Writer-director Alex Garland, often a purveyor of excellent sci-fi and horror (Annihilation, Ex-Machina), drops a full-blown cinematic grenade with Civil War, a hypothetical look at an America divided during a second civil…
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Racism’s roots: ‘Origin’ is an excellent drama full of important history lessons
After some bumps in the road—including Netflix dropping the project and producer/director/co-writer Ana DuVernay needing to find alternate funding sources—Origin has finally made it to theaters. It’s an adaptation of Isabel Wilkerson’s…