"Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life" (Viking), by Amber Scorah As an adolescent Jehovah's Witness, Amber Scorah knocked on plenty of doors and assigned each house a two-...

In the pilot of the new HBO series "Euphoria," a young woman is about to be assaulted by an angry drunk in the kitchen at a house party. Her hand happens to find a kitchen knife. She raises it....

Calexico and Iron & Wine, "Years to Burn" (Sub Pop) Reuniting on "Years to Burn," their first full-length project since 2005, Calexico and Iron & Wine remind audiences why they initially...

The newly released Netflix movie "Always Be My Maybe," is an Asian American rom-com with a twist: Ethnicity isn't central to the plot. It's just stand-up comedian and actress Ali Wong and "Fresh...

"Dark Site" (Minotaur Books), by Patrick Lee What at first appears to be a random attack on a man and a woman ends up being far more sinister and disturbing in Patrick Lee's latest thriller,...

Bruce Springsteen, "Western Stars" (Columbia) Bruce Springsteen's new studio release breaks fresh ground for the veteran rocker, who turns his back not only on the blistering sound of the E...

Millie Bobby Brown may use brute force against demon monsters in "Stranger Things," but the teenage actress relies more on intelligence to outsmart the 500-foot-tall behemoths in the new Godzilla...

"The River," by Peter Heller (Alfred A. Knopf) This novel about two Dartmouth College students on a canoe trip gone badly awry is partly an ode to the Northern wilderness, partly a survival...

Former Prince protege and longtime friend Apollonia Kotero said the Purple One had major plans for her before his untimely death in 2016, including new music, a possible film and even a book to...

It's been a bit since moviegoers had the chance to catch up with Godzilla, five years in fact, which in cinematic franchise time feels like at least a few decades. In other words, it's understandable...