Time loops, twins, twists and trysts in this month’s collection of sci-fi picks.

This week’s picks involve artificial youth and alien-discovering elders.

Sara Bareilles is the heart and soul of this live capture of her musical.

Holiday movies like “Candy Cane Lane” are arriving on streaming at “A Christmas Frequency.” Here’s a roundup of several to consider.

A rom-com in space, a coming-of-age quest and a high-tech birthing plan are among the films worth checking out this month.

Mary Zimmerman, known for a dreamy approach to theater, stages the Metropolitan Opera’s company premiere of “Florencia en el Amazonas.”

Man-grasshopper hybrids, not-quite space travel and very brief time travel in this month’s collection of sci-fi picks.

The playwright David Adjmi explores the in-studio creation process in a play with new songs by the former Arcade Fire member Will Butler.

Larry Charles’s musical comedy is so hellbent on being outrageous that it just ends up being tiresome.

In this month’s selections, extraterrestrials roam and the Earth wanders.