Kid in space: ‘Apollo 10½’ is a fanciful take on youth
by Peter Rainer
Mar 31, 2022
2 minutes
Richard Linklater is a nostalgist in the best sense, and never more so than in his terrific new film, “Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood.” As a writer-director, he draws on his memories of the past in order to enhance his apprehension of the present. Best of all, he does so without the usual sentimentalizing that often accompanies semi-autobiographical coming-of-age yarns.
Like Linklater’s earlier “A
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