Arts

Forget the bullets in the face, the hatchet in the head, the kill teams and katana masters and the seven-foot-tall...

Richard Brody on the familiar intellectual property of “Shaft,” “Men in Black: International,” “Spider-Man: Far from Home,” and more.

Richard Brody writes about John Huston’s “The Red Badge of Courage,” which screens at Metrograph on May 18th, and Lillian Ross’s “Picture,” which chronicles the making of the film.

Laura Dern’s in “Trial by Fire.” It’s a killer story about Cameron Todd Willingham, an alleged killer incarcerated on death row, legally executed and now believed to have been innocent. Laura: “It’s a true story. I play divorced single parent everyday simple humane citizen Elizabeth Gilbert, who didn’t know him but fought for his freedom....

He broke his collar bone earlier this month.