Movies, TV, music and books we're into this week

The weekend is nigh upon that. So get fix to curl upwardly in front end of the Television receiver, media player or with a proficient volume (or ereader).

This calendar week's batch of recommendations from Team Windows Primal features a super stylized film with the city of San Francisco every bit a leading grapheme, a "sexy" show gear up in New York, and a authentic and gritty novel based in D.C.

And if these aren't up your alley, we have plenty more than where those came from. Merely hitting the link beneath.

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Movies

Stylized San Fran

The Last Black Human being in San Francisco

Recommended past Al Sacco, managing editor

San Francisco is i of America's great, most glorious cities, and information technology'due south never looked more memorable than in this film.

It's the story of a generally homeless homo in the San Francisco surface area who makes it his life'southward quest to maintain (and possibly even reclaim) the old Victorian dwelling in the urban center that his grandfather once owned — and that he may or may not accept built. The neighborhood is at the center of the wave of gentrification that continues to transform San Fran from cocked and alternative oasis to modern tech-centric hub. That means it's out of achieve for all but the very wealthy.

The plot is simple, but it'due south the shooting, scenery and music that really make this picture pop. It's beautiful and poignant, and the lead actor — who based the movie at least partially on his own truthful story — delivered a pitch-perfect performance that left me thinking nearly the motion picture for days after watching it.

TV

New York, New York

Sex and the Metropolis

Recommended past Jez Corden, Senior Editor

Sex and the Urban center is one of the greatest HBO shows of all time, and I recently discovered information technology was on the Xbox TV store in its entirety.

Sarah Jessica Parker plays Carrie Bradshaw, a sex and culture columnist in New York Urban center. Her friendships, relationships, and conquests form the basis of magazine column, as Carrie and her other 30-ish-year-old successful professional person friends stumble from strength-to-strength, from crisis-to-crisis.

Music

The wait is over

Tool - Fear Inoculum

Recommended past Richard Devine, Reviews Editor

Hey so, Tool is dorsum, in case you hadn't heard. An iconic ring last seen 13 years ago, and who until recently wasn't bachelor to listen to digitally on the major streaming services.

So, this past couple of months has been like Christmas come early for Tool fans. Fear Inoculum is upon us, and I still don't really know how much I like it. That's the matter with Tool, it usually takes a while to fully assimilate. I exercise know that it'due south 1 kick donkey album, though. Pneuma, in particular, is a stand out rail.

America'south Tragically Hip

Automatic For The People

Recommended by Cale Hunt, staff author

Beloved 'em or hate 'em, R.Due east.Chiliad. created an impressive collection of work in its time. I've gone back to 1992 for Automatic For The People, the 8th album released by frontman Michael Stipe and company. It'south a rather moody anthology, exploring all kinds of grim stuff that we think about as nosotros go older, but information technology'south uplifted by complex melodies and bright string arrangements (many actually composed by Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones).

The album includes the mega-hit "Everybody Hurts" that most people accept no doubt heard, merely information technology's really every bit a whole that the album is best enjoyed. It begins with the ominous "Drive" and ends with the funereal "Find The River," with all kinds of pleasing music between.

Books

D.C. noir

The Man Who Came Uptown — George Pelecanos

Recommended by Al Sacco, managing editor

In this criminal offense-fiction novel fix in and effectually Washington, D.C., there really aren't any "expert guys." Even the protagonists can only be categorized as such in comparison to everybody else in the story. The plot is basically an ongoing spider web of scams and robberies, with the characters all trying to get over on each other without getting caught.

Pelecanos's writing is dialogue heavy, and it's laced with sharp language and (mostly) authentic-sounding urban slang. The book is gritty and raw, and unlike many similar books in the genre, it feels like it could exist real. It reads like a flavor of the epic crime show "The Wire." And that's for good reason; Pelecanos produced and wrote for the show.

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