Animation First Festival returns with a trailer for February’s festivities
The ninth annual Animation First Festival, the country’s largest animation festival, hits New York City from February 3-8, 2026.
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CBS will air debates about God, feminism, and the American Dream in 2026
Sam Altman and J.D. Vance will also get town halls à la Erika Kirk.
Elevated-trash TV found its footing in 2025
Lowbrow entertainment clicked with audiences and awards voters alike.
The best games of 2025: The ballots
Find out how The A.V. Club’s games editors and writers fit the overwhelming deluge of games released this year into a single top 25 list.
The best games of 2025
Unsurprisingly, the best games of 2025 came from the fringes of the industry. Here’s what The A.V. Club’s games critics loved the most this year.