Introducing the Marvel Curriculum, a preview of July, and more: The A.V. Club's best stories of the week

Here’s a compilation of our favorite features we published this week.

Monday

• Parker Posey puts her life on paper, plus 4 other books to read in July
  
• MMA clearly didn’t prepare Gina Carano to play a post-apocalyptic bounty hunter
  
• Our scary-good favorites from this year’s Cinepocalypse genre film festival
  
• Harlan Ellison was TV’s rejected son—and its harshest, most hopeful critic
  

Tuesday

• Wacky cartoon pool, a beautiful throwback RPG, and more games to play in July
  
• Ant-Man And The Wasp is a fun (but inessential) entry in the MCU
  

Wednesday

• The 17 most-anticipated albums of July
  

Thursday

• Ant-Man, The Wasp, and Ethan Hunt are back in action this sequel-heavy July
  
• Suggestion: Sit in a cabin and listen to Judee Sill
  
• Introducing the Marvel Curriculum: A look at film history via the MCU
  

Friday

• Before palling around with Ant-Man and the Wasp, Peyton Reed was Down With Love
  
• Bjørn Torske, Bodega, and more albums to know about this week
  
• Rage 2 is on the way, but the original is worth revisiting
  
• No thanks, King Gizzard: 7 examples of pop culture where the name alone keeps you away