Alissa Wilkinson
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When the Whole Country Watched a Nuclear War Movie at Once
The 1983 ABC movie “The Day After” was a landmark moment that proved contentious even before it aired, as a new documentary shows.
‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Review: Benicio Del Toro Plans to Save His Soul
Wes Anderson returns with another intricately designed film, and an inquiry into the meaning of goodness.
‘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.