Alex Garland is an English novelist, screenwriter and film director, author of The Beach and director of films including Ex Machina and Annientamento/Annihilation.

Made his feature directorial debut with Ex Machina (2015). Began career as a novelist and screenwriter.

DeBaser reviewers discuss Garland's focus on science-fiction themes, strong visual and atmospheric craft, and ethical questions. Ex Machina is repeatedly noted for design and visuals but critiqued for script and character depth. Annientamento/Annihilation drew attention for distribution controversies and mixed pacing. Civil War is praised for stark imagery and a nonjudgmental depiction of decline.

For:Cinephiles and readers interested in science-fiction films, ethical questions in cinema, and Garland's directorial work.

 But here the only true deus is the director, and all the cards are laid out from the beginning, yet, despite being aware of their fate, they all continue down their path to the end.

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 The Last Hours of America.

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 Ex Machina is straightforward, banal, permeated with a faux conceptual depth; it’s the fairground of “I wish I could but I can’t.”

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