The Culture Desk

This xenomorph, like the franchise, is “hard to kill.”

By John White, Kate LoPresti, Wendy Dorr, Carole Sabouraud and Elisabeth Vincentelli

Our chief pop music critic’s latest picks.

By Kate LoPresti, Wendy Dorr, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell and Jon Pareles

Two critics on the legal thriller that just won’t die.

By Wesley Morris, Parul Sehgal, Elyssa Dudley, Wendy Dorr, Paula Szuchman and Sophia Lanman

New tracks from Jack White, Meshell Ndegeocello and more.

By Kate LoPresti, Wendy Dorr, Rowan Niemisto, Dan Powell and Jon Pareles

How his “radical honesty” gave me permission to be myself.

By John White, Wendy Dorr, Diane Wong and Robert Jones Jr.

Our take on the color of the summer.

By Kate LoPresti, Sara Curtis, Lynn Levy, Diane Wong, Stella Bugbee, Callie Holtermann and Madison Malone Kircher

Our critic on an unconventional new biography, “Miss May Does Not Exist.”

By Tina Antolini, Wendy Dorr, Dwight Garner and Daniel Ramirez

Our critic tackled its nearly 1,200 pages — and thinks you should too.

By Wesley Morris, Sam Anderson, Elyssa Dudley, Paula Szuchman, Wendy Dorr and Daniel Ramirez

Plus more new music for your weekend.

By Kate LoPresti, Sara Curtis, Wendy Dorr, Diane Wong, Dan Powell and Jon Pareles

And other Olympic sports you didn’t know were a thing.

By Alex Barron, Paula Szuchman, Wendy Dorr, Rowan Niemisto, Melissa Kirsch, Sarah Lyall, Alex Marshall and Elisabeth Vincentelli