These reviews of what’s on the big screen and streaming include premieres and programs at The Brattle, filmmaker and star Q&As from The DocYard and Boston Jewish Film Festival and new releases “Outlier,” “Finch,” “Spencer” and “Prisoners of the Ghostland.”

The American herring gull is smart and adaptable – an animal that communities can pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to get rid of, but whose ingenuity you have to appreciate. What other animal can trick earthworms into surfacing en masse just to become lunch?

What’s happening in Cambridge’s kitchens? PlantPub has soft serve for vegans; chef instructor O’Sullivan competes on the Food Network; Anna’s has a Veterans Day offering; Puritan & Co.’s Harvest Dinner is back; and a Pie in the Sky Fundraiser has apple, pecan or pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.

The Marvel Universe expands in a way it hasn’t since 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” with a group of more consciously diverse heroes thrown into a lazy borrowing of classic mythos.

Trina’s menu is pretty much straight-up comfort food that pays smart attention to its vegetarian clientele. The menu rotates some, but most always you’ll find mac ’n’ cheese, fried chicken, and fried chicken and waffles, as well as a stack of burgers and a side-dish list that outpaces the entrées.

A free outdoor concert is offered Saturday in Harvard Square by Club Passim with Boston-based, Indiana-raised (and Longy School of Music grad) Sadie Gustafson-Zook and Cambridge guitarist, banjoist and composer Ira Klein.

The Oberon theater space in Harvard Square hit the market Thursday, with the Graffito SP firm saying it is “seeking a one-of-a-kind arts and cultural use to take over this iconic space, and to continue the successful legacy of the performing arts in Harvard Square.”

These reviews of what’s on the big screen and streaming include plenty of folk horror offerings at The Brattle, including the little-seen “Clearcut,” the 1931 “Dracula” at the Somerville Theatre with live music and a surprisingly so-so “Antlers.” But there’s also plenty more to see on local screens.

Coyotes have lived in the western part of North America for a very long time but are relative newcomers to the Northeast, where they’re much in the news these days – likely because we’re seeing young coyotes leave the den to establish territories for themselves.

Viewers unfamiliar with the novel may find the movie inscrutable, but “Passing” will improve with repeat viewings and could become a classic.