19 canceled spin-offs, Cannes wrap-up, and more: The A.V. Club's best stories of the week

ByThe A.V. Club

5/19/18 7:00AM

Here’s a compilation of our favorite features we published this week.

Monday

David Bowie, The Monks, and Steve Reich were buried under one of rock’s biggest years
What if Gaspar Noé threw a party and everyone lost their minds?
Can robots compose entire albums? Switched On Pop examines the evidence
Alien³ is so much better than David Fincher and its reputation insists

Tuesday

We wade through Netflix to find the best streaming series for your kids
Ask an indie rock veteran: Do musicians enjoy listening to their own music?
The Thermals’ best album is relevant again, but that’s not what makes it so great
Spike Lee teams up with Jordan Peele for the funny, pointed, uneven BlacKkKlansman
God Of War’s ending leaves plenty of clues about where the series is headed next
The paranoid late ’90s thriller Arlington Road hides a cruel twist in plain sight

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Steve Carell on the genius of the minions

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Matthew Modine talks "Stranger Things"

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Cameron Diaz is back, here are 5 of her most memorable roles

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Wednesday

Solo, a canceled story: 19 TV spin-offs for breakout characters that no one wanted
Lars von Trier doesn’t need a press conference to shock the hell out of the Cannes Film Festival
The Handmaid’s Tale puts everyone in their places
Jeff Bridges and Tommy Lee Jones chew scenery in 1994’s other mad-bomber thriller

Thursday

Before TV revivals happened every day, Adult Swim turned Home Movies’ camera back on
Han Solo brings not enough fun to Cannes, while a superb film makes its late-festival premiere
The Chronicles Of Riddick barely makes sense, and that doesn’t matter in the slightest

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Friday

The Phantom paid tongue-in-cheek homage to old-timey do-gooders but never got its due
Grey’s Anatomy’s lengthy existence isn’t a joke, it’s a strength
The B+ career: 10 artists who always deliver very good—but never truly great—work
The best movies of Cannes 2018, plus a serious Palme D’Or threat at the end of the festival
After Face/Off, John Woo and Nicolas Cage reunited for an earnest war movie
The Highest House delivers fantasy comic excellence in an oversized package