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After oohing and aahing over “The Odyssey,” it’s time for the hot summer splash to make way for an intriguing fall lineup.
At the movies, Alexander Skarsgård plays a sexy wicker husband. Tom Cruise, a bizarro oil man. Jenna Ortega, a robot friend, and Kendall Roy, ahem, Jeremy Strong, is Mark Zuckerberg. Then we revisit classics of various stripes on the small screen, from a further-future “Blade Runner” to “A Different World” relaunch to “East of Eden” to “Pride and Prejudice.”
For new books, it’s an Emily fest. Emily St. John Mandel’s “Exit Party,” based in Los Angeles, is being called her best work since “Station Eleven.” And Emily Wilson, “The Odyssey” translator who launched 1,000 hot takes, lets us inside her process. As for arts, directors steal the spotlight: the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens with 20 inaugural exhibitions and a collection of David Lynch’s L.A. photography fills a local gallery.
Bookmark this page and come back daily this week as we share even more of the best of fall. — Brittany Levine Beckman
A real screenwriter and director emerges with his feature debut, a Cannes knockout coming from A24. But getting there required a pivot to the heart.
Debbie Allen, who worked on the original series, had tried for years to revive the groundbreaking sitcom. A new incarnation, helmed by Felicia Pride, arrives on Netflix with new and returning cast members.
‘David Lynch: L.A.’ at Pace will bring together 35 works from five series made between 1979 and 2008. The opening marks the first show devoted solely to the filmmaker’s photography practice in L.A., and is the first exhibition in his adopted city since his death in 2025.
