Arts & Culture

Alpert checks in again and again with the same three families over 45 years of visits to the island, with sometimes heartbreaking results

Here’s a kiddo’s quest to define a self, in this case the descent of young Miguel (voiced by Anthony Gonzalez) into a land of the dead inspired by Dia de los Muertos celebrations

Despite, or probably because of, the density of its plot, Mr. Robot is almost more enjoyable if you don’t really know what’s going on

Nalluri’s emphasis is on amateur theatrical performances, magic-lantern projections and comically competitive authors.

My Friend Dahmer, from a graphic memoir of the same name by the pseudonymous Derf Backderf, is a kind of coming-of-age tale that dissects a troubled kid’s descent into murder. Backderf was a high school pal of the boy who would grow up to become the serial killer and cannibal…

It starts off as the portrait of a troubled child, but expands to become a film about community