I look for an interesting and often times, fresh character. Something different that what is done all the time or than I've done recently. I look at who is directing. Those two variables as well as a third, which is the content and the quality of the screenplay. I look at the arcs of the scenes and
When someone has a strong intuitive connection, Buddhism suggests that it's because of karma, some past connection.
After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.