Appetite For Distraction

A film of a few years ago, Obvious Child, is very relevant to our current political moment

Jenny Slate as Donna Stern in Obvious Child

The film I have recommended most to people in recent years is Obvious Child. Friends ask me for a nice film to watch on a Sunday evening, or if there’s anything good they might not have seen, and I immediately perk up and say: “Have you seen that lovely rom-com Obvious Child? It’s great. I watch it every six months.” I feel like it was robbed at the 2014 awards ceremonies. I feel ...