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‘Roadkill’

Writer-producer David Hare places Hugh Laurie's Peter Laurence in a post-Brexit, pre-coronavirus pandemic world.
‘Everything’s Fine’

Sarah Cooper stars as the host of a surreal morning news show who's slowly losing her mind as the world falls apart.
‘Truth Seekers’

The Amazon series "Truth Seekers," starring Nick Frost, takes on the paranormal with jokes and plenty of scares.
‘The Queen’s Gambit’

Netflix's new limited series, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller and Bill Camp, is a welcome change of pace.

‘Let Him Go’

Diane Lane and Kevin Costner give it their all in a genre film that fuses suspense with honest emotion.
‘The Craft: Legacy’

Indie actor-turned-helmer Zoe Lister-Jones delivers a too-safe PG-13 sequel to a late-'90s punk favorite about a coven of teenage witches.
‘Spell’

A family of jaded African American urbanites land in deep Appalachian hoodoo in this diverting-enough genre piece.
‘Come Play’

A young autistic boy is menaced by a 10-foot-tall monster in this horror flick where the supernatural frights are less than super.

Ariana Grande’s ‘Positions’

Ariana Grande's "Positions," while less a tour de force than its predecessors, wins by focusing on upbeat, down-tempo romanticism.
Puscifer’s ‘Existential Reckoning’

Puscifer, the side project of Tool's Maynard James Keenan, has come back with the Halloween-ready "Existential Reckoning" album.
Gorillaz’s ‘Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez’

Gorillaz returns to party mode with "Song Machine," where Damon Albarn is joined by Beck, St. Vincent, Schoolboy Q, 6lack & others.
Bruce Springsteen’s ‘Letter to You’

Bruce Springsteen grapples with mortality, a lot, in "Letter to You," but any big chill is outweighed by the big warmth of the E Street Band.

‘The Last Five Years’

This smart revival of Jason Robert Brown's musical plays in a London theater cleverly redesigned for COVID-era safety.
‘The Outside Dog’ & ‘The Hand of God’

Kristin Scott Thomas and Rochenda Sandall headline two Alan Bennett monologues, which even under social distance pack a punch.
‘Beat the Devil’

David Hare's monologue at the Bridge Theatre in London recounts the playwright's battle with COVID-19.
‘Richard II’

Andre Holland leads the cast of a surprisingly intimate audio version of Shakespeare, from the Public Theater's Free Shakespeare in the Park.