New York Magazine - USA (2020-09-14)

80 newyork| september14–27, 2020

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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