Linda Romanello

Based on the literary classic by Louisa May Alcott, Little Women is the latest offering from Oscar-nominated writer/director Greta Gerwig ( Lady Bird). The film, which is set for release in theaters on Christmas Day, offers viewers Gerwig’s interpretation of the popular novel with a bit of a modern twist. The story of Little Women unfolds as the author’s alter ego, Jo March, reflects back and forth on her fictional life.

It’s an impossible mission — two young soldiers during World War I are charged with delivering an important message to troops deep in enemy territory that will prevent an attack. Their success will stop the troops from walking into a deadly trap and ultimately save 1,600 lives (including one of the soldier’s brothers). And thus sets the nonstop action of Universal Pictures’ WWI drama, 1917, into motion.

It was late ‘70s/early ‘80s and Gotham City was in turmoil. The city was on the edge of crumbling, from widespread crime and corruption, littered with graffiti and garbage; the result of a sanitation strike. Similarly, Arthur Fleck, one of the fictional city’s residents, was struggling to find his way through a society that was greatly divided between the haves and the havenots.