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D.W. Moffett has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2020s. 1 ranks in the Top 10%, led by One Battle After Another.
Recurring themes

Cloud
2024
Action · Drama

Saltburn
2023
Drama · Comedy

Promising Young Woman
2020
Thriller · Crime

Sexy Beast
2001
Crime · Thriller

Dual
2022
Science Fiction · Comedy

A Different Man
2024
Comedy · Drama

Homunculus
2021
Drama · Thriller

Fierce People
2006
Drama · Thriller

Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
Dir. Paul Thomas Anderson · With Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Chase Infiniti

Federal agent Alexandra Barnes believes that Catherine Petersen is a serial killer who marries rich men and then murders them for their money. But since Catherine is seemingly a master of disguise and has multiple identities, Alexandra can't prove anything with conventional detective work. With no other option, she goes undercover, pursuing the same man as Catherine, and hoping that Catherine will slip up and reveal her true identity.
Dir. Bob Rafelson · With Debra Winger, Theresa Russell, Sami Frey

The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.
Dir. Lizzy Weiss · With Vanessa Marano, Katie Leclerc, Lucas Grabeel

Twenty years after their notorious tabloid romance gripped the nation, a married couple buckles under the pressure when an actress arrives to do research for a film about their past.
Dir. Todd Haynes · With Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton

Visioneer George Washington Winsterhammerman lives a comfortable but monotonous life in this slightly futuristic black comedy. When people start exploding from stress and George is showing early symptoms, he's forced to examine his life. Taking a look at his nice job, his sexless marriage and his resistance to life coaching, George reconsiders the philosophy of happiness through mindless activity.
Dir. Jared Drake · With Zach Galifianakis, Judy Greer, Mía Maestro
Two married spies caught in the crosshairs of an international intelligence network will stop at nothing to obtain a critical asset. Joe and Lara are agents living off the grid whose quiet retreat at a winter resort is blown to shreds when members of the old guard suspect the two may have joined an elite team of rogue spies, known as Alarum.
Dir. Michael Polish · With Scott Eastwood, Sylvester Stallone, Willa Fitzgerald
Recently promoted and transferred to the homicide division, Inspector Jessica Shepard feels pressure to prove herself -- and what better way than by solving San Francisco's latest murder? However, as Shepard and her partner, Mike Delmarco, soon discover, the victim shared a romantic connection to her. As more of Shepard's ex-lovers turn up dead, her mind starts to become unstable, and she begins to wonder if she could be the very killer she's trying to track down.
Dir. Philip Kaufman · With Ashley Judd, Samuel L. Jackson, Andy Garcia

Noah, is not your typical entertain-the-kids-no-matter-how-boring-it-is kind of sitter. He's reluctant to take a sitting gig; he'd rather, well, be doing anything else, especially if it involves slacking. When Noah is watching the neighbor's kid he gets a booty call from his girlfriend in the city. To hook up with her, Noah takes to the streets, but his urban adventure spins out of control as he finds himself on the run from a maniacal drug lord.
Dir. David Gordon Green · With Jonah Hill, Landry Bender, Max Records