There’s a subset of family movies that’s obsessed with humanoid technology – robots, personal helpers and the like – and that is determined to work out the conflicted feelings we human beings have toward them. “The Iron Giant” (1999), “Robots” (2005), “WALL-E” (2008), “Ron’s Gone Wrong” (2021) – the list goes on, and why not? […]

These nearby shows — one of photography, the other straddling the line of art and craft — both close Oct. 13.