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film The Texas Chain Saw Massacre hit theaters like a grisly piece of outsider art
By Scott Tobias December 31, 2012 | 6:00pm
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aux The best superhero and mainstream comics of 2012
By Oliver Sava December 31, 2012 | 6:00pm
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aux The best graphic novels and art comics of 2012
By Noel Murray December 31, 2012 | 6:00pm
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aux Warren Ellis: Gun Machine
By Phil Dyess-Nugent December 31, 2012 | 6:01am
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aux Philip Pullman: Fairy Tales From The Brothers Grimm
By Tasha Robinson December 31, 2012 | 6:00am
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film Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 21-23, 2012
By AV Club Staff December 31, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv Count down to yet another year of stupid crap with a bunch of hosts you don't like all that much
By Emily St. James December 31, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux December 31, 2012
By David Malki ! December 31, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv Do look back: What did we wind up thinking about our most anticipated 2012 entertainment?
By Josh Modell, Tasha Robinson December 31, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv You’ve got to go on waiting for the miracle to come: 63 of our most anticipated entertainments of 2013
By Nathan Rabin, Cory Casciato, John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Steve Heisler, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Joel Keller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Noel Murray, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Sarah Collins, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski December 31, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux The best books we read in 2012
By Kevin McFarland, Jason Heller, Noah Cruickshank, Zack Handlen, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Ellen Wernecke, Emily St. James, Tasha Robinson December 31, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv Call The Midwife; say it's not her fault
By Emily St. James December 30, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux The best TV of 2012, the worst New Year's Eve, and more this week on The A.V. Club
By Sarah Collins December 28, 2012 | 11:00pm
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tv 2013: The end of television as we know it
By Erik Adams December 28, 2012 | 6:00pm
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tv Beyond the top 30: Our favorite episodes of shows that didn’t make the cut, part two
By Kyle Ryan, Steve Heisler, Myles McNutt, Zack Handlen, Pilot Viruet, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Noel Murray, David Sims, Brandon Nowalk, Emily St. James, Alasdair Wilkins, Marah Eakin, John Teti December 28, 2012 | 6:00pm
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aux Caption Contest: Billy Crystal returns with an ugh in Parental Guidance
By Josh Modell December 28, 2012 | 3:00pm
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tv Figure out what everybody else you know is talking about with a Duck Dynasty marathon
By Emily St. James December 28, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv The best non-2012 entertainment we discovered in 2012
By AV Club Staff December 28, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv The worst TV of 2012
By Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Emily St. James, Zack Handlen, Ryan McGee December 28, 2012 | 6:00am
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music This Was Pop’s favorite radio singles of the year, Bieber and beyond
By Steven Hyden, Genevieve Koski December 28, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv 2012: The year of the half-hour TV show
By Emily St. James December 27, 2012 | 6:00pm
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film Promised Land
By Scott Tobias December 27, 2012 | 6:01am
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tv The Peanuts gang just won't stop forcing you to spend different holidays with it
By Emily St. James December 27, 2012 | 6:00am
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film Sopranos mastermind David Chase talks process and his debut feature film
By Sam Adams December 27, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv Beyond the top 30: Our favorite episodes of shows that didn’t make the cut, part one
By Steve Heisler, Emily Guendelsberger, Myles McNutt, Molly Eichel, Brandon Nowalk, Erik Adams, David Sims, Noel Murray, Ryan McGee, Marah Eakin, Les Chappell, Emily St. James, Donna Bowman December 27, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux R.I.P. Charles Durning
By Phil Dyess-Nugent December 26, 2012 | 8:23pm
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music This week we're barely putting up with Taylor Swift
By Amelie Gillette December 26, 2012 | 6:00pm
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aux December 26, 2012
By David Malki ! December 26, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv Top Chef proudly presents a roller skating Padma Lakshmi
By Emily St. James December 26, 2012 | 6:00am
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film From The Hallmark Aisle Of The Vast Wasteland Case File #31: New Year’s Eve
By Nathan Rabin December 26, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux December 26, 2012
By Dan Savage December 26, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv The best TV series of 2012: The ballots
By TV Club Staff December 26, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux Nick Tosches: Me And The Devil
By Phil Dyess-Nugent December 26, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv The best TV of 2012
By TV Club Staff December 26, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux R.I.P. Odd Couple and Quincy actor Jack Klugman
By Phil Dyess-Nugent December 25, 2012 | 6:02pm
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tv The British invite you to celebrate the holidays as they do: watching Doctor Who
By Emily St. James December 25, 2012 | 6:00am
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film Django Unchained
By Nathan Rabin December 24, 2012 | 6:01pm
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film Les Misérables
By Tasha Robinson December 24, 2012 | 6:00pm
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aux Ian McEwan: Sweet Tooth
By Kevin McFarland December 24, 2012 | 6:01am
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film Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 21-23, 2012
By AV Club Staff December 24, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv Want to watch A Christmas Story? Don't worry! TBS will let you watch it 12 times
By Emily St. James December 24, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux December 24, 2012
By David Malki ! December 24, 2012 | 6:00am
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music Mike Rosenberg of Passenger can’t stand Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On”
By Josh Terry December 24, 2012 | 6:00am
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music The Police’s Andy Summers on his songs, Sting, and being ripped off by Puff Daddy
By Sam Adams December 24, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv You didn’t have anything going on tonight, right? Good, ’cuz Fox has new Family Guy and American Dad episodes
By Erik Adams December 23, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux Hoping nobody notices the Friday before Christmas, TNT cancels Leverage
By Emily St. James December 22, 2012 | 3:50am
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aux CBS renews How I Met Your Mother for ninth season
By Emily St. James December 22, 2012 | 3:30am
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aux New On DVD And Blu-ray: December 18, 2012
By Scott Tobias December 21, 2012 | 9:58pm
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aux Happy holidays from The A.V. Club
By Sean O'Neal December 21, 2012 | 9:45pm
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aux Best of lists, Christmas films, and more this week on The A.V. Club
By Sarah Collins December 21, 2012 | 9:45pm
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aux Happy holidays: Here's a musical tribute to the Christmas-leftovers sandwich
By Austin Bernhardt December 21, 2012 | 8:45pm
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aux Movies and video games are to blame for enabling gun violence, says man whose sole purpose is to enable gun violence
By Sean O'Neal December 21, 2012 | 8:33pm
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aux Get Involved, Internet: Help Hurricane Sandy-decimated Norton Records by buying mixes made by Yo La Tengo
By Marah Eakin December 21, 2012 | 8:30pm
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aux Celebrate Apocalypse Day with this film-apocalypse supercut
By Josh Modell December 21, 2012 | 8:15pm
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aux DJ Shadow kicked off of Miami concert for being too futuristic
By Sean O'Neal December 21, 2012 | 7:42pm
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aux Check out the injuries the Home Alone burglars should have had, from skull necrosis to full-thickness burns
By Marah Eakin December 21, 2012 | 7:30pm
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film Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries finds regret and peace in aging
By Scott Tobias December 21, 2012 | 7:30pm
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music Rilo Kiley captures the cold along with “The Good That Won’t Come Out”
By Erik Adams December 21, 2012 | 7:30pm
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aux Spin magazine ceases print publication, shocking almost no one
By Marah Eakin December 21, 2012 | 7:00pm
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aux The Walking Dead will be back for a fourth season, but without Glen Mazzara
By Sean O'Neal December 21, 2012 | 6:38pm
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aux MTV picks Rebel Wilson to host its final MTV Gives Trophies To Twilight Awards
By Sean O'Neal December 21, 2012 | 6:21pm
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aux Caption Contest: Tom Cruise fights baddies in Jack Reacher
By Josh Modell December 21, 2012 | 6:20pm
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aux Pitchfork Music Festival announces 2013 dates, layaway plan for cost-conscious Grimes fans
By Marah Eakin December 21, 2012 | 6:05pm
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aux The L.A. Complex will not get renewed for a third season
By Austin Bernhardt December 21, 2012 | 6:00pm
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film Does the kid-vs.-adults sadism of the Home Alone movies stand the test of time?
By Erik Adams December 21, 2012 | 6:00pm
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aux Avengers #2 shows how to properly assemble a superhero team
By Oliver Sava December 21, 2012 | 6:00pm
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aux Cheap toy roundup: 2012 edition
By Josh Modell, Tasha Robinson, Genevieve Koski December 21, 2012 | 6:00pm
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aux Showtime developing a more modern, less horny pope drama called The Vatican
By Sean O'Neal December 21, 2012 | 5:49pm
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aux The year's worst movies admit their own guilt in this supercut
By Josh Modell December 21, 2012 | 4:45pm
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aux The CW is making a Robin Hood show, because today's girls can't get enough archery
By Sean O'Neal December 21, 2012 | 4:14pm
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aux Parks And Recreation is about to introduce Jean-Ralphio's twin sister
By Sean O'Neal December 21, 2012 | 3:25pm
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tv No longer terrified of family togetherness, Fox tosses Fringe to the pre-holiday wolves
By Emily St. James December 21, 2012 | 6:00am
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film It’s A Wonderful Life shows the unending cost of being good
By Emily St. James December 21, 2012 | 6:00am
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music The pop-culture gifts we’d like to give everyone
By AV Club Staff December 21, 2012 | 6:00am
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film The best film scenes of 2012
By Nathan Rabin, Mike D'Angelo, Scott Tobias, Alison Willmore, Noel Murray, Sam Adams, Tasha Robinson December 21, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux Everybody visits everybody as podcasters ring in the holidays
By Genevieve Koski, Nathan Rabin, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Maggie Serota, Steven Moore, Dan Fitchette, David Anthony, Austin Bernhardt, Oliver Sava, Scott Gordon, Colin Griffith, Dan Telfer, Claire Zulkey, D.X. Ferris December 21, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux Amazon developing six comedy pilots from Garry Trudeau, The Onion, The Daily Show writers, other people
By Sean O'Neal December 20, 2012 | 11:37pm
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aux Cloud Nothings will record, release a "noisier" new record in 2013
By Marah Eakin December 20, 2012 | 11:00pm
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aux Lego succumbs to Back To The Future lobby, agrees to make set with Marty, Doc, and a DeLorean
By Marah Eakin December 20, 2012 | 9:45pm
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aux FX orders another season of The League since we haven't all been stricken with the plague yet
By Sean O'Neal December 20, 2012 | 9:32pm
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aux Watch Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace talk fashion and skincare on MTV's relaunched House Of Style
By Marah Eakin December 20, 2012 | 9:30pm
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aux Listen to Yo La Tengo's new single, "Ohm"
By Marah Eakin December 20, 2012 | 9:00pm
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aux Justin Bieber has incurred the wrath of the California Hamster Organization
By Sean O'Neal December 20, 2012 | 8:56pm
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aux Watch the Louie/Charlie Brown mash-up you didn't know you needed to see
By Nathan Rabin December 20, 2012 | 8:25pm
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aux Metallica announces second annual Orion Music + More festival, only this time in Detroit
By Marah Eakin December 20, 2012 | 8:00pm
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film Bill Murray’s wealthy lothario takes baby steps to maturity in Broken Flowers
By Nathan Rabin December 20, 2012 | 7:30pm
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tv Bob Mould, Maria Bamford, Neil Hamburger, and others pick their 2012 pop-culture highlights
By AV Club Staff December 20, 2012 | 7:30pm
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aux You won't have Damon Lindelof to kick around on your Prometheus sequel
By Sean O'Neal December 20, 2012 | 7:22pm
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aux Study confirms that going solo is an actual kiss of death for rock stars
By Sean O'Neal December 20, 2012 | 6:43pm
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music A punk song called “Doom! Doom! Doom!” that’s all about uplift
By Kyle Ryan December 20, 2012 | 6:30pm
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aux John McCain joins the "Zero Dark Thirty is pro-torture" debate
By Sean O'Neal December 20, 2012 | 6:10pm
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film Robert Carlyle on California Solo, American vs. British TV, and the appeal of fairy tales
By Sam Adams December 20, 2012 | 6:00pm
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film Gremlins is a perfect holiday movie for those all out of Christmas cheer
By Zack Handlen December 20, 2012 | 6:00pm
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aux Gameological turned the last 12 months into a bunch of goofy browser games
By John Teti December 20, 2012 | 6:00pm
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film Jack Reacher
By Tasha Robinson December 20, 2012 | 3:55pm
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film Comedy auteur Judd Apatow talks about his crisis-comedy This Is 40
By Scott Tobias December 20, 2012 | 6:00am
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film [REC]’s use of confinement makes it a paragon of the found-footage genre
By Scott Tobias December 20, 2012 | 6:00am
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tv On a night of finales, it’s the end of the road for Unsupervised
By Erik Adams December 20, 2012 | 6:00am
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film The worst films of 2012
By Nathan Rabin, Mike D'Angelo, Scott Tobias, Alison Willmore, Keith Phipps, Noel Murray, Sam Adams, Tasha Robinson December 20, 2012 | 6:00am
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aux Chris Hardwick's Nerdist podcast is now a full-blown TV show
By Sean O'Neal December 19, 2012 | 11:23pm
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aux MTV gives Catfish another season of revealing that people lie on the Internet
By Sean O'Neal December 19, 2012 | 11:05pm
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aux Bryan Singer to develop another Twilight Zone reboot, because who can say that man's destiny is truly his own?
By Sean O'Neal December 19, 2012 | 9:32pm
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aux Brace your eyeballs for the Miss Universe National Costume Show
By Genevieve Koski December 19, 2012 | 9:30pm
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aux All the fake shows from Arrested Development are now on Netflix Instant
By Eric Thurm December 19, 2012 | 8:45pm
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aux Watch President Obama tangle with a prepubescent Spider-Man
By Nathan Rabin December 19, 2012 | 8:00pm
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film The holidays are for family fighting in A Christmas Tale
By Scott Tobias December 19, 2012 | 7:30pm
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music A Kinks deep cut finds love in an uncommon name
By Genevieve Koski December 19, 2012 | 7:30pm
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tv 10 entry points to Rankin/Bass’ enchanted holiday world
By Erik Adams December 19, 2012 | 6:00pm
