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Best of The worst films of 2012

We’ve talked about the best of the year. Here’s the opposite of that.

December 20, 2012 | 12:00am -
Best of The best films of 2012

Vivid histories, haunted landscapes, and revitalized genre fare defined the year in film.

December 19, 2012 | 12:00am -
Best of The least essential albums of 2012

It’s not that they’re bad, necessarily. It’s that they’re pointless.

December 14, 2012 | 12:00am -
Watch This John Boorman’s Excalibur covers the King Arthur legend in blood, flesh, and Jung

“The king without a sword! A land without a king!”

December 12, 2012 | 1:30pm -
13 Days Of Christmas The Fonz plays against type in 1979’s An American Christmas Carol

Henry Winkler cut against his most famous role in a surprisingly political retelling of the Dickens classic.

December 11, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Best of The best music of 2012: The ballots

Scrutinize every point assigned, every album liked, and every honorable mention awarded.

December 11, 2012 | 12:00am -
Inventory Jon Lovitz will kick your ass: 20-plus unexpectedly badass performances from established non-badasses

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

December 10, 2012 | 12:00am -
Watch This Primary Colors examines the moral compromises involved in running for president

John Travolta’s Bill Clinton surrogate wants to win at all costs, but does that make him a bad guy?

December 6, 2012 | 1:30pm -
Best of Happy holidays… for now: The A.V. Club’s apocalypse-ready 2012 Gift Guide

Preparing you for The End, one frivolous pop-culture item at a time.

December 5, 2012 | 10:00am -
Hear This An early Bangles cover captures the appeal of indulgent wastefulness

The “Walk Like An Egyptian” group went to England, too.

December 4, 2012 | 12:30pm -
Trailers Revisited How accurate were the Skyfall, Lincoln, and Life Of Pi trailers?

New feature: The Internet has gotten into the habit of dissecting films based on their trailers. Now we look back at the trailers and see what they say about their films.

December 4, 2012 | 11:00am -
Watch This New Orleans on film in honor of Killing Them Softly (4 of 5): Easy Rider

In Easy Rider a long trip takes a dark turn in the Big Easy.

November 29, 2012 | 1:30pm -
Movie Review The Collection

The writing-directing team behind the later Saw movies offers more mechanized death in a sequel to a little-remembered horror thriller.

November 29, 2012 | 12:01am -
Inventory ’Til the juice runs down my leg: 23 songs that use fruit for sexual metaphor

A musical list from The A.V. Club.

November 28, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Great Job, Internet! Read This: Follow The Beatles’ career one week at a time (50 years later)

The story of The Beatles has been told often and in various formats, but there’s no good reason not to tell it again.

November 26, 2012 | 5:05pm -
Inventory Bold type: 13 opening-credits sequences better than the movies that follow

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

November 26, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Treme “Tipitina”

The show brings its third season to a bittersweet end.

November 25, 2012 | 10:00pm -
Newswire Happy Thanksgiving! (We’re going to lay low for a few days)

Happy Thanksgiving. We’re celebrating with turkey, TV, and a brief content break.

November 21, 2012 | 4:00pm -
Great Job, Internet! Alan Moore is writing short films now, and the first one is online

Alan Moore’s first material written directly for the screen looks a bit like lost ’80s David Lynch.

November 20, 2012 | 4:30pm -
Great Job, Internet! We reluctantly acknowledge the existence of the A.V. Club Commies

And so that has been done.

November 19, 2012 | 4:45pm -
TV Club : Treme “Poor Man’s Paradise”

The penultimate third-season episode finds things taking a turn for the worse for many characters.

November 18, 2012 | 10:00pm -
Great Job, Internet! The evolution of Paul Thomas Anderson in five Steadicam shots

Kevin B. Lee, normally found at Indiewire’s Press Play, has a terrific video essay on Paul Thomas Anderson’s changing use of Steadicam over at the BFI’s website.

November 16, 2012 | 4:50pm -
Great Job, Internet! Read This: The story of the great, unproduced screenplay and the man who inspired it

The story behind the great unproduced screenplay.

November 16, 2012 | 11:30am -
Great Job, Internet! Remembering when Colonel Sanders and the Taco Bell Chihuahua defeated the Dark Side

And don’t forget Pizza Girl!

November 16, 2012 | 9:00am -
TV Club : Other Shows Crossfire Hurricane

As a big-picture look at The Rolling Stones, it’s nicely done. Whether it’s in any way necessary, however, is another matter.

November 15, 2012 | 2:00pm -
Movie Review Anna Karenina

After bringing Pride And Prejudice and Atonement to life, director Joe Wright tries his hand at an even bigger literary undertaking.

November 15, 2012 | 12:07am -
Great Job, Internet! Read This: What can Burn After Reading teach us about the Petraeus scandal?

When spies spy on spies, everyone gets spied on.

November 13, 2012 | 4:20pm -
For Our Consideration A concert box set captures Elvis Presley at the end of his comeback

Two Madison Square Garden shows recorded in 1972 showcase one of the last times Elvis recaptured the old fire.

November 13, 2012 | 12:00pm -
Inventory Sometimes safe, sometimes legal, always rare: 18 pieces of entertainment that tackle abortion head-on

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

November 12, 2012 | 12:00am -
TV Club : Treme “Don’t You Leave Me Here”

This week, nothing goes right without something else going wrong or threatening to.

November 11, 2012 | 10:00pm -

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