Part Jane Austen romantic drama and part an exploration of the Ultra Orthodox Jewish community in Israel. A young woman's older sister dies during childbirth and to keep the brother-in-law and baby in the community an arranged marriage between the woman and brother-in-law is considered. Duty, age differences, and aspirations for a different kind of romance create the conflicts. It's at once small scale, but also deeply important as whatever decision is reached will potentially affect the rest of the…

Seven Psychopaths is mostly a hoot. Given that I've seen several of Martin McDonagh's plays and In Bruges, along with a stellar cast, that's not surprising. What's surprising is how meta the film is. In many ways, this is McDonagh's Adaptation.

However, I really don't think the meta hook of Seven Psychopaths really explores any notions of screen writing or genre, which leaves the film clever but shallow. Being self aware of a shortcoming, like how McDonagh writes women, isn't…