84 newyork| february17–march1, 2020
TV
1.Watch BetterCallSaul
Albuquerque’sfinestcriminallawyer.
AMC,February 23.
You’vewaitedfourseasonstoseeJimmyMcGill
turnintotheSaulGoodmanofBreakingBad; in
seasonfive,it’s finallyhappening.S’allgood,man.
jenchaney
POPMUSIC
2.Li stento
MissAnthropocene
Grimesishavingquiteaneventfulyear.
4AD, February 21.
In her catchy but disquieting fifth set,enigmatic
singer-songwriter Grimes mixes pop androckin
a way the two genres haven’t been mixedsincethe
’90s. Walls of reverb on her voice and glacialsynth
sounds underfoot give these songs theeffectofa
fairy lost in a cavern. craigjenkins
ART
- (^) See Souls Grown
Diaspora
Leaving the rural South.
Apexart, 291 Church Street, through March7.
Artist Sam Gordon curates a generationoflesser-
known visionary African-Americanartistsand
heirs to the struggles, joys, and sorrowsofthe
20th century’s Great Migration. A showsprung
from love without a false note. jerrysaltz
MOVIES
- (^) See The InvisibleMan
Monster movie.
In theaters February 28.
Elisabeth Moss plays a woman tryingtoescape
fromanabusivescientistspouse.Thenhekills
himselfandthingsge t reallyweird.Yearsago, Uni-
versaltriedtokickoff the“DarkUniverse”mega-
franchisefeaturingitsclassicmonsters,butit col-
lapsedwitha box-officedisaster,TheMummy,
starringTomCruise.Sothestudio’splantomake
a moretraditionalInvisibleManwithJohnny
Deppwasscuttled,andnowwehavethischeaper
version,whichactuallyappearstobeabouttoxic
masculinity. Wellplayed. bilgeebiri
CLASSICALMUSIC
5.Hear KirillGerstein
Keyboardmaster.
ZankelHall,February 20.
The muscular-fingeredpianist, whoflingscolors
and whorlsfromhisinstrumentlike a spray-can
virtuoso,performsa programofmostlyHungar-
ian miniaturesaswellasblockbusterslike Liszt’s
PianoSonatainB Minor. justindavidson
TV
- (^) Wat ch Gentefied
A Latinxdramedy.
Netflix,February 21.
This half-hourseriesset inL.A.’sBoyleHeights
focusesona familytryingtokeeptheirrestaurant
businessvitalina changingneighborhood.Their
strugglesarerelatable,and,asanFYI,thefood
they serveandeat looksdelicious,sobeprepared
to binge-watchwithsnacks. j.c.
BOOKS
- (^) ReadAmnesty
Whenit’stoodangeroustospeakup.
Scribner.
BookerPrizewinnerAravindAdiga’s fifthnovel
followsundocumentedSriLankanDanny, who
landsinthemiddleofa murdercaseinSydney, PHOTOGRAPHS: JOAN MARCUS (FLEABAG); NICOLE WILDER/AMC/SONY PICTURES (BETTER
CALL
SAUL);
KEVIN
ESTRADA/NETFLIX
(GENTEFIED);
COURTESY
OF
NETFLIX
(I
AM
NOT
OKAY
WITH
THIS);
YOYO_MA/TWITTER (YO-YO MA)
FEBRUARY19–MARCH 4
To
Twenty-five
things to see,
hear, watch,
and read.
The CULTURE PAGES
For more culture
coverage and event
recommendations,
see vulture.com.
A M O E B A N E C T A R S N E W M A N
C A N A L S I M E A N I T O R I O L E
H I T S T H E S P O T I F Y M A D M A X
E N V Y T S E S N E E Z E E A S T
E S H A R P O R S
Y O U R H O N O R I O B J E C T I F Y
B A R B I E S R E P P E D Y E L L O W
A P I E C E P L E A S E F L A K E
T H E R A T I F Y P A C K R O A S T E D
H E N Q U E E N B E A N E
E T T E A T E A R F E A S T E R G S
R A V E L M I D S T A L I
O C T A V E S E D I F Y S U L L I V A N
L O U S E T A L E N T E A T I N G
E N T E R S M A S S E D I N T E N D S
J U S T I F Y L I K E O L D T I M E S
S N O N E E S O N
M O O N A G A S S I S T A M A K E
I N V E R T C L A S S I F Y C L O W N S
S T E Y E R T E L L A L L B O P E E P
S O N O F A S W E E T L Y S W E D E N
SOLUTION TO LAST ISSUE’S PUZZLE
18.
20.
6.
1.
14.
INTELLIGENCER.COM/NEWSLETTER
— POLITICS
— BUSINESS
— TECHNOLOGY
— IDEAS
Intelligence,
in every sense
of the word.
