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Displaying all articles tagged:
John David Washington
movie review
Nov. 8, 2024
The Piano Lesson
Can’t Quite Live Up to August Wilson’s Play
Malcolm Washington’s
The Piano Lesson
is a worthwhile and occasionally quite moving adaptation. But it lives uncomfortably between two forms.
By
Bilge Ebiri
posterity
Feb. 26, 2024
A Beat-by-Beat Explanation of What Happens in
Tenet
Turns out the plot of Christopher Nolan’s movie is also a mystery to people who have seen it.
By
Nate Jones
movie review
Sept. 29, 2023
The Creator
Is a Shockingly Good Sci-Fi Riff on Vietnam War Movies
There’s a particularly American flavor to the violence done in the name of saving the world in Gareth Edwards’s tenderhearted
The Creator.
By
Alison Willmore
trailer mix
May 17, 2023
John David Washington Parents a Robot in
The Creator
Trailer
The Last of AI.
By
Bethy Squires
movie review
Oct. 7, 2022
Amsterdam
Should Feel Intoxicating, But It’s Exhausting
Whenever David O. Russell’s film is operating on an edge of uncertainty, it works. But the freewheeling freewheeling-ness grates.
By
Bilge Ebiri
swiftie reveal
Oct. 2, 2022
Christian Bale Drowned Out Taylor Swift’s Singing on the Set of
Amsterdam
David O. Russell told him to “shut up for this one and let Taylor do it.â€
By
Charu Sinha
trailer mix
July 6, 2022
Amsterdam
Trailer: Starring Everybody and Produced by Drake
Like Margot Robbie and Taylor Swift and John David Washington and Christian Bale and Robert De Niro and …
By
Jason P. Frank
movie review
Aug. 13, 2021
Netflix’s
Beckett
Is a Leisurely Chase Thriller
American tourist John David Washington escapes from Greek cops and hooks up with Vicky Krieps. Relax, it’s not as interesting as it sounds.
By
Bilge Ebiri
q&a
Feb. 25, 2021
Talking to the Film Critic Who (Maybe) Inspired
Malcolm & Marie
Katie Walsh might not be
the
white lady from the L.A.
Times
. But she is
a
white lady from the L.A.
Times
.
By
Nate Jones
movie review
Feb. 5, 2021
The Utter Emotional Inauthenticity of Netflix’s
Malcolm & Marie
No one comes out of this film unscathed — including Zendaya.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién
mac & marie
Feb. 5, 2021
Let Us Ponder Zendaya Sexily Making Boxed Mac and Cheese in
Malcolm & Marie
Upon close inspection, it seems to be Kraft … fascinating.
By
Jackson McHenry
trailer mix
Jan. 8, 2021
Malcolm & Marie
Trailer: Zendaya and John David Washington Mope in Monochrome
Never has mac ’n’ cheese been so sad and so sexy.
By
Charu Sinha
festivals
Sept. 13, 2020
Zendaya and John David Washington’s Secret Quarantine Film Acquired by Netflix
While Regina King’s directorial debut,
One Night in Miami
, is headed to Amazon.
By
Chris Murphy
hunter’s line readings
Sept. 8, 2020
This One Line from
Tenet
Plays on a Loop in My Head
It’s a moment most pleasing to me in Christopher Nolan’s career.
By
Hunter Harris
fandom
Aug. 31, 2020
‘You Ready to Risk It All?’: What It’s Like to See
Tenet
in a Movie Theater
“Do I feel totally comfortable? No,†said one theater patron in London. “But I don’t know when I’ll ever feel that.â€
By
Amos Barshad
time inversion
Aug. 27, 2020
Where Are All the
Tenet
Spoilers?
Not interested in risking infection to see a Christopher Nolan movie at the theater? Thankfully, you can read spoilers from the safety of your home.
By
James Grebey
movie review
Aug. 25, 2020
Tenet
Is a Locked Puzzle Box With Nothing Inside
Christopher Nolan’s new movie can feel like
Timecop
with a superiority complex. It’s mostly entertaining and entirely baffling.
By
Christina Newland
review roundup
Aug. 21, 2020
Tenet
Probably Isn’t Christopher Nolan’s Masterpiece
The earliest reactions from critics.
By
Rebecca Alter
covert operations
July 8, 2020
While You Were Quarantining Zendaya and John David Washington Shot a Secret Film
When Zendaya calls and asks you to write her a movie to film under quarantine, you write her a movie to film under quarantine.
By
Chris Murphy
trailer mix
May 22, 2020
Tenet
Trailer: Robert Pattinson Wants to Crash a Big Plane
Not from the air, of course.
By
Chris Murphy
trailer mix
Dec. 19, 2019
Nothing Makes Sense in the
Tenet
Trailer, But Elizabeth Debicki Is on a Yacht
Christopher Nolan is bending time and space again.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
oscars 2019
Jan. 24, 2019
The Best Part of
Vanity Fair
’s Hollywood Issue Cover Is All the Dancing
Starring Tessa Thompson and John David Washington.
By
Hunter Harris
cannes 2018
Aug. 7, 2018
Spike Lee on
BlacKkKlansman
and Not Taking the Bait on Kanye
“This motherf*cker goes off!â€
By
Kyle Buchanan
movie review
Aug. 6, 2018
Spike Lee’s
BlacKkKlansman
Is an Entertaining and Effective Piece of Melodrama
The filmmaker doesn’t do subtlety.
By
David Edelstein
encounter
Aug. 5, 2018
Playing Tourist WithÂ
BlacKkKlansman
’s John David Washington
Spike Lee’s new star is becoming face-on-the-movie-poster famous.
By
Allison P. Davis