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The Great New Netflix Show From the Creator of The Good Place Looks Like a Sitcom, but Is Something Else
spoils The Good Place by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 1: episode 1 published 11/21/2024
The TV Adaption of One of the Decade’s Great Bestsellers Is Finally Here. What Took It So Long?
spoils Say Nothing by Sam Adams on Slate published 11/14/2024
This Year’s Best Picture Front-Runner Starts as a Rom-Com. But What Does It End As?
spoils Anora by Sam Adams on Slate published 11/01/2024
Deadpool and Wolverine Is the Toy Story 2 of Superhero Movies
spoils Deadpool and Wolverine by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/25/2024
A Viral Horror Flick Had the Year’s Best Marketing. The Movie Itself Is Very Different.
spoils Longlegs by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/12/2024
The Wildest Movie at Cannes Is Also the One That Got the Longest Ovation
spoils The Substance by Sam Adams on Slate published 05/23/2024
Francis Ford Coppola’s New Movie Is One of the Most Unhinged Things Ever Projected on a Screen
spoils Megalopolis by Sam Adams on Slate published 05/17/2024
The Most Acclaimed Horror Movie of the Year Is Also a Cautionary Tale About Fandom
spoils I Saw the TV Glow by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 6: episode 1 published 05/07/2024
Netflix Gave Game of Thrones’ Creators a Second Shot. They Used It to Ruin Another Beloved Book Series.
spoils 3 Body Problem by Sam Adams on Slate published 03/21/2024
A New HBO Docuseries Excavates Texas’ Dark Past—and the Hopes for Its Future
spoils God Save Texas by Sam Adams on Slate published 02/27/2024
Paul Mescal’s New Movie Has the Most Mysterious Ending of the Year. Let’s Close-Read It.
spoils All of Us Strangers by Sam Adams on Slate published 12/22/2023
A Chilling New Movie Shows the Ordinariness of Evil, but There’s Nothing Ordinary About It
spoils The Zone of Interest by Sam Adams on Slate published 12/15/2023
Emma Stone and Nathan Fielder’s New Show Is Excruciating
spoils The Curse by Sam Adams on Slate published 11/10/2023
Killers of the Flower Moon’s Ending Is More Than Just a Surprise Cameo
spoils Killers of the Flower Moon by Sam Adams on Slate published 10/19/2023
A Controversial New Movie Got One of the First NC-17 Ratings in Years, and Boy Did It Earn It
spoils Passages by Sam Adams on Slate published 08/03/2023
The New Mission: Impossible Reveals That the Franchise Has Always Had an Unlikely Big Bad
spoils Mission: Impossible by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/15/2023
The New Mission: Impossible’s Big Twist May Not Be What It Seems
spoils Mission: Impossible by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/14/2023
Michael Keaton’s Batman May Be Back, but It’ll Never Feel the Same
spoils Batman by Sam Adams on Slate published 06/18/2023
The Last of Us Finale Makes a Disastrous Choice
spoils The Last of Us by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 1: episode 9 published 03/13/2023
It’s Only January, but We Already Have One of the Best Movies of 2023
spoils Past Lives by Sam Adams on Slate published 01/27/2023
The Best Final Shot of Any Movie in Years
spoils Aftersun by Sam Adams on Slate published 11/02/2022
The White Lotus’ Second Season Is About Something Totally Different
spoils The White Lotus by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 2: episode 1 published 10/30/2022
The Smartest, Funniest Horror Movie in Ages Also Has a Killer Twist
spoils Barbarian by Sam Adams on Slate published 09/27/2022
Spielberg Wants to Sell His New Movie as His Most Personal Work Ever. That Might Be Tough.
spoils The Fabelmans by Sam Adams on Slate published 09/17/2022
The Challenge of Criticizing The Rehearsal
spoils The Rehearsal by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 1 published 08/22/2022
The Most Unpredictable Show on Television Is Going Exactly According to Plan
spoils The Rehearsal by Sam Adams on Slate published 08/13/2022
What’s the Meaning of Jordan Peele’s Nope? Wrong Question.
spoils Nope by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/22/2022
How Scary Is Nope? Scarier Than Us and Get Out?
spoils Nope by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/20/2022
The Casual Marvel Fan’s Guide to Thor: Love and Thunder
spoils Thor: Love and Thunder by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/07/2022
The Year’s Best Documentary Is Its Most Dangerous Love Story
spoils Fire of Love by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/06/2022
Under the Banner of Heaven’s Bloody Ending Is a Warning
spoils Under the Banner of Heaven by Sam Adams on Slate published 06/02/2022
The New Doctor Strange’s Best Scene Plays Like a Grisly Retort to Marvel Fan Service
spoils Doctor Strange and Marvel by Sam Adams on Slate published 05/07/2022
The Casual Marvel Fan’s Guide to Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
spoils Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Marvel by Sam Adams on Slate published 05/05/2022
Why Archive 81’s Ending Is So Unsatisfying
spoils Archive 81 by Sam Adams on Slate published 01/27/2022
The Casual Marvel Fan’s Guide to Spider-Man: No Way Home
spoils Marvel and Spider-Man: No Way Home by Sam Adams on Slate published 12/16/2021
Todd Haynes Explains Why The Velvet Underground Couldn’t Be a Typical Documentary
spoils The Velvet Underground by Sam Adams on Slate published 10/16/2021
No Time to Die Feels As Exhausted As James Bond Does
spoils No Time to Die by Sam Adams on Slate published 09/30/2021
The Themes That Unite Midnight Mass With Mike Flanagan’s Other Netflix Hits
spoils Midnight Mass by Sam Adams on Slate published 09/27/2021
How Black Widow Corrects for the Marvel Movies’ Most Controversial Scene
spoils Black Widow by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/10/2021
The Casual Marvel Fan’s Guide to Black Widow
spoils Black Widow by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/08/2021
Mare of Easttown’s Creator on Its Final Shocking Twist
spoils Mare of Easttown by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 2: episode 1 published 05/31/2021
Wait, What Just Happened on The Nevers?
spoils The Nevers by Sam Adams on Slate published 05/17/2021
The Borat Sequel Is a More Serious Moviefilm
spoils Borat by Sam Adams on Slate published 10/21/2020
All Your Tenet Questions, Answered
spoils Tenet by Sam Adams on Slate published 09/03/2020
She Dies Tomorrow Is a Timely Movie About a Dangerous Idea
spoils She Dies Tomorrow by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/29/2020
Netflix’s Tiger King Is the Only Show Crazier Than the World Outside Right Now
spoils Tiger King by Sam Adams on Slate published 03/25/2020
The Most Shocking Part of The Plot Against America’s First Episode Is Absolutely True
spoils The Plot Against America by Sam Adams on Slate published 03/16/2020
Living With Yourself Is a Netflix Series Only Paul Rudd Could Pull Off
spoils Living With Yourself by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 1 published 10/18/2019
Who’s Back in the Breaking Bad Movie, and What You Need to Remember About Them
spoils El Camino by Sam Adams on Slate published 10/11/2019
No Number of Will Smiths Can Save Gemini Man
spoils Gemini Man by Sam Adams on Slate published 10/09/2019
Disney’s Hitler Movie Mocks Nazis Without Making Light of Them
spoils Jojo Rabbit by Sam Adams on Slate published 09/09/2019
Slate Spoiler Specials: Spider-Man: Far From Home
spoils Spider-Man: Far From Home by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/12/2019
In Stranger Things’ Third Season, the Nostalgia Well Runs Dry
spoils Stranger Things by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 3 published 07/04/2019
Midsommar Will Make You More Afraid of Endless Day Than the Dark
spoils Midsommar by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/03/2019
Spider-Man: Far From Home Takes a Cue From Its Teenage Hero
spoils Spider-Man: Far From Home by Sam Adams on Slate published 06/27/2019
The Deadwood Movie Gives the HBO Series Yet Another Abrupt Ending
spoils Deadwood by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 3 published 05/30/2019
Endgame Is a Love Letter to Robert Downey Jr. From the Marvel Cinematic Universe
spoils Avengers: Endgame by Sam Adams on Slate published 04/26/2019
Creed II Is a Throwback to an Older Kind of Sequel
spoils Creed II by Sam Adams on Slate published 11/16/2018
The Bone-Breaking Horror of Suspiria
spoils Suspiria by Sam Adams on Slate published 11/02/2018
American Vandal Season 2 Extends the Magic Trick That Made the First Season a Runaway Success
spoils American Vandal by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 1, season 2 published 09/14/2018
Mission: Impossible—Fallout’s Director Explains the One Part of the Movie That’s a Bit of a Cheat
spoils Mission: Impossible by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/30/2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Takes the Series Back to Its Horror Roots
spoils Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom by Sam Adams on Slate published 06/19/2018
Why Dire Straits’ “Brothers in Arms” Was Such a Poignant Choice for the Americans Finale
spoils Brothers in Arms and The Americans by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 4: episode 8 published 05/31/2018
Deadpool 2 Poses as Subversive, but Really It Just Wants to Be Loved
spoils Deadpool 2 by Sam Adams on Slate published 05/17/2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story Is Half-Witted and Scruffy-Looking
spoils Solo: A Star Wars Story by Sam Adams on Slate published 05/15/2018
Infinity War Suggests Thanos Is Right About There Being Too Many Avengers
spoils Infinity War by Sam Adams on Slate published 04/24/2018
The Inventive Thriller A Quiet Place Can Only Be Fully Experienced in the Theater
spoils A Quiet Place by Sam Adams on Slate published 04/06/2018
The Tale Is the Perfect Movie for Our #MeToo Moment
spoils The Tale by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 01/22/2018
Being Laughable Doesn’t Make Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Villains Any Less Dangerous
spoils Star Wars: The Last Jedi by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 12/20/2017
The Greatest Showman Isn’t Exactly the Greatest Show on Earth
spoils The Greatest Showman by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 12/20/2017
A Guide to The Last Jedi’s References to Other (Non-Star Wars) Movies
spoils Star Wars by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 12/19/2017
Is The Last Jedi’s Ending a Travesty—or the Best Part of the Movie?
spoils The Last Jedi by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 12/15/2017
The Last Jedi Brings Fresh Ideas Not Just to Star Wars but to the Whole Universe of Movies
spoils Star Wars and The Last Jedi by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 12/12/2017
What Should We Make of The Shape of Water’s Mysterious Ending? We Discuss Del Toro’s Latest.
spoils The Shape of Water by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 12/01/2017
Gary Oldman Doesn’t Just “Vanish” Into His Role as Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour
spoils Darkest Hour by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 11/21/2017
Coco Is Haunted by the Ghosts of Past Pixar Movies
spoils Coco by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 11/20/2017
Stranger Things’ “Punk” Episode Is a Historic Embarassment.
spoils Stranger Things by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine tagged season 2: episode 7 published 11/02/2017
What the Hell Happened to Val Kilmer in The Snowman?
spoils The Snowman by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 10/19/2017
Does Blade Runner 2049’s Ending Preserve the Mysteries of the Original—or Spoil Them?
spoils Blade Runner 2049 by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 10/06/2017
The Director of Blade Runner 2049 Is Taking Spoilerphobia to New Heights
spoils Blade Runner 2049 by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 10/04/2017
American Made Is an Iran–Contra Movie That Gets High on Its Own Supply
spoils American Made by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 09/28/2017
What Should We Make of the Ending of Mother? Three Slate Critics Discuss in Spoiler-y Detail.
spoils Mother! by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 09/22/2017
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
spoils Kingsman: The Golden Circle by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 09/22/2017
Darren Aronofsky Needs to Stop Explaining What Mother! Is About
spoils Mother! by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 09/19/2017
Armando Iannucci's The Death of Stalin Is a Bloody Farce.
spoils The Death of Stalin by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 09/13/2017
Watch the New Teaser for The Deuce, David Simon’s HBO Series About the Porn Industry
spoils The Deuce by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine tagged season 1 published 07/10/2017
David Lynch Just Rewrote the Rules of TV, Again
spoils Twin Peaks by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 06/26/2017
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3 Is So Packed With Jokes That It’s Hard to Binge-Watch. That’s a Good Thing.
spoils Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine tagged season 3 published 05/19/2017
Alien: Covenant Is the First Alien Movie Where the Alien Gets Upstaged
spoils Alien: Covenant by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 05/11/2017
The Director’s Cut of Michael Mann’s Blackhat Takes It One Step Closer to a Flawed Masterpiece
spoils Blackhat by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 05/09/2017
New Blade Runner 2049 Trailer Looks Amazing, Blows Things Up
spoils Blade Runner 2049 by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 05/08/2017
The Prison in Twelve Landscapes Looks at How Mass Incarceration Has Changed Every Aspect of American Life
spoils The Prison in Twelve Landscapes by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 05/08/2017
The Film Adaptation of The Circle Can’t Decide Whether It’s Black Mirror or Silicon Valley
spoils The Circle by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 04/27/2017
Kong: Skull Island Apes Classics Like Apocalypse Now, but It’s Not As Clever As It Thinks
spoils Apocalypse Now and Kong: Skull Island by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 03/09/2017
Most Batman Movies Ignore His Campy TV Past. The Lego Batman Movie Embraces It.
spoils The Lego Batman Movie by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 02/10/2017
In Jordan Peele’s Horror Movie, Get Out, the “Monster” Is Liberal Racism
spoils Get Out by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 01/25/2017
Bright Lights’ Inspiring Portrait of Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds Is Now Heartbreaking as Well
spoils Bright Lights by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 01/06/2017
All the Star Wars Callbacks in Rogue One
spoils Rogue One and Star Wars by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 12/16/2016
In its Season Premiere, The Walking Dead’s Brutal Violence Finally Went Too Far
spoils The Walking Dead by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine tagged season 7: episode 1 published 10/24/2016
Black Mirror’s Stars and Writers on How They Made the Most Disturbing Season Yet
spoils Black Mirror by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine tagged season 3 published 10/21/2016
Mr. Robot Season 2 Could Have Been a Breakthrough in Auteurist TV, But it Ended Up a Cautionary Tale
spoils Mr. Robot by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine tagged season 2 published 09/22/2016
Terrence Malick’s Latest Releases—Two of Them!—Illustrate Exactly Why He’s Become So Polarizing
spoils Voyage of Time by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 09/15/2016
The Night Of Finale Was the Perfect Ending for This Show—Beautiful, Ambitious, and Hollow
spoils The Night Of by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 08/29/2016
What Exactly Happened in The Night Of Finale? Your Pressing Questions, Answered.
spoils The Night Of by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 08/29/2016
Sausage Party Is a Shockingly Sophisticated Commentary on Organized Religion
spoils Sausage Party by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 08/16/2016
The Night Of Is More Than a Crime Thriller. It’s Also a Great Prison Drama.
spoils The Night Of by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 08/10/2016
The One Blink-and-You-Miss-It Moment at the End of Anomalisa That Sums up the Meaning of the Film
spoils Anomalisa by Sam Adams on Slate Magazine published 06/10/2016