Perspective: Movies of the moment vs. movies about the moment

The films that continue to resonate are more likely to speak to their times than to speak directly about their times. In December 2001, the original production of Tony Kushner's globe-trotting drama "Homebody/Kabul" opened at a small New York theater. Kushner, author of "Angels In America" and the script for Steven Spielberg's heralded epic "Lincoln," had written the play several months before ...