Voices
John Anderson is a television critic for The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to The New York Times.
Arts & CultureBooks
John Anderson reviews "Lincoln in the Bardo" by George Saunders.
Arts & CultureTelevision
“Call Me Francis” is unafraid to delve into Francis’ intellectual conflicts. But neither is it afraid to be funny.
Arts & CultureFilm
Ava DuVernay's "13th," a documentary about mass incarceration of African Americans nominated for an Oscar, is full of good words and bad images.
Arts & CultureFilm
Thanks to the arcane rules behind the foreign-language Oscar, sentimentality usually reigns supreme.
Arts & CultureIdeas
Martin Scorsese's new film will be elusive to the many and beloved by the few.
Arts & CultureFilm
Plenty of movies make you think. Far fewer allow you to think, which is something rather different. Take “Manchester by the Sea.”
Arts & CultureFilm
“Loving” is film about a lot of things, including two simple people causing violent eruptions across the social and legal landscapes. It is a portrait of America at a particular time and place. So is "Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk."
Politics & SocietyFilm
For all Stone’s posturing as a filmmaking maverick, “Snowden” relies on every manner of movie convention and emotional shortcut.
Television
It is hard to say that anything on the small screen has surpassed “Dekalog” since it first aired in 1989.
Film
Among one group of nuns at the end of World War II, the shadow of the cross is impossible to escape.