Alyssa Pelish

Alyssa Pelish writes and edits in New York. Her creative and critical work has appeared in 3 Quarks Daily, The Quarterly Conversation, Rain Taxi Review of Books, Denver Quarterly, MAYDAY, On the Issues Magazine, and Science.

Lake Bell’s Directorial Debut, ‘In a World…’, Is Consistently Funny

‘Mad Men: Season 6 Premiere’: Waiting for the Fall

Michel Haneke Explores a Different Kind of Cruelty in ‘Amour’

‘The Hour’ Returns with a New Focus on the Pitfalls of Celebrity

The Adolescent Need for Justice and Order: ‘Margaret’

Sarah Polley’s ‘Take This Waltz’ Is a Slow Pleasure

Sarah Polley’s ‘Take This Waltz’ Is a Slow Pleasure

Sarah Polley’s Take This Waltz swings through scenes of great sweetness and silliness while remaining equally attentive to small moments that turn on disappointment or irritation.

‘Americano’: No Baggage

‘Elles’ Resorts to Old Tricks

‘Albatross’: A Not-So-Weighty Coming-of-Age Meets Mid-Life-Crisis Film

‘Return’: A Movie About War, Defined by Silence

‘First Position’ Chronicles the Lives of Child Dancers

‘Romantics Anonymous’ Is a Light Confection of a Film