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AARP critic Tim Appelo gives more recommendations for the latest intriguing movies and TV shows
What Happens Later
In theaters October 13 • Meg Ryan, 61, both directs this Nora Ephron-style rom-com and costars with David Duchovny, 63.
The American Buffalo
On PBS October 16–17 • Ken Burns, 70, documents what he calls “the biggest slaughter of animals in the history of the world.”
The Persian Version
In theaters October 13 • An Iranian American girl dances to the forbidden “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” in a brash, fun, fizzy film.
Lessons in Chemistry
On Apple TV+ October 13 • Brie Larson plays a sexism-battling chemist who becomes a 1960s cooking-show sensation.