Writer/director Kenneth Lonergan spoke to a small group of journalists about his exquisite new film, "Manchester by the Sea," starring Casey Affleck, Michelle Williams, and Gretchen Mol. Affleck plays Lee, a man who is the guardian for his teenage nephew Lucas after his brother dies. He has difficulty adjusting because he is still dealing with a loss of his own.
It is not the usual Hollywood story of redemption and it includes some surprising humor, so we began by asking him how he...