“Eight Days a Week” and “Bridget Jones’s Baby”
By Anthony Lane
Reviews of Ron Howard’s crowdsourced Beatles history and the latest installment of the franchise that stars Renée Zellweger.
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“You Must Change Your Life,” “Tong Wars,” “The Heavenly Table,” and “Mercury.”
Dining Down Memory Lane
By Jane Kramer
Nostalgia and Paul Freedman’s “Ten Restaurants That Changed America.”
Emma Donoghue’s Art of Starvation
By Alexandra Schwartz
In the new historical novel “The Wonder,” the author of “Room” examines the connection between fasting and faith.
The Slo-Mo Specificity of “Atlanta”
By Emily Nussbaum
Donald Glover’s new show on FX emphasizes character and mood, place and flow, a different type of originality. It’s shrewd, emotional, and impolite.
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“The Huntress,” “Chasing the Last Laugh,” “Here Comes the Sun,” and “SoHo Sins.”
The Teen Killers of the Drug War
By Patrick Radden Keefe
Child soldiers in foreign conflicts are treated as victims. What about the adolescents on the U.S.-Mexico border?
Alice Oswald’s Natural Terrors
By Dan Chiasson
“Falling Awake” is the poet’s odd, brilliant ode to the English countryside.
M.I.A.’s Provocative Pop
By Carrie Battan
In recent years, her controversies have been more vital than her music.
“The Light Between Oceans” and “Max Rose” Reviews
By Anthony Lane
Derek Cianfrance’s movie, with Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander, and Daniel Noah’s film, starring Jerry Lewis.
