Alissa Wilkinson
Former Senior Correspondent + Critic
Latest articles by Alissa Wilkinson
Joker aims to give the infamous supervillain a shocking stand-alone backstory. It’s not nearly as edgy as it thinks.
Taika Waititi’s “anti-hate satire,” set in Nazi Germany, knows that hate is no laughing matter.
A perfectly cast Tom Hanks stars in what feels like a feature-length episode of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, but for grown-ups.
The film — based on Bryan Stevenson’s book and starring Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx — is flawed but vital.
“I was excited to look at these women in ways we aren’t used to looking at them.”
LaBeouf wrote the film based on his own troubled childhood. It’s an exercise in extreme empathy and a must-see.
The director of It Comes at Night and Krisha returns with a bruising, beautiful story of hard-won grace.
Hustlers, Ad Astra, The Laundromat, and a lot more will hit theaters this month.
From breakthrough CGI action to historical reimaginings to visionary epics on earth and in space, here are the movies everyone will be talking about.
The festival is a bellwether for what will happen at the movies for the next six months.