

Alissa Wilkinson
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‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: It’s Not Me, It’s Jane
A modern heroine learns about love, and a whole lot more, at a writing residency.

‘Jane Austen Wrecked My Life’ Review: It’s Not Me, It’s Jane
A modern heroine learns about love, and a whole lot more, at a writing residency.

‘Deaf President Now!’ and the Biases of a Hearing World
The documentary recalls the 1988 protests that erupted at Gallaudet University when trustees rejected deaf candidates to lead it.

‘Love’ Review: Connection, Oslo Style
A poetic drama weaves together the lives of Norwegians as they pursue connection in their own ways.

‘My Robot Sophia’: An Unsettling Look Into the Soul of a Machine
This film by Jon Kasbe and Crystal Moselle skirts gimmicks to examine a creator’s drive to build a humanoid device powered by artificial intelligence.

‘Friendship’ Review: Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd Hit Maximum Cringe
Tim Robinson and Paul Rudd star in the kind of comedy you watch from behind your hands.

‘Sinners’ and Shows like ‘Severance’ Give an Old Form New Life
Online, onstage and onscreen, performers are playing multiple parts. The effect of watching someone shape-shift can be both thrilling and unnerving.

‘Pavements’: A Sly Ode to the Last Band You’d Give the Biopic Treatment
Part spoof and part serious, the film is about mythmaking as much as it is about music. The result is delightfully destabilizing.

Nicolas Cage’s Best Performances Onscreen
Don’t reduce his career to his unhinged characters. The actor’s work is often more textured and soulful than he’s given credit for.

‘Another Simple Favor’ Review: Big Hats and Big Intrigue
The sequel to the deranged 2018 comedy finds Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick feuding in the Italian sun.