WHAT TO WATCH

The buzziest new programming for the week of: December 17-January 7, 2026

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: NEBRASKA LIVE (2025)

Bruce Springsteen performs the songs from his 1982 album "Nebraska" in an intimate soundstage setting. In keeping with the mood of the album, the stage is spare and unadorned, the black-and-white cinematography alternates between stark and shadowy, and the close quarters camerawork has a you-are-there quality. Springsteen gives a commanding performance, singing these tales of hard times and heartbreak, written as a young man forty years earlier, now with the well-earned authority of an elder artist. The film is directed by Springsteen's longtime filmic collaborator Thom Zimny.

(Streaming Wednesday, January 7)