Pop Culture

The 20-year-old songwriter is drawing pop fandom with a sound rooted in rock history. His love life, and career, have been dramatic.

By Olivia Horn and Daniel Weiss

In a new memoir and documentary, the actor known for “Two and a Half Men,” “Platoon” and a debauched life that nearly killed him puts it all out there.

By Dina Gachman

A new series from the creator of “Peaky Blinders” and another starring Jude Law and Jason Bateman are among the highlights this month.

By Noel Murray

A shriekathon in “John Proctor Is the Villain” is the latest in a wave of young women letting their pipes loose — and exhorting anyone to join in.

By Melena Ryzik

A Ken Burns documentary on the birth of the American Republic, the end of “Stranger Things,” a new series from Sterlin Harjo and much more.

By Mike Hale

The singer, rapper and provocateur pushes herself to the max. On her new LP, “Vie,” that means leaning into her pop roots and “doing what I know I know how to do.”

By Joe Coscarelli and Chantal Anderson

A crop of artists on the verge of what’s next are returning with new releases, and Taylor Swift is reuniting with some of her poppiest collaborators.

By Elena Bergeron, Caryn Ganz, Olivia Horn, Jon Pareles and Hank Shteamer

Please Don’t Destroy will stop making videos for the show as Ben Marshall joins the cast. Watch clips of him and the other new additions.

By Maya Salam

Dolly Parton in Vegas, a shrine to David Bowie, a new standup special from Kumail Nanjiani and other picks from our critics and writers.

By Dwight Garner, Jesse Green, Alexandra Jacobs, Gia Kourlas, Alex Marshall, Melena Ryzik, Maya Salam, Jennifer Szalai, Alissa Wilkinson and Jason Zinoman

In his first Off Broadway play, the artist and comedian behind “Fantasmas” and “Problemista” is bringing audiences into his off-kilter world.

By Alexis Soloski and David Billet

On “Short n’ Sweet” last year, the singer became one of pop’s new queens of quirk. On its follow-up, “Man’s Best Friend,” she’s hiding behind her characters.

By Jon Caramanica

The upcoming season of “Saturday Night Live” will feature five new faces. Departing are Heidi Gardner, Michael Longfellow, Emil Wakim and Devon Walker.

By Maya Salam

Cardi B’s long-awaited return, Jeff Tweedy’s low-key magnum opus, Silvana Estrada’s latest poetic release and more.

By Jon Pareles and Jon Caramanica

Inspired by a funny request from his children years ago, his new series teaches young viewers about clouds, thunder and the ingredients of a rainbow.

By Laurel Graeber

Our critic went to Las Vegas to see the immersive presentation of the classic 1939 film. What she saw defied easy categorization.

By Alissa Wilkinson

A stint on “The White Lotus” introduced this Italian actress to a new audience. She calls her starring role on the new “Office” spinoff an “incredible American dream.”

By Alexis Soloski and Kobe Wagstaff

The 1980s pop star, who tells her story in a new memoir, chats about how she stays connected to teen culture, the glorious artifice of Las Vegas and dancing her own way.

By Phoebe Reilly

A new Netflix series, with direction by Spike Lee, revisits the storm’s devastation and looks at what has changed in the 20 years since, and what hasn’t.

By Esther Zuckerman

The journeyman musician has played a pivotal role in a wide variety of acts. An unexpected recent exit from Foo Fighters briefly made him the center of attention.

By Bob Mehr and Sinna Nasseri

Directors use our canine friends to convey connection even as we’ve grown more disconnected from the animal world.

By Manohla Dargis

That eyeball monster is pretty scary. But maybe not as scary as the trillionaires running the world.

By Sean T. Collins

Another batch of excellent titles leaves for U.S. subscribers this month, including “Mad Max: Fury Road” and “The Good Place.”

By Jason Bailey

The 27-year-old singer’s new album is a faithful revisiting of a time when country music’s revivalists were sometimes rowdy.

By Jon Caramanica and Stacy Kranitz

After a messy season that had viewers rapt, the cast addressed relationship statuses, online rumors and whether apologies were coming.

By Shivani Gonzalez

The actress received an Emmy nod for her performance as a seasoned E.R. nurse, a woman who has seen it all and lived to keep fighting. So has LaNasa.

By Nicole Sperling and Kobe Wagstaff

The guitarist and frontman chat about their fraught partnership, earliest goals and (possibly) final shows on the road.

By Rob Tannenbaum

The singer and songwriter proved she’s operating at the peak of her powers during a two-and-a-half-hour set that drew sharp connections between her past and present.

By Lindsay Zoladz

Nelly’s “Tip Drill” video from 2003 was instantly controversial. It’s one of many stories explored in a new docuseries about Magic City in Atlanta.

By Jonathan Abrams

Handwritten journals, durable boots, tomato seeds: the country singer and songwriter on what fueled her latest album, “Hard Headed Woman.”

By Brian Raftery

Listen to tracks by Deftones, Lila Iké, Chance the Rapper and others.

By Jon Pareles