Jackie (15, 100 mins, ★★★)
How does one secure a legacy? The question has assumed renewed prominence in recent months, with a British prime minister resigning after severely misjudging the public mood, and a Democrat president ceding the White House to a successor representing who-knows-what. The Chilean film-maker Pablo Larraín’s English-language debut, Jackie, approaches the matter from an unusual, oblique angle: its subject is Jacqueline Kennedy, witnessed in the long winter after the passing of her golden-boy husband, reflecting on how she regathered herself to ensure the survival of an ideal.
