British filmmaker Alex Garland has returned to A24 with his newest film “Civil War.” Though the title suggests otherwise, the film is less about politics and more a critique of how Americans can’t sustain democracy or civility. The film begins with an internal war in America where the fictitious Western Forces — California and Texas This story Review: ‘Civil War’ asks viewers what kind of American they are appeared first on Washington Square News.
Alex Garland’s apocalyptic drama stars Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny and Stephen McKinley Henderson.
As much as I'm interested in reviews of the movie Civil War, I'm more intrigued by reactions to the politics (or lack thereof) of Civil War. A lot of critics think the film intentionally ducks specificity to make the story more universal. — Read the rest
The writer-director’s searing drama of reporters in the line of fire strips away political context to focus on the self-perpetuating nature of war
Director Alex Garland promised a 'delicate balance' in Civil War to avoid alienating either side of America's polarized political divide. But liberals are outnumbering conservatives four-to-one among audiences for the Kirsten Dunst dystopian thriller. They have turned the $50million release from studio A24 into the biggest R-rated opening of the year to date
“Civil War,” the latest and ostensibly final film from director Alex Garland, has a lot on its mind. From the first scene in which the unnamed U.S. president, played by Nick Offerman, addresses a divided nation, it’s clear that this film was intended to comment on modern times. What’s less clear, however, is what it
For those of us who love A24, Civil War is a milestone: It earned the quirky indie distributor its highest opening weekend box office to date. Granted, built-in controversy surely drew many viewers to this dystopian drama from English writer-director Alex Garland (Men, Annihilation, Ex Machina), which depicts a U.S. civil war in the present day. The deal We join said war already well in progress. It all appears to have started when the unnamed U.S. president (Nick Offerman) decided he...
There's been a lot of discourse around the film, and Alex Garland's Civil War is a movie that should make you angry.
The new film Civil War is a historic cinematic achievement. British director Alex Garland has made a movie that might be worse than a real American civil war. Perhaps that was Garland’s intention. His film is a series of horrifying set pieces—Abu Ghraib-style torture by gas station attendants, government aerial bombings of civilians, summary execution of journalists, a massive California and Texas invasion of Washington, D.C.—that seem to add up to a warning. If we don’t steer away from our...
A24 used AI-generated posters of war-torn American cities to promote Alex Garland's "Civil War," and audiences are not happy.