At the worst possible moment, Battlefield Hardline valorizes police violence.The Battlefield series, one of the past decade’s most popular video-game franchises, has already given gamers the chance to play as soldiers in World War II, Vietnam, and …

Wes Anderson, Stefan Zweig, and their sumptuous surroundings. Looking at this year’s Academy Award nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay, Bill Morris at The Millions grumbled that “Hollywood screenwriters need to mix more fiction into their…