June
- Hitch 22 by Christopher Hitchens
- U2's 360° Tour
- Bionic by Christina Aguilera
- Splice
- Get Him To The Greek
- The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner by Stephenie Meyer
- The Good Guys
- A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
- The Passage by Justin Cronin
- Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook by Anthony Bourdain
- How I Got Over by The Roots
- Sweet and Wild by Jewel
- Crunk Rock by Lil Jon
- The Merchant of Venice
- Work of Art
- Bonnaroo
- The A-Team
- The Karate Kid
- The World Cup
- Phish
- True Blood
- Imperial Bedrooms by Bret Easton Ellis
- Bingo! by The Steve Miller Band
- Thank Me Later by Drake
- American Slang by The Gaslight Anthem
- Toy Story 3
- I Am Love
- Latino Theater Festival
- Ten by Jason Moran
- New York Philharmonic
- Futurama
- Knight and Day
- Lilith Fair
- John Baldessari: Pure Beauty
- Louie
- The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David Mitchell
- Expo 86 by Wolf Parade
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse
July
- The Girl Who Played With Fire
- The Last Airbender
- The Cookbook Collector by Allegra Goodman
- Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty by Big Boi
- Aphrodite by Kylie Minogue
- Despicable Me
- The Kids Are All Right
- Tanglewood
- The Disappearing Spoon by Sam Kean
- /\/\ /\ Y /\ by M.I.A.
- Dark Night of the Soul by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse
- Robin and the 7 Hoods
- The Sorcerer's Apprentice
- Inception
- Pitchfork Music Festival
- Throne of Blood
- The Pillars of the Earth
- Salt
- Dinner for Schmucks
- Mad Men
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
- Super Sad True Love Story by Gary Shteyngart
August
- Rubicon
- Gustavo Dudamel at the Hollywood Bowl
- I Curse the River of Time by Per Petterson
- The Other Guys
- Lollapalooza
- Dalí: The Late Work
- Franz Welser-Möst conducts the Cleveland Orchestra
- You Lost Me There by Rosecrans Baldwin
- Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Eat, Pray, Love
- The Big C
- King Uncaged by T.I.
- Nanny McPhee Returns
- Teenage Dream by Katy Perry
- Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
- Going the Distance
TIME's critics give you a guided tour of the coming season's new music, movies, books and television, from Futurama to Lollapalooza, Pixar to Xtina