A.V. Club Blog

Jul 17, 2008

I’m pretty swamped today so I’ll keep this short, although not as short as this timeline of John Lee...

Jul 10, 2008

Willie Mae “Big Mama” Thornton grew up a preacher’s daughter in Alabama, where she...

Jul 3, 2008

I do take requests when it comes to this feature, in no small part because suggestions from you guys have helped me find (and sometimes introduced me...

Jun 26, 2008

Most of the musicians I’ve been featuring in this series have been from Mississippi, with

Jun 19, 2008

In his book Deep Blues, Robert Palmer describes Eddie “Son” House as “a failed...

Jun 13, 2008

Before actually telling you anything about Furry Lewis, it’s probably best to just throw one...

Jun 5, 2008

A lot of the musicians in this series were only filmed late in their lives because in their younger days, during the 1930s or earlier, nobody in...

Sep 12, 2007

The Beatles, Dylan and more...

Sep 12, 2007

On De Palma's Iraq, Haynes' Dylan, and Mena Suvari's human roadkill...

Sep 11, 2007

A non-revisionist take on the crowning achievement of John Travolta's career

Sep 11, 2007

Baumbach, Van Sant and more...

Sep 10, 2007

Van Sant, Baumbach, Harlin: Which one of these names doesn't belong?

Sep 10, 2007

Capsule reviews of films debuting at your local video store

Sep 10, 2007

Promising sophomore efforts square off against a couple of old hands...

Sep 10, 2007

DePalma, Romero and more...

Sep 9, 2007

Cronenberg, Penn and more...