By MAYA SALAM As a child, I collected so many shark jaws that my mom disappeared them all one day while I was at school because my room allegedly smelled “fishy.” I suspect it was my general fixation on the beasts that didn’t pass the sniff test. When I first saw “Jaws” at age 8 — more than a decade after its 1975 release — it exploded my already shark-obsessed young mind. I should have been more scared, but instead I was captivated. When I saw “Jaws 2,” not long after, it sp

“Sisu” (2023) By JASON BAILEY This month’s streaming suggestions include poignant biographical portraits, coming-of-age dramas, a late-career leading role for a legend and more. ‘Sisu’ (2023) You have to congratulate Finnish filmmaker Jalmari Helander for his commercial savvy: With this sleeper hit, he’s concocted a lean, mean mixture of the most joy-buzzer elements of “John Wick” and “Inglourious Basterds.” Set in the final days of World War II, it tells the story of a gold

Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis in New York’s Riverside Park, the site of a memorable scene in the movie “The Warriors” involving bat-wielding gang members, Oct. 3, 2024. Miranda and Davis have jointly written the book, music, and lyrics for their new musical, “Warriors,” the first full musical from Miranda since “Hamilton,” opening on Broadway in spring 2027. (Daniel Weiss/The New York Times) By MICHAEL PAULSON “Warriors,” the first full musical from Lin-Manuel Miranda sin

Clive Davis sits with Aretha Franklin at a party to celebrate the premier of the film “Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives” in New York on April 19, 2017. (Rebecca Smeyne/The New York Times) By ROB TANNENBAUM Clive Davis had been running Columbia Records for about a year when he attended the Monterey Pop Festival in June 1967. It was a pivotal moment in the counterculture, a watershed for the budding sound of psychedelic rock. Davis was easy to spot. He was the guy in kh

Joan Cusack poses for a photograph at Pixar’s headquarters in Emeryville, Calif., on June 5, 2026. After 27 years, the beloved “Toy Story” cowgirl doll Jessie, voiced by Cusack, is finally in charge, but the actress played an important role in shaping the character early on. (Arsenii Vaselenko/The New York Times) By SARAH BAHR Joan Cusack was over the moon when she learned that “Toy Story 5” would be Jessie’s film. “I was so excited,” Cusack, 63, said in a recent call from th

Olivia Rodrgo performs at Acrisure Arena in Palm Springs, Calif., on Feb. 24, 2024. On her third album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” the 23-year-old singer delivers a polished, solemn breakup chronicle that misses her signature adrenaline rush. (OK McCausland/The New York Times) By LINDSAY ZOLADZ In the opening verse of “Drop Dead,” the heart-fluttering synth-pop single that kicks off Olivia Rodrigo’s third album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” t

By ERIK PIEPENBURG ‘Monkey’s Magic Merry Go Round’ His name is Mr. Jensen (Michael Gilio), but his furry puppet pals call him Jimbo. Soft-spoken and 1950s dad handsome, James is the host of a low-budget children’s television show who welcomes his audience to join him on the patio of his little house with a little garden that’s all just a little too creepy. When James spies a package inside his friend Marty the mailbox, James says to the camera: “I am fond of things that come

“Greenland 2: Migration” By ELISABETH VINCENTELLI Among this month’s picks: a zombie road movie, an alien action movie and Gerard Butler in a postapocalyptic sequel. ‘Greenland 2: Migration’ By escaping to Thule Air Base in the title country of the movie “Greenland,” the Garrity family narrowly survived Earth’s near-total destruction. In the sequel, five years after the apocalyptic event, we catch up with the Garritys (Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin) and their 15-year-old

“The Gas Station Attendant” (in theaters) is Karla Murthy’s loving, sometimes regretful effort to actually look at her father, H.N. Shantha Murthy. By ALISSA WILKINSON Children spend a great deal of time watching their parents, but it often takes a lifetime to really see them. The new documentary “The Gas Station Attendant” (in theaters) is Karla Murthy’s loving, sometimes regretful effort to actually look at her father, H.N. Shantha Murthy. He left his village in India as a

There’s a lot going on in “Disclosure Day,” story-wise and otherwise, but its maximalism is coherent and strategic. (Universal Pictures) By MANOHLA DARGIS Steven Spielberg’s “Disclosure Day” is one of those movies that sweeps you up from the start and rarely lets you down. A rollicking science-fiction adventure, it finds Spielberg revisiting a genre that he has populated with charming and horrifying extraterrestrials, genetically engineered dinosaurs and plugged-in psychics,