78 new york | august 19–september 1, 2019POP MUSIC1.ListentoLover
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Republic, August 23.
After going heel on 2017’sReputation, Taylor Swift
looks to stage another turn withLover.Singles
“ME!” and “You Need to Calm Down” and stun-
ning ballad “The Archer” deal with how to shrug
off animosity rather than channel it, as her last set’s
feistier moments did. Will she scale back the brash
hip-hop aesthetics ofReputationor double down?
Tune in to find out. craig jenkins
ART2.HearEdBaynard
Dizzying minimalism.
White Columns, 91 Horatio Street,
through September 7.
The entire city owes a continuous thanks to White
Columns for never failing to astound. See the late
Ed Baynard’s elegantly rhapsodic, kaleidoscopically
colored paintings of simple still lifes. In a Zen-like
dedication to depicting flowers in vases in open
spaces, every line is just so, every millimeter of sur-
face considered. jerrysaltz
THEATER3.SeeDust
Still here.
NextDooratNewYorkTheatreWorkshop,
opensAugust29.
Actor-writerMillyThomasperformsthestoryof
Alic et finds
hers nd. Sara
Joyce directs Thomas’s theatrical meditation on
death, connection, and consequences in a pro-
ductionthatcomestoNewYorkafteraward-
winningrunsintheU.K. sara holdrenMOVIES4.SeeLeRayonVert
Thegreenray.
Metrograph,opensAugust30.
Celebrate (or mourn) the end of summer with the
Metrograph’s one-week revival of Éric Rohmer’s
irrationally wonderful drama, in which a newly
single Parisian (Marie Rivière) heads to the coast in
search of a connection—a trip driven by Jules
Verne’s story of a miraculous green light in the
instant before sunset. The movie isn’t a cure for
loneliness, but a balm for it. david edelstein
BOOKS5.&6.ReadInland
andSeeTéaObreht
An epic journey.
Random House; Greenlight Bookstore,
686 Fulton Street, Fort Greene, September 3.
ThelyricismofInlandisfamiliartoanyonewho
readTéaObreht’sacclaimedfirstnovel,The
Tiger’s Wife,butinotherwaysherfollow-upisa
brave and (successfully) ambitious departure.
Twoguilt-riddenpeoplewandertheArizonades-
ertin1893,onparalleltracksthatappeartomeet
inthedistance.Oneisanoutlaw,theotherawife
andmotherladenwithgrief.SeeObrehtincon-
versation in September. boris kachka
CLASSICAL MUSIC7.HearTakaKigawa
Late-night sonatas.
(Le)Rouge,August26.
Asa TakaKigawaisabitlikeararesmall-
batchbourbon:trickytofind,easytomiss,and
nottobetakenforgranted.Usuallyhecanbe
heard steeplechasing his way through formidable
programsbyMessiaenorBerio;thistime,heplowsthroughBeethoven’slastfivepianosona-
tas,whichisaworkoutnotjustforthefingersbut
alsoforthesoul. justin davidson
TV8.WatchHitsville:
TheMakingofMotown
True sounds of Detroit.
Showtime, August 24.
ThisdocumentarybyBenjaminandGabeTurner
wassmarttoconcentrateontheearlyyearsof
BerryGordy’shitfactory,beforeitmovedtoL.A.
That’swheretherealactionwas,historicallyas
wellasmusicallyspeaking,withGordyandan
unbeatable armada of pop geniuses releasing hit
afterhit,ashockingnumberofthemindirectcon-
versationwiththeAmericanZeitgeist.
matt zoller seitz
POP MUSIC9.SeeTameImpala
Patience.
Madison Square Garden, August 21 and 22.
In just over five years, singer-songwriter and pro-
ducer Kevin Parker’s Tame Impala evolved from
the lush Beatles-infused psych-rock sound of the
2010 debutInnerspeakerto the heady space rock
and meaty disco ofCurrents. While waiting for the
upcoming new set, catch one of the best modern
festival headliners live. c.j.
THEATER10.SeeBetrayal
An affair to remember.
Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, in previews,
opens September 5.
Tom Hiddleston makes his Broadway debut,
alongside Charlie Cox and Zawe Ashton, in a starry
revival of Harold Pinter’s taut 1978 drama about
seven years in the life of a troubling love triangle,
played out in reverse. It’s only 90 minutes long, but
prepare for plenty of pregnant pauses. s.h.
TV11.Watch TheAffair
An end to this relationship.
Showtime, August 25.
With Ruth Wilson and Joshua Jackson gone, Dom-
inic West and Maura Tierney are the last cast prin-
cipals still standing for the final season of the equal
parts maddening andabsorbing Showtime drama.
If you haven’t been ableto divorce yourself from this
drama for four previous seasons, at least this, the
fifth, will bring closure. jenchaney
ART12.SeeSiahArmajani:
BridgeOverTree
Down under the Brooklyn Bridge.
Brooklyn Bridge, Dumbo, through September 29.
It’s the dog days, when galleries go dark and muse-
ums prep for September shows. The stalwart Pub-
lic Art Fund has just what the doctor ordered: Siah
Armajani’s “Bridge Over Tree.” Located under the
Brooklyn Bridge, with those Whitmanesque views
of New York, the work is a long, narrow raised cov-
ered walkway. The middle rises into a teepee shape
to arch over a lone tree.How come all bridges don’tAUGUST 21–SEPTEMBER 4To
Twenty-five
things tosee,
hear,watch,
andread.TheCULTUREPAGESPHOTOGRAPHS: KEVIN BAKER/NETFLIX (DARK CRYSTAL AGE OF RESISTANCE); NETFLIX (NEON GENESIS EVANGELION ); RICHARD SOUTHGATE (DUST); FX (MAYANS MC); ABBY GILLARDI/WIKIMEDIA (TAME IMPALA)For more culture
coverage and event
recommendations,
see vulture.com.9.21.
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