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1. www.nytimes.com › 11 › movies‘Civil War’ Review: We Have Met the Enemy and It Is Us. Again.

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   Apr 11, 2024 · In Alex Garland’s tough new movie, a group of journalists led by Kirsten Dunst, as a photographer, travels a United States at war with itself.

   • Director: Alex Garland

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2. www.newyorker.com › 04 › 22“Civil War” Presents a Striking but Muddled State of Disunion

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   Apr 12, 2024 · A very different civil war swirls around Dunst in “Civil War,” a dystopian shocker set in a not too distant American future.

3. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › civil-war-movieCivil War movie review & film summary (2024) | Roger Ebert

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   Apr 10, 2024 · Jessie charms the hard-drinking, on-the-prowl Joel and ends up joining the trio as they drive to Washington, D.C. in hopes of interviewing the president (Nick Offerman) before he surrenders to the military forces of something called the WA, or Western Alliance.

4. www.nytimes.com › 2024/09/15 › moviesAt the Movies, the Apocalypse Has Already Arrived - The New ...

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   Sep 15, 2024 · Soon after, “Civil War” — a movie set in a country in the midst of disintegrating — kicked up arguments about its politics. But its real insight was that habitually looking at trauma has ...

5. www.nytimes.com › movies › joker-movie-reviews‘Joker’: What to Read About the Divisive New Film

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   Oct 7, 2019 · By Jennifer Vineyard. Oct. 7, 2019. Is “Joker” a definitive movie of our time? Is it incel propaganda? Might it even be dangerous? The film arrived in theaters last week accompanied by F.B.I....

   • Author: Jennifer Vineyard

6. www.latimes.com › entertainment-arts › moviesWhat 'Civil War' gets right and wrong about photojournalism ...

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   Apr 16, 2024 · The principal focus of “Civil War” is war-weary photographer Lee (Kirsten Dunst) and her writer colleague Joel (Wagner Moura), who pick up an aspiring young photographer named Jessie (Cailee...

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   • According to Dan Brooks in The New York Times Magazine, the panic about 'Joker' is really a panic about moral ambiguity. Legitimate movies, he argues, are about protagonists with both good and bad qualities, while superhero movies typically feature good versus evil characters.

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   • The movie earned roughly a quarter of a billion dollars during its opening weekend. It also generated reams of controversy and an F.B.I. warning. Here’s what people are saying about 'Joker'. Joaquin Phoenix in a scene from “Joker,” directed by Todd Phillips. Phoenix has called the film 'a call to self-reflection to society'.

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   • Gleiberman argues against the criticism that 'Joker' is a two-hour advertisement for toxic white male values. He counters, "But they’re trying to wish away something that can’t be wished away." [ The Outline]'

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8. www.thetimes.com › culture › filmCivil War review — exceptional war movie that relishes gory ...

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   Civil War review — exceptional war movie that relishes gory details. The director Alex Garland has made a comeback — drawing inspiration from Apocalypse Now, this film is assaulting, unfeasibly loud and is his best yet.