Laura Adamczyk

12/2/21

<i>Six Feet Under</i>, <i>The Sopranos</i>, and the American family in the golden age of television

Six Feet Under, The Sopranos, and the American family in the golden age of television

Despite presenting a far more dynamic vision of what an American family could be, Six Feet Under has never been…

11/29/21

Hitting below the belt: <em>Succession</em>’s heated volley of sexualized insults

Hitting below the belt: Succession’s heated volley of sexualized insults

This latest season of the popular HBO drama has significantly ramped up the Oedipal allusions

11/2/21

How bookstores are adjusting to supply-chain problems this holiday season

The A.V. Club asked a trio of booksellers how they’re preparing for this year's book-buying season, and which titles…

10/27/21

Mel Brooks’ memoir, an in-depth history of HBO, and more books to read in November

November also brings with it new speculative and science fiction from Natashia Deón, Charlie Jane Anders, and Adam…

10/27/21

The 25 best Halloween TV episodes of the 21st century

Since 2000, there have been some impressive additions to the Halloween canon from BoJack Horseman, Modern Family, Wan…

10/21/21

With Parquet Courts’ new album comes a reminder of their most undervalued talent

Parquet Courts are best known for the wild and woolly energy of their early work, but one of the band’s greatest…

10/18/21

What are you reading in October?

Lily Hoang’s bleak, unrelenting tale of infanticide, Melissa Lozada-Oliva’s novel-in-verse, and books one and two of …

10/15/21

5 burning questions we have ahead of <i>Succession</i>’s<i> </i>third season

5 burning questions we have ahead of Succession’s third season

Here are the biggest questions we’d like to see answered in the HBO drama’s season 3, debuting on Sunday, October 17

9/29/21

A new Franzen novel, a Sebald biography, and more books to read in October

The fall book season marches on with another Jonathan Franzen doorstopper, Eugene Lim’s inventive new novel, and Nina…

9/20/21

What are you reading in September?

Gabrielle Union's memoir on motherhood, a coming-of-age novella set in mid-century Mexico City, and short stories…

9/15/21

Joy Williams’ <i>Harrow </i>is a strange, comic novel for the end of the world

Joy Williams’ Harrow is a strange, comic novel for the end of the world

In her first novel in over 20 years, Williams has written a philosophical story of climate change filled with…

9/13/21

The best of Pitchfork Music Festival 2021

Angel Olsen provoked tears, St. Vincent shredded—these are the most noteworthy sets The A.V. Club saw at this year's…

9/10/21

Pitchfork 2021: The acts we’re most excited to see

As the first COVID-era Pitchfork Music Festival begins, here are the musicians that have us psyched to strap on a…

9/8/21

Maggie Nelson wades into the discourse’s murky middle in <i>On Freedom</i>

Maggie Nelson wades into the discourse’s murky middle in On Freedom

The latest work of nonfiction from the Argonauts author, On Freedom: Four Songs Of Care And Constraint, takes on…

9/6/21

Diamonds in the multiplex rough: 13 great Hollywood movies from the dog days of August

Late August is usually a dumping ground for bad Hollywood movies, but these films begged to differ

8/24/21

A new Sally Rooney, Joy Williams’ first novel in 20 years, and more books to read this September

September is absolutely packed with big releases, including new novels from Sally Rooney, Colson Whitehead, and…

8/2/21

How do we solve a problem like loneliness? In <i>Seek You</i>, Kristen Radtke looks for an answer

How do we solve a problem like loneliness? In Seek You, Kristen Radtke looks for an answer

In her latest work of graphic nonfiction, illustrator and writer Kristen Radtke considers the causes and effects of…

7/26/21

Cecily Strong’s mournful memoir, a Megan Abbott thriller, and more new books to read in August

Plus: Maurice Carlos Ruffin’s New Orleans stories, a compulsive novel by Azareen Van Der Vliet Oloomi, and Saïd…

7/9/21

Every<i> I Think You Should Leave </i>sketch, ranked

Every I Think You Should Leave sketch, ranked

Tim Robinson and Zach Kanin’s Netflix comedy series from worst to best—now including season two

7/8/21

<i>The A.V. Club</i>’s favorite books of 2021 so far

The A.V. Club’s favorite books of 2021 so far

Two novels in translation and two Rachels (Cusk and Kushner) crack our top 10

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