The best movies, TV, books, arts and concerts to spice up fall

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Set us as preferred After oohing and aahing over “The Odyssey,” it’s time for the hot summer splash to make way for an intriguing fall lineup.At the movies, Alexander Skarsgård plays a sexy wicker husband.Tom Cruise, a bizarro oil man.

Jenna Ortega, a robot friend, and Kendall Roy, ahem, Jeremy Strong, is Mark Zuckerberg.Then we revisit classics of various stripes on the small screen, from a further-future “Blade Runner” to “A Different World” relaunch to “East of Eden” to “Pride and Prejudice.”For new books, it’s an Emily fest.

Emily St.John Mandel’s “Exit Party,” based in Los Angeles, is being called her best work since “Station Eleven.” And Emily Wilson, “The Odyssey” translator who launched 1,000 hot takes, lets us inside her process.

As for arts, directors steal the spotlight: the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens with 20 inaugural exhibitions and a collection of David Lynch’s L.A.photography fills a local gallery.Bookmark this page and come back daily this week as we share even more of the best of fall.

— Brittany Levine Beckman Movies Movies Movies A real screenwriter and director emerges with his feature debut, a Cannes knockout coming from A24.But getting there required a pivot to to the heart.

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