Your Weekend: A Selective Guide
Movies: “Beau Is Afraid” is the highest-grossing indie of the year, and has a shot at becoming a cult film, thanks in part to a scenery-chewing turn by Patti LuPone…TV/Streaming: “Dead Ringers” has been made twice into a movie (Bette Davis, Jeremy Irons) and now it’s a series, on Amazon Prime, starring Rachel Weisz…Books: Maryse Conde is an 89-year-old novelist from Guadeloupe whom you’ve probably never heard of but should take note of thanks to her being nominated, this week, for the International Booker Prize for her novel “The Gospel According to the New World”…Music: I’m listening to a lot of Steely Dan so summer must be in the air…Sports: When it comes to Champions League football, Real Madrid is always in contention. And I hope they DESTROY Man City.
