“Lurker” (Mubi, Universal Pictures and Focus Features) By ERIK PIEPENBURG This month brings cool girl witches, bad boy cutthroats and sinister political agitators. ‘CAMP’ Trauma, belonging and witchcraft wrestle with each other in this strange and sublimely supernatural summer camp drama from writer-director Avalon Fast. Haunted by a tragic accident in her past, Emily (Zola Grimmer, wonderful) takes a job as a counselor at a Christian camp “for damaged kids kinda like you,”

“NAZA” (Dogwoof) By MANOHLA DARGIS The new documentary “NAZA” is tough to watch, and impossible to ignore. A shattering inquiry into Israel’s military actions in the war in the Gaza Strip, it was directed by Israeli filmmakers Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, who also codirected the 2024 documentary “No Other Land,” about military and settler violence in the occupied West Bank. Since the premiere of “NAZA” on Sept. 10 at the Venice Film Festival, their new movie has ignited pus

“Star Trek”’s intergenerational fan base shares more than just quotes; after 60 years, the series gives families a chance to pass down not only shared language but values, too. (Erik Carter/The New York Times) By SAM CORBIN At 76, Fran Friedrich knows the words to every episode of the original “Star Trek.” In fact, she’s pretty sure she could recite them by heart if she had to. “I say the lines with them, ’cause I’ve seen them a zillion times,” Friedrich said, referring to th

“True Stories” (1986) By BRANDON CRUZ There are the true stories, the stories we tell and the fog of everything in between. The films this month all circle around the power of stories: their ability to obscure the truth or shift the way we see ourselves. Maybe most of all, stories say that we were here. ‘True Stories’ (1986) Out in the plains of Texas, there is a town called Virgil. There you’ll find a soothsayer, a cowboy looking for love and a woman so rich she never needs

The Mighty Sparrow performs at the Harbourfront Center in Toronto in 2006. (Wikipedia/John Leeson) By MARGALIT FOX The Mighty Sparrow, known for more than 60 years as the king of calypso, who almost single-handedly gave the music of his Trinidadian homeland an electrifying international appeal, died Sunday in New York City. He was 91. The death, at a hospital, was announced by his daughter Karen Francisco. A singer, songwriter and guitarist, Sparrow — his given name was Sling

Céline Dion fans participate in an open-air karaoke event in Paris, on Sept. 11, 2026. The diva from Quebec has long been an adored cultural figure in France, but Dion’s comeback tour, beginning with a 16-day residency in Paris, has seen such a fever of attention that Le Monde compared it to Beatlemania. (Dmitry Kostyukov/The New York Times) By CATHERINE PORTER and GIULIA IMBERT Paris hasn’t just opened its arms to Céline Dion. It has declared its fevered, undying love for he

Days after Hayden Panettiere died, the federal Drug Enforcement Administration joined the investigation into her death. By DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR Hayden Panettiere died from a toxic mixture of the powerful opioid fentanyl, antipsychotic and antianxiety drugs, and muscle relaxants, the Greenville County Coroner’s Office said Tuesday, adding that her death was ruled an accident. An autopsy showed no signs of trauma that would have contributed to the actor’s death, the coroner’s

A sign at the Dolly Parton Experience at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge, Tenn., on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2026. Parton successfully leveraged her musical prowess and stardom into a multipronged business, most notably with Dollywood, located near her hometown in east Tennessee. (Will Crooks/The New York Times) By EMILY COCHRANE and JULIA JACOBS A feud over Dolly Parton’s sprawling estate spilled into the open Tuesday when her longtime manager accused her nephew and former security det

By ALISSA WILKINSON When the idiosyncratic and hilarious HBO show “How To With John Wilson” ended in 2023, its eponymous creator found himself at loose ends. “The space between projects is hard,” he says at the start of “The History of Concrete” (in theaters). “Time becomes unstructured. You settle into some of your worst habits.” And that, in his typically roundabout way, is how he ended up making a documentary about concrete. It’s not just about concrete, as any “How To” fa

“La Bola Negra,” which translates to “The Black Ball,” will open in theaters Oct. 16 before going to Netflix in December, and it is expected to get an Oscar campaign from the streaming service. (Elastica [Spain], Le Pacte [France]) By STEPHANIE GOODMAN “La Bola Negra,” the Spanish epic interweaving the story of three gay men over decades, won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday. The award, voted on by audiences, can be a bellwether o