GriffinDunne’syears-in-the-makingdocumentaryportraitofhisauntJoanDidionmoveswiththespiritofheruncannilylucidwriting:thefilmsimultaneouslyexpandsandzeroesin,coveringavaststretchofturbulentculturalhistorywitheleganceandcandor,andgroundedintheilluminatingpresenceandwordsofDidionherself.Thisismostcertainlyafilmaboutloss—thelossofasolidAmericancenter,thepersonallossesofahusbandandachild—butDidiondescribeseverythingsheseesandexperiencessoattentively,sofully,andsobravelythatshetransformstheveryworstoflifeintooccasionsforunderstanding.ANetflixrelease.
