By JASON BAILEY ‘Little Men’ (2016) Director Ira Sachs, whose new film “Peter Hujar’s Day” is getting raves on the festival circuit, is particularly adept at telling stories situated at the intersection of personal relationships and real estate concerns. It’s a peculiar specialty, but it describes both his lovely 2014 film “Love Is Strange” and this follow-up, which concerns two Brooklyn middle schoolers who find their close friendship threatened by a painfully protracted con

Jack DeJohnette onstage in New York on Feb. 28, 2014. The drummer and pianist, who died on Oct. 26 at 83, was a master of many styles and an ever-evolving innovator. (Tina Fineberg/The New York Times) By KEN MICALLEF Jack DeJohnette, an early member of Chicago’s experimental collective the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM), developed an adaptable style that shaped his career as one of jazz’s great instrumentalists. Originally a pianist, DeJohnette,

Rosalía in New York, Sept. 10, 2025. The Spanish musician pushed herself to make “Lux,” a labor of love exploring the feminine divine and the brutalities of romance. (Chris Maggio/The New York Times) By JOE COSCARELLI and JON CARAMANICA There is no pivot too sharp for Rosalía, the pathbreaking Spanish pop star. She emerged a decade ago as a disruptive star student of flamenco, and has since become pop’s leading avant-gardist and one of its most convincing omnivores. Last Frid

Anthony Ramos as Maj. Daniel González in “A House of Dynamite,” the new nuclear war thriller from Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow. (Eros Hoagland/Netflix) By ALISSA WILKINSON Certain premises make for perfect movies, so they keep being repeated. Boy meets girl. Rags to riches. And another that seems remarkably durable: nuclear holocaust has been triggered. We may or may not know why, and we may or may not be able to do anything about it. This is the setup of Kathryn Bi

Most of Radu Jude’s “Dracula” consists of numbered chapters that include loads of garish AI images and bring together, more or less, elements from the vampire legend. (Saga Film/Nabis Filmgroup/Paul Thiltges Distribution/MicroFILM) By MANOHLA DARGIS For “Dracula,” Romanian filmmaker Radu Jude has turned his attention and a cellphone camera on the title vampire in Bram Stoker’s 1897 novel and come up with a gleefully crude and vulgar go-for-broke provocation that is as grindin

Scarlet Camilo in “Boca Chica” (2023). (pragda.com via Selene Films) By DEVIKA GIRISH ‘Milisuthando’ South African artist and filmmaker Milisuthando Bongela had never really encountered racism until she was 9 years old — or so she thought. Born in 1985, Bongela was raised in the Transkei, one of South Africa’s many Bantustans: segregated regions that the apartheid government claimed conferred autonomy on the country’s native Black population, when in fact, they only entrenche

Jorge Calderón performs during “Join Me in L.A.: The Songs of Warren Zevon,” a tribute concert for Warren Zevon at the United Theater in downtown Los Angeles, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. The singer and songwriter was the focus of a tribute concert in Los Angeles on Friday. Next month, he’ll be honored by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. (Alex Welsh/The New York Times) By BOB MEHR At the conclusion of “Join Me in L.A.: The Songs of Warren Zevon” — a 32-song, 4 1/2-hour concert held

While there have been offers, Sheena Easton hasn’t been tempted by the prospect of making a splashy comeback. (Facebook via Official Sheena Easton) By BOB MEHR These days, Sheena Easton can walk her dog, go to her Pilates classes and have lunch with friends mostly without being recognized. In the 1980s, however, the Scottish singer was one of the world’s biggest, busiest and most visible pop acts, known for radio hits like “Morning Train (Nine to Five),” “Strut” and “Sugar Wa