, and All the Great Film Macbeths
spoils Macbeth by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 12/04/2015
The Movie Adaptation of Room Will Take You Places Your Mind May Not Want to Go
spoils Room by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 10/14/2015
Inside Steve Jobs’ Reality Distortion Field With Aaron Sorkin
spoils Steve Jobs by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 10/09/2015
Emily Blunt Stars in a Gruesome and Haunting Action Movie About the Drug War
spoils Sicario by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 09/17/2015
Spoiler Special: Trainwreck
spoils Trainwreck by Anne Helen Petersen and Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 07/17/2015
Pixar’s Astonishing Inside Out Will Change the Way You Think About Your Feelings
spoils Inside Out by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 06/18/2015
Jurassic World May Be Stupid, but Its Dino-on-Human Action Is Extra Crunchy
spoils Jurassic World by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 06/12/2015
Tomorrowland Reveals Brad Bird Is Not Superhuman
spoils Tomorrowland by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 05/21/2015
The Insane, Ornate Doom Buggies of Mad Max: Fury Road
spoils Mad Max: Fury Road by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 05/12/2015
Spoiler Special: Pacific Rim
spoils Pacific Rim by Dana Stevens on Slate Magazine published 07/12/2013