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‘A Teacher’

FX on Hulu's drama, starring Nick Robinson and Kate Mara, details the beginning, middle and endless end of a teacher abusing her student.
‘The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City’

Bravo is expanding the reliably entertaining "Real Housewives" universe with its first new installment in four years.
‘Dash & Lily’

The new Netflix series "Dash & Lily" is a charming fantasy straight out of the most hopeful fanfic dreams.
‘The Crown’ Season 4

"The Crown" Season 4 introduces Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher in its splashiest and least subtle season yet.

‘Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey’

Move over, Black Santa. David E. Talbert has imagined a Christmas toymaker to take his place — and the holiday musical to go with it.
‘Fatman’

A strenuously quirky yuletide action movie is one more exploitation of the actor's too-renegade-for-respectability brand.
‘Hillbilly Elegy’

Amy Adams and Glenn Close act with down-home flamboyance in Ron Howard's otherwise overly safe adaptation.
‘Come Away’

Good luck finding the magic in this inexplicably serious and mostly depressing mashup between the worlds of J.M. Barrie and Lewis Carroll.

AC/DC’s ‘Power Up’

AC/DC's "Power Up," the Aussie rock band's first new album in six years, proves that old dogs doing old tricks isn't a bad thing.
Chris Stapleton’s ‘Starting Over’

On "Starting Over," Chris Stapleton is sticking with the mixture of gentle country-folk and blues-rock that made him an insider and outlier.
Kylie Minogue’s ‘Disco’

Kylie Minogue's most consistent and cohesive album since her oughts-era heyday, "Disco" is a welcome blast of sugar-rush anthems.
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.

‘Death of England: Delroy’

Starring "Hamilton's" Michael Balogun and performed on the eve of England's second lockdown, the play is sure to be seen again.
‘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.