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Edward Norton made his directorial debut by walking a priest, a rabbi, and a Dharma into a Y2K rom-com

While religion is hardly an underexplored topic in film, it’s rare to see it presented in the way that Keeping The Faith does: as a valuable, normal part of modern life that’s worth preserving, even if it needs some updating.

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Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing?

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Soundtracks Of Our Lives

The mountain music of the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack eclipsed the movie

The Coen brothers film’s now-iconic songs were educational in the very best way, introducing a whole new generation to roots music.

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Permanent Records

Deftones’ White Pony is the only nu-metal record you don’t have to be ashamed of owning

A record that reflected Deftones’ status as the odd men out in the hard rock scene of 2000—a white pony among nu-metal dark horses

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10 episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm that show the dangers (and pleasures) of spite

Curb Your Enthusiasm was supposed to be a stand-up special. It was on New York City’s smallest stages, after all, that a young, frizzy-haired Larry David cut his teeth in the 1970s, alienating crowds unable to embrace his performative misanthropy as…

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24 Hours Of…

The gap year: 24 hours of Y2K TV

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Palme Thursday

Björk crooned her way to victory at the greatest Cannes Film Festival of all time

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Inventory

Metallica sues, chads hang, and Survivors survive: 19 pop culture windows into 2000

Erik Adams,

Katie Rife,

William Hughes,

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Best Of

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A.A. Dowd,

Katie Rife,

Allison Shoemaker,

Lawrence Garcia,

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With the exquisite Virgin Suicides, Sofia Coppola captured the novel’s complex nostalgia

Laura Adamczyk

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What's On Tonight

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Best Of

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Jason Sudeikis refines his comic persona on the new comfort-food sitcom Ted Lasso

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John Semley,

Zack Handlen,

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The burden of sole representation led many viewers to be too hard on Will & Grace

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Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just our own inscrutable whims. As part of Y2k week here at The A.V. Club, we’ve listed the 25 best films of the year 2000. These are some of our favorites that didn’t make the countdown.

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Dennis Quaid adopts cat also named Dennis Quaid

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The Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. showrunners reveal the plan behind that grand series finale

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Newswire

Dolly Parton on #BlackLivesMatter: "Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!"

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Savage Love

Tig Notaro to replace Chris D'Elia in Zack Snyder's Army Of The Dead

Today—in a move that heralds future breakthroughs in the field of inserting Tig Notaro into every movie, ever—THR reports that the One Mississippi comedian is being added to Zack Snyder’s upcoming zombie movie, Army Of The Dead. Notaro will be…

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Blazing Saddles premieres on HBO Max with a context disclaimer

If you’re anything like us, people love telling you—on the internet, over the phone, shouted from a bullhorn at periodic points throughout the day—that “You couldn’t make a movie like Blazing Saddles in today’s climate!” The implication, generally,…

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Marge Simpson to Trump adviser Ellis: "I teach my children not to name call, Jenna"

Marge Simpson (Julie Kavner) tries her best to stay out of politics (unless, of course, she’s the mayor of Springfield). But when a petulant White House advisor uses her to unnecessarily insult a Vice President hopeful, well... that calls for a…

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Great Job Internet

An open thread for your fan fic about the glorious library fox

It’s around 1 p.m. here in Chicago on Friday, August 14. Somewhere on some picturesque island, someone has lit up a big spotlight the color of Pantone 686 C to summon Wes Anderson from this studio in an abandoned lighthouse carefully stocked with…

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