Midsommar is here. Both the namesake horror movie and the time of year. That’s right—2019 is halfway over. Fortunately, Q3 is arriving with lots of heat—both the abundance of high-quality television and films and the temperature. (Seriously, Paris is burning.) Things kick off with the corporate-sponsored spookiness of Stranger Things and web-slinging adventures of Spider-Man: Far From Home, before broadening out to include both the live-action Lion King and the new Tarantino movie, Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood. And those are just the highlights. Have a look ahead at Fast Company’s Creative Calendar for July to better plan your kickoff to the second half of the entertainment year.
MOVIES
- Spider-Man: Far from Home, July 2
- Midsommar, July 3
- Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love, July 5
- Stuber, July 12
- The Art of Self-Defense, July 12
- Crawl, July 12
- The Farewell, July 12
- Sword of Trust, July 12
- The Lion King, July 19
- David Crosby: Remember My Name, July 19
- Once Upon a Time in… Hollywood, July 26
- Mike Wallace Is Here, July 26
- Skin, July 26
MOVIES AT HOME
- Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room, July 1 on Netflix
- I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter, July 9 on HBO
- Point Blank, July 12 on Netflix
- Behind Closed Doors, July 16 on HBO
- Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein, July 16 on Netflix
- Secret Obsession, July 18 on Netflix
- Money Heist, July 19 on Netflix
- Who Killed Garrett Phillips?, July 13 on HBO
- Share, July 27 on HBO
- Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It?, July 30 on Netflix
Music
- Imperial Teen – Now We Are Timeless, July 12
- Kool Keith – KEITH, July 12
- New Order + Liam Gillick: So It Goes…, July 12
- Purple Mountains – Purple Mountains, July 12
- Tycho – Weather, July 12
- Ed Sheeran – No. 6 Collaborations Project, July 12
- Scott Stapp – The Space Between The Shadows, July 19
- Sum 41 – Order In Decline, July 19
- Of Monsters and Men – Fever Dream, July 26
- Soundgarden – Soundgarden: Live From The Artists Den, July 26
- Violent Femmes – Hotel Last Resort, July 26
TV
- Divorce, July 1 on HBO
- Into the Dark: Culture Shock, July 4 on Hulu
- Stranger Things, July 4 on Netflix
- Chasing The Moon, July 8 on PBS
- Bring the Funny, July 9 on NBC
- Love Island, July 9 on CBS
- 2019 ESPY Awards, July 10 on ABC
- Family Reunion, July 10 on Netflix
- Harlots, July 10 on Hulu
- Snowfall, July 10 on FX
- Shangri-La, July 12 on Showtime
- Sweetbitter, July 14 on Starz
- Danny’s House, July 17 on Viceland
- Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, July 19 on Netflix
- Typewriter, July 19 on Netflix
- South Side, July 24 on Comedy Central
- The Boys, July 26 on Prime Video
- Light as a Feather, July 26 on Hulu
- Orange Is the New Black, July 26 on Netflix
- Veronica Mars, July 26 on Hulu
- Pennyworth, July 28 on Epix
- Four Weddings and a Funeral, July 31 on Hulu
- Kengan Ashura, July 31 on Netflix
- Sherman’s Showcase, July 31 on IFC
BOOKS
- Dapper Dan: Made in Harlem by Daniel R. Day, July 9
- Daido Moriyama: How I Take Photographs by Daido Moriyama and Takeshi Nakamoto, July 9
- Beneath the Tamarind Tree: A Story of Courage, Family, and the Lost Schoolgirls of Boko Haram by Isha Sesay, July 9
- Three Women by Lisa Taddeo, July 9
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead, July 16
- Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction by Chuck Klosterman, July 16
- The Lager Queen of Minnesota by J. Ryan Stradal, July 23
- Speaking of Summer by Kalisha Buckhanon, July 30
- Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith, July 30
[Photo Illustration: Samir Abady; Stranger Things: courtesy of Netflix; Orange Is the New Black: JoJo Whilden/Netflix; Once Upon A Time In Hollywood: Andrew Cooper/Sony Pictures; The Lion King: courtesy of Walt Disney Pictures; Spider-Man: Far From Home: Jay Maidment/Sony Pictures; Harlots: Liam Daniel/Hulu; The Boys: Jan Thijs/Prime Video; Four Weddings and a Funeral: Jay Maidment/Hulu; Danny’s House: Loren Wohl/9G Company LLC/Viceland]