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One of Our Best Novelists Made a Detective Show for HBO. It’s Fantastic.
spoils Get Millie Black by Laura Miller on Slate published 11/25/2024
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
Are You Not Entertained? I’m Really, Really Not.
spoils Gladiator 2 by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/18/2024
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
It’s the Best Picture Front-Runner. It Deserves to Be Huge.
spoils Anora by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/17/2024
The Twisty Ending of the New M. Night Shyamalan–Produced Film, Explained
spoils Caddo Lake by Nadira Goffe on Slate published 10/10/2024
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
Netflix’s New No. 1 Movie Deserves Way Better Than Netflix
spoils Rebel Ridge by Jack Hamilton on Slate published 09/13/2024
It’s Astonishing How Little ​The Rings of Power​ Resembles ​The Lord of the Rings
spoils The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power by Geoffrey Bunting on Slate tagged season 2 published 08/29/2024
The Ending of One of TV’s Best, Most Slept-on Shows, Explained by Its Creators
spoils Evil by Rebecca Onion on Slate tagged season 4: episode 11 published 08/22/2024
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 Most Acclaimed Horror Movie of the Year Is Here. Is It As Scary As Everyone Is Saying?
spoils Longlegs by Nadira Goffe on Slate published 07/11/2024
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 Bear Is Not a Good Show
spoils The Bear by Jack Hamilton on Slate tagged season 1, season 3 published 06/27/2024
The Bear​ Is Attempting Something Different This Time Around
spoils The Bear by Nadira Goffe on Slate tagged season 3: episode 6 published 06/27/2024
A24’s Latest Is a Beautiful Coming-of-Age Movie From a Pulitzer Winner
spoils Janet Planet by Dan Kois on Slate published 06/20/2024
Jake Gyllenhaal’s New Show Updates a ’90s Hit—and Its Conservative Subtext
spoils Presumed Innocent by Laura Miller on Slate published 06/12/2024
The Ingenious New Horror Movie That Reinvents the Slasher
spoils In a Violent Nature by Rich Juzwiak on Slate published 05/30/2024
Hulu’s Transcendent True-Crime Drama Resists the Genre’s Trappings to the Very End
spoils Under the Bridge by Heather Schwedel on Slate published 05/29/2024
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
The New Mad Max Offers a Cure for Prequelitis
spoils Furiosa by Dana Stevens on Slate published 05/20/2024
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
Colin Farrell’s Detective Drama Is Proving Divisive Because of One Wild Twist
spoils Sugar by Laura Miller on Slate tagged season 2: episode 6 published 05/03/2024
One of TV’s Funniest Shows Is Back for a Third Season. It’s Never Been Better.
spoils Hacks by David Mack on Slate tagged season 3: episode 2 published 05/02/2024
Who Would Really Win Challengers’ Wild Final Match? We Asked a Professional Tennis Umpire How He’d Call It.
spoils Challengers by Dan Kois on Slate published 04/26/2024
Shōgun​’s Ambiguous Ending, Explained by Its Creators
spoils Shōgun by Luke Winkie on Slate published 04/24/2024
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
Netflix’s Current No. 1 Hit Doesn’t Take the Easy Way Out
spoils Baby Reindeer by Imogen West-Knights on Slate published 04/19/2024
Hulu’s New True-Crime Drama, About the Murder of a Teen by Other Teens, Does a Rare Thing
spoils Under the Bridge by Laura Miller on Slate published 04/17/2024
It Was Always Going to Be Tricky to Adapt This Pulitzer-Winning Novel. HBO Mostly Pulls It Off.
spoils The Sympathizer by Laura Miller on Slate published 04/14/2024
I’m a Scholar of Ben Franklin. I Can’t Believe How Good Michael Douglas Is in the New Show.
spoils Franklin by Joseph M. Adelman on Slate published 04/12/2024
Civil War Feels Like a Nightmare. You Should Still See It.
spoils Civil War by Dana Stevens on Slate published 04/09/2024
Colin Farrell’s Brilliant Detective Show Is the Antidote to Every Antihero Drama
spoils Sugar by Laura Miller on Slate tagged season 1 published 04/05/2024
Dev Patel’s Action Movie Drew Controversy Even Before It Premiered. It’s Easy to See Why.
spoils Monkey Man by Nitish Pahwa on Slate published 04/05/2024
Netflix’s Mesmerizing New Series Goes Darker and Deeper Than Ever on One of the Great Villains
spoils Ripley by Laura Miller on Slate published 04/04/2024
The Ending of Kristen Stewart’s New Movie Has Audiences Gasping and Hollering. What Really Happened There?
spoils Love Lies Bleeding by Dan Kois on Slate published 03/28/2024
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
The Problem With Dune: Part Two
spoils Dune by Aaron Bady on Slate published 03/15/2024
This Generation Just Got Its Thelma and Louise
spoils Love Lies Bleeding by Dana Stevens on Slate published 03/08/2024
FX’s New Historical Epic Is a Runaway Hit. I Know the Real Reason Viewers Love It So Much.
spoils Shōgun by Luke Winkie on Slate published 03/06/2024
A Dune Megafan Explains What You Should Know Before You See the Movies
spoils Dune by Luke Winkie on Slate published 03/04/2024
Dune: Part Two Makes One Key Change From the Book. The Result Is Brilliant.
spoils Dune: Part Two by Nadira Goffe on Slate published 03/01/2024
After Years of Development, FX’s Sweeping New Historical Epic Is Here. It’s Exceptional.
spoils Shōgun by Geoffrey Bunting on Slate published 02/27/2024
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
The Spectacular New Dune Will Turn Even Skeptics Into Believers
spoils Dune by Dana Stevens on Slate published 02/26/2024
True Detective: Night Country Is One of the Best Examples of a Very Particular Kind of Horror
spoils True Detective: Night Country by Laird Barron on Slate tagged season 1, season 4 published 02/19/2024
Argylle’s Many, Many Twists, Explained
spoils Argylle by Nadira Goffe on Slate published 02/06/2024
The Masterful Western That Helped Make Matthew McConaughey a Star
spoils Lone Star by Dan Kois on Slate published 01/16/2024
The New True Detective Overhauls Everything the Series Was Known For
spoils True Detective by Laura Miller on Slate tagged season 1: episode 1 published 01/12/2024
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
The Bananas Ending of Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal’s Sci-Fi Thriller, Explained
spoils Foe by Nadira Goffe on Slate published 01/08/2024
Emma Stone Has Never Been Funnier (or Sexier) Than in Poor Things
spoils Poor Things by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/26/2023
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
Netflix’s Apocalyptic Hit Is Leaving Viewers Baffled. The Book Has Clues.
spoils Leave the World Behind by Rebecca Onion on Slate published 12/14/2023
Emma Stone’s Big, Weird Oscar Contender Is a Kinky Delight
spoils Poor Things by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/07/2023
The Best Spy Thriller on Television Just Keeps Getting Better
spoils Slow Horses by Fran Hoepfner on Slate tagged season 3 published 12/06/2023
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
Agatha Christie Meets Elon Musk in a Twisty New Murder Show
spoils A Murder at the End of the World by Laura Miller on Slate published 11/14/2023
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 Is Not the Story an Osage Would Have Told. You Should Still See It.
spoils Killers of the Flower Moon by Joel Robinson on Slate published 10/24/2023
The Real History Behind Diabetes’ Pivotal Role in Killers of the Flowers Moon
spoils Killers of the Flowers Moon by Rebecca Onion on Slate published 10/23/2023
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Killers of the Flower Moon
spoils Killers of the Flower Moon by Ellin Stein on Slate published 10/20/2023
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
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
Netflix’s Next Horror Hit Is Edgar Allan Poe Meets the Sacklers. Oh, Boy.
spoils The Fall of the House of Usher by Laura Miller on Slate published 10/12/2023
Why Netflix’s Sex Education Had to End That Way
spoils Sex Education by Nadira Goffe on Slate tagged season 3, season 4 published 09/22/2023
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
Oppenheimer Is Gargantuan, Awe-Inspiring, and, in at Least Two Ways, Flawed
spoils Oppenheimer by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/20/2023
Oppenheimer Is a Mind-Blowing Movie, but How Is It as History?
spoils Oppenheimer by Fred Kaplan on Slate published 07/19/2023
Barbie Is a Delight of Improbable Proportions
spoils Barbie by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/19/2023
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
The New Movie That Will Be Required Viewing for Theater Kids for Decades
spoils Theater Camp by Dan Kois on Slate published 07/13/2023
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
The Darkly Hilarious Series Deadloch Is an Antidote to Crime Drama Fatigue
spoils Deadloch by Katie Shepherd on Slate published 07/07/2023
The Lost-esque Horror Show That’s Becoming an Unlikely Hit
spoils From by David Whelan on Slate tagged season 2 published 06/24/2023
The Radical New Show That’s Both Brilliant and Hilarious
spoils I'm a Virgo by Tyler Austin Harper on Slate published 06/24/2023
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
Pixar’s New Movie Is So Bad It Makes Me Worry About the Studio’s Future
spoils Elemental by Dan Kois on Slate published 06/14/2023
With Asteroid City, Wes Anderson Goes Where He Never Has Before
spoils Asteroid City by Dana Stevens on Slate published 06/14/2023
The Funniest Show on TV Is the 30 Rock Successor We Desperately Need
spoils The Other Two by Tomi Obaro on Slate tagged season 3: episode 7 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
Guardians of the Galaxy 3 Is the Most Disturbing Marvel Movie Yet
spoils Guardians of the Galaxy 3 and Marvel by Nadira Goffe on Slate published 05/01/2023
A Freeze-Framer’s Guide to Beau Is Afraid’s Hidden Messages
spoils Beau Is Afraid by Sam Thielman on Slate published 04/26/2023
Beef’s Most Emotional Scene Gets At a Deeper Truth
spoils Beef by Sharon Kwon on Slate published 04/18/2023
The Ending of Netflix’s New Hit Is Totally Bonkers—but It Had to Be
spoils Beef by Natalie Oganesyan on Slate published 04/11/2023
The Jump Scare of the Year Isn’t Even in a Horror Movie
spoils A Thousand and One by Nadira Goffe on Slate published 04/04/2023
SNL’s Weirdo Genius Just Revealed His First Movie. It’s Hilarious.
spoils Problemista by Cat Cardenas on Slate published 03/17/2023
The Last of Us Fans Are Up in Arms About the End of Season 1. Wait Till They Get to Season 2’s Biggest Twist.
spoils The Last of Us by Jared Downing on Slate tagged season 2: episode 2 published 03/17/2023
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
Netflix’s New Epic NBA Documentary Is More Than Another The Last Dance
spoils Bill Russell: Legend by Jack Hamilton on Slate published 02/08/2023
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 Banshees of Inisherin’s Writer-Director Has Made a Career of “Irishness.” It’s All a Load of Blarney.
spoils The Banshees of Inisherin by Mark O’Connell on Slate published 01/26/2023
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
How Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front Deviates From the Book—and WWI History
spoils All Quiet on the Western Front by Fred Kaplan on Slate published 11/04/2022
The Weird Al Biopic Dares to Be Stupid
spoils Weird by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/03/2022
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 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
Andor Introduces a New Kind of Rebellion to the Star Wars Universe
spoils Andor and Star Wars by Leah Marilla Thomas on Slate published 10/03/2022
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Blonde, Netflix’s Marilyn Monroe Biopic
spoils Blonde by Ellin Stein on Slate published 09/28/2022
The Smartest, Funniest Horror Movie in Ages Also Has a Killer Twist
spoils Barbarian by Sam Adams on Slate published 09/27/2022
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
Everything You Need to Know About Rings of Power’s Silmarils, Mithril, Wolves, and More
spoils Rings of Power by Marissa Martinelli on Slate published 09/23/2022
Too Many People Keep Sleeping on One of the Best Shows on TV
spoils Industry by Alex Kirshner on Slate tagged season 2: episode 1 published 09/20/2022
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
Who Is The Rings of Power’s Sauron? Let’s Rank All the Theories.
spoils The Rings of Power by Marissa Martinelli on Slate tagged season 1: episode 4 published 09/16/2022
The Casual LOTR Fan’s Guide to Rings of Power’s “Adar”
spoils LOTR and Rings of Power by Marissa Martinelli on Slate published 09/09/2022
The Casual LOTR Fan’s Guide to The Rings of Power
spoils The Rings of Power by Marissa Martinelli on Slate published 09/02/2022
What Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Show Nails About Tolkien’s Books
spoils The Rings of Power by Laura Miller on Slate published 09/02/2022
The Challenge of Criticizing The Rehearsal
spoils The Rehearsal by Sam Adams on Slate tagged season 1 published 08/22/2022
Better Call Saul’s Series Finale Revealed It Was a Different Show Than We Thought
spoils Better Call Saul by Flannery Dean on Slate tagged season 1, season 6 published 08/16/2022
The Big Influence on Bodies Bodies Bodies Everyone Is Missing
spoils Bodies Bodies Bodies by Julia Sirmons on Slate published 08/15/2022
The Most Unpredictable Show on Television Is Going Exactly According to Plan
spoils The Rehearsal by Sam Adams on Slate published 08/13/2022
An Xer and a Zillennial Debate the Generationally Traumatic Ending of Bodies Bodies Bodies
spoils Bodies Bodies Bodies by Nadira Goffe on Slate published 08/12/2022
Here We Have the Most Beautiful Predator Movie Ever
spoils , Prey by Rebecca Onion on Slate published 08/05/2022
What’s the Meaning of Jordan Peele’s Nope? Wrong Question.
spoils Nope by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/22/2022
Nope Will Be Jordan Peele’s Most Polarizing Movie Yet
spoils Nope by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/21/2022
Netflix’s Resident Evil Is Surprisingly Good. There’s One Scene That Proves It.
spoils Resident Evil by Daniel W. Drezner on Slate tagged season 2: episode 1 published 07/21/2022
How Scary Is Nope? Scarier Than Us and Get Out?
spoils Nope by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/20/2022
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
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
Thor: Love and Thunder Is Mighty Fine
spoils Thor: Love and Thunder by Dana Stevens 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
The Staircase’s Finale Ends a Familiar Story With a Surprising Twist
spoils The Staircase by Flannery Dean on Slate published 06/10/2022
A Quite Serious Military Analysis of Top Gun: Maverick’s Tactics
spoils Top Gun: Maverick by Fred Kaplan on Slate published 06/02/2022
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 Casual Star Wars Fan’s Guide to Obi-Wan Kenobi
spoils Star Wars by Marissa Martinelli on Slate published 05/27/2022
Three Critics Attempt to Make Sense of Men’s Wild Twist Ending
spoils Men by Stephen Metcalf on Slate published 05/26/2022
Top Gun: Maverick Is the Year’s First Great Blockbuster
spoils Top Gun: Maverick by Dana Stevens on Slate published 05/26/2022
This Sci-Fi Western Offers a Quiet Rebuke to Yellowstone
spoils Outer Range by Rebecca Onion on Slate tagged season 4: episode 3 published 05/09/2022
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
Everyone Working to End Roe Should Be Forced to Watch This Movie
spoils Happening by Dana Stevens on Slate published 05/06/2022
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
Japan Is Still Reckoning With the History Behind Pachinko
spoils Pachinko by Alicia Haddick on Slate published 04/24/2022
The Northman Wastes Its Best Character
spoils The Northman by Sarah Braner on Slate published 04/23/2022
The Real-Life Inspirations Behind The Northman’s Wildest Scenes
spoils The Northman by Rebecca Onion on Slate published 04/22/2022
The Dystopian Workplace Satire That Makes a Surprising Argument for Returning to the Office
spoils Severance by Joanna Weiss on Slate tagged season 1 published 04/08/2022
Don’t Miss the Real Lesson of Deep Water, the Ben Affleck–Ana de Armas Sex Thriller for the Ages
spoils Deep Water by Dan Kois on Slate published 03/19/2022
The Batman Has a Joker Problem
spoils The Batman by Sarah Braner on Slate published 03/09/2022
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
George R.R. Martin Helped Make One of the Best Video Games in Years
spoils Elden Ring by Benjamin Frisch on Slate published 02/23/2022
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in the Pam & Tommy Episode With Hells Angels
spoils Pam & Tommy by Ellin Stein on Slate published 02/09/2022
The Book of Boba Fett Finale, Explained, With Laser-Gun Noises
spoils The Book of Boba Fett by Marissa Martinelli on Slate tagged season 3: episode 7 published 02/09/2022
Why Archive 81’s Ending Is So Unsatisfying
spoils Archive 81 by Sam Adams on Slate published 01/27/2022
What Yellowjackets Does Better Than Any Other Show
spoils Yellowjackets by Madison Malone Kircher on Slate published 01/15/2022
The Tragedy of Macbeth Solves the Problem That Curses Most Shakespeare Adaptations
spoils The Tragedy of Macbeth by Isaac Butler on Slate published 01/14/2022
What Made Station Eleven So Rewarding
spoils Station Eleven by Lili Loofbourow on Slate published 01/14/2022
An Ode to Yellowjackets’ Most Unkillable Character
spoils Yellowjackets by Madeline Ducharme on Slate published 01/13/2022
How the New Scream Movie Measures Up Against the Original, in Charts
spoils Scream by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 01/13/2022
The Matrix Resurrections Takes Back the Red Pill
spoils The Matrix Resurrections by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/21/2021
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
HBO Just Released the Spiritual Successor to The Leftovers
spoils Station Eleven by Laura Miller on Slate published 12/16/2021
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
Power of the Dog Needs to Be Watched Twice
spoils Power of the Dog on Slate published 12/10/2021
If Yellowjackets Had Dropped on Netflix, It’d Be All Anyone Was Talking About
spoils Yellowjackets by Phillip Maciak on Slate tagged season 1: episode 1 published 12/01/2021
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
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
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
If You Want to Play the Best Game of 2021, Don’t Read This
spoils Inscryption by Evan Urquhart on Slate published 10/28/2021
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
Is Dune a White Savior Narrative?
spoils Dune by Ali Karjoo-Ravary on Slate published 10/26/2021
Dune Is a Ponderous Striptease With a Very Impressive Sandworm
spoils Dune by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/21/2021
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
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
Midnight Mass Has a Romantic Secret Weapon
spoils Midnight Mass by Rebecca Onion on Slate published 10/04/2021
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
Why Only Murders in the Building Is the Most Romantic Show on TV
spoils Only Murders in the Building by Karen Han on Slate published 09/28/2021
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
Forget All of the Controversies About Jonathan Franzen and Just Read His New Novel
spoils Crossroads by Jonathan Franzen by Laura Miller on Slate published 09/27/2021
Netflix’s No. 1 Show Will Make You Feel Gross, but You Should Watch It Anyway
spoils Squid Game by Rebecca Onion on Slate tagged season 2 published 09/22/2021
Kate Was Accused of Anti-Asian Violence. Now It’s Netflix’s No. 1 Movie.
spoils Kate by Karen Han on Slate published 09/14/2021
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Worth
spoils Worth by Matthew Dessem on Slate published 09/03/2021
The Many, Many Twists of Netflix’s Hit Clickbait, Explained in Non-Clickbaity Detail
spoils Clickbait by Heather Schwedel on Slate published 08/31/2021
Candyman Reclaims the Story From Its White Storytellers, With Mixed Results
spoils Candyman by Dana Stevens on Slate published 08/26/2021
The Suicide Squad’s Ending Solves a Major Superhero Movie Problem
spoils The Suicide Squad by Karen Han on Slate published 08/07/2021
How Much of Stillwater Is Really Ripped From the Amanda Knox Case?
spoils Stillwater by Heather Schwedel on Slate published 07/31/2021
How The Green Knight Transforms the 14th-Century Poem It’s Adapted From
spoils The Green Knight by Laura Miller on Slate published 07/30/2021
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 Bananas Ending of M. Night Shyamalan’s Old, Explained
spoils Old by Karen Han on Slate published 07/23/2021
Nic Cage’s Pig Is So Much Better Than John Wick With a Kidnapped Hog
spoils Pig by Karen Han on Slate published 07/15/2021
The Anthony Bourdain Doc Is No Hagiography
spoils Roadrunner by Dana Stevens on Slate published 07/13/2021
How Black Widow Corrects for the Marvel Movies’ Most Controversial Scene
spoils Black Widow by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/10/2021
Black Widow Is Too Late to Be the Movie She Deserved
spoils Black Widow by Karen Han on Slate published 07/09/2021
The Casual Marvel Fan’s Guide to Black Widow
spoils Black Widow by Sam Adams on Slate published 07/08/2021
How Much of Zola Is True to the Epic Twitter Thread That Inspired It?
spoils Zola by Allegra Frank on Slate published 07/01/2021
What’s Up With the Twist Ending of False Positive, Ilana Glazer’s Pregnancy Horror Movie?
spoils False Positive by Karen Han on Slate published 06/25/2021
Mark Wahlberg’s Bananas New Action Movie Infinite, Explained
spoils Infinite by Karen Han on Slate published 06/10/2021
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
Mare of Easttown’s Big Twist Changes Everything
spoils Mare of Easttown by Willa Paskin on Slate published 05/17/2021
The Bananas Twists of The Woman in the Window, Explained
spoils The Woman in the Window by Matthew Dessem on Slate published 05/14/2021
The First TV Show From a Native American Showrunner Puts White Liberals in Their Place
spoils Rutherford Falls by Shea Vassar on Slate tagged season 1: episode 4 published 04/22/2021
HBO’s New Series Found a Better Way to Satirize Silicon Valley
spoils Made for Love by Matthew Dessem on Slate tagged season 1 published 04/22/2021
The Case Against Nomadland
spoils Nomadland by Jack Hamilton on Slate published 04/20/2021
Oscar Heavyweight The Father Is a Dementia Movie Unlike Any Other
spoils The Father by Dana Stevens on Slate published 02/25/2021
The Bananas Ending of Netflix’s New Erotic Thriller, Explained
spoils Behind Her Eyes by Karen Han on Slate published 02/17/2021
Promising Young Woman’s Flaws Run Deeper Than Its Bad Ending
spoils Promising Young Woman by Dana Stevens on Slate published 02/17/2021
What You Need to Know About Netflix’s Latest True-Crime Hit
spoils Crime Scene by Allegra Frank on Slate published 02/11/2021
The Expanse’s Big Twist Was Shocking. The Reason Behind It Was Worse.
spoils The Expanse by Rebecca Onion on Slate tagged season 5 published 02/03/2021
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
Oscar Hopeful Minari Is One of the Best Movies of the Year
spoils Minari by Karen Han on Slate published 12/08/2020
Nomadland Is a Masterpiece Made by Two Separate Virtuosos
spoils Nomadland by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/02/2020
The Borat Sequel Is a More Serious Moviefilm
spoils Borat by Sam Adams on Slate published 10/21/2020
Netflix’s New Rebecca Misses What Made Its Predecessors Great
spoils Rebecca by Laura Miller on Slate published 10/19/2020
The Boys Is the Only Show Nihilistic Enough to Capture America in 2020
spoils The Boys by Matthew Dessem on Slate tagged season 2 published 09/05/2020
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
How Scary Is Relic, the Well-Reviewed New Haunted House Movie?
spoils Relic by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 07/09/2020
Jon Stewart’s Twist Ending Is a Self-Own
spoils Irresistible by Tom Scocca on Slate published 06/26/2020
I May Destroy You Is About More Than Consent
spoils I May Destroy You by Willa Paskin on Slate published 06/22/2020
Hulu’s The Great Is Wrong on the Facts but Smart About History
spoils The Great by Rebecca Onion on Slate published 05/15/2020
How the New Normal People Series Compares to Sally Rooney’s Book
spoils Normal People by Chau Tu on Slate published 04/29/2020
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Mrs. America
spoils Mrs. America by Cornelia Channing on Slate published 04/15/2020
In Mrs. America, the Battle for Equal Rights Sparks a Right-Wing Backlash
spoils Mrs. America by Willa Paskin on Slate published 04/15/2020
HBO’s Run Is Part Fleabag, Part Hitchcock
spoils Run by Willa Paskin on Slate tagged season 1: episode 1 published 04/10/2020
Tiger King Chose the Wrong Villain
spoils Tiger King by Willa Paskin on Slate published 03/30/2020
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
How Plausible Is The Plot Against America?
spoils The Plot Against America by Rebecca Onion on Slate published 03/16/2020
The U.S. Sides With Nazi Germany in The Plot Against America, a Fiction That’s Too Close to Home
spoils The Plot Against America by Laura Miller on Slate published 03/15/2020
Devs Is the Most Ambitious Kind of Bad TV
spoils Devs by Willa Paskin on Slate published 03/05/2020
In HBO’s The Outsider, a Small-Town Murder Leads to a Terrifying Evil
spoils The Outsider by Jack Hamilton on Slate published 01/10/2020
The Casual Star Wars Fan’s Guide to The Rise of Skywalker
spoils Star Wars and The Rise of Skywalker by Marissa Martinelli on Slate published 12/20/2019
Watchmen’s Ending Was So Good It Would Be a Shame to Make More
spoils Watchmen by Willa Paskin on Slate published 12/16/2019
1917’s Two-Hour “Long Take” Isn’t Just a Gimmick
spoils 1917 by Dana Stevens on Slate published 12/16/2019
A Watchmen Timeline
spoils Watchmen by Matthew Dessem on Slate published 12/16/2019
All Your Questions About the Watchmen Finale, Answered in Spoiler-Filled Detail
spoils Watchmen by Matthew Dessem on Slate tagged season 2: episode 4 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
Richard Jewell Turns a True Story Into a Libertarian Fable
spoils Richard Jewell by Inkoo Kang 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 Two Popes Is a Liberal Fantasy, but Grant Yourself This Indulgence
spoils The Two Popes by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 11/25/2019
An Oscar for Queen & Slim Would Almost Make Up for Green Book
spoils Queen & Slim by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 11/25/2019
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
There’s Still a Black Hole at the Center of The Crown
spoils The Crown by Willa Paskin on Slate tagged season 3 published 11/15/2019
Knives Out Reinvents the Whodunit for the Trump Era
spoils Knives Out by Dana Stevens on Slate published 11/14/2019
How Much of Honey Boy Really Happened to Shia LaBeouf?
spoils Honey Boy by Heather Schwedel on Slate published 11/11/2019
Shia LaBeouf’s New Movie Does the Impossible: It Will Make You Respect Shia LaBeouf
spoils Honey Boy by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 11/08/2019
His Dark Materials Proves TV Is the Right Place for Epic Fantasy
spoils His Dark Materials by Laura Miller on Slate published 11/01/2019
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
Bong Joon-ho Is Weaponizing the Blockbuster
spoils Parasite by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 10/24/2019
The Director of The Lighthouse Spills a Few Beans About His Movie’s Puzzling Ending
spoils The Lighthouse by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 10/23/2019
Helen Mirren’s Catherine the Great Is Hot Stuff
spoils Catherine the Great by Rebecca Onion on Slate published 10/21/2019
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
Watchmen Is Goofy, Daring, and Packs a Punch
spoils Watchmen by Willa Paskin on Slate published 10/18/2019
The Lighthouse Is Both Artsy and Fartsy
spoils The Lighthouse by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/16/2019
El Camino Is a Totally Entertaining, Somewhat Needless Coda to Breaking Bad
spoils Breaking Bad and El Camino by Willa Paskin on Slate published 10/11/2019
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
Parasite Is the Best Movie of the Year So Far
spoils Parasite by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/10/2019
No Number of Will Smiths Can Save Gemini Man
spoils Gemini Man by Sam Adams on Slate published 10/09/2019
The Real Reason to Skip Joker Is That It’s Boring
spoils Joker by Dana Stevens on Slate published 10/03/2019
The King Turns Shakepeare’s Henriad Into the Tragedy of the Obama Years
spoils The King by Isaac Butler on Slate published 10/01/2019
Ad Astra Is the Rare Space Movie That Sticks the Landing
spoils Ad Astra by Dana Stevens on Slate published 09/18/2019
Disney’s Hitler Movie Mocks Nazis Without Making Light of Them
spoils Jojo Rabbit by Sam Adams on Slate published 09/09/2019
In the Downton Abbey Movie, the Servants Finally Revolt!
spoils Downton Abbey by June Thomas on Slate published 09/09/2019
It: Chapter Two Adapts a Storyline About Racism Into a Storyline That’s Racist
spoils It Chapter Two by Jack Hamilton on Slate published 09/09/2019
Midsommar’s Director’s Cut Draws More (Metaphorical) Blood
spoils Midsommar by Daniel Schroeder on Slate published 08/20/2019
The Terror: Infamy Is Both a Lost Opportunity and an Urgent Artistic Leap
spoils The Terror: Infamy by Inkoo Kang on Slate tagged season 2: episode 6 published 08/12/2019
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
Veronica Mars’ New Season Ends With a Shock
spoils Veronica Mars by Willa Paskin on Slate tagged season 4 published 07/20/2019
The Best Place to Start Watching Supernatural Is an Episode Making Fun of Supernatural
spoils Supernatural by Daniel Schroeder on Slate tagged season 1, season 2 published 07/12/2019
Midsommar’s Real Villains Aren’t Murderous Pagans. They’re Grad Students.
spoils Midsommar by Rebecca Onion on Slate published 07/12/2019
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
Midsommar Director Ari Aster on Why He Hates Talking About His Movies
spoils Midsommar by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 07/03/2019
Is It OK to Laugh at Midsommar’s Brutal, Unhinged Ending?
spoils Midsommar by Jeffrey Bloomer 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
Toy Story 4’s Forky Has Haunting Metaphysical Implications for the Toy Story Universe
spoils Toy Story 4 by Matthew Dessem on Slate published 06/23/2019
Slate Spoiler Specials: Toy Story 4
spoils Toy Story 4 by Dan Kois on Slate published 06/21/2019
How Scary Is Midsommar, Ari Aster’s Follow-Up to Hereditary? Explained.
spoils Midsommar by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 06/19/2019
The Best Part of Toy Story 4 Is the Existential Terror
spoils Toy Story 4 by Dana Stevens on Slate published 06/17/2019
The New Black Mirror Asks How Much Personality a Smart Speaker Should Have
spoils Black Mirror by Rachel Withers on Slate tagged season 5: episode 3 published 06/05/2019
Good Omens Is the End of the World for Dorks
spoils Good Omens by Isaac Butler on Slate tagged season 1: episode 3 published 05/31/2019
When They See Us Is a New Kind of Must-See TV
spoils When They See Us by Willa Paskin on Slate published 05/30/2019
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
Slate Spoiler Specials: Booksmart
spoils Booksmart by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 05/24/2019
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
Game of Thrones Will Never Learn How to Deal With Rape
spoils Game of Thrones by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 05/08/2019
A Casual Moviegoer’s Guide to Avengers: Endgame
spoils Avengers: Endgame by Dan Kois on Slate published 04/26/2019
Slate Spoiler Specials: Avengers: Endgame
spoils Avengers: Endgame by Jamelle Bouie on Slate published 04/26/2019
The Worst Moment in Endgame Is the One That’s Supposed to Be the Most Feminist
spoils Endgame by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 04/26/2019
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
Avengers: Endgame Is Like Samuel Beckett in Space!
spoils Avengers: Endgame by Dana Stevens on Slate published 04/24/2019
Gentleman Jack’s Hidden History
spoils Gentleman Jack by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 04/19/2019
Under the Silver Lake Is a Total Mess and Totally Worth It
spoils Under the Silver Lake by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 04/19/2019
What Is the Significance of the Doppelgänger Names in Us?
spoils Us by Marissa Martinelli on Slate published 03/24/2019
Slate Spoiler Specials: Us
spoils Us by K. Austin Collins on Slate published 03/22/2019
Get Out Took Aim at White Liberals. In Us, No American Is Safe.
spoils Us by Dana Stevens on Slate published 03/21/2019
All Your Questions About Us, Answered
spoils Us by Marissa Martinelli on Slate published 03/21/2019
How Scary Is Jordan Peele’s Us?
spoils Us by Forrest Wickman 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
Wild Wild Country Pulls Too Many of Its Punches
spoils Wild Wild Country by Mike Pesca on Slate published 12/04/2018
Barry Jenkins’ Follow-Up to Moonlight Will Disarm Viewers, Then Devastate Them
spoils Beale Street by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 12/03/2018
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
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in Overlord
spoils Overlord by Matthew Dessem on Slate published 11/18/2018
Ralph Breaks the Internet Finally Gives Us the Disney Princesses We Need
spoils Ralph Breaks the Internet by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 11/16/2018
Creed II Is a Throwback to an Older Kind of Sequel
spoils Creed II by Sam Adams on Slate published 11/16/2018
The Confusing Twists in the New Fantastic Beasts Movie
spoils Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 11/16/2018
The Bone-Breaking Horror of Suspiria
spoils Suspiria by Sam Adams on Slate published 11/02/2018
Boy Erased Doesn’t Soft-Pedal the Horrors of Gay Conversion Therapy, and Thank God for That
spoils Boy Erased by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 11/01/2018
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms Is Like an Acid Trip Through a Christmas Tree Shop
spoils The Nutcracker and the Four Realms by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 11/01/2018
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
Bohemian Rhapsody Doesn’t Ignore Freddie Mercury’s Sexuality, but You May Wish It Did
spoils Bohemian Rhapsody by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 10/24/2018
The Most Unpredictable Thing in Wildlife Is Carey Mulligan
spoils Wildlife by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 10/17/2018
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in First Man, the New Neil Armstrong Movie
spoils First Man by Ellin Stein on Slate published 10/15/2018
Beautiful Boy Doesn’t Know How to Free Itself From the Cycle of Addiction Movies
spoils Beautiful Boy by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 10/12/2018
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 Sisters Brothers, the Only Thing Wilder Than the Frontier Is Joaquin Phoenix
spoils The Sisters Brothers by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 09/21/2018
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
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
The Predator Openly Skewers the Predator Movies. It May Be the Best One.
spoils The Predator by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 09/14/2018
Read W.E.B. Du Bois’ Brilliant, Horrifying Account of the Real-Life Lynching Described in BlacKkKlansman
spoils BlacKkKlansman by W.E.B. Du Bois on Slate published 08/12/2018
What Should We Make of the Ending of BlacKkKlansman?
spoils BlacKkKlansman by Forrest Wickman on Slate published 08/10/2018
What’s Fact and What’s Fiction in BlacKkKlansman
spoils BlacKkKlansman by Jasmine Sanders on Slate published 08/10/2018
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
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
Who Is America? Gives Pro-Gun Zealots the Borat Treatment
spoils Who Is America by Willa Paskin on Slate published 07/16/2018
Sharp Objects Tries to Redefine Prestige TV
spoils Sharp Objects by Willa Paskin on Slate published 07/05/2018
The New Movie From the Director of Winter’s Bone Will Sneak Up on You and Leave You Stunned
spoils Leave No Trace by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 06/27/2018
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
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
Hereditary’s Writer-Director on the Movie’s Biggest Twists and Whether He Anticipates a Backlash
spoils Hereditary by Jeffrey Bloomer on Slate published 06/11/2018
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
The Americans Perfected the Art of the Anticlimax
spoils The Americans by Lili Loofbourow on Slate published 05/31/2018
The Tragedy of The Americans Finale Began Years Ago
spoils The Americans by Willa Paskin on Slate published 05/31/2018
A Casual Fan’s Guide to Solo’s Most Obscure Star Wars References
spoils Solo and Star Wars by Marissa Martinelli on Slate published 05/25/2018
Is Solo a Hunk of Junk or Does It Still Have a Few Surprises?
spoils Star Wars by Forrest Wickman on Slate published 05/25/2018
Is Deadpool 2 High on Its Own Supply? Three Critics Discuss.
spoils Deadpool 2 by Forrest Wickman on Slate published 05/18/2018
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
Why Infinity War’s Ending Isn’t As Shocking As It First Appears
spoils Infinity War by Jonathan L. Fischer on Slate published 04/27/2018
Infinity War Suggests Thanos Is Right About There Being Too Many Avengers
spoils Infinity War by Sam Adams on Slate published 04/24/2018
Westworld Is a Reddit Mystery in Search of a Drama
spoils Westworld by Willa Paskin on Slate tagged season 2 published 04/18/2018
The Strange Appeal of Wild Wild Country’s Cult Leader Can Help Us Understand Trump
spoils Wild Wild Country by Inkoo Kang on Slate published 04/16/2018
Killing Eve Makes Murder Dangerously Fun
spoils Killing Eve by Willa Paskin on Slate tagged season 1: episode 3 published 04/10/2018
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
Everyone Wants to Know What the Hell Happened on Atlanta Last Night
spoils Atlanta by Lena Wilson on Slate tagged season 1 published 04/06/2018
Here’s the Trailer for Terry Gilliam’s Cursed Project, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
spoils The Man Who Killed Don Quixote by Lena Wilson on Slate published 04/05/2018
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