Through a modern lens, it’s clear that the poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow had a disability that could stop him from composing, teaching and writing to extended family.

Public meetings this week look at reshaping City Hall with new positions and changing how developer “linkage” fees pay for affordable housing; plans for The Middle East nightclub and restaurant complex; deciding the days for “Riverbend Park”; and much more.

The latest look at men at war with themselves and the rest of the world from Paul Schrader features Oscar Isaac as a poker player who learned his trade during a 10-year stretch in prison – and now finds the stakes of his freedom getting higher.

Adapted from Jennifer Vogel’s 2005 “Flim-Flam Man: The True Story of My Father’s Counterfeit Life,” “Flag Day” is an earnest but rambling mess that can draw you in with its shaggy-dog charms.

“Coda” moves in a fairly predictable arc, but it does so without apology and it does so well, at once moving and full of clever, gut-tickling moments observed from the life of the hearing-impaired.

A former nuns’ residence bought in 1975 with space for the chronically homeless will be renovated, altered and expanded next year, with new management and support for residents.

A plea for help sent in January to city and state officials has brought to light the challenges facing efforts to move people with long-term homelessness into permanent housing.

The MBTA introduced changes to its website Monday to make it easier for seniors and other reduced-fare customers – including the blind and people with disabilities – to get CharlieCards, the reusable plastic cards for subway and bus rides.

“Sound of Metal” kicks off with a raw punk rock performance, then switches gears to dive into a more audibly serene world where the turmoil is deeper and you can’t simply power your way through.

Harvard Square’s Democracy Center is bright spot in the Cambridge music scene as well as a refuge for artists, families, students and organizers. But as other venues rushed to live stream shows during the coronavirus lockdown, the center has gone another direction.