As her documentary “Stories We Tell” taught and this movie’s exemplary ensemble shows, Sarah Polley has an eye for pinpointing deeper layers of consequence.

The legendary director's first full-blooded musical is a gorgeous spectacle, so long as you can ignore the air of obviousness that lingers throughout.

Hong Kong's Oscar contender navigates the degrees of dystopian separation between real-world issues and melodramatic fiction, to middling success.