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John Anderson is a television critic for The Wall Street Journal and a contributor to The New York Times.
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
Her gift for solving puzzles is not a superpower. It is not a cure for cancer. But it is an indication that, inside, Agnes has untapped intellect.
Author Andrew Solomon and his father, Howard Solomon, in Rachel Dretzin’s documentary "Far From the Tree." (Courtesy of Sundance Selects.)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
The documentary version of Andrew Solomon's book emphasizes the love parents have for children with autism, deafness and other unexpected identities.
Elsie Fisher (photo: A24)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
Bo Burnham’s new movie is a joyous reminder that 13 is not, in fact, the best year of your life.
Photo Courtesy of Amazon Studios. Photo credit: © Lauren Greenfield, all rights reserved.
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
Lauren Greenfield’s new documentary says little about spiritual emptiness and the desperate ways in which people try to fill it.
Fred Rogers on the set of “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” (Jim Judkis/Focus Features)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
The movie about children's TV host Fred Rogers, directed by Morgan Neville (“Twenty Feet From Stardom”), is sturdy and unavoidably sentimental.
German filmmaker Wim Wenders is pictured in this undated photo with Pope Francis during the production of his documentary film, "Pope Francis — A Man of His Word." (CNS photo/Vatican Media, handout)
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
In a new documentary from Wim Wenders, Francis is sober, consoling, occasionally sad and always jesuitical.
Reverend Toller is a cleric cut from the cloth of Graham Greene’s “whiskey priest” (photo: A24).
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
Reverend Toller is a cleric cut from the cloth of Graham Greene’s “whiskey priest.”
Robert F. Kennedy (photo: Netflix)
Arts & CultureTelevision
John Anderson
The scope of Kennedy’s story possesses a grandeur missing from Washington right now. 
Father Gabriele Amorth performing an excorism in ‘The Devil and Father Amorth’
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
In “The Devil and Father Amorth,” William Friedkin turns to reality.
Arts & CultureFilm
John Anderson
On July 18, 1969, Edward M. Kennedy drove his car off the bridge on Chappaquiddick Island.