Ann Hornaday

Washington, D.C.

Washington Post film critic; Baltimorean by way of Iowa, NYC and Austin. Author of TALKING PICTURES: HOW TO WATCH MOVIES (Basic Books, June 2017)

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Stop blaming Jaws for ruining movies - Ann Hornaday

1 week ago | nzherald.co.nz | Ann Hornaday

A scene from Steven Spielberg's Jaws, based on the popular novel by Peter Benchley. Opinion by Ann HornadayAnn Hornaday is a movie critic for The Washington PostSteven Spielberg’s 1975 sleeper hit has been credited and criticised for helping create blockbuster culture. It endures because of the fundamentals.
A parade of docs made its own statement in D.C. this weekend

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Ann Hornaday

Like brilliantly edited magazines, the best film festivals create unexpected juxtapositions: felicitous coincidences in theme, feeling and discovery that make the holistic experience even more powerful than the individual movies on offer. Such was the case at the third edition of DC/DOX, which wrapped Sunday. This year, the juxtapositions were as potent outside the venues as they were on-screen.
A parade of docs made its own statement in D.C. this weekend

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Ann Hornaday

A parade of docs made its own statement in D.C. this weekend (washingtonpost.com) A parade of docs made its own statement in D.C. this weekend By Ann Hornaday 2025061718284700 Like brilliantly edited magazines, the best film festivals create unexpected juxtapositions: felicitous coincidences in theme, feeling and discovery that make the holistic experience even more powerful than the individual movies on offer.
‘Materialists’ gives the rom-com a new look, through a gimlet-eyed lens

1 week ago | tj.news | Ann Hornaday

• • You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Article contentWhen you have such attractive players as Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans looking for love against the gleaming backdrop of modern-day New York – well, you’ve entered rom-com heaven, right? Advertisement 2Don't have an account? Create AccountArticle contentNot exactly.
Stop blaming ‘Jaws’ for ruining movies

1 week ago | postguam.com | Ann Hornaday

The impact of “Jaws” on contemporary cinema has been so thoroughly researched, prosecuted and scientifically proved that it has taken on the contours of catechism: Lo, it came to pass that Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel about a man-eating great white shark opened in a record number of theaters, became the first film to earn more than $100 million at the box office and thus invented the modern Hollywood blockbuster, transforming and redefining (or -...
REVIEW: ‘Materialists’ gives the rom-com a new look, through a gimlet-eyed lens

2 weeks ago | torontosun.com | Ann Hornaday

Not exactly. “Materialists,” Celine Song’s sophomore effort after her quietly breathtaking 2023 debut, “Past Lives,” winds up turning romance on its head to explore some of its unseemliest unspoken truths. Maybe “Materialists” marks the emergence of a new genre: the rom-con, not in the sense that it’s against the vicarious pleasures of flirting, seduction and finally finding true love, but that it’s painfully aware of the coldhearted calculation that so often lies beneath.
Stop blaming ‘Jaws’ for ruining movies

2 weeks ago | torontosun.com | Ann Hornaday

The impact of “Jaws” on contemporary cinema has been so thoroughly researched, prosecuted and scientifically proved that it has taken on the contours of catechism: Lo, it came to pass that Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel about a man-eating great white shark opened in a record number of theatres, became the first film to earn more than $100 million at the box office and thus invented the modern Hollywood blockbuster, transforming and redefining (or –...
Stop blaming ‘Jaws’ for ruining movies

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Ann Hornaday

Stop blaming ‘Jaws’ for ruining movies (washingtonpost.com) Stop blaming ‘Jaws’ for ruining movies By Ann Hornaday 2025061310000000 The impact of "Jaws" on contemporary cinema has been so thoroughly researched, prosecuted and scientifically proved that it has taken on the contours of catechism: Lo, it came to pass that Steven Spielberg's adaptation of Peter Benchley's best-selling novel about a man-eating great white shark opened in a record number of theaters, became the first film to earn...
Stop blaming 'Jaws' for ruining movies

2 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Ann Hornaday

The impact of “Jaws” on contemporary cinema has been so thoroughly researched, prosecuted and scientifically proved that it has taken on the contours of catechism: Lo, it came to pass that Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Peter Benchley’s best-selling novel about a man-eating great white shark opened in a record number of theaters, became the first film to earn more than $100 million at the box office and thus invented the modern Hollywood blockbuster, transforming and redefining (or —...
‘Materialists’ gives the rom-com a new look, through a gimlet-eyed lens

2 weeks ago | pressherald.com | Ann Hornaday

Dakota Johnson and Chris Evans in “Materialists.” (Photo by Atsushi Nishijima/A24) When you have such attractive players as Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans looking for love against the gleaming backdrop of modern-day New York – well, you’ve entered rom-com heaven, right? Not exactly. “Materialists,” Celine Song’s sophomore effort after her quietly breathtaking 2023 debut, “Past Lives,” winds up turning romance on its head to explore some of its unseemliest unspoken truths.