Voices
John Anderson is a television critic for The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to The New York Times.
Film
If it only had a brain, one is tempted to suggest, Oz the Great and Powerful might have been as welcome as spring. Still, it is not an entirely brainless movie or completely lacking a heart. And it certainly has nerve: Positioned as the very presumptive heir to “The Wizard of Oz,” perhap
Film
The urgent message of 'A Place at the Table'
Film
Kathryn Bigelow's 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a masterpiece of ambiguity.
Film
Steven Spielberg's 'Lincoln' is a canonization fer sure, as Abe might say.
Film
The documentary 'Tears of Gaza' casts a cold eye on a brutal conflict.
Television
John Anderson on the second season of PBS's 'Downton Abbey'
Film
In 2011, a surprising number of films had genuine spiritual intentions.
Film
In Terence Malick's "The Tree of Life," life is all about choosing between the way of nature and the way of grace.
Film
"Of Gods and Men' is a Passion play of a very modern sort.