During the Covid pandemic, filmmaker and educator Federico Muchnik had his own crisis unfold within the global one. He found his way back by filming community at Cambridge‘s Danehy Park with footage that became a documentary, “Open Space.”

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include Oscar picks for Best Picture to catch up, greats from Columbia Studios from 1934 onward, giving director Martha Coolidge her due, Sam Peckinpah’s hardboiled “The Getaway” at Kendall and a review of Julio Torres’ “Problemista.”

To think of Puritan’s bluefish melt as the best tunafish sandwich you’ve ever had would not be off base, but it’s just the start of the seafood treats here.

The continuation of Denis Villeneuve’s reenvisioning of Frank Herbert’s beloved sci-fi saga is bigger, a notch better and more filled with action.

Mothership’s menu covers the bases of family dinner, shareable snacks, libations, vegetarian options and rib-sticking fill-ups, a mix of cafe and upscale casual.

The cafe foods that come to mind when Americans dream of Paris are at the PRB Boulangeries in Cambridge’s Kendall Square and Somerville’s Ward 2.

A new hot spot in Union Square is Wade BBQ that goes beyond the barbecue bases of smoked brisket, beef ribs and pulled pork with smoked chicken, smoked turkey and even a pulled pork mushroom sandwich. 

What more could a true lover of sushi want than a lesson in the art of its preparation from a James Beard Award-nominated chef such as Tracy Chang?

These looks at what’s on screen in the coming week include a “Jean Arthur, Sweetness with Spine” program at The Brattle, “Bonnie and Clyde” in Kendall Square and Ana Vaz in person at the Harvard Film Archive, with peeks at a stirring new “Promised Land” and stinky spy romp “Argylle.”

What a Soup in Cambridge’s Central Square offers good, hearty warmness that’ll put a bead of sweat on your brow and bring you back for more.