Cannes Film Festival Cannes '12, Day Three: Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone tackles reality TV and past Palme d'Or winner Cristian Mungiu gets cloistered

Three recent Cannes heavy-hitters step back into the box: Matteo (Gomorrah) Garrone, Cristian (4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days) Mungiu, and Apichatpong (Uncle Boonmee) Weerasethakul.

May 19, 2012 | 12:30pm -

Trailer Hyde Park On Hudson

Bill Murray for President.

May 18, 2012 | 2:24pm -

Who Won TV? In memoriam edition

In a very special episode, The A.V. Club salutes the shows that won’t live to see another season. 

May 18, 2012 | 1:00pm -

Cannes Film Festival Cannes '12, Day Two: The latest from the director of A Prophet, plus Michel Gondry gets on the bus

A day that begins with Marion Cotillard loses her legs to an orca and ends with Michel Gondry on a schoolbus ride is a very strange day indeed. 

May 18, 2012 | 11:29am -

Recap First you get the sugar, then you get the power: The A.V. Club visits the 2012 Sweets & Snacks Expo

We came, we snacked, we got stomachaches. 

May 18, 2012 | 11:00am -

Random Roles Common Law star Jack McGee on working with everyone from Vanilla Ice to Ron Howard

“Verhoeven says to me, ‘You wanna come up for three weeks to Tahoe and look at 56 breasts a day?’” 

May 18, 2012 | 10:00am -

The Gameological Society Colbert Report writer Meredith Scardino on the lameness of exercise “games”

The Emmy award winner doesn’t let a writer’s meeting get in the way of some Scramble With Friends.

May 18, 2012 | 9:30am -

What's On Tonight? Saturday Night Live asks if you're ready to say goodbye to these (featured players)

As the TV season comes ever closer to its close, we have season finales galore, plus the last episode ever for some Saturday Night Live mainstays. Also: Skateboarding!

May 18, 2012 | 12:00am -

AVQ&A Happiest sad songs

The A.V. Club's weekly list.

May 18, 2012 | 12:00am -

Podmass The best podcasts for the week of May 10-16 

Dungeons & Dragons, dick jokes, and Don Draper populate this week’s podcast roundup. 

May 18, 2012 | 12:00am -

Memory Wipe Can the comeback kids of The Mighty Ducks overcome years of ironic appreciation?

You can’t quack your way out of every deficit.

May 18, 2012 | 12:00am -

This Week In Local Steve Albini facts, Rick Ross noises, and car songs that aren't really about cars

May 18, 2012 | 12:00am -

Playlisted Rye Rye

The Baltimore rapper finally releases her debut album.

May 17, 2012 | 11:55pm -

Trailer Madea's Witness Protection

Tyler Perry's timely holler of the masses.

May 17, 2012 | 2:52pm -

Primer A guide to Japan’s Studio Ghibli, home of Totoro and Spirited Away 

A discussion of the themes and films of the studio behind many beautiful, challenging animated films. 

May 17, 2012 | 12:00pm -

Great Job, Internet! Cool cool cool compilation of every time Abed says “cool” on Community. Cool.

Hot. Hot hot hot.

May 17, 2012 | 11:24am -

The Gameological Society A new feature pairs games with music, starting with Professor Layton and Yann Tiersen

The gentleman professor gets the orchestration he deserves in the debut of Alternate Soundtrack.

May 17, 2012 | 9:30am -

Cannes Film Festival Cannes '12, Day One: Wes Anderson kicks off the festival in enchanting form

Wes Anderson's story of first love graces the festival with deadpan laughs and bracing melancholy.

May 17, 2012 | 9:04am -

Interview From On The Waterfront to The Legend Of Korra with Eva Marie Saint 

The North By Northwest star on Alfred Hitchcock, Otto Preminger, and how she didn’t just “end up” doing voiceover work. 

May 17, 2012 | 12:00am -

For Our Consideration Why The Avengers is the best TV show in movie theaters

When Joss Whedon made the leap to the big screen, he took some lessons from the small one with him.

May 17, 2012 | 12:00am -