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AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (April 2013)

We look at some of the month’s releases and ask our staff and readers what books they’re currently exploring.

April 3, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Watch This 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao: Tony Randall as an old Chinese man and a naked, sexy satyr

…and as Medusa, and Merlin, and many more.

April 2, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Empathizing with art

Our weekly reader-and-staffer question looks at moments where we know exactly what someone in a story feels, because we’ve been there ourselves.

March 29, 2013 | 12:00am -
Movie Review The Host

The creator of The Twilight Saga offers her Twilight-esque take on the well-worn body-snatchers premise.

March 28, 2013 | 12:08am -
Watch This Burden Of Dreams reveals the madness behind a Werner Herzog madness epic

The behind-the-scenes story of Fitzcarraldo is practically crazier than the film itself.

March 28, 2013 | 12:00am -
Movie Review Wrong

The surreal touches of Quentin Dupieux’s feature Rubber are present again in his eccentric follow-up.

March 28, 2013 | 12:00am -
I Made You A Mixtape DC Pierson makes a pep-rally mixtape for lonely pop-culture obsessives

“Would you want your life be a third-rate version of a movie you idolize, or would you want it to be a first-rate version of your own story?”

March 28, 2013 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! Check out Gigantic Evil Sand Gollum and more from the Weston-super-Mare sand-sculpture festival

Fifteen sculptors are spending nine days building giant sand sculptures to celebrate Hollywood.

March 27, 2013 | 1:05pm -
Trailer White House Down

Boom. Also, booooooom.

March 27, 2013 | 12:00pm -
Great Job, Internet! Check out XKCD’s epic multi-day animation comic

There’s no telling how long it’s going to take to fully appreciate Randall Munroe’s latest exercise in webcomic experimentation.

March 26, 2013 | 5:21pm -
Inventory No training, no medical license, no problem!: 20 scenes where civilians perform surgery

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

March 25, 2013 | 12:00am -
Newswire Drop everything, Akira Kurosawa’s Criterion films are free on Hulu for the weekend

Just don’t blame us if you want to commit seppuku after 44 hours of grim affirmations of mankind’s failings.

March 22, 2013 | 12:13pm -
NOT OPTIONAL A brilliant art book, three terrific albums, and a must-have iPhone gadget

Some entertainment is optional. These aren’t.

March 22, 2013 | 12:00pm -
AVQ&A “Shitty miracles”

This week, we discuss examples of stunningly inept projects we cannot believe actually came to fruition.

March 22, 2013 | 12:00am -
Watch This Four Lions finds the lighter side of terrorism, while avoiding cheap shots

A black comedy about four suicide bombers navigates difficult, daring terrain.

March 21, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Favorite festival experiences

After SXSW, we talk about our favorite festival experiences.

March 19, 2013 | 12:00am -
Inventory “What a nightmare!”: 21 TV episodes that do dream sequences right

The A.V. Club’s weekly list.

March 18, 2013 | 12:00am -
AVQ&A Surprising songs in concert

This week, a reader asks the staff and readers about unexpected songs we heard at live performances.

March 15, 2013 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! Check out the web cartoonists continuing Calvin And Hobbes

About once a year, someone decides it’s time to carry on in Bill Watterson’s footsteps. Here’s a roundup of the attempts.

March 14, 2013 | 10:45am -
Spoiler Space Upside Down

Thoughts on, and a place to discuss, the plot details we can’t reveal in our review.

March 14, 2013 | 12:00am -
Great Job, Internet! Check out the headachy, “mind-bending” sites for Danny Boyle’s Trance

Step into the world of Trance. Bring your motion-sickness pills.

March 13, 2013 | 10:52am -
Inventory Hide the kiddies, at least temporarily: 11 famous children’s entertainers with adult sidelines

Another list from The A.V. Club.

March 13, 2013 | 12:00am -
Watch This Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige uses dueling magicians to put one over on the audience

A case where seeing the mechanical structure at work throughout the film just makes it better.

March 11, 2013 | 12:00am -
NOT OPTIONAL The greatest stand-up set Louis C.K. ever saw, plus 4 more essential entertainments

Some entertainment is optional. These aren’t.

March 8, 2013 | 12:00pm -
AVQ&A Perfect pop culture?

This week, a reader asks what art we can’t nitpick over because it’s unimpeachably right as is.

March 8, 2013 | 12:00am -
Movie Review The We And The I

Director Michel Gondry collaborated with Bronx high-schoolers for this uneven experiment.

March 7, 2013 | 12:06am -
Movie Review The ABCs Of Death

An assortment of indie-horror directors deliver quick shocks in alphabetical order.

March 7, 2013 | 12:05am -
I Made You A Mixtape They Might Be Giants get at the ultimate truths in music

From songs about lies disguised as truth to ones that go “ping,” the two Johns explore music that influences them.

March 7, 2013 | 12:00am -

AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (April 2013)

Watch This 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao: Tony Randall as an old Chinese man and a naked, sexy satyr

AVQ&A Empathizing with art

Movie Review The Host

Watch This Burden Of Dreams reveals the madness behind a Werner Herzog madness epic

Movie Review Wrong

I Made You A Mixtape DC Pierson makes a pep-rally mixtape for lonely pop-culture obsessives

Great Job, Internet! Check out Gigantic Evil Sand Gollum and more from the Weston-super-Mare sand-sculpture festival

Trailer White House Down

Great Job, Internet! Check out XKCD’s epic multi-day animation comic

Inventory No training, no medical license, no problem!: 20 scenes where civilians perform surgery

Newswire Drop everything, Akira Kurosawa’s Criterion films are free on Hulu for the weekend

NOT OPTIONAL A brilliant art book, three terrific albums, and a must-have iPhone gadget

AVQ&A “Shitty miracles”

Watch This Four Lions finds the lighter side of terrorism, while avoiding cheap shots

AVQ&A Favorite festival experiences

Inventory “What a nightmare!”: 21 TV episodes that do dream sequences right

AVQ&A Surprising songs in concert

Great Job, Internet! Check out the web cartoonists continuing Calvin And Hobbes

Spoiler Space Upside Down

Great Job, Internet! Check out the headachy, “mind-bending” sites for Danny Boyle’s Trance

Inventory Hide the kiddies, at least temporarily: 11 famous children’s entertainers with adult sidelines

Watch This Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige uses dueling magicians to put one over on the audience

NOT OPTIONAL The greatest stand-up set Louis C.K. ever saw, plus 4 more essential entertainments

AVQ&A Perfect pop culture?

Movie Review The We And The I

Movie Review The ABCs Of Death

I Made You A Mixtape They Might Be Giants get at the ultimate truths in music

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AVQ&A What are you reading this month? (April 2013)

Watch This 7 Faces Of Dr. Lao: Tony Randall as an old Chinese man and a naked, sexy satyr

AVQ&A Empathizing with art

Movie Review The Host

Watch This Burden Of Dreams reveals the madness behind a Werner Herzog madness epic

Movie Review Wrong

I Made You A Mixtape DC Pierson makes a pep-rally mixtape for lonely pop-culture obsessives

Great Job, Internet! Check out Gigantic Evil Sand Gollum and more from the Weston-super-Mare sand-sculpture festival

Trailer White House Down

Great Job, Internet! Check out XKCD’s epic multi-day animation comic

Inventory No training, no medical license, no problem!: 20 scenes where civilians perform surgery

Newswire Drop everything, Akira Kurosawa’s Criterion films are free on Hulu for the weekend

NOT OPTIONAL A brilliant art book, three terrific albums, and a must-have iPhone gadget

AVQ&A “Shitty miracles”

Watch This Four Lions finds the lighter side of terrorism, while avoiding cheap shots

AVQ&A Favorite festival experiences

Inventory “What a nightmare!”: 21 TV episodes that do dream sequences right

AVQ&A Surprising songs in concert

Great Job, Internet! Check out the web cartoonists continuing Calvin And Hobbes

Spoiler Space Upside Down

Great Job, Internet! Check out the headachy, “mind-bending” sites for Danny Boyle’s Trance

Inventory Hide the kiddies, at least temporarily: 11 famous children’s entertainers with adult sidelines

Watch This Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige uses dueling magicians to put one over on the audience

NOT OPTIONAL The greatest stand-up set Louis C.K. ever saw, plus 4 more essential entertainments

AVQ&A Perfect pop culture?

Movie Review The We And The I

Movie Review The ABCs Of Death

I Made You A Mixtape They Might Be Giants get at the ultimate truths in music

Popular

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