“The Vivisectors” and the final weeks of “Chess” on Broadway round out our picks for the weekend of May 29.

The end of Hacks, a cult horror film, and a new Boards of Canada album top this week’s Must List

"The Vivisectors" and the final weeks of "Chess" on Broadway round out our picks for the weekend of May 29.

By Tiffany Kelly

Tiffany Kelly

Tiffany Kelly is a staff editor at **. She has been working at EW since 2024. Her work has previously appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Wired, GQ, and Ars Technica.

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May 29, 2026 3:00 p.m. ET

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Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart on 'Hacks'; Katharine Isabelle in 'Ginger Snaps'. Credit:

HBO Max; Unapix Entertainment/Courtesy Everett Collection

The night is dark and full of terrors, but our Instagram account is full of *House of the Dragon*. Ahead of season 3, EW has launched three motion covers, each one starring a contender for the crown — as the show's cold war escalates into literal dragon fire. Choose your fighter. But choose carefully, or you might feel shame, shame, shame... —*Patrick Gomez, Editor-in-Chief*

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Hannah Einbinder and Jean Smart on 'Hacks' season 5.

Courtesy of HBO Max

Over the last five years, the Emmy-winning HBO Max series has been consistently good. That includes its fifth and final season, with Deborah (Jean Smart) going on *The Amazing Race*, and Deborah and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) pretending to be a couple. The final episode (now streaming) is a bittersweet goodbye — and a reminder of how far we've come since the veteran comedian and the young writer first met. You'll need to grab the tissues for this one! —*Tiffany Kelly, Staff Editor*

*Hacks* star Jean Smart & Co. on Deborah's new mission — and their journey to the series finale

Ginger Snaps

Katharine Isabelle in 'Ginger Snaps' (2000).

Unapix Entertainment/Courtesy Everett

Lionsgate has teamed up with home video pioneer Vestron to spotlight one of the crowning jewels of its back catalog — 2000's *Ginger Snaps*, the criminally underrated, twisted feminist classic, now on 4K with a bevy of special extras. —*Ryan Coleman, News Writer*

Boards of Canada’s Inferno

Boards of Canada's 'Inferno' album cover.

Following a rollout in which a handful of fans received mysterious VHS tapes teasing their return, the influential Scottish electronic duo have released their first album in 13 years — a seductive 70-minute soundscape that crackles with beauty and dread. —*Jason Lamphier, Senior Editor*

The Vivisectors

'The Vivisectors' book cover; author Missouri Williams.

MCD; Robin Christian

Missouri Williams' debut novel, *The Doloriad*, announced the writer as a provocative storyteller unafraid of the grotesque. While a campus novel may not seem like the most logical follow-up, Williams' latest — which centers on the friendship between a misanthropic professor's assistant and a student — is another pitch-black allegory told in gothic, obliterative prose. —*Laura Adamczyk, Editor*

Aaron Tveit and Lea Michele in 'Chess'.

"Nobody's on nobody's side" in this Broadway revival, but I was rooting for it. After eight months, Lea Michele was to pass the mic to Joanna "JoJo" Levesque, but now the show closes on June 21. Catch the musical (from the men of ABBA and lyricist Tim Rice) before another 37-year hiatus! —*P.G.*

*Chess* review: The infamous Broadway flop attempts to shed its checkered past with a powerhouse cast

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