Ex Machina.
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This article was originally published on April 12, 2024, and has been updated to include Alex Garland’s latest film, Warfare. Our opinion on Oscar Isaac’s scary hotness in Ex Machina has not changed in the interim.
Turns out Alex Garland did not actually retire from filmmaking and, indeed, after the success of his film Civil War, didn’t retire from making war movies, either. This is good news — love them or hate them, the director’s films are always provocative — and the same can be said for his new one, out this week, Warfare.
While this marks only Garland’s fifth directing credit, his filmography is larger than it appears: Warfare is actually the 12th movie he…
