Director Alex Garland follows up “Ex Machina” — his excellent, Oscar-winning examination of man and machine — with another challenging sci-fi mind-bender. Based on a trilogy of novels by Jeff VanderMeer (though veering significantly from that source material), “Annihilation” follows the members of an expedition team sent to explore a mysterious, reality-warping zone known as […]
Natalie Portman
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Film review: “Jackie”
With his first English-language feature, Chilean director Pablo Larraín (“No,” “Neruda”) mixes historical drama, character study, and moody tone poem with just a touch of camp in “Jackie,” the filmmaker’s intricate and enigmatic portrait of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Examining the subjects of celebrity, politics, and the process of constructing history, the film isn’t exactly […]
