• TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Destiny Of The Daleks”

    Mad-scientist villain Davros makes an unnecessary return, pushing the Daleks to the margins of their own story.

    May 13, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • Interview Dylan Hicks

    He talked to The A.V. Club about writing his novel, returning to songwriting, and crossing the line between truth and fiction.

    May 9, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Interview Saltee

    On paper, the idea of combining cello, beatboxing, and guitar seems like an improbable mix, and maybe even a recipe for gimmicky disaster. But Saltee does it, and makes magic instead of a mockery.

    May 8, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The War Machines”

    The Terminator arrives 20 years early when evil supercomputer WOTAN decides it can rule Earth better than the humans who created it.

    April 29, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Genesis Of The Daleks”

    Sent to the moment of his greatest enemies' creation, the Doctor tries to stop their evil before it can be born. But is he already too late?

    April 15, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • Preview Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival 

    From a year with Andrew Bird to a Japanese rent-a-cat business, here’s a taste of what the festival has to offer.

    April 11, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Curse Of Peladon”

    Sentenced to death by combat, the Doctor's life may hinge on whether his old Ice Warrior enemies could really be his friends.

    April 1, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Seeds Of Death”

    The Ice Warriors menace Earth and the moon in a fun but unambitious base-under-siege story.

    March 18, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • Music Review Andrew Bird: Break It Yourself 

    The singer-songwriter cuts his grandiosity with introspection. 

    March 7, 2012 | 1:05pm -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Time Meddler”

    In 1066 with a Viking invasion looming, the First Doctor meets his mischief-making match.

    March 4, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • Music Review The Small Cities: With Fire

    Like their musical forebears Low, Radiohead, and Pedro The Lion, there’s a churning emotionality woven through The Small Cities’ earnest indie rock, a marbled texture of sadness and, more strongly, optimism. 

    March 2, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Curse Of Fenric”

    Viking runes, underwater vampires and a chess-obsessed evil god plague the Doctor in an overstuffed penultimate adventure.

    February 19, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • Interview The Pines

    Benson Ramsey and David Huckfelt talked to The A.V. Club about the beauty and hope behind sad songs, how they keep their musical partnership going long distance, and their Iowa connection. 

    February 17, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Interview Martin Zellar

    “I’m almost living in reverse.”

    February 9, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Vengeance On Varos”

    The obnoxious Sixth Doctor takes on a disgusting slug-thing on a repellent world. Fun!

    February 5, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Mawdryn Undead”

    Introducing Turlough, mysterious alien schoolboy and the Doctor's reluctant assassin.

    January 22, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • Interview Father You See Queen 

    The A.V. Club talked with the band and the artists about the evolution of Father You See Queen’s sound and the thought behind their music boxes. 

    January 19, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Music Review Howler: America Give Up

    The Minneapolis quintet’s raucous debut exudes charm while wearing its Strokes influence proudly.

    January 17, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “City Of Death”

    Seven Mona Lisas, a one-eyed monster, and a Douglas Adams script make this a true Doctor Who classic.

    January 8, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • Interview The New Monarchs

    “You don’t know what it feels like until you’re watching network TV with your family and your song comes on TV. It was unreal.”

    January 6, 2012 | 2:00pm -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Doctor Who And The Silurians”

    Can man and lizard-man ever learn to share the planet?

    December 18, 2011 | 10:00am -

  • Music Review Minnesota Beatle Project Vol. 3

    As new local traditions go, few could be better or more welcome than the Minnesota Beatle Project, now in its third year of collecting Fab Four covers to raise money for music and art education.

    December 5, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The War Games” (Episodes 6-10)

    December 4, 2011 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The War Games” (Episodes 1-5)

    The Doctor tackles World War I and other horrors.

    November 20, 2011 | 10:00am -

  • Interview Chris Strouth of Paris 1919

    On Saturday, an 11-member version of Paris 1919 will spin a live soundtrack to Alfred Hitchcock’s 1927 serial-killer thriller, The Lodger: A Story Of The London Fog.

    November 10, 2011 | 1:15pm -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Dalek Invasion Of Earth”

    Old enemies make their first return.

    November 6, 2011 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Kinda”

    "Kinda" (season 19, episodes 9-12. Originally aired Feb. 1-9, 1982)

    October 30, 2011 | 10:00am -

  • Book Review Terry Pratchett: Snuff

    The bestselling fantasy series continues, with another richly funny story that’s as much about modern humanity as medieval-ish goblins.

    October 26, 2011 | 12:03pm -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “The Talons of Weng-Chiang”

    October 23, 2011 | 10:00am -

  • TV Club : Doctor Who (Classic) “Terror Of The Autons”

    October 16, 2011 | 10:00am -