All about Bruce Springsteen's upcoming biopic

Talking About

  • Bruce Springsteen is a legend. But the story of Springsteen is more than the scale of his success. Springsteen spoke to TIME ahead of his upcoming biopic, Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, in theaters Oct. 24, which chronicles the making of Nebraska, his 1982 acoustic masterpiece.

  • Jimmy Kimmel made his highly-anticipated return to late-night TV on Tuesday, ending his show’s suspension with a defiant nearly-18-minute opening monologue addressing his six days off air.

  • Ben Stiller didn't want to insert himself into his documentary about his parents. But he realized that Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is Lost wouldn’t be complete without his perspective as their kid. Stiller tells TIME about what it was like to evaluate his parents as a filmmaker.

Watching

  • Wayward. Combining elements of psychological thriller, teen drama, and police procedural—earnest genres that benefit from a dose of comedian Mae Martin’s downbeat humor—Wayward tweaks familiar tropes in service of a narrative whose ideas about family are novel. Read the full review here.

  • The Lowdown. This funny, shaggy, character-rich mystery from the creator of Rez Dogs interrogates what it really means to serve one’s community. Read more.

  • The Guest. This newly released Colombian thriller series on Netflix follows a family full of secrets. We break down the ending here.

Listening

  • Blank Check With Griffin & David. Each new miniseries in this long-running podcast Atlantic film critic David Sims and actor Griffin Newman focuses on a different director’s filmography, from their first movie through the “blank check” moment when they produced such an undeniable hit that studios let them pursue their passion projects. Read more.

  • Cocaine & Rhinestones. This podcast delves into the colorful and often contentious history of country music, never shying away from the stories that the greats might not want you to know. Read more.

  • Men in Blazers. A chance meeting between Roger Bennett, a freelance journalist, and Michael Davies, producer of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, during the peak of its popularity, gave birth to North America’s most influential soccer podcast. Read more.

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