John David Washington

movie review Nov. 8, 2024

The Piano Lesson Can’t Quite Live Up to August Wilson’s PlayMalcolm 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 TenetTurns 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 MoviesThere’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 TrailerThe Last of AI.

By Bethy Squires

movie review Oct. 7, 2022

Amsterdam Should Feel Intoxicating, But It’s ExhaustingWhenever 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 AmsterdamDavid O. Russell told him to “shut up for this one and let Taylor do it.”

By Charu Sinha

trailer mix July 6, 2022

Amsterdam Trailer: Starring Everybody and Produced by DrakeLike 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 ThrillerAmerican 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 & MarieKatie 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 & MarieNo 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 & MarieUpon 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 MonochromeNever 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 NetflixWhile 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 HeadIt’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.”

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 InsideChristopher 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 MasterpieceThe earliest reactions from critics.

By Rebecca Alter

covert operations July 8, 2020

While You Were Quarantining Zendaya and John David Washington Shot a Secret FilmWhen 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