In a parallel universe, Saoirse Ronan and Paul Mescal are eagerly chatting about their performances in Garth Davis’s cerebral science-fiction drama Foe. The Hollywood writers’ strike did for that. “I just feel sad for the actors,” Davis, a genial Australian, tells me. “Because they’re doing some of their best work in this movie. And I just would love them to talk about it. I wish people could hear them speak. Because they’ve got a lot to say.” I don’t doubt it.