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MOVIES
1.SeeTe ne t
Weara mask.
Intheaters.
MovietheatersarebackacrosstheU.S.(though
closedinNew Yorkindefinitely).If possiblyexpos-
ingyourselftoCOVID-19asyousitwith(hope-
fullymasked)strangersinthedarkseemsworth
therisk,then ChristopherNolan’slatestis asdecent
a spectacleasany fora reintroductiontobig-screen
viewing.A big,brawnyactionmoviewitha nearly
incomprehensibletime-warpingconceit,it has
bulletsthat travelbackward,JohnDavidWash-
ingtonandRobert Pattinsonintailoredsuits,and
globe-hopping. alisonwillmore
TV
2.Watch Jeopardy!
Witha newdailydouble.
ABC.
Whatis thebelovedquizshowthat returnsforits
37thseasonwithAlex Trebekashost andJeop-
ardy!champKenJenningsasa consultingpro-
ducer, whichimpliesthat wheneverTrebeksteps
down,Jenningswillbethenew host?jenchaney
ART
3.SeeK ar a Wal ker
Worksfromherpersonalarchiveincluded.
SikkemaJenkins& Co., 530 West22ndStreet,
throughSeptember 30.
Thelast NewYorkgallery showI saw intheflesh
wasKaraWalker’ssmashingdrawingsat herlong-
timeHQ,SikkemaJenkins,inMarch.As withall
galleries,thisonewentdark—untilnow,withthe
wonderfulresumptionofanamazingshowof
new, old,unknown,andshockingworkbyoneof
America’sgreatest-everartists. jerry saltz
POPMUSIC
4.Li stentoOhms
BytheSacramentoalt-metalvets.
Reprise,September 25.
TwentyyearsaftertheepochalWhitePony,Def-
tonescontinuetoblurthelinesofhardrock,shoe-
gaze,extrememetal,andelectronicmusic.Ohms
reunitesthebandwithWhitePonyproducerTerry
Date,andfrontmanChinoMorenosingsserenely
overlaceratingguitars. craigjenkins
TV
5.Watch Challenger:
TheFinalFlight
Fourparts.
Netflix,September16.
ThisNetflixdocuseriesrevisitsthe 1986 explo-
sionoftheChallengerspaceshuttleusingnew
interviewsandarchivalmaterialtodissect what
happenedinthattragic,nationallytelevised
moment. j.c.
THEATER
6.SeePhiladelphia
FringeFestival
A busrideaway.
fringearts.com,throughOctober4.
Amongdozensofsociallydistantproductions,
highlightsincludeJaamilOlawaleKosoko’sAmeri-
canChameleon:TheLivingInstallments,a flexible
digitalcommonsandarchivethatincludesa read-
inggroupforKosoko’s“SyllabusforPeace”
(throughSeptember30);DavidGordon’sambi-
tiousvideo-dancecollagewithmorethan 30 artists,
ThePhiladelphiaMatter—1972/2020(through
October4);andthesci-fi sequeltoGeoffSobelle,
Trey Lyford,andSteveCuiffo’shilariousmagic
show gone wrong, Elephant Room: Dust From the
Stars (September 23 to 26). helen shaw
CLASSICAL MUSIC
7.Hear Soundwalk
Sociallydistancedsoundart.
nyphil.org.
TemporarilyexiledfromitsLincolnCenterhome,
theNewYorkPhilharmonicis droppingcrumbs
ofmusicaroundthecitywithsmallcellsofmusi-
ciansgivingunannouncedconcertsfromtheback
oftheBandwagon,reallya tricked-outpickup.If
youmisstheperformances(andyouprobably
will),downloadanappfortheorchestra’snew
commission,EllenReid’s prerecordedyet vari-
ablesoundtracktoCentralPark,whichchanges
dependingonyourroutearoundthepark.
justindavidson
MOVIES
8.SeeThe Nest
Again,weara mask.
IntheatersSeptember18.
Thismoodydrama,a long-awaitedsecondfeature
fromwriter-directorSeanDurkin,followsan
Americanfamily’s movetoa ramshacklecountry
houseoutsideLondonwheretheirlivesbeginfall-
ingapart.It’sthe’80s,andwhilepatriarchJude
Law attemptstoshoreupanimage ofsuccessthe
householdfinancesdon’t match,CarrieCoon
playshisspouse,whoseequestriandreamsstartto
sourina spectacularfashion. a. w.
PODCASTS
9.Li stento
Lost Notes: 1980
“Thegreatestmusicstoriesnevertold.”
KCRW,September24.
KCRW’smusic-docpodcast seriesis a truedelight.
Initsnew season,poet andessayistHanifAbdur-
raqibhasassembleda season’s worthofstories
dedicatedto1980,a monumentalyearinpopular
musicthatkickedoff a trulywilddecade,ranging
fromtheSugarhillGang’s firstfull-lengthalbum
toStevieWonder’scomeback. nicholasquah
TV
10.Watch PEN15
Hormonemonsters.
Hulu,September18.
MayaErskineandAnnaKonklereturnastheir
middle-schoolselvesinthefirst halfofthesecond
season of this series,whichis hilarious,cringey,
andmoreheartbreakingthanthefirst. j.c.
MOVIES
11.SeeI’ mThinkingof
EndingThings
AnothertripintoCharlieKaufman’s psyche.
Netflix.
JessieBuckley playsa womanwho’s considering
breaking upwithher boyfriend(JessePlemons)
evenasshedriveswithhimthrougha blizzardto
meet hisparentsfor thefirsttime.Andthen,
becausethisis CharlieKaufman’s latestfilm,real-
ity startstowarp,timeslips,andcharacters
threatentorevealthemselvesasexistingonlyin
othercharacters’heads.Kaufman’s thekingof PHOTOGRAPHS: OLAF HEINE (LANG LANG); MARY CYBULSKI/NETFLIX (I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS); ERICA PARISE/HULU (PEN15); MELINDA SUE GORDON (TENET); PUBLIC DOMAIN (CHALLENGER: THE FINAL FLIGHT)
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