Latest Alex Garland News

'Civil War’ continues box-office campaign at No. 1

Apr. 21, 2024 13:51 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — “Civil War,” Alex Garland’s ominous American dystopia, remained the top film in theaters in its second week of release, according to studio estimates Sunday. The A24 election-year gamble, the indie studio’s biggest budgeted film yet, took in $11.1 million in...

Critic's Notebook: 'Civil War' and the elusiveness of the of-the-moment movie

Apr. 18, 2024 16:34 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The movies are good at resurrecting the past and imagining the future, but pinning down the present can be tricky. Movies take a long time to make. Once you’ve gone from idea to script to production to edit and, finally, to audiences, several years might have passed. ...

‘Civil War’ declares victory at the box office, toppling 'Godzilla x Kong'

Apr. 15, 2024 09:38 AM EDT

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. ...

Movie Review: In Alex Garland’s potent ‘Civil War,’ journalists are America’s last hope

Apr. 09, 2024 11:48 AM EDT

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...

'Civil War,' an election-year provocation, premieres at SXSW film festival

Mar. 15, 2024 00:40 AM EDT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — “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...