Film
The Maltese Falcon
Having a bad day? A bad week? A bad year? Why not spend some time with people whose lives are even worse than yours? |
Tom Hiddleston and Mia Wasikowska in Crimson Peak.
Guillermo del Toro’s new film is set partly in Buffalo circa 1901. |
 Three stories about people who are in some way different but at the same time more like you than unlike you. |
 Two films deliver civics lesson, one via historical fiction and one via historical fact. |
 The heirs to founder Edward Summer pursue his dream of a world-class film festival. |
Hugh Jackman as Blackbeard in Pan.
You want old-fashioned, uncomplicated, fulsome villainy in your fantasy-adventure movies? Look no further. |
Li Gong and Daoming Chen in Coming Home.
Two—count them, two—movies that you should see this week. |
 How long would you survive on a desert island? Most of us wouldn’t outlast our iPhone batteries. |