Fast Company
Get ready to go back to Derry with ‘It: Chapter Two’, witness the end of an ‘Empire,’ and dance to Charli XCX. Here’s your creative calendar for September.
There goes summer 2019 into history’s dustbin. So long, you big weirdo! You were filled with superhero movies (one of which was the highest-grossing film of all time), Disney live-action films, failed comedies, and decent horror movies—all of which were overall kind of unsatisfying. (Thanks for Once Upon a Time . . . in Hollywood and The Farewell, though!)
As most of the summer’s worst entertainment impulses (looking at you, Men in Black: International) recede into the rearview, it is time to welcome with open arms the most creatively fruitful time of year. Autumn is when the Oscar contenders begin to sprout, when network TV returns with a suddenly awakened fury, and when an unwieldy number of must-listen albums drop.
In order to cut through the clutter, have a look at Fast Company’s guide to the most promising movies, shows, albums, and books coming your way in September. If you somehow manage to get bored with all these options, well, frankly that’s impressive.
MOVIES IN THEATERS
- It: Chapter Two, September 6
- Becoming Nobody, September 6
- Ms. Purple, September 6
- Strange But True, September 6
- Zeroville, September 6
- The Goldfinch, September 13
- Haunt, September 13
- Hustlers, September 13
- Can You Keep a Secret?, September 13
- The Harvesters, September 13
- The Sound of Silence, September 13
- 3 From Hell, September 16
- Ad Astra, September 20
- American Dreamer, September 20
- Corporate Animals, September 20
- Downton Abbey, September 20
- Rambo: Last Blood, September 20
- Where’s My Roy Cohn?, September 20
- Judy, September 27
- The Day Shall Come, September 27
- The Report, September 27
MOVIES TO WATCH AT HOME
- Bill Burr: Paper Tiger, September 10 on Netflix
- In the Shadow of the Towers: Stuyvesant High on 9/11, September 11 on HBO
- Mo Gilligan: Momentum, September 30 on Netflix
MUSIC
- Bat for Lashes – Lost Girls, September 6
- Chrissie Hynde – Valve Bone Woe, September 6
- Frankie Cosmos – Close It Quietly, September 6
- Lower Dens – The Competition, September 6
- Miles Davis – Rubberband, September 6
- The Highwomen – The Highwomen, September 6
- Tinariwen – Amadjar, September 6
- Iggy Pop – Free, September 6
- Charli XCX – Charli, September 13
- Chelsea Wolfe – Birth of Violence, September 13
- Cold – The Things We Can’t Stop, September 13
- Devendra Banhart – Ma, September 13
- Goo Goo Dolls – Miracle Pill, September 13
- Gruff Rhys – Pang!, September 13
- Jenny Hval – The Practice of Love, September 13
- KAZU – Adult Baby, September 13
- Korn – The Nothing, September 13
- Metronomy – Metronomy Forever, September 13
- Mike Patton & Jean-Claude Vannier – Corpse Flower, September 13
- Pixies – Beneath the Eyrie, September 13
- Puddle of Mudd – Welcome to Galvania, September 13
- The Lumineers – III, September 13
- Twin Peaks – Lookout Low, September 13
- Blink-182 – NINE, September 20
- Fitz and the Tantrums – All the Feels, September 20
- Hiss Golden Messenger – Terms of Surrender, September 20
- Keane – Cause and Effect, September 20
- Liam Gallagher – Why Me? Why Not., September 20
- M83 – DSVII, September 20
- Vivian Girls – Memory, September 20
- Zac Brown Band – The Owl, September 20
- Girl Band – The Talkies, September 27
- Hellyeah – Welcome Home, September 27
- Opeth – In Cauda Venenum, September 27
- Steel Panther – Heavy Metal Rules, September 27
- Tegan and Sara – Hey, I’m Just Like You, September 27
- Telefon Tel Aviv – Dreams Are Not Enough, September 27
- The New Pornographers – In the Morse Code of Brake Lights, September 27
TV
- Autopsy: The Last Hours of Garry Shandling, September 2 on Reelz
- The Secret Lives of Cheerleaders, September 2 on Lifetime
- Untouchable, September 2 on Hulu
- Greenleaf, September 3 on OWN
- Mayans M.C., September 3 on FX
- Joan Rivers: Behind Closed Doors, September 4 on Reelz
- Wu-Tang: An American Saga, September 4 on Hulu
- Elite, September 6 on Netflix
- Good Talk with Anthony Jeselnik, September 6 on Comedy Central
- Into the Dark: Pure, September 6 on Hulu
- The Spy, September 6 on Netflix
- The Deuce, September 9 on HBO
- Mr. Mercedes, September 10 on DirecTV/AT&T
- The I-Land, September 12 on Netflix
- Mr. Inbetween, September 12 on FX
- Room 104, September 13 on HBO
- Unbelievable, September 13 on Netflix
- Undone, September 13 on Prime Video
- Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin, September 15 on Comedy Central
- A Little Late with Lilly Singh, September 16 on NBC
- Conan Without Borders: Ghana, September 17 on TBS
- American Horror Story: 1984, September 18 on FX
- Between Two Ferns: The Movie, September 20 on Netflix
- Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates, September 20 on Netflix
- 71st Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, September 22 on Fox
- Bluff City Law, September 23 on NBC
- Bob ♥ Abishola, September 23 on CBS
- The Good Doctor, September 23 on ABC
- The Neighborhood, September 23 on CBS
- black-ish, September 24 on ABC
- Emergence, September 24 on ABC
- Empire, September 24 on Fox
- mixed-ish, September 24 on ABC
- Buzz, September 25 on HBO
- The Goldbergs, September 25 on ABC
- It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, September 25 on FXX
- Stumptown, September 25 on ABC
- Carol’s Second Act, September 26 on CBS
- Creepshow, September 26 on Shudder
- Evil, September 26 on CBS
- The Good Place, September 26 on NBC
- Grey’s Anatomy, September 26 on ABC
- How to Get Away with Murder, September 26 on ABC
- Law & Order: SVU, September 26 on NBC
- Mom, September 26 on CBS
- Perfect Harmony, September 26 on NBC
- Sunnyside, September 26 on NBC
- Superstore, September 26 on NBC
- The Unicorn, September 26 on CBS
- Bard of Blood, September 27 on Netflix
- The Politician, September 27 on Netflix
- Transparent: Musicale Finale, September 27 on Prime Video
- Bless the Harts, September 29 on Fox
- Bob’s Burgers, September 29 on Fox
- Shark Tank, September 29 on ABC
- The Simpsons, September 29 on Fox
BOOKS
- Stories Behind the Images: Lessons from a Life in Adventure Photography by Corey Rich, September 1
- After the Flood by Kassandra Montag, September 3
- Bill Cunningham: On the Street: Five Decades of Iconic Photography by the New York Times, September 3
- Dominicana: A Novel by Angie Cruz, September 3
- Quichotte by Salman Rushdie, September 3
- The Testaments by Margaret Atwood, September 10
- Autoportrait by Samuel Fosso, September 17
- Drag: The Complete Story by Simon Doonan, September 17
- Dublin by Evelyn Hofer, September 17
- Muhammad Ali by Gordon Parks, September 17
- Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson, September 17
- Sontag by Benjamin Moser, September 17
- Ukraine – Stop Tanks with Books by Mark Neville, September 17
- Brooklyn, The City Within by Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, September 24
- The Dutch House by Ann Patchett, September 24
- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates, September 24
- Year of the Monkey by Patti Smith, September 24
[Photo Illustration: Samir Abady; Hustlers: Barbara Nitke/STXfilms; 21 Bridges: Matt Kennedy/STXfilms; Ad Astra: Francois Duhamel/Twentieth Century Fox; Downton Abbey: Jaap Buitendijk/Focus Features; The Goldfinch: Macall Polay/Warner Bros. Entertainment; Judy: David Hindley/LD Entertainment and Roadside Attractions; Rambo: Last Blood: Yana Blajeva/Lionsgate; Wu Tang: An American Saga: courtesy of Hulu; The Deuce: Paul Schiraldi/HBO; Unbelievable: Beth Dubber/Netflix; Sunnyside: Colleen Hayes/NBC; Carol’s Second Act: Sonja Flemming/CBS; EVIL: Jeff Neumann/CBS; The Politician: courtesy of Netflix; Mayans M.C.: Prashant Gupta/FX]
