There are moments in life where all eyes, from every walk of life, seem to fixate as one onto a transient phenomenon whose magnetic attraction everyone understands but no one can quite adequately explain. For 12 magical months in 2023–24, that object of our attention was a Eurasian eagle owl.
Wild Inside, Penny Lane's terrific HBO Films documentary, relives the saga of Flaco, the born-in-captivity raptor who was cut free by vandals from an insufficient Central Park Zoo cage, then evaded capture, learned how to fly and hunt, and charmed a beleaguered city.
