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tv On this week’s The Deuce, it’s great to know a lot… and a little bit not
By Noel Murray October 1, 2018 | 2:00am
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tv The Simpsons' 30th season takes on faith-based films and assures us "Bart's Not Dead"
By Dennis Perkins October 1, 2018 | 12:55am
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tv Bob's Burgers returns with a perfectly Tina-centric episode
By Brianna Wellen October 1, 2018 | 12:45am
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tv SNL returns with Adam Driver and a continued lack of ambition
By Dennis Perkins September 30, 2018 | 9:03am
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film The theme-park slasher Hell Fest is as exciting as waiting in line
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 28, 2018 | 7:40pm
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film The Hate U Give gives the world a new kind of teen movie
By Allison Shoemaker September 28, 2018 | 6:10pm
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music Cher does ABBA, BROCKHAMPTON sprawls out, and more in this week’s music reviews
By The A.V. Club, A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski, David Anthony September 28, 2018 | 5:15pm
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film Police brutality takes many different forms in the quietly powerful Monsters And Men
By Joshua Alston September 28, 2018 | 4:00pm
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tv Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors frustrates hopes for all-ages entertainment
By Alex McLevy September 28, 2018 | 3:00pm
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games Reiner Knizia's Blue Lagoon Is a Great Addition to Your Board Game Collection
By Keith Law September 28, 2018 | 1:30pm
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games Life Is Strange 2 Tackles Real-Life Issues Head On
By Holly Green September 28, 2018 | 10:30am
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tv In its 5th-season premiere, How To Get Away With Murder is in control
By Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 28, 2018 | 3:40am
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tv Law & Order: SVU begins a landmark 20th season with an average premiere
By Pilot Viruet September 28, 2018 | 3:05am
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tv Sex dreams and explosive rectal surgeries—it must be the Grey’s Anatomy season 15 premiere
By Caroline Siede September 28, 2018 | 2:00am
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tv The Good Place returns to Earth and, thankfully, our lives
By Dennis Perkins September 28, 2018 | 1:00am
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games In Wandersong We're All In This Together
By Dante Douglas September 27, 2018 | 2:00pm
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film The director of Green Room trudges into the wild in the grimmer, less suspenseful Hold The Dark
By A.A. Dowd September 27, 2018 | 12:00pm
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tv American Horror Story celebrates Halloween early, reminding you never to eat the apples
By Molly Horan September 27, 2018 | 4:50am
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tv Appropriately enough, an uncertain future marks the beginning of the end for Modern Family
By Kyle Fowle September 27, 2018 | 4:10am
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tv South Park addresses mass shooting fatigue in an intriguing-but-uneven premiere
By John Hugar September 27, 2018 | 3:50am
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tv The Gang confronts Me Too in one of the most explosively funny Sunnys in years
By Dennis Perkins September 27, 2018 | 2:31am
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film In Free Solo, thrilling climb footage fights for time with pat psychologizing
By Vikram Murthi September 26, 2018 | 7:45pm
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film Only Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish keep Night School from flunking out
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 26, 2018 | 7:20pm
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tv In the end, the real Maniac was the mostly conventional friends we made along the way
By Eric Thurm September 26, 2018 | 3:30pm
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film The Old Man & The Gun is a perfect swan song for Robert Redford, even if it’s not really his last role
By A.A. Dowd September 26, 2018 | 2:40pm
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tv This Is Us’ third season premiere offers new beginnings, new mysteries
By Caroline Siede September 26, 2018 | 3:55am
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tv The Gifted returns, fast-paced strengths and clunky weaknesses fully intact
By Jesse Hassenger September 26, 2018 | 2:05am
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tv Maniac's picture of the human mind becomes a bit too alien for comfort
By Eric Thurm September 25, 2018 | 10:02pm
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tv Maniac puts everything in place for its endgame in the best episode of the season
By Eric Thurm September 25, 2018 | 9:00pm
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film The whimsical documentary 306 Hollywood finds magic in the mundane
By Mike D'Angelo September 25, 2018 | 7:30pm
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tv A taut episode of Maniac starts to turn on the literal magic
By Eric Thurm September 25, 2018 | 2:00pm
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tv Better Call Saul pulls out all the stops for an epic Wexler-McGill legal team-up
By Donna Bowman September 25, 2018 | 2:15am
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tv Maniac has a Field day as Dr. Mantleray finally confronts his mother
By Eric Thurm September 24, 2018 | 9:00pm
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tv Maniac heads to the 1940s for some more song and dance
By Eric Thurm September 24, 2018 | 2:01pm
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tv Insecure's penultimate episode forces Issa to unleash her crazy
By Ashley Ray-Harris September 24, 2018 | 6:37am
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tv The Guild says goodbye to the past on an excellent Venture Bros.
By Zack Handlen September 24, 2018 | 4:55am
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tv The Deuce heads west, where the people look classier, but still suck
By Noel Murray September 24, 2018 | 2:00am
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tv Three episodes into its ninth season, Shameless is disposable in a way it's never been before
By Myles McNutt September 24, 2018 | 2:00am
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tv Maniac jumps to the 1980s to go on a wild lemur chase
By Eric Thurm September 22, 2018 | 3:00pm
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tv The Good Cop is charmingly simplistic—and totally forgettable
By Pilot Viruet September 21, 2018 | 7:00pm
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tv Maniac should maybe just be about Justin Theroux jerking off
By Eric Thurm September 21, 2018 | 4:00pm
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tv A sisterly subplot shines on Maniac’s second episode
By Eric Thurm September 21, 2018 | 3:00pm
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film For a cartoon adventure, Smallfoot is awfully cautious
By Jesse Hassenger September 21, 2018 | 2:00pm
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tv Maniac’s first episode suffers from the Netflix condition
By Eric Thurm September 21, 2018 | 2:00pm
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music A rare view of Prince, plus Metric and more in this week’s new music
By The A.V. Club, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Marty Sartini Garner September 21, 2018 | 1:00pm
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tv A stirring season finale sees Snowfall put Franklin through the American prison system
By Kyle Fowle September 21, 2018 | 3:00am
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film Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly bicker, bond, and chase a bounty as The Sisters Brothers
By A.A. Dowd September 20, 2018 | 8:00pm
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music Christine And The Queens’ swaggering Chris revels in fluid identities
By Annie Zaleski September 20, 2018 | 2:00pm
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tv American Horror Story has become bleak reality TV
By Molly Horan September 20, 2018 | 4:55am
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tv The Sinner reveals its secrets in a satisfying if predictable season finale
By Alex McLevy September 20, 2018 | 3:00am
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tv Sweet Dee is stuck replaying the wrong game on an all-women Always Sunny
By Dennis Perkins September 20, 2018 | 2:30am
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film Eli Roth, of all directors, brings Amblin magic to the kid-lit horror of The House With A Clock In Its Walls
By Katie Rife September 19, 2018 | 10:42pm
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film Keira Knightley’s charms fail to save the timely, tepid biopic Colette
By Vikram Murthi September 19, 2018 | 8:00pm
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tv Fusing 2001, True Detective, and Eternal Sunshine, Maniac defies reason
By Erik Adams September 19, 2018 | 6:23pm
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film Michael Moore looks at and beyond Trump in the enraged but scattered Fahrenheit 11/9
By A.A. Dowd September 19, 2018 | 6:15pm
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tv I Feel Bad brings a distinctly female voice to issues-based comedy
By Kate Kulzick September 19, 2018 | 5:00pm
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music Noname opens up, and invites us to do the same, on the unapologetic Room 25
By Dianca London Potts September 19, 2018 | 3:45pm
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music Jóhann Jóhansson embraces the void on the doom-metal influenced Mandy soundtrack
By Katie Rife September 18, 2018 | 8:50pm
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film Intolerance gets Purged in Assassination Nation, a midnight movie more righteous than exciting
By Mike D'Angelo September 18, 2018 | 8:45pm
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tv Elementary tries out an ending, with hope for "Whatever Remains"
By Genevieve Valentine September 18, 2018 | 6:25am
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tv Almost everybody says or does something stupid on a momentous Better Call Saul
By Donna Bowman September 18, 2018 | 2:00am
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film From the creator of This Is Us comes a melodrama even more dire than life itself
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 17, 2018 | 7:00pm
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film Love, Gilda struggles to summarize the joyful genius of Gilda Radner
By Jesse Hassenger September 17, 2018 | 6:10pm
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tv Lawrence's return showcases Insecure's ensemble in a rewarding episode
By Ashley Ray-Harris September 17, 2018 | 6:42am
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tv A new invention leads to old jokes on The Venture Bros.
By Zack Handlen September 17, 2018 | 4:55am
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tv Changing faces and facing change on The Deuce
By Erik Adams September 17, 2018 | 2:45am
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tv Frank gets political, sending Shameless stumbling through an ideological minefield
By Myles McNutt September 17, 2018 | 2:00am
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tv Time's up for
BoJack Horseman's fifth season, and the time has come to make
a choice
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 10:00pm
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tv BoJack finally
loses the ability to tell truth from television in another crushing
penultimate BoJack Horseman
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 9:00pm
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tv Philbert isn't
the only dark and personal release at a BoJack Horseman
premiere party
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 8:00pm
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tv BoJack Horseman
tries to renew old relationships, and remembers life gets in the
way of that
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 7:00pm
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tv A fecal finale of American Vandal somehow turns a season about poop into a commentary on a generation
By Brian Tallerico September 14, 2018 | 6:30pm
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tv The First, like outer space, feels endless
By Allison Shoemaker September 14, 2018 | 6:30pm
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tv Four Halloween
parties on BoJack Horseman is exhausting a prospect as you'd
think
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 6:00pm
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tv The shit gets deeper on the penultimate episode of American Vandal’s 2nd season
By Brian Tallerico September 14, 2018 | 5:30pm
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tv It's the adventures
of BoBo The Angsty Zebra as BoJack Horseman lightly
upends its storytelling framework
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 5:00pm
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tv A kiss with tongue, a canceled skip day, and a broken friendship on American Vandal
By Brian Tallerico September 14, 2018 | 4:30pm
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tv BoJack Horseman
delivers a jaw-dropping eulogy and once again raises the bar for
concept episodes
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 4:00pm
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tv American Vandal exposes a cover-up as the boys get to the bottom of a fourth poop crime
By Brian Tallerico September 14, 2018 | 3:30pm
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tv Princess Carolyn
learns you can't go home again as BoJack Horseman heads to the
Tar Heel State
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 3:00pm
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tv 3 new suspects are profiled as American Vandal reaches its midway point
By Brian Tallerico September 14, 2018 | 2:30pm
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music New albums out today: Low, Paul Weller, Spirit Of The Beehive, and more
By The A.V. Club, David Anthony, Annie Zaleski September 14, 2018 | 2:00pm
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tv It's time for
BoJack to get woke as Hollywoo's hypocrisy on “bad men” gets the
BoJack Horseman treatment
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 2:00pm
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tv How far did Mr. Untouchable push his luck on the 3rd episode of American Vandal?
By Brian Tallerico September 14, 2018 | 1:30pm
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tv Go out on a date in
BoJack Horseman, where everything's funny until it's suddenly
not
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 1:00pm
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tv Forced confessions and forced turds battle for air in American Vandal’s 2nd episode
By Brian Tallerico September 14, 2018 | 12:30pm
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tv Diane travels to
Vietnam as she—and BoJack Horseman—grapple with
questions about her identity
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 12:00pm
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tv American Vandal graduates from dicks to poop in its 2nd-season premiere
By Brian Tallerico September 14, 2018 | 11:30am
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tv BoJack
Horseman's back to work in season five, and he's uncomfortably
close to home
By Les Chappell September 14, 2018 | 11:00am
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games Shadow of the Tomb Raider is Too Safe to Be Entertaining
By Holly Green September 14, 2018 | 10:30am
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film For a tale full of blood and sexual tension, Lizzie is awfully dull
By Katie Rife September 13, 2018 | 10:40pm
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film Ben Mendelsohn battles suburban ennui in Nicole Holofcener’s The Land Of Steady Habits
By Caroline Siede September 13, 2018 | 2:00pm
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games Disney Villains Take Over the Tabletop with the Fun Board Game Villainous
By Keith Law September 13, 2018 | 10:00am
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tv American Horror Story is back with our worst nightmare, which just isn’t that scary
By Molly Horan September 13, 2018 | 6:10am
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tv Right before the finale, The Sinner solves one of its two biggest mysteries
By Alex McLevy September 13, 2018 | 3:00am
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tv The Gang can't escape themselves in a rickety escape room-themed It's Always Sunny
By Dennis Perkins September 13, 2018 | 2:32am
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film Light, literate, and wickedly funny, A Simple Favor is Gillian Flynn for the mommy-blog set
By Katie Rife September 12, 2018 | 9:20pm
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film Hale County, This Morning, This Evening finds beauty in the small moments of black Southern life
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 12, 2018 | 6:30pm
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tv In the end, Castle Rock unlocks its potential and throws away the key
By Emily L. Stephens September 12, 2018 | 11:00am
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film It’s big trouble for Lil Chano in the wacky fast-food horror-comedy Slice
By Katie Rife September 11, 2018 | 9:05pm
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film White Boy Rick struggles to find singular drama in an all-too-common story
By Mike D'Angelo September 11, 2018 | 6:00pm
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film Unbroken gets a predictably preachy, faith-based sequel from the director of God’s Not Dead
By Lawrence Garcia September 11, 2018 | 3:00pm
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tv Better Call Saul can’t defy gravity, but still turns a few scenes upside down
By Donna Bowman September 11, 2018 | 2:00am
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film Nicolas Cage takes a chainsaw to ’80s action cheese in the heavy-metal fantasia of Mandy
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 10, 2018 | 6:50pm
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film Peter Dinklage and Elle Fanning spin their wheels in the hollow post-apocalyptic drama I Think We’re Alone Now
By Vikram Murthi September 10, 2018 | 3:40pm
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tv On The Venture Bros., everyone gets the nemesis they deserve
By Zack Handlen September 10, 2018 | 4:55am
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tv Insecure's girls trip gets derailed by a surprise return
By Ashley Ray-Harris September 10, 2018 | 4:55am
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tv 1977 looks great on The Deuce
By Erik Adams September 10, 2018 | 2:00am