Dana Stevens
Slate
New York, NY, United States
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Past articles by Dana:
The Delightful Jason Segel Project Everyone’s Been Sleeping On
No, not Shrinking. → Read More
God, the New Magic Mike Is Such a Tease
Last Dance starts with a bang, but it misunderstands the appeal of the franchise. → Read More
2023’s First Great Comedy Is Knives Out Meets Columbo Meets Natasha Lyonne
The guy behind Glass Onion is back with another smart, snackable mystery. → Read More
The Stop-Motion Tchotchke Who Made Me Want to Be a Better Person
Farewell to the 2022 Slate Movie Club! → Read More
Another Hunk-a Hunk-a Burnin’ Mess From Baz Luhrmann
Slate's 2022 Movie Club, Entry 13. → Read More
All Hail “Let’s Go See a Movie” Movies, Like The Black Phone
Slate's 2022 Movie Club, Entry 9. → Read More
One Amazing Scene in The Fabelmans Changed How I Think About Steven Spielberg
Slate's 2022 Movie Club, Entry 5. → Read More
Avatar 2 Is Goofy, Cringey, and Spectacular
The Way of Water is most successful as history’s most expensive nature documentary. → Read More
Brendan Fraser Deserves an Oscar for The Whale, but the Movie? Yikes.
This awards hopeful’s problems run much deeper than fatphobia. → Read More
The New Knives Out Is a Total Blast
Its satire might not be as sharp as the original’s, but Glass Onion is no less attuned to how to please an audience. → Read More
Steven Spielberg’s Best Picture Front-Runner Isn’t What You Think
The deeply autobiographical The Fabelmans isn’t the gooey valentine to the movies you probably expect. → Read More
The New Black Panther Responds to Chadwick Boseman’s Loss With a Surprising Choice
Wakanda Forever finds a different way to do something radical. → Read More
The Great New Comedy That Should Get Colin Farrell His First Oscar Nomination
The writer-director of In Bruges and Three Billboards has made his best movie yet. → Read More
The Oscar Season’s Best #MeToo Movie Isn’t the One About Harvey Weinstein
She Said, Women Talking, and Tár all find power in what they don’t show—to very different ends. → Read More
This Oscar Season Has Its “Cancel Culture” Movie. It’s Thrilling.
Tár tells a #MeToo story from the perspective of the alleged perpetrator. What is it trying to say? → Read More
Why Dahmer Is Netflix’s Biggest Hit Since Squid Game—and Its Most Controversial
Does the Ryan Murphy show have some artistic merit, or is it just pure exploitation? → Read More
Confess, Fletch Is Jon Hamm at His Most Charming
Also, remembering Hilary Mantel, and explaining the chess cheating scandal. → Read More
Don’t Worry Darling’s Wild Surprise Ending Doesn’t Make Sense
The movie’s big twist doesn’t work on the level of either theme or plot. → Read More
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Doesn’t Fulfill the Title’s Promise
Also, demystifying the man with Moonage Daydream and discussing documentaries. → Read More
Ana de Armas Is Astonishing as Marilyn Monroe. Now, About the Movie
Netflix’s biopic spends so much time pitying the actress that it fails to capture what made us care about her. → Read More