Noah Cruickshank

11/10/14

Ha Jin’s A Map Of Betrayal offers a spy novel without cloak-and-dagger antics

Novels can be acts of self-interrogation, with writers using the fictional space to plumb questions of their own…

Noah Cruickshank

PublishedNovember 10, 2014

10/6/14

With Lila, Marilynne Robinson crafts one of the unlikeliest trilogies in modern American lit

For most of her career, no one thought Marilynne Robinson would write fiction again. After releasing Housekeeping in…

Noah Cruickshank

PublishedOctober 6, 2014

9/29/14

David Cronenberg’s first novel could stand to be a bit more Cronenbergian

David Cronenberg has had two distinct careers as a filmmaker. The first was as the foremost creator of “body…

Noah Cruickshank

PublishedSeptember 29, 2014

9/29/14

“But he’s my brother!” 21 pop-culture siblings from the last decade who got rather... close

The last decade, from the early ’00s to now, have been the Age Of Getting Jiggy With Your Sibling, step-, half-,…

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,

Mike Vago,

and Laura M. Browning

PublishedSeptember 29, 2014

9/24/14

David Mitchell on his 5 favorite Japanese novels

With Reading List, The A.V. Club asks one of our favorite pop-culture creators to describe a list of reading…

Noah Cruickshank

PublishedSeptember 24, 2014

9/22/14

Lauren Oliver’s latest novel overshoots its haunted house premise

Haunted houses have two distinct flavors. In one, a terrible act reverberates throughout history, and the remnants…

Noah Cruickshank

PublishedSeptember 22, 2014

9/16/14

John Darnielle on his new novel, and 5 books from his character’s bookshelf

With Reading List, The A.V. Club asks one of our favorite pop-culture creators to describe a list of reading…

Noah Cruickshank

PublishedSeptember 16, 2014

9/2/14

David Mitchell’s The Bone Clocks is a fast-paced thriller and a meditation on humanity

David Mitchell may be the greatest novelist in the English language currently in his prime. Never content to simply…

Noah Cruickshank

PublishedSeptember 2, 2014

8/11/14

That’s Turtle Power: 22 soundtrack songs that double as film synopses (part 1)

Sometimes you can say it all in a song. Here are 22 soundtrack songs that double as their film’s synopsis.

Annie Zaleski,

Noah Cruickshank,

Katie Rife,

Joshua Alston,

Sean O'Neal,

Erik Adams,

and Marah Eakin

PublishedAugust 11, 2014

8/11/14

Haruki Murakami delivers his most human novel yet

When Haruki Murakami’s Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki And His Years Of Pilgrimage was released in his native country of…

Noah Cruickshank

PublishedAugust 11, 2014

8/4/14

Introducing the bands: 22 songs that double as band histories and/or mission statements

They say that when people show you who they are, believe them. Here are 22 bands who hide nothing.

Annie Zaleski,

Noah Cruickshank,

Josh Modell,

Drew Toal,

Sean O'Neal,

and Mike Vago

PublishedAugust 4, 2014

7/25/14

What’s your favorite book so far this year?

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

Mike Vago,

and Laura M. Browning

PublishedJuly 25, 2014

7/18/14

What’s your favorite TV show of the year so far?

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

Noah Cruickshank,

A.A. Dowd,

Josh Modell,

Erik Adams,

Becca James,

Sean O'Neal,

Marah Eakin,

Mike Vago,

and John Teti

PublishedJuly 18, 2014

7/17/14

What’s your favorite song of the year so far?

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

PublishedJuly 17, 2014

7/16/14

Pages most likely to succeed: Our favorite books of 2014 (so far)

Earlier this year Amazon, where the capitalism stork gets all the books before he brings them to your house, went to…

Josh Modell,

Oliver Sava,

and Laura M. Browning

PublishedJuly 16, 2014

7/14/14

Let Star Wars Minute satiate you until Episode VII

Podmass comments and suggestions for future coverage can be directed to podmass@avclub.com.

Matt Kodner,

Dan Telfer,

Trip Cook,

Dan Jakes,

Joe White,

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,

Andrea Battleground,

Tim Karan,

Colin Griffith,

Marah Eakin,

and D.X. Ferris

PublishedJuly 14, 2014

7/11/14

What’s your favorite movie of the year so far?

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

A.A. Dowd,

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,

Jesse Hassenger,

Alasdair Wilkins,

Marah Eakin,

Dennis Perkins,

and Mike Vago

PublishedJuly 11, 2014

7/7/14

Sound Opinions scores with Prince’s Purple Rain

Podmass comments and suggestions for future coverage can be directed to podmass@avclub.com.

Matt Kodner,

Dan Telfer,

Trip Cook,

Dan Jakes,

Joe White,

Tim Karan,

Marah Eakin,

Paula Mejia,

and D.X. Ferris

PublishedJuly 7, 2014

7/7/14

The Great Glass Sea creates a beautiful world, fails to find a gripping story inside it

High above Russia, a billionaire mogul launches a series of satellites that reflect the sun, sending its rays down…

Noah Cruickshank

PublishedJuly 7, 2014

6/30/14

Romany Malco chats boner pills and Call Chelsea Peretti joins the ‘masses

Podmass comments and suggestions for future coverage can be directed to podmass@avclub.com.

Matt Kodner,

Dan Telfer,

Caroline Siede,

Noah Cruickshank,

Trip Cook,

Dan Jakes,

Joe White,

Tim Karan,

Marah Eakin,

Paula Mejia,

and D.X. Ferris

PublishedJune 30, 2014