Bay Street Theater’s production of “The Crucible,” Arthur Miller’s still-timely drama, features nearly flawless performances and swiftly paced direction, in what The Star’s reviewer calls a “searing new production.”

“Maestro,” Bradley Cooper’s film about Leonard Bernstein's life and marriage, with Mr. Cooper in the title role, was well received at the Hamptons International Film Festival’s screening, after which Bernstein’s children expressed their admiration for the film.

The filmmaker Williams Cole talks about two current projects, Barbara Kopple’s documentary “Gumbo Coalition,” which he co-produced, and “Rebel Wife,” a work in progress about his great-grandmother, an Irish revolutionary.