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aux The Joker has cackled through movies and TV shows for 50 years now
By Joe Blevins August 8, 2016 | 5:30pm
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aux Weekend Box Office: Suicide hotline bling
By Katie Rife August 8, 2016 | 5:14pm
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aux The BBC launches “spy program” to catch illegal TV viewers
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 8, 2016 | 5:06pm
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aux Read This: What it was like to perform Fun Home in Orlando
By Esther Zuckerman August 8, 2016 | 5:00pm
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aux Hear Lin-Manuel Miranda croon some Disney tunes
By Esther Zuckerman August 8, 2016 | 4:30pm
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aux Bill Hader, B.J. Novak, and Nasim Pedrad to guest star on The Mindy Project
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 8, 2016 | 4:17pm
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film Brother Nature checks all the SNL boxes in its first trailer
By Dennis DiClaudio August 8, 2016 | 4:10pm
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aux Read This: Why Taika Waititi sought Aboriginal crew members for Thor: Ragnarok
By Caroline Siede August 8, 2016 | 4:00pm
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music Who’s a good boy? PUP’s a good boy! (Because they ate a bunch of dog treats)
By David Anthony August 8, 2016 | 4:00pm
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aux Read This: This Bay City Rollers LP should be rescued from obscurity
By Joe Blevins August 8, 2016 | 3:30pm
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film Moana’s heroine shows off her feisty spirit in Olympics spot
By Esther Zuckerman August 8, 2016 | 3:21pm
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tv James Bond and Jurassic World: Here’s what’s on sale on Amazon today
By Marah Eakin August 8, 2016 | 3:00pm
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film One shall stand, one shall watch the trailer for Transformers: The Movie on Blu-ray
By Mike Vanderbilt August 8, 2016 | 3:00pm
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aux Hank Green records individual videos explaining how to vote in all 50 states
By Caroline Siede August 8, 2016 | 3:00pm
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film Chicago, see Jonah Hill and Miles Teller in War Dogs early and for free
By Katie Rife August 8, 2016 | 3:00pm
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games How Pokémon Go Helps Me with My Agoraphobia
By Ashley Barry August 8, 2016 | 3:00pm
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tv The Pfeffermans try to be their best selves in the Transparent season 3 trailer
By Danette Chavez August 8, 2016 | 2:52pm
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tv Woody Allen is in full nebbish mode in trailer for Crisis In Six Scenes
By Esther Zuckerman August 8, 2016 | 2:32pm
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aux The end of free streaming on Hulu is nigh
By Danette Chavez August 8, 2016 | 2:13pm
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aux Read This: A cult-movie hairdresser shares his treasure trove of Polaroids
By Joe Blevins August 8, 2016 | 2:00pm
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aux John Oliver “investifarts” the imminent demise of print journalism
By Danette Chavez August 8, 2016 | 1:44pm
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aux Punk torchbearer Erica Freas announces new solo album, streams first song
By David Anthony August 8, 2016 | 1:30pm
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aux These tiny crime scene dioramas are adorably gruesome
By Sam Barsanti August 8, 2016 | 1:00pm
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aux Watch celebrities and politicians mingle backstage at the DNC
By Caroline Siede August 8, 2016 | 1:00pm
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aux Stranger Things gets an ’80s sitcom make-over
By Caroline Siede August 8, 2016 | 12:00pm
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aux From 1996, our vintage interviews with “Weird Al,” James Ellroy, Phish, and more
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 8, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv Say goodbye to these—ladies, that is
By LaToya Ferguson August 8, 2016 | 5:00am
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aux Welcome to The A.V. Club alterna-nation: It’s 1996 week
By Gwen Ihnat August 8, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv Clueless went to the head of the 1996 remakes class
By Danette Chavez August 8, 2016 | 5:00am
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music In 1996, alternative rock died a messy, forgettable death
By Sean O'Neal August 8, 2016 | 5:00am
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aux Jay McInerney checks in on an aging zeitgeist in Bright, Precious Days
By Ryan Vlastelica August 8, 2016 | 5:00am
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aux Shannon Purser from Stranger Things would also like to play Marvel’s Squirrel Girl
By Sam Barsanti August 7, 2016 | 10:38pm
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aux Nobody puts Jennifer Grey in ABC’s Dirty Dancing remake
By Sam Barsanti August 7, 2016 | 9:53pm
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aux Another familiar Star Wars character will appear in Rogue One
By Sam Barsanti August 7, 2016 | 8:50pm
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aux George R.R. Martin says his Wild Cards series is coming to TV
By Sam Barsanti August 7, 2016 | 7:36pm
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aux UPDATE: Leslie Jones is the Olympics commentator the world desperately needs
By William Hughes August 7, 2016 | 6:13pm
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aux Woody Allen’s Amazon show has a premiere date, title
By Erik Adams August 7, 2016 | 6:06pm
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aux Mayor McCheese meditates on life and luck
By Lucie Ebrey August 7, 2016 | 12:00pm
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film Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: August 5 - 7
By AV Club Staff August 7, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv TV is mostly empty, but take heart—football is finally coming back
By Les Chappell August 7, 2016 | 5:00am
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aux What creatures are lurking out there in the night? Wikipedia knows!
By Mike Vago August 7, 2016 | 5:00am
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aux If the glove doesn’t fit, the Television Critics Association loved it
By Erik Adams August 7, 2016 | 3:00am
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aux Food blogger accuses Burger King of stealing the blame for inventing Mac N’ Cheetos
By William Hughes August 6, 2016 | 9:10pm
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tv Hugh Laurie gets back to cranky doctorin’ in the trailer for Hulu’s Chance
By William Hughes August 6, 2016 | 8:00pm
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aux Mopey Jared Leto says you probably won’t see his best Joker scenes until after he dies
By William Hughes August 6, 2016 | 7:20pm
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aux Olympic Opening Ceremony addresses slavery, global warming, hot, oily dudes
By William Hughes August 6, 2016 | 6:27pm
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music A memory-triggering candle, isolated vocals, and a perfect pencil
By Becca James, Erik Adams, Nick Wanserski August 6, 2016 | 5:00am
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film The Mind’s Eye director Joe Begos on the absolute best way to blow up a head
By Katie Rife August 6, 2016 | 5:00am
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film Brady Corbet on Lars Von Trier, TV gigs, and being the American guy in European films
By Benjamin Mercer August 6, 2016 | 5:00am
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aux Hulu announces documentaries about The Dana Carvey Show, Batman creator Bill Finger, and more
By Erik Adams August 6, 2016 | 12:02am
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aux Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman to play brother-sister parent spouses on Life in Pieces
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 11:10pm
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aux Antoine Fuqua wants to make “The Shield of medical dramas” for Showtime
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 10:31pm
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aux The feds are coming for celebrity Instagram shills
By Sean O'Neal August 5, 2016 | 9:55pm
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aux Twinkie man still buying sex house, despite reports to the contrary
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 9:18pm
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film The trailer for occult throwback The Love Witch casts an intriguing spell
By Katie Rife August 5, 2016 | 9:16pm
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aux Phantasm is now an art film, thanks to Art House Theater Day
By Mike Vanderbilt August 5, 2016 | 9:00pm
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aux Paper has never looked more delicious than in these short films
By Joe Blevins August 5, 2016 | 9:00pm
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aux Ken Marino is the new captain on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, for as long as he lasts anyway
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 8:45pm
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aux A surprisingly thoughtful defense of the humble fart joke
By Joe Blevins August 5, 2016 | 8:30pm
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aux Some guy named David Bowie among the nominees for this year’s Mercury Prize
By Dennis DiClaudio August 5, 2016 | 8:05pm
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aux Natalie Portman to play a college student with a secret for HBO
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 7:34pm
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aux Patsy Cline crushes “Walkin’ After Midnight” in this rare 1957 footage
By Joe Blevins August 5, 2016 | 7:30pm
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aux Black-ish’s Kenya Barris is tired of answering questions about “diversity”
By Esther Zuckerman August 5, 2016 | 7:06pm
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aux John Boyega documents the agony of a chatty Uber driver
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 7:00pm
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aux Skrillex, Rick Ross, Jared Leto, exhaustion team up for Suicide Squad video
By Sean O'Neal August 5, 2016 | 6:48pm
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film Natasha Lyonne’s pregnancy is freaking her out in the Antibirth trailer
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 6:46pm
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film Is there anything to like about Suicide Squad?
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 5, 2016 | 6:46pm
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aux The Dillinger Escape Plan will break up after its next record
By David Anthony August 5, 2016 | 6:40pm
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aux Relive the San Diego Comic-Con with these heroic acts of cosplay
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 6:30pm
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aux Today in Suicide Squad: China denies release as EP joins Trump’s economic board
By Katie Rife August 5, 2016 | 6:25pm
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aux Get Involved, Internet: Buy a stuffed version of the “this is fine” dog
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 6:07pm
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games What throwbacks like I Am Setsuna miss about classic JRPGs
By Matt Gerardi August 5, 2016 | 6:00pm
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aux The charming webseries Jacketman offers a break from superhero angst
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 6:00pm
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aux Stranger Things get immortalized in pizza
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 5:30pm
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aux ABC renews its primetime game shows, including Pyramid and Match Game
By John Teti August 5, 2016 | 5:23pm
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aux Watch Seth Rogen eat sausage and drink on My Drunk Kitchen
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 5:00pm
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aux Read this: Familiarize yourself with gymnast Simone Biles’ moves
By Esther Zuckerman August 5, 2016 | 4:45pm
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aux HBO once again bets on the Duplass brothers with Room 104
By Esther Zuckerman August 5, 2016 | 4:34pm
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aux Mark Ruffalo’s Instagram offers a behind-the-scenes look at Thor: Ragnarok
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 4:30pm
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aux China’s Bat-Man and Wonder-Woman attack in this New Super-Man #2 exclusive
By Oliver Sava August 5, 2016 | 4:27pm
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aux Nope, Frank Ocean hasn’t dropped his new album yet
By Katie Rife August 5, 2016 | 4:09pm
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aux Aziz Ansari’s raunchy jokes enliven a staid BBC nature documentary
By Joe Blevins August 5, 2016 | 4:00pm
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aux Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a $100 million movie
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya August 5, 2016 | 3:30pm
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tv Christopher Walken and a cute fox: Here’s what’s on sale on Amazon today
By Marah Eakin August 5, 2016 | 3:02pm
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aux Between the parachute and the penis, Katy Perry’s had quite a week
By Esther Zuckerman August 5, 2016 | 3:02pm
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aux Should the Olympics legalize doping?
By Caroline Siede August 5, 2016 | 3:00pm
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aux Stephen Colbert taunts Trump with his “USA Freedom Grown-Ups”
By Katie Rife August 5, 2016 | 2:27pm
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aux Izzy True gets all dressed up in the video for “Mr. Romance”
By David Anthony August 5, 2016 | 2:00pm
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aux Pick a side: Jonathan and Steve from Stranger Things are both in bands
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 1:30pm
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aux Rick And Morty reenact the craziest court transcript ever
By Rob Dean August 5, 2016 | 1:00pm
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film The golden age of superhero movies has yet to face its greatest threats
By Alexander Huls August 5, 2016 | 1:00pm
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aux Here’s a preview of the many easter eggs in Suicide Squad
By Sam Barsanti August 5, 2016 | 12:28pm
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aux DuMont, the forgotten TV network, finally gave up 60 years ago
By Joe Blevins August 5, 2016 | 12:00pm
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games ELeague Managed Visibility, But Its Long-term Goals Remain Murky
By Cameron Kunzelman August 5, 2016 | 10:00am
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aux Jules Feiffer sharpens his craft by showing restraint in Cousin Joseph
By Oliver Sava August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv Winona Ryder and Millie Bobby Brown discuss Stranger Things’ nostalgic appeal
By Gwen Ihnat August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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games Diablo III works best when you don’t think about it
By Zack Handlen August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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film A movie without men finds a clever way to stay true to its premise
By Mike D'Angelo August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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film Margot Robbie deserves better than Suicide Squad’s sexism
By Esther Zuckerman August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv The Rio Olympics kick off with pageantry, crossed fingers
By Dennis Perkins August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv Eric Andre on The Simpsons and why Bill O’Reilly is “a fucking piece of shit liar”
By Marah Eakin August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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music 60 minutes of Dinosaur Jr.’s stormy guitar epics
By Noel Murray August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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tv What song is inextricably linked to a film or TV show for you?
By Nathan Rabin, Gus Spelman, Caroline Siede, Annie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat, Esther Zuckerman, Joe Blevins, Zack Handlen, Becca James, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, William Hughes, Jesse Hassenger, Dennis Perkins August 5, 2016 | 5:00am
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aux Sideways director Alexander Payne is developing a family pot comedy for A&E
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 1:55am
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film Trailer for Netflix’s EDM movie XOXO is all sick beats and bright colors
By Sam Barsanti August 5, 2016 | 1:27am
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aux Ah, Canada: Concerned citizen calls cops on Terminator cutout
By William Hughes August 5, 2016 | 1:11am
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aux R.I.P. David Huddleston of The Big Lebowski and Blazing Saddles
By Sam Barsanti August 5, 2016 | 12:41am
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aux Actually, maybe ABC didn’t threaten The Real O’Neals over that Noah Galvin interview
By Erik Adams August 5, 2016 | 12:12am
