Relic is a haunted-house movie about the inside of the human mind

Charlize Theron and Kiki Layne kick off a more thoughtful kind of action franchise with The Old Guard

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets finds poetry at the bottom of a glass

From infectious diseases to fake news, The Rules Of Contagion examines how things spread

With his massive debut novel, Charlie Kaufman disappears up his own ass

Only Ottessa Moshfegh could have written Death In Her Hands, a grisly murder-mystery without a body

920London explores young queer love in the ’00s emo scene

Sticks and Scones is a heartfelt, masterful conclusion to Check, Please!

Batman: The Adventures Continue expands the mythos of the classic ’90s cartoon

Self Care is a timely beach read that skewers wellness and performative feminism

Abandon all hope, ye who are renting Scoob!

The anti-gerrymandering doc Slay The Dragon is an uninspired call to action

Phoebe Bridgers is as anxious as the rest of us, but Punisher is still a soothing balm

Lady Gaga returns to her electro-pop roots—and channels Madonna (again)—on Chromatica

The 1975 gets restless on the sprawling, unfocused Notes On A Conditional Form

The Last Of Us Part II boldly reckons with its predecessor and its own violent design

Though set during a terrifying outbreak, the Resident Evil 3 remake is delectable comfort food

Jedi: Fallen Order is a good Star Wars game with terrible slides

The deliciously nasty Vampyr feels like a game from another era

Far Cry 5’s nihilistic ending tries to take the rest of the game down with it

Ni No Kuni 2’s final hours bring a conventional ending to an unconventional RPG

With Dr. Strangelove, Kubrick shot a brilliant satire like a straight thriller

Fantastic Planet looks as strange today as it must have 40 years ago

Jean Renoir’s path to greatness began with La Chienne

Wyatt Cenac’s latest album finds the funny in world-weariness

Taylor Negron isn’t exactly himself on this posthumous collection

On Effable, Guy Branum imbues observational humor with personal pain