Rolling Stone

Miranda Lambert

Wildcard

The Nashville queen cranks up the guitars, talks love and politics and keeps the drinks coming on a fantastic LP

Kanye West

Jesus Is King

On his ninth album, West turns to religion as his muse. It leads to moments of undeniable beauty, but little to hold onto

R.E.M.

'Monster' 25th Anniversary Edition

With demos, a full remix, and live material, the band's Big Rock Record is finally bigger than ever

CNCO

Que Quiénes Somos

Pan-Latino heartthrobs mine multiple diasporas with ease on accessible new EP

The Crown

A new cast, including Oscar winner Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth II, brings the challenges of middle age (and, for Prince Charles and Princess Anne, adolescence) to life

His Dark Materials

Based on the Phillip Pullman trilogy, the new HBO series leaves much to the imagination

Dickinson

Hailee Steinfeld is charismatic as the celebrated poet, but new Apple TV+ series is a muddled mashup of modern and period sensibilities

Watchmen

Damon Lindelof’s sequel to the Eighties work stays true to its spirit, asking big, difficult questions about today’s world — and the heroes and villains who live in it

Terminator: Dark Fate

Linda Hamilton returns to give the beleaguered series its best sequel in decades

Motherless Brooklyn

The actor-writer-director's performance brings emotional connection to this noir adaptation of Jonathan Lethem’s landmark novel

Parasite

The South Korean filmmaker outdoes himself with this cutting, caustic tale of class warfare between the haves and the have-nots

Harriet

Cynthia Erivo turns this portrait of Harriet Tubman into something better than your usual Oscarbait