Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Bryan Cranston

The itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention, organized to bring together students and parents from across the country for fellowship and scholarly competition, is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events.

Nitehawk Recommends: “Do Not Detonate,” the new book edited by Wes Anderson and Jake Perlin. Writings on the people and places, theater and film of mid-century America (and beyond), in a portfolio of essays and photographs informing Wes Anderson’s film Asteroid City.

Available in Brooklyn at Greenlight, Books Are Magic and Spoonbill & Sugartown or online.