How will you change the way you engage with pop culture in 2022?
Alex McLevy
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Editor, The A.V. Club music section; Television Critics Association member; Ph.D. Candidate in Politics, New School For Social Research; more videos of robots failing to accomplish basic tasks, please
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The third season of HBO's hit dysfunctional family drama blew up the status quo in a major way. Here are the…
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Decade after decade, no matter what's in vogue, Neil Young remains resolutely himself—and his new album revels in…
A movie set in a hacienda that stars part of the cast of the original Brady Bunch? A campy satire full of Drag Race q…