Photo Credit Rosie Marks for The New York Times Roisin Murphy, a Disco Queen Ruling Her Own Galaxy The Irish innovator has been putting her own spin on glittery music for two decades. In a year full of dance-pop releases, she’s returning to shake things up yet again. By Elisabeth Vincentelli
Photo Credit Dana Scruggs for The New York Times Chris Rock Tried to Warn Us In a candid interview, the comic discusses America’s summer of strife, Trump, blackface and his dramatic turn in the new season of “Fargo.” By Dave Itzkoff
Photo Credit Chris Delmas/Agence France-Presse ? Getty Images Popcast Is TikTok a Music Industry Friend or Troll? “Old Town Road” showed the app’s potential as a hit generator. But its relationship to the business is far more complex.
Photo Credit Amazon Prime Video Putting ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ in Motion Amy Sherman-Palladino and her choreographer, Marguerite Derricks, talk about how the show uses dance and movement in conventional and unconventional ways. By Gia Kourlas
Photo Credit Susan Wright for The New York Times Tilda Swinton Has Made the ‘Ultimate Lockdown Film’ The actress discussed what she had learned during the coronavirus pandemic and how that had informed her new movie, “The Human Voice,” directed by Pedro Almodovar. By Eleanor Stanford
Photo Credit Liane Hentscher/Hulu In ‘Woke,’ Waking Up to Racism Is a Lot Like Going Crazy The Hulu comedy stars Lamorne Morris of “New Girl” as a cartoonist whose world becomes animated after an encounter with the police. By Mike Hale
My Ten Photo Credit Timothy Norris/Getty Images Suzanne Vega Is Tidying Her Home and Tending Her Soul (in Sensible Jackets) The singer and songwriter, hunkered down in New York as she prepares to release a live album of songs about her longtime hometown, shared her list of cultural must-haves. By Olivia Horn
Photo Credit Matt Kennedy/Marvel, Disney Where to Stream Chadwick Boseman’s Best Performances The star made a specialty of playing Black heroes real (Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall) and imaginary (Black Panther). By Stephanie Goodman
Critic’s Notebook Photo Credit ‘WAP’ Is Good, Raunchy Fun. On TikTok, It’s at Home. Men rap and sing about sex in preposterous and sometimes awkward detail all the time. It’s beyond time that the same courtesy is extended to women like Cardi B, Megan Thee Stallion and ppcocaine. By Jon Caramanica
Emmy Awards Photo Credit Claire Merchlinsky Samira Wiley and Uzo Aduba Still Remember Struggling In a conversation, the actors look back on how “Orange Is the New Black” changed their lives and discuss their Emmy-nominated roles in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “Mrs. America.” By Trish Bendix
Critic’s Notebook Photo Credit Natalie Seery/HBO ‘I May Destroy You’ Imagines a Path Back From Sexual Assault In Monday’s season finale, Michaela Coel’s summer breakout hit offered some of the most cathartic moments of television I have ever seen. By Salamishah Tillet
Photo Credit Irene Rinaldi 7 Podcasts to Serve Shaken or Stirred For mixology tips, industry news or deep dives into history, these shows about wine, beer and cocktails are worth checking out. By Emma Dibdin
Photo Credit Why Are There So Few Black Directors in the Criterion Collection? The prestigious line is coveted by cinephiles and taught in film schools. The company’s president blames his “blind spots” for largely shutting out Black Americans. By Kyle Buchanan and Reggie Ugwu
Critic’s Pick Photo Credit Melinda Sue Gordon/Warner Bros. ‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Time-Bending Take on James Bond John David Washington stars as an unnamed, uncreased C.I.A. agent in a spectacle full of scenes running backward and forward. By Jessica Kiang