Sui

But Sui Ching insists and, for once, her husband, Jack, follows her lead, and so the family heads south to the “twenty hectares of scrubby jungle and farmland” that now belong to her.

But Jay also imagines his way into moments that he can’t possibly have witnessed: Fong, alone, waiting for Jay’s family to arrive, for instance, or Sui Ching considering whether to tell her child about the affairs their father has been having.

It’s tempting to think of Donald Trump’s second term as a sui generis reign of lawlessness.

“The Studio” also features Catherine O’Hara as Remick’s recently canned predecessor, Ike Barinholtz as his dissolute colleague and best friend, Kathryn Hahn as the lot’s aggressive marketing chief and Chase Sui Wonders as a newly minted member of the studio’s development brass.

Although there are original screenwriters aplenty in Hollywood, it’s hard to imagine anyone more truly sui generis than Charlie Kaufman.