

Alissa Wilkinson
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‘Skin Deep’ Review: A Different Kind of Therapy
A sensitive relationship drama in sci-fi trappings explores big questions about bodies, souls and intimacy.

Sundance Documentaries: ‘Eternal You,’ ‘Ibelin’ and More
Festival documentaries ranged across the genre map, but several explored the lengths we’ll go to communicate with lost loved ones.

Why the Documentary Oscar Race Is the Most Unpredictable One
All five nominees are international features focused on geopolitical events, and three are directed by women.

‘Sometimes I Think About Dying’ Review: Life, in Drab Gray
Daisy Ridley stars as an office worker who’s just going through the motions.

‘Barbie’ Is Adapted? Let’s Fix the Oscar Screenplay Categories.
There’s a way to classify screenplays for Oscar consideration that would reward creativity and make much more sense. Unlike the current system.

‘The End We Start From’ Review: A Watery Apocalypse and a New Beginning
Jodie Comer stars in a lethargic adaptation of Megan Hunter’s best-selling novel.

‘Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell’ Review: A Wanderer on a Spiritual Quest
An uncommonly strong debut from the Vietnamese director Pham Thien An asks existential questions without answers.

‘Mean Girls’ and the New (Home-Schooled) Kid in Class
As our critic knows, missing out on the shared experience of school is deeply strange. It’s something Hollywood rarely acknowledges, except in these films.

‘Apolonia, Apolonia’ Review: A Whole Life in Art
The painter Apolonia Sokol is the ostensible subject of a wide-ranging documentary about life itself.

‘The Book of Clarence’ Review: Messiahs Wherever You Look
LaKeith Stanfield leads a predominantly Black cast in a retelling of the story of Jesus that’s both irreverent and devoted.