• Slayer slaying

    Primer Heavy metal

    A survey of the many faces of metal.

    June 26, 2009 | 12:00am -

  • Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino

    Primer Clint Eastwood

    All the basics on the actor-director who's been America's favorite cowboy since the ’60s.

    June 5, 2009 | 12:00am -

  • Prince

    Primer Prince

    A beginner’s guide to the diminutive genius from Minneapolis.

    April 24, 2009 | 12:00am -

  • Spies!

    Primer TV Spies & Secret Agents 

    A beginner's guide to TV's undercover men and women.

    March 13, 2009 | 12:00am -

  • Primer Mickey Rourke

    A beginner's guide to the star of The Wrestler, Diner, and much more.

    February 20, 2009 | 12:25pm -

  • Primer TV Detectives

    A beginner's guide to small-screen gumshoes.

    September 25, 2008 | 11:50pm -

  • Primer Woody Allen

    A beginner's guide to the prolific filmmaker.

    August 14, 2008 | 11:04pm -

  • Primer Pixar

    A beginner's guide to the most influential animation studio of the last three decades.

    June 26, 2008 | 11:01pm -

  • Primer Steven Spielberg

    From Jaws to Jurassic Park to the Indiana Jones movies, we look at the career of the man who made the blockbuster happen.

    May 22, 2008 | 11:07pm -

  • Primer Elvis Costello

    A beginner's guide to the former angry young man.

    April 24, 2008 | 11:03pm -

  • Primer The Rolling Stones

    As the new, Scorsese-directed concert film Shine A Light premieres we offer a beginner's guide to the venerable rock band.

    April 3, 2008 | 11:07pm -

  • Primer Alan Moore

    A beginner's guide to the work of a comics genius.

    March 6, 2008 | 11:10pm -

  • Primer The Kinks

    A beginner's guide to one of the greatest, most vital rock bands of all time.

    February 14, 2008 | 11:10pm -

  • Primer Stephen Sondheim

    A beginner's guide to the man behind Sweeney Todd, Into The Woods, and many more musicals.

    December 20, 2007 | 11:05pm -

  • Primer The Coen Brothers

    A beginners' guide to the minds behind No Country For Old Men, The Big Lebowski, and much more.

    November 29, 2007 | 9:23pm -

  • Primer Jay-Z

    A beginner's guide to the newly resurgent, self-proclaimed Best Rapper Alive.

    November 16, 2007 | 10:47am -

  • Primer Neil Young

    A beginner's guide to one of rock's most mercurial talents.

    October 19, 2007 | 12:01am -

  • Primer Bruce Springsteen

    A beginner's guide to The Boss.

    October 5, 2007 | 12:01am -

  • Primer Canadian Indie-Rock

    A beginner's guide to The Arcade Fire, The Sadies, and everything in between.

    September 21, 2007 | 10:29am -

  • Primer David Cronenberg

    The A.V. Club presents a beginner's guide to one of Canada's most distinctive directors.

    September 7, 2007 | 12:36am -