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DIVING INTO SUMMER CULTURE
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The season’s best movies, TV, books, music and theater, from shallow to deep
HALT & CATCH FIRE
This smart new AMC series charts the rise of the personal computer and the high-stakes business around it—not to mention cringe-worthy 1980s fashions.
CHRISSIE HYNDE’S STOCKHOLM
6 FT
JUNE
The Pretenders frontwoman strikes out on her own with an album of 11 rollicking rock tracks, including collaborations with Neil Young and John McEnroe.
3 FT
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
JUPITER ASCENDING
The Wachowskis latest sci-fi offering features Mila Kunis as the titular being, who discovers she alone is responsible for the fate of the universe. But no pressure!
The second season of Netflix’s much bingewatched series promises more banter and brutality from inside a Connecticut women’s prison. JUNE
JU LY
6 FT
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JUNE
SUMMER HOUSE WITH A SWIMMING POOL
LULLABY
9 FT
Amy Adams and Garrett Hedlund star in this tearjerker indie, about a family rallying around its fading patriarch. JUNE
The latest from director Paul Haggis, this ensemble drama follows Liam Neeson, Olivia Wilde, Adrien Brody, Kim Basinger and more through an onslaught of international intrigue.
Herman Koch, who wrote 2013’s breakaway hit, The Dinner, is back with this pageturner about a plastic surgeon, a dead movie star and a charming bungalow on the Mediterranean.
JUNE
JUNE
THIRD PERSON
GET ON UP
Based on the life of James Brown, this soulful biopic features an impressive soundtrack and cast, led by Chadwick Boseman and an impressive collection of wigs.
9 FT
AUGUST
BOYHOOD
12 FT
THE KILLS
THE KNICK
E.R., this isn’t. On Cinemax’s new series, helmed by Steven Soderbergh and starring Clive Owen, the bloody goings-on at a turn of the century New York hospital are just what the doctor ordered. AUGUST
DEEP END
The rare thriller to be longlisted for the prestigious Man Booker Prize, this 1,024-page, four-part novel might be beach reading, but it’s going to be the smartest book out on the sand. AUGUST
THE MAIDS
Another summer blockbuster? Not for Cate Blanchett. The co–artistic director of the Sydney Theatre Company is bringing stateside her lauded production of Jean Genet’s The Maids for a summertime dose of high culture at New York’s Lincoln Center Festival. AUGUST
Richard Linklater’s worth-the-wait bildungsroman is remarkable not only for its performances but also its process: Linklater filmed annually for over a decade to allow his cast to age naturally.
12 FT
JU LY
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DEEP END
THE KNICK: MARY CYBULSKI/CINEMAX. BLANCHETT: AXELLE/BAUER-GRIFFIN/FILMMAGIC. HALT & CATCH FIRE: TINA ROWDEN/AMC. JUPITER ASCENDING: COURTESY OF WARNER BROS. PICTURES. HYNDE: DEAN CHALKLEY. ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK: JILL GREENBERG FOR NETFLIX. SUMMER HOUSE: COURTESY. THIRD PERSON: MARIA MARIN/COURTESY OF SONY PICTURES CLASSICS. LULLABY: NICOLE RIVELLI. THE KILLS: COURTESY. BOYHOOD: COURTESY OF IFC FILMS.
3 FT