Looking Back: “La Strada” (“The Road”), the winner of the first foreign-language Oscar, marks Fellini’s break with the strictures of neo-realism.  In this haunting story of a simple-minded peasant girl who is sold to a brutal circus strongman, Fellini created his first allegory, or spiritual fable.

Benedict Cumberbatch’s Stephen Strange, Elizabeth Olsen’s Scarlet Witch and Benedict Wong’s Sorcerer Supreme enter the multiverse in the first teaser.

I had read it about eight years ago and found some resonance with motifs I had dealt with in my films: conversations in cars, performances.

Spider-Man: No Way Home should be massive box-office winner.