Subtitles are back in at American movie theatres. “Historically, Hollywood has shunned subtitles. It assumed most moviegoers wouldn’t sit still for dialogue that had to be translated onscreen; subtitles were left to foreign films with limited appeal to smaller, more upscale audiences. But then films like 2000’s sumptuous martial arts movie ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ — which grossed a whopping $128.1 million domestically — proved that you could have your subtitles and a broad-based audience, too. This year has seen a proliferation of subtitled fare.”