One of Joe Pesci’s two scenes in Day of the Fight utilizes the audience’s familiarity with his oeuvre to make us feel the protagonist’s plight. 

It Ends with Us is back in the headlines, for reasons having almost nothing to do with what’s in the movie. 

A New Kind of Wilderness is basically a documentary sequel to Captain Fantastic.

Bird challenges societal dogma.

Cillian Murphy, humanist actor. 

When a movie/play is about a sizable family gathering, you can count on early conversations being rife with exposition clearly mapping out their family tree. 

Casting recognizable actors in undersized roles can meaningfully dupe audience expectations. 

An unexpectedly abrupt ending can prompt consideration of why the story concludes on such a surprisingly unresolved note. 

To show or not to show, that is a fundamental question of storytelling.