Greta Gerwig and Jordan Peele: The fresh voices the Oscar directors race needs right now

Eight years ago, Kathryn Bigelow and Lee Daniels earned Oscar nominations for director. Bigelow ended up winning for “The Hurt Locker,” the exhilarating action movie about the war in Iraq. Daniels’ moving, inspirational drama “Precious” took two Oscars that year for Geoffrey S. Fletcher’s screenplay...