Chris Vognar

Here are the fiction and nonfiction standouts that we can't wait to curl up with in the comfy chair.

I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine by Daniel J Levitin has an overall rating of Rave based on 5 book reviews.

And Justice for All, the overstuffed but strangely compelling 1979 legal drama starring Al Pacino, begins with the voice of a child reading the Pledge of Allegiance. It’s a sardonic start to a barbed, furious, free-swinging indictment of a legal system that, the movie suggests, has gone off the rails. Up is down, black is white, left is right.

Stephanie Koenig first met Brian Jordan Alvarez 11 years ago, when they were both cast in a UC Santa Barbara student film, although both were already out of college.

The actor stars alongside her frequent collaborator Brian Jordan Alvarez in FX's new comedy premiering Monday; she also wrote one of the season's funniest episodes, 'Powderpuff.'

In 'The De Palma Decade,' Laurent Bouzereau's unabashed adoration of director Brian De Palma can be a hindrance to deeper understanding.

Will Smith, the showrunner, discusses the comic spy thriller, which returns for its fourth season on Wednesday and is up for nine Emmy Awards later this month.

The Texas troubadour blessed the music world with "Pancho and Lefty," an enigmatic ballad of love, betrayal, regret, and a fork in the road.

In “What Nails It,” Greil Marcus celebrates the rapture of writing and implores critics to have open minds.

The film is the subject of a new documentary, 'Chain Reactions,' which premiered at the Venice Film Festival over the weekend.