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‘Fargo’ Season 4

This season, depicting gang rivalry in 1950 Kansas City, sets out to tell a story more sweeping than any of its predecessors.
‘The Drew Barrymore Show’

The movie star is too famous to really show us herself on her talk show, at least so far.
‘Departure’

Although not always the most rigorously challenging of mysteries, "Departure" will hook those who seek a charge of adrenaline.
‘Sing On!’

The new karaoke competition show — anchored by "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" star Tituss Burgess as host — prizes accuracy above all.

‘Lovers Rock’

One of five anthology films about Black British life in the '60s to '80s, it's a time-machine reverie that lets the music do the talking.
‘Shadow in the Cloud’

Roseanne Liang's female empowerment thriller reveals how Chloë Grace Moretz might handle a "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"-style attack.
‘I Care a Lot’

J Blakeson has made the rare suspense film that's truly about something: the wages of power.
‘The Devil All the Time’

Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson star, but it's hard to imagine how a movie with this much crime and violence could be this rote.

Alicia Keys' 'Alicia'

Alicia Keys' "Alicia" finds the singer pushing the limits of her voice and imagination on her boldest and most adventurous album to date.
Nick Cordero's 'Live Your Life'

"Nick Cordero: Live Your Life: Live at Feinstein's/54 Below" is a cabaret set, but also recalls Joe Cocker's and other great live albums.
Tekashi 6ix9ine's 'TattleTales'

Rapper 6ix9ine spends his "TattleTales" album living down to low expectations of misogyny and dangerously baiting his gang ex-friends.
Big Sean’s ‘Detroit 2’

Big Sean's "Detroit 2" album explores Motor City power and pragmatism with guests including Travis Scott, Nipsey Hussle and Stevie Wonder.

'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.
‘The Line’

Meet the COVID-19 pandemic's first responders in this streaming docu-play about health care workers.

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