The old cardinal entered the ancient former Carmelite convent on the Rue d’Assas in Paris and paused on the stone stairway. Here, on Sept. 3, 1792, a howling mob of the Revolution had hacked to pieces 114 bishops and priests, thrown their dismembered bodies into the Seine. The cardinal uttered a short prayer for the peace of their souls, then went on up the “stair of the martyrs” and entered the Salle des Actes, smiling and gesturing with slender hands.

There’s a world of difference between a work that gives us what we didn’t know we needed and one that merely fulfills expectations. Expectations are just a thing we bring with us, as undistinguished and uninteresting as an empty water bottle; the gifts we haven’t thought to expect are the secret sauce. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, directed by Marielle Heller and starring Tom Hanks as the cherished children’s television host Fred Rogers, is one of those movies you didn’t know you needed.

Check the furthermost part of the bookstore. On the left, all the way to the back, down the stairs, past mythology and social sciences. It’s the shelf on the end, the one filled with paperback spines as bright and colorful as conversation hearts. Or maybe it’s between the tabloids and the chewing gum at the supermarket checkout, a display of purse-sized books splashed with images of hands clutching waists. Whatever the case, what you’re looking for will be tucked safely away, curated into corners, never neighboring the “serious” literature.

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The popularity of George Lucas' Star Wars franchise surprised merchandisers, who were totally unprepared to supply the fanatic followers of the movie series. After Star Wars' release in 1977, toymaker Kenner scrambled to throw together a line of toys. Puzzles and games were released to some success, but it was the first four action figures that really changed it all. Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, Chewbacca and R2-D2 were miniaturized and sold to fans by the buckets.

October kicks off with strong debuts and equally strong follow-ups from the likes of Summer Walker, R&B’s newest breakthrough star; Angel Olsen, whose indie folk is boosted by the addition of strings; Isaac Dunbar, a teen with a keen ear — and intuition — for turning pop into relatable confessions; Niall Horan, who kicks off his sophomore album with a fresh sound; and Horan’s fellow Irishman Dermot Kennedy, a musical poet who has earned a devoted fanbase on the strength of his heartrending balladry, and whose second album also drops this week.

Too often, period pieces about the making of America treat the past with undue dignity, turning the raucousness and rambunctiousness of a two-and-a-quarter-century pageant of personalities into a chamber piece. American history is serious, sure, but it’s also giddy and strange, and too few entertainments treat it that way.

During this historic campaign, we witnessed so many moments of mudslinging and division—and a sense of frustration on both sides. With respect for our leaders tarnished, people searched for someone and something new, a political outsider who might touch the chords of hope and change in a more dramatic, even radical, key. Many of the photographers who documented these extraordinary months captured this larger-than-life spirit of raw emotions and unforeseen characters by making images in bold styles.