An Officer and a Spy, Roman Polanski’s 2019 film about the Alfred Dreyfus affair, which exposed anti-Semitism in fin de siècle France, was a critical hit pretty much everywhere but in the United States. Americans never got a chance to see it because no U.S. distributor was willing to risk running afoul of the #MeToo insurgency that had re-exposed Polanski as a sexual predator. But the film, based on Robert Harris’s novel by the same name, is excellent. The resurgence of anti-Semitism and Polanski’s advanced age (he turns 93 on August 13) have calmed the waters enough for Film Forum to schedule a two-week run starting August 8. (filmforum.org) —Alessandra Stanley

Remi is small, determined, and convinced she’ll catch the biggest fish in the lake with her dad. She doesn’t—but don’t hold that against her. In this charming and gentle picture book, Remi Reels in a Big One!, author Sarah Van and illustrator Arjan Dillon remind young readers (and their over-caffeinated parents) that the real win is showing up and slowing down. After all, fishing, like life, is less about the catch and more about the company—especially if that company packs snacks. ($7, amazon.com) —Angela Panichi

Sunsolve is doing the most so you don’t have to. The sunscreen smooths, hydrates, and softens your skin, adds a hint of pigment, and protects with serious S.P.F. 50. I’ve been skipping primer, moisturizer, and literally everything else on my face this summer, and somehow I still look like I’m post-facial. (I’m not. I’ve had “book facial” on my to-do list for three months. Still pending.) The number of people asking what I’ve “had done” is frankly remarkable. Sunsolve truly leaves my skin looking like I sleep, plan ahead, and make appointments. I do not. But thank you, Sunsolve. ($88, sunsolvemd.com) —Jen Noyes

David Litt’s memoir, It’s Only Drowning, pairs two unlikely characters. One of them is Litt himself—a Yale-educated former speechwriter for Obama. The other, Litt’s brother-in-law, is a Joe Rogan–listening, non-voting, part-time surfer, part-time electrician. Against the tacit assumption in the wider culture that Americans must always meet on the battleground of their differences, Litt puts forward the idea that relationships which establish common ground later on can support negotiating ideological differences. “There was a time when keeping someone like Matt at arm’s length had been a matter of principle,” writes Litt. “I felt a civic responsibility, if not to shun him, then at least to be unwelcoming until his worldview matched mine. It’s hard to list all I would have missed out on—all we would have missed out on—if I hadn’t betrayed those principles.” Despite delving into America’s partisanship, Litt’s story remains personal, irreverent, and hilarious. In fact, the choice to explore such a hot topic in a memoir is clever, because it reveals a successful language through which we might approach that same problem in our own lives. ($29.99, amazon.com) —Jimmy Lux Fox

Montaigne is an artist contained by no forms. The Australian singer’s real name is Jessica Alyssa Cerro, and she’s not just a musician; she’s also an actress, a comedian, a gamer, a podcaster, and a designer. In addition, she has collaborated with several well-known artists. (David Byrne, from Talking Heads, co-wrote two songs on her 2022 record, Making It!) Her new album, It’s Hard to Be a Fish, is just as remarkably innovative and exciting as her life. If you’re someone who doesn’t listen to whole records, songs such as “Talking Shit,” “Beyond the Glass,” “Best Case Scenario,” and “It’s All About the Money” are earworms to check out. But I recommend listening to the whole album at once. The body of work is a song in itself. (spotify.com) —Henry McGrath

“Someone suggested that living on a coconut island with India Hicks meant you deserved to be punched in the face,” said Tom Chamberlin, editor ofThe Rake, to David Flint Wood about residing in a Bahamian paradise with his wife. Indeed, the former advertising man’s nearly three decades in the Caribbean are objectively highly enviable. For those not getting an invite anytime soon, Wood’s Idle Assembly Premium Aged Rum is a one-way ticket to evoking his slice of Eden. “It was born one rainy night on Harbour Island when David asked me what I was doing next,” says co-founder Rodger Nisbet. “I said, ‘Starting a rum company.’ He said, ‘Count me in.’” Matured in American white-oak ex–bourbon barrels, Idle Assembly yields notes of coconut, maraschino cherries, and cigar tobacco—appealing to connoisseurs and first-time rum drinkers alike. ($140, idleassemblyrum.com) —Spike Carter