The lights go out in Don DeLillo’s familiar yet slight The Silence

A family’s vacation is cut short by crisis in Rumaan Alam’s Leave The World Behind

Marilynne Robinson finds transcendence in the stunning, soul-searching Jack

Amnesia: Rebirth asks the question: Is there such a thing as playing not to win?

Star Wars: Squadrons comes alive when other people want you dead

Ghost Of Tsushima is one of the most beautiful games ever made—and it knows it

Letter To You is one of the finest achievements of Bruce Springsteen’s career

Sufjan Stevens rages and despairs through The Ascension’s bloated protest bangers

With Smile, Katy Perry is desperately trying to have fun again

Ben Wheatley’s demystified Rebecca is a pale imitation of the Hitchcock classic

Don’t expect many scares from the first four movies in Amazon’s Welcome To The Blumhouse series

Post-apocalyptic romance Love And Monsters makes an untimely case for leaving the bunker

Shang-Chi delivers kung-fu fun, even if it doesn't care about Shang-Chi

Batman: Three Jokers is a jumbled mess that borders on parody

Séance Tea Party teaches us the magic of growing up

Marvel’s Avengers Pt. 2: Earth’s mightiest heroes battle Earth’s crappiest matchmaking

Marvel’s Avengers has a story so good, it’s almost worth playing Marvel’s Avengers to see it

The deliciously nasty Vampyr feels like a game from another era

The most popular movies on Netflix, reviewed by The A.V. Club

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

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