Stephen Kijak’s latest follows a group of teens mourning the breakup of their favorite band in the late ’80s.

Also: Rethinking “Shaun of the Dead,” the church pew’s sordid history, America the idol, and the modern Republican dilemma.

I suppose now’s as good a time as any to confess that it’s only been within the last year or so that I really got into The Smiths.