Ideally, the name of Asif Kapadia should be enough to get you to watch anything. The man has cemented his place when it comes to documentary filmmaking already—mainly due to the trilogy of Senna (2010), Amy (2015), and Diego (2019), all of which should be considered pinnacles of the genre. Kapadia’s last work about tennis legend Roger Federer’s final days was quite weak in comparison, but that’s no reason to not get excited about his latest—especially when he’s making a La Jetee (1962)-inspired futuristic docudrama. That’s new territory for the filmmaker, by the way, and on paper, 2073 does sound like quite the thing. Sadly, though, the final execution is a mess. Never have I ever thought I would have to check my watch while watching something made by Asif Kapadia, but that’s exactly what happened here. Anyway, the point of the article is to give...