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Civil War: Alex Garland’s Dystopian Tale of a Besieged America Both Thrilling and Terrifying

Civil War: Alex Garland’s Dystopian Tale of a Besieged America Both Thrilling and Terrifying

By Chris Knight

ReviewJim SlotekApril 11, 2024Civil War, Alex Garland, Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny, Wagner Moura, Jesse Plemons, Dystopian fiction, Action, Drama, Stephen McKinley HendersonComment

Men: Alex Garland's Countryside Horror Amps the Woman-in-Peril Scenario to Deranged

Men: Alex Garland's Countryside Horror Amps the Woman-in-Peril Scenario to Deranged

By Karen Gordon

ReviewJim SlotekMay 19, 2022Countryside horror, Alex Garland, Men, Women in peril, Patriarchy gone mad, Jessie Buckley, Rory Kinnear, Paapa Essiedu Comment

Annihilation: High-Concept Sci-Fi Rewrites Weird Playbook (with Women!)

By Kim Hughes

ReviewFebruary 22, 2018Sci-fi, Alex Garland, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Adaptation

Original-Cin Q&A: Ex Machina/Annihilation director Alex Garland writes his own career arc

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekFebruary 19, 2018Ex Machina, Alex Garland, Natalie Portman, Science fiction, Jeff VanderMeer, Jennifer Jason Leigh