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We’re not talking about such action movies as “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull †— with its endless trek through the desert and over treacherous mountains.
We’re talking about live action. And this live action showcases the talents of local community theaters with their vast selection of staged productions and seasoned actors [...]
Producer Kathleen Kennedy was moved by “The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,” Jean-Dominique Bauby’s memoir about being stricken with “locked-in syndrome.” Where others saw tremendous poetry, she also saw a film. She bought the rights.
When she came across Marjane Satrapi’s graphically rendered memoir about a girl growing up in Iran on the cusp of [...]