John Davidson’s story has been told in several TV documentaries over the past few decades, starting with a 1988 episode of the BBC series “Q.E.D.,” titled “John’s Not Mad,” which has been credited with doing much to educate the British public about Tourette’s. (Oliver Sacks, one of the episode’s prominent voices, offers a precise, sympathetic…
The rules of this netherworld announce themselves, early on, via a nondescript wall sign. “Do not overlook any anomalies,” it says. “If you find an anomaly, turn back immediately.” An anomaly, the Lost Man realizes, can be a visual, aural, or situational discrepancy of any kind: a light fixture tilted at a bizarre angle, a…
Once Lori enters Julian’s home, the film springs to life. So does Soderbergh’s camera, which begins sniffing and roving about the space like a dog unleashed. Our curiosity is awakened by the meticulous clutter of Antonia Lowe’s production design—walls covered with framed portraits and newspapers, shelves of knickknacks, spatters of paint everywhere—and, most of all, by…
Enter Eva Stratt (Sandra Hüller), a government official with a barbed half smile and a will of iron, who drags Grace back to the world of top-flight science, which he left behind years before, after flaming out of academia. Stratt is the head of Project Hail Mary, a global rescue effort to stop the star-eaters…
