76 new york | july 22–august 4, 2019TV
(^) Wat ch Ver on ic a Ma r s
Kristen Bell is back in P.I. mode.
Hulu, July 26.
Your favorite Neptune detective—you know, the
one you used to be friends with a long time ago—
returns for a fourth season to investigate a series of
spring-breaker deaths. jen chaney
MOVIES
(^) See Once Upon a Time
in Hollywood
Margot Robbie as Sharon Tate.
In theaters July 26.
A sprawling, dreamy (and insanely violent) re-
creation of a moment in time when both Holly-
wood and America were changing irrevocably,
Quentin Tarantino’s latest brings together his
many obsessions: classic and not-so-classic TV
shows, dead-end Westerns and cop dramas, fast-
talking showbiz backroom blather, and the
assorted psychedelia of the 1960s. Charles Man-
son’s shadow may loom over the film, but this is the
most fun Tarantino has had in years. It’s also his
most compassionate picture in over a decade.
BOOKS
(^) Read Costalegre
Eat your hearts out, Pegeen and Peggy
Guggenheim.
Tin House.
In Courtney Maum’s third novel, Lara narrates
her and her mother’s 1937 arrival in Mexico, a ref-
uge for artists and exiles ranging from Trotsky to
André Breton. Maum renders their feverish world
through the diary notes and letters of an adoles-
cent burning with embarrassment, excitement,
and love. Not a bad way to spend a world war, and
reading about it is an excellent way to spend a
summer weekend. boris kachka
THEATER
(^) See Hannah Gadsby:
Douglas
Here’s another chance, Michael Che.
Daryl Roth Theatre, through August 24.
Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby made huge
waves with Nanette, and now she returns to New
York with a new solo show, named for a very spe-
cific dog, that pushes the boundaries of stand-up.
sara holdren
POP MUSIC
(^) Go to Emo Nite
Esteemed scenesters.
Webster Hall, July 26.
Emo Nite, a traveling party celebrating the hey-
day of asymmetrical haircuts and tuneful teen
angst, rolls into town featuring DJ sets and per-
formances from Kenny Vasoli of Pennsylvania
pop-punk outfit the Starting Line, Craig Owens
of the capricious Chiodos and Cinematic Sunrise,
and others. craig jenkins
ART
(^) See Ugo Mulas
Intimate non-selfies.
Matthew Marks Gallery, 522 West 22nd Street,
through August 16.
Behold a reinvigorating hit of the New York art
world in the mid-1960s, before collectors, advis-
ers, and auction madness overran everything.
Revel in this amazing show of super-candid
black-and-white images by Italian photographer
Ugo Mulas, who captured the likes of Jasper
Johns, Marcel Duchamp, Barnett Newman,
Robert Rauschenberg, and Andy Warhol. Lov-
ingly organized by Hendel Teicher and beauti-
fully installed. Marks and Teicher deserve a
medal for this one. jerry saltz
POP MUSIC
(^) Listen to Immunity
From an internet-pop microphenom.
Fader, August 2.
You might recognize 20-year-old singer-producer
Clairo from the hazy Skate Kitchen soundtrack
gem “Heaven” or the wistful lo-fi viral hit “Pretty
Girl.” The Massachusetts native writes aching
songs about the pains of being young and in love;
tune in for this debut album, which catches a ris-
ing talent reaching full bloom. c.j.
TV
(^) Go to Fou r We dd i ng s
and a Funeral
The Richard Curtis movie,
transformed into a contemporary TV show.
Hulu, July 31.
Mindy Project alums Mindy Kaling and Matt War-
burton have co-created this series, based on that
1994 rom-com in which Hugh Grant famously
quoted David Cassidy’s “I Think I Love You.” j.c.
BOOKS
(^) Read Beneath
the Tamarind Tree
Heartbreaking.
Dey Street Books.
In 2014, Boko Haram kidnapped more than 250
students in the northern Nigerian town of Chibok.
Isha Sesay, a broadcast reporter who was born in
Sierra Leone, managed to interview some of the
survivors (many are still missing). We’re lucky that
her detailed reporting has made it into a book—an
alternately harrowing and inspiring reminder of
the power of education for both its beneficiaries
and its savage enemies. b.k.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
(^) Hear International
Contemporary Ensemble
Not that ICE.
David Rubenstein Atrium, July 25;
and Bruno Walter Auditorium, August 5.
Mostly Mozart may be mostly ... well, you know,
but these days, all sorts of para-Mozartian phe-
nomena take place at the edges. ICE, the corps of
virtuosos that serves as the festival’s new-music
house band, presents an international roster of
women composers. One program focuses on the
Harvard-based Ashley Fure and the Icelandic
conjurer of pristine soundscapes Anna Thorvalds-
dóttir. A second surveys the music of three young
Iranians, Anahita Abbasi, Aida Shirazi, and Nilou-
far Nourbakhsh. justin davidson
TV
(^) Wat ch Orange Is the
New Black
You’ve got ... no more time, actually.
Netflix, July 26.
It’s the end of the road for the ladies of Litchfield
Penitentiary in this, the seventh and final season
of Netflix’s portrait of prison life. j.c.
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