These days, moviegoers rush to watch films about battling superheroes, smooching tennis players, and existential fashion dolls. For much of movie history, however, film fans loved to watch epics.
Among the newcomers, ‘ Shōgun ’ was well represented, as was fellow awards darling ‘ Baby Reindeer .’ ‘ The Day of the Jackal ’ was perhaps the most surprising new arrival, though it’s not all that ...