Ann Hornaday

6 days ago | texarkanagazette.com | Ann Hornaday

"Sinners," Ryan Coogler's wildly entertaining mash-up of genres, tonal flavors and stunning production values, arrives just in time to meet its moment. Veering confidently between pulpy and profound, this ambitious, if occasionally uneven, meditation on art, appropriation, betrayal and redemption never sacrifices what's on its mind for its primary aim, which is to shock and enthrall.

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Ann Hornaday

‘Sinners’: This culture war leaves blood on the floor (washingtonpost.com) ‘Sinners’: This culture war leaves blood on the floor By Ann Hornaday 2025041516425900 "Sinners," Ryan Coogler's wildly entertaining mash-up of genres, tonal flavors and stunning production values, arrives just in time to meet its moment.

1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Ann Hornaday

For the past 20 years, the modern American war movie has become enthralled with the cult of the operator. From “The Hurt Locker” and “Zero Dark Thirty” to “American Sniper,” the traditions valorized in classic Hollywood battle films —camaraderie, physical courage, honor, sacrifice — are expressed, not with jingoistic triumph or misty sentimentalism, but through the more distancing lens of professionalism, competence and laconic, square-jawed hyper-focus.

2 weeks ago | dailyherald.com | Ann Hornaday

A platoon of Navy SEALs heads into battle in “Warfare.” Courtesy of A24 “Warfare” — 3 stars For the past 20 years, the modern American war movie has become enthralled with the cult of the operator.

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Ann Hornaday

In ‘Warfare,’ a tautly effective portrait of tedium and sheer terror (washingtonpost.com) In ‘Warfare,’ a tautly effective portrait of tedium and sheer terror By Ann Hornaday 2025040910005700 For the past 20 years, the modern American war movie has become enthralled with the cult of the operator.