Alissa Wilkinson is a critic and journalist living in New York City. She covers film, culture, and religion.

Alissa is an adjunct professor in the XE: Experimental Humanities and Social Engagement program at NYU, where she teaches research-based creative nonfiction writing courses, and a …

Alissa Wilkinson is the author of We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine and Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women

Selected Clips I joined The New York Times as a staff critic in November 2023, and all of my articles live here. Before that, I was a senior correspondent at Vox (full archive here). Since …

In this riveting cultural biography, New York Times film critic Alissa Wilkinson examines Joan Didion’s influence through the lens of American mythmaking.

Join us for an intimate conversation with Alissa Wilkinson, movie critic at The New York Times, as she reflects on current trends in film criticism at the Times and beyond.

Select Interviews and Press Here are a few general interviews I’ve given over the years: Reddit AMA ahead of the 2024 Oscars! Pure Nonfiction podcast (February 29, 2024) To the Best of …

Mar 22, 2025 · The Museum of the Moving Image presents a screening of the megahit A Star Is Born, co-written by Didion and John Gregory Dunne, and starring Barbra Streisand and Kris …

In Salty, Wilkinson explores the ways food managed to root these women into their various callings. Join these sharp, empowered, and often subversive women and discover how to live …

Mar 13, 2025 · Alissa will be in conversation with Rachel Syme, who is a writer, reporter, cultural critic and author of Syme’s Letter Writer. As a New Yorker staff writer, she covers style, …