Sunday, Apr. 14, 2024

Alex Garland's provocative " Civil War " didn't only ignite the discourse. The film also inspired audiences to go to the cinemas this weekend where it surpassed expectations and earned $25.7 million in ticket sales in North America, according to studio estimates Sunday.

It's the biggest R...

Wednesday, Apr. 10, 2024

Alex Garland's films have vividly conjured a virus-caused pandemic (2002's "28 Days Later"), an uncontrollable artificial intelligence (2014's "Ex Machina") and, in his latest, "Civil War," a near-future America in the throes of all-out warfare.

Most filmmakers with such a record might...

Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2024

The United States is crumbling in Alex Garland's sharp new film "Civil War," a bellowing and haunting big screen experience. The country has been at war with itself for years by the time we're invited in, through the gaze of a few journalists documenting the chaos on the front lines and chasing...

Friday, Mar. 15, 2024

"Civil War," Alex Garland's election-year provocation, debuted Thursday at the SXSW Film and TV Festival, unveiling a violent vision of a near-future America at war with itself.

"Civil War," reportedly A24's biggest budget release yet, is a bold gamble to capitalize on some of the...

Tuesday, May. 17, 2022

It wasn't Jessie Buckley's audition but an observation she made that got her the leading role in " Men."

When speaking to filmmaker Alex Garland about his heady idea to grapple with masculinity and its foundational myths and virulent cycles within a folk horror construct, Buckley caught...

Thursday, Mar. 5, 2020

The new FX series "Devs" may be set in the world of high tech, but its creator is politely asking you to put yours down while checking it out.

Alex Garland wants you to choose to watch his show — really be present — not half-watch while fiddling with your phone. It's not that kind of show...

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018

"The Shimmer" is the name given to the mysterious phenomenon that, after a meteor strike, settles along a swampy coastline in Alex Garland's "Annihilation." It's an area enclosed by a fluid, translucent wall bathed in an eerie rainbow glimmer. The Shimmer's steady expansion threatens to swallow...

Tuesday, Mar. 31, 2015

Alex Garland has learned a few things in his years as a science-fiction screenwriter: namely, that money doesn't always help.

Garland is now making his directorial debut with the acclaimed science fiction film "Ex-Machina," after earlier scripting...

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