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games Despelote takes a bold step forward for documentary storytelling
By Elijah Gonzalez January 6, 2026 | 2:00pm
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music Dry Cleaning is a total work of art
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film The most anticipated films of 2026: Steven Spielberg, Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan, and the Avengers
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tv R. Scott Gemmill and John Wells on making The Pitt "feel even more visceral" in season 2
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music Simon Raymonde on band drama, family stories, and In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor and Me
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film Steven Soderbergh's year-end lists offer unparalleled insight and endearing humanity
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music The shades of Bob Dylan’s Desire
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games Make new friends and immediately kill them in Code Vein II
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tv The A.V. Club's most anticipated TV shows of 2026
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tv What's on TV this week—The Pitt and Best Medicine
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music Time Capsule: Lisa Germano, Geek the Girl
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film Two historical Christian musicals are in theaters, but only one seems to have faith
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games Octopath Traveler 0 shows the sweeter side of having a doomed hometown
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film The best 4K and Blu-ray releases coming out in January 2026
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games 25 years ago Sega finally figured out the internet with Phantasy Star Online
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film, games, music, tv The best of The A.V. Club: Our favorite pieces from 2025
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music CMAT is "The People's Mess," baby
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aux RIP MTV: The 9 music videos that defined the network & reshaped the culture
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news 20 maddening (and 5 alright) news stories from 2025
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games Crosstalk: We argue it out over one of 2025’s biggest puzzles, the game Blue Prince
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film Yes, The Testament Of Ann Lee is a musical—that's why it works
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music Blink during Eddington and you’ll miss one of the year’s best needle drops
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film Women finally took the lead in this year's depression movies
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games Sam Eng talks Skate Story and New York City
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film The wounds of America's past bleed into the present-day films of 2025
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tv Late night with the devil: How attacks on Kimmel and Colbert brought a fading format back to life
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tv What's on TV this week—Stranger Things' finale and Together
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film James Cameron tried to bring the Western into the future, but only went backwards
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games Octopath Traveler 0 shows how to adapt and preserve mobile games
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film Avatar: Fire And Ash works best when it gets hot and bothered
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music Pro wrestling taught me everything I know about music
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film The best film scenes of 2025
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tv The best TV episodes of 2025
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film Star Wars: The Force Awakens launched the opening salvo of the fan-service culture war
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film The best films of 2025: The ballots
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film The 25 best films of 2025
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tv When did young, ambitious TV characters stop trying to be artists?
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books The best comics of 2025
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tv Changing the game: How Dropout broke through in 2025
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tv The best TV shows of 2025
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games Hades II—and its heroine—asks why we fight for the status quo
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tv Heated Rivalry raises the bar for queer sex on TV
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tv In 2025, TV finally reflected the lingering effects of living through COVID-19
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film Bryan Fuller on his film debut Dust Bunny: "We've lost our appetite for bite"
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film Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is the best and the worst of Quentin Tarantino
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