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Ann Hornaday

Washington, D.C.

Film Critic at The Washington Post

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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  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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 -...

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Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday @AnnHornaday
12 Jan 19

‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ goes super-wide this weekend. See it, and be immersed in pure poetic cinema. https://t.co/Ogz4cdCzLm

Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday @AnnHornaday
11 Jan 19

Sounds like Oscar season.

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Ann Hornaday
Ann Hornaday @AnnHornaday
11 Jan 19

RT @IgnatiusPost: A wry appreciation of Harold Brown by his Pentagon colleague in the Kennedy administration, Paul Ignatius, 98, my Dad. h…