David Sims
He is also a co-host of the Blank Check podcast. Before joining The Atlantic in 2014, David worked at The A.V. Club as a critic and was a staff reporter on education and local politics at the New York City newspaper The Chief-Leader. At The Atlantic, he primarily covers film, as well as comedy, television, video games, and other pop culture.
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Lionsgate John Wick and the Tragedy of the Aimless Assassin
The hit man faces off with his scariest foe yet: his own weariness.
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Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty The Oscars Got This One Right
Everything Everywhere All at Once got its fairy-tale ending.
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Liane Hentscher / HBO What’s Missing From the Grand Finale of The Last of Us
In snapping back to faithfulness to the original video game, the show reminded us of its limits.
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Paramount Pictures Is Scream Losing Its Voice?
The satirical horror franchise is becoming as bloated as its source material.
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Christopher Polk / Getty Here’s Who Will Win at the 2023 Oscars
… and also who should win.
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Kirill Bichutsky / Netflix The Fury of Chris Rock
In a new Netflix special, the comedian finally let loose about Will Smith. The moment was fascinating, angry, and raw.
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Eli Ade /MGM Creed III and the Power of a Worthy Opponent
Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut gives new energy to old sports-movie formulas.
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Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic 20 Biopics That Are Actually Worth Watching
Most true-story films are functional to a fault. These ones break the mold.
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Universal Pictures Cocaine Bear Is Exactly What It Sounds Like
Elizabeth Banks has promised her viewers no more than a bear on drugs, and a bear on drugs is what they get.
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Sony Pictures Classics A Low-Budget Character Drama With Maximalist Thrills
Return to Seoul is a story of adoption and belonging that resists easy sentimentality.
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Marvel Studios The New Ant-Man and the Creaky, Cringey Marvel Machine
No hero, it seems, is invulnerable to the franchise’s bleakest obsession yet: gobs and gobs of CGI.
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The Atlantic; Gabriella Meros / Agentur Focus / … The Films Steven Soderbergh Watches on a Loop
A conversation with the director about his inspirations for Magic Mike’s Last Dance
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Focus Features / Jaclyn Martinez / SBS Productions … The 15 Indie Films to Put on Your 2023 Watch List
Here are the most noteworthy movies to come out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
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Phobymo / Universal Pictures Knock at the Cabin and the Terror of Raising Children
M. Night Shyamalan understands how to make a ludicrous horror concept work: Add in a healthy dose of tenderness.
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Neon Films Infinity Pool Isn’t Just Another Satire of the Ultra-Wealthy
But the gory, existential horror film can’t keep up with its own premise.
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic The Oscar Nominations Are In, and a Few Big Trends Are Out
The competition is more genuinely surprising than it has been in years.
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Murray Garrett / Getty Hollywood Cannot Survive Without Movie Theaters
Why is this so hard for studios to believe?
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BayView Entertainment Skinamarink Is a Delightful Nightmare
The idiosyncratic horror film makes use of one of the scariest devices: a story with more questions than answers.
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HBO The Last of Us Makes the Apocalypse Feel New Again
The HBO adaptation is well versed in the bleak clichés of the zombie genre, but it also offers something unexpected: empathy.
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Geoffrey Short / Universal Pictures M3GAN’s Killer-Robot Doll Is Just What 2023 Needs
The zany horror film is as self-aware as the sentient android at its center.
