'Songbird' is a COVID-inspired thriller that's scared of all the wrong things

Songbird makes no secret of the fact that it's inspired by current events. It's touted in marketing materials as "the first feature film to be made during COVID-19 in Los Angeles," and unfolds in a dystopian near-future in which the virus has mutated into the far deadlier COVID-23 strain. "Remember the good old days of fake news?...