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Alissa Wilkinson

Alissa Wilkinson

Former Senior Correspondent + Critic

    Latest articles by Alissa Wilkinson

    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
    Triangle of Sadness might be the meanest film of the year. Its director is an optimist.Triangle of Sadness might be the meanest film of the year. Its director is an optimist.
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

    Ruben Ostlund doesn’t think we’re hypocrites.

    By Alissa Wilkinson
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
    Every movie right now, from Amsterdam to Glass Onion, stars a million A-listersEvery movie right now, from Amsterdam to Glass Onion, stars a million A-listers
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

    On the Endgamification of everything.

    By Alissa Wilkinson
    Looking for a sense of belonging? Start with being a good guest.
    Even Better

    Practical questions for creating community, according to Priya Parker.

    By Alissa Wilkinson
    Culture
    Riotsville, U.S.A. is a window onto the bizarre beginnings of police militarizationRiotsville, U.S.A. is a window onto the bizarre beginnings of police militarization
    Culture

    How the director of an astonishing new documentary used old government footage to shed light on the present.

    By Alissa Wilkinson
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
    The buzziest fall movies have something in commonThe buzziest fall movies have something in common
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

    From The Fabelmans to Bardo to Armageddon Time, the filmmakers are making their memoirs.

    By Alissa Wilkinson
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
    Inside Darren Aronofsky’s messy movie The Whale is something wise about religious traumaInside Darren Aronofsky’s messy movie The Whale is something wise about religious trauma
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

    The Whale is more than the movie where Brendan Fraser wears a fat suit.

    By Alissa Wilkinson
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards
    What the film Women Talking loses (and preserves) from the 2018 novelWhat the film Women Talking loses (and preserves) from the 2018 novel
    Everything you need to know about the 95th Academy Awards

    The plot is based on a horrifying true story from 2011, but the resistance philosophy goes back to St. Augustine.

    By Alissa Wilkinson
    Culture
    Why movie tickets will be $3 across America this SaturdayWhy movie tickets will be $3 across America this Saturday
    Culture

    See a movie for the price of a coffee on National Cinema Day and contemplate the future of theaters.

    By Alissa Wilkinson
    Culture
    The summer of swirly, googly, bombastic, over-the-top moviesThe summer of swirly, googly, bombastic, over-the-top movies
    Culture

    Three Thousand Years of Longing caps an off-the-rails summer — one that might be the future.

    By Alissa Wilkinson
    Culture
    What Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal says about usWhat Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal says about us
    Culture

    Nathan Fielder, Leslie Jamison, Martin Buber, I, it, Thou, empathy, and, of course, television.

    By Alissa Wilkinson