Voices
John Anderson is a television critic for The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to The New York Times.
Arts & CultureFilm
There is a richness to “Roma” that will likely take multiple viewings to absorb. Every gesture is revealing; every image is a window.
Arts & CultureFilm
The short but contentious reign of Queen Anne serves as a study of unbridled ambition and ruthless power.
FaithFaith in Focus
In the “current climate” it has evidently become much easier to hate. But it has also easy to feel self-satisfied about doing the smallest amount of good.
Arts & CultureFilm
Queen’s Freddie Mercury was pop’s most flamboyant performer—a closeted icon who rode a gay aesthetic to stardom.
Arts & CultureFilm
Damien Chazelle’s "First Man" is a remarkably idiosyncratic movie, given the usual heroic/fantastic presentation on screen of space travel—or anything involving the heavens.
Arts & CultureFilm
“A Star Is Born” is not only among the most self-reflective of Hollywood vehicles but the most resilient; when clichés work they are called conventions.
Arts & CultureFilm
The film tells the story of Louie Zamperini, who spent 47 days at sea before being rescued, imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese.
Arts & CultureFilm
In Xavier Giannoli’s new movie, an intrepid reporter is asked by the Vatican to compile a report on a reputed miracle.
Arts & CultureBooks
Censors “complained that they knew what Lubitsch was saying, but they couldn’t figure out how he was saying it.”
Arts & CultureFilm
The relationship between Ruth Bader Ginsburg and her husband, Marty, is a huge part of why “RBG” has struck a chord with audiences.