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John David Washington

  1. movie review
    The Piano Lesson Can’t Quite Live Up to August Wilson’s PlayMalcolm Washington’s The Piano Lesson is a worthwhile and occasionally quite moving adaptation. But it lives uncomfortably between two forms.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  2. posterity
    A Beat-by-Beat Explanation of What Happens in TenetTurns out the plot of Christopher Nolan’s movie is also a mystery to people who have seen it.
    By Nate Jones
  3. movie review
    The Creator Is a Shockingly Good Sci-Fi Riff on Vietnam War MoviesThere’s a particularly American flavor to the violence done in the name of saving the world in Gareth Edwards’s tenderhearted The Creator.
    By Alison Willmore
  4. trailer mix
    John David Washington Parents a Robot in The Creator TrailerThe Last of AI.
    By Bethy Squires
  5. movie review
    Amsterdam Should Feel Intoxicating, But It’s ExhaustingWhenever David O. Russell’s film is operating on an edge of uncertainty, it works. But the freewheeling freewheeling-ness grates.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  6. swiftie reveal
    Christian Bale Drowned Out Taylor Swift’s Singing on the Set of AmsterdamDavid O. Russell told him to “shut up for this one and let Taylor do it.”
    By Charu Sinha
  7. trailer mix
    Amsterdam Trailer: Starring Everybody and Produced by DrakeLike Margot Robbie and Taylor Swift and John David Washington and Christian Bale and Robert De Niro and …
    By Jason P. Frank
  8. movie review
    Netflix’s Beckett Is a Leisurely Chase ThrillerAmerican tourist John David Washington escapes from Greek cops and hooks up with Vicky Krieps. Relax, it’s not as interesting as it sounds.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  9. q&a
    Talking to the Film Critic Who (Maybe) Inspired Malcolm & MarieKatie Walsh might not be the white lady from the L.A. Times. But she is a white lady from the L.A. Times.
    By Nate Jones
  10. movie review
    The Utter Emotional Inauthenticity of Netflix’s Malcolm & MarieNo one comes out of this film unscathed — including Zendaya.
    By Angelica Jade Bastién
  11. mac & marie
    Let Us Ponder Zendaya Sexily Making Boxed Mac and Cheese in Malcolm & MarieUpon close inspection, it seems to be Kraft … fascinating.
    By Jackson McHenry
  12. trailer mix
    Malcolm & Marie Trailer: Zendaya and John David Washington Mope in MonochromeNever has mac ’n’ cheese been so sad and so sexy.
    By Charu Sinha
  13. festivals
    Zendaya and John David Washington’s Secret Quarantine Film Acquired by NetflixWhile Regina King’s directorial debut, One Night in Miami, is headed to Amazon.
    By Chris Murphy
  14. hunter’s line readings
    This One Line from Tenet Plays on a Loop in My HeadIt’s a moment most pleasing to me in Christopher Nolan’s career.
    By Hunter Harris
  15. fandom
    ‘You Ready to Risk It All?’: What It’s Like to See Tenet in a Movie Theater“Do I feel totally comfortable? No,” said one theater patron in London. “But I don’t know when I’ll ever feel that.”
    By Amos Barshad
  16. time inversion
    Where Are All the Tenet Spoilers?Not interested in risking infection to see a Christopher Nolan movie at the theater? Thankfully, you can read spoilers from the safety of your home.
    By James Grebey
  17. movie review
    Tenet Is a Locked Puzzle Box With Nothing InsideChristopher Nolan’s new movie can feel like Timecop with a superiority complex. It’s mostly entertaining and entirely baffling.
    By Christina Newland
  18. review roundup
    Tenet Probably Isn’t Christopher Nolan’s MasterpieceThe earliest reactions from critics.
    By Rebecca Alter
  19. covert operations
    While You Were Quarantining Zendaya and John David Washington Shot a Secret FilmWhen Zendaya calls and asks you to write her a movie to film under quarantine, you write her a movie to film under quarantine.
    By Chris Murphy
  20. trailer mix
    Tenet Trailer: Robert Pattinson Wants to Crash a Big PlaneNot from the air, of course.
    By Chris Murphy
  21. trailer mix
    Nothing Makes Sense in the Tenet Trailer, But Elizabeth Debicki Is on a YachtChristopher Nolan is bending time and space again.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  22. oscars 2019
    The Best Part of Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Issue Cover Is All the DancingStarring Tessa Thompson and John David Washington.
    By Hunter Harris
  23. cannes 2018
    Spike Lee on BlacKkKlansman and Not Taking the Bait on Kanye“This motherf*cker goes off!”
    By Kyle Buchanan
  24. movie review
    Spike Lee’s BlacKkKlansman Is an Entertaining and Effective Piece of MelodramaThe filmmaker doesn’t do subtlety.
    By David Edelstein
  25. encounter
    Playing Tourist With BlacKkKlansman’s John David WashingtonSpike Lee’s new star is becoming face-on-the-movie-poster famous.
    By Allison P. Davis
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