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tv The year that broke: 16 ways 2016 let us down
By William Hughes, Sean O'Neal, Danette Chavez, Katie Rife, Sam Barsanti December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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aux Our 20 favorite books of 2016
By Laura Adamczyk, Ryan Vlastelica, Esther Zuckerman, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Samantha Nelson, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Martin Scorsese finally gets his solemn, powerful Silence off the ground
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Toni Erdmann is the 3-hour, achingly sad prankster comedy of the year
By Mike D'Angelo December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Good performances can’t blast Hidden Figures out of prestige convention
By Jesse Hassenger December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Patriots Day turns the Boston Marathon bombing into a mostly gripping procedural
By Benjamin Mercer December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Mike Mills writes more memoir-in-montage with the intoxicating 20th Century Women
By A.A. Dowd December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Trollhunters has the heart to save an uninspiring story
By Nick Wanserski December 20, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Raw channels the best and worst of the Attitude Era
By Kyle Fowle December 20, 2016 | 5:51am
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tv People Of Earth’s season finale answers several questions while also creating more
By John Hugar December 20, 2016 | 3:54am
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aux Matthew McConaughey is still down for True Detective season 3
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 11:24pm
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aux Today’s best deals: Universal Remote, DJI Phantom, and more
By Shep McAllister December 19, 2016 | 11:20pm
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tv The CW’s new Riverdale trailer is predictably bonkers
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 10:47pm
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aux Seeso renews its commitment to Take My Wife
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 9:59pm
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aux Showtime brazenly renews Shameless for an eighth season
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 8:54pm
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aux Sure, Joel McHale will host those People’s Choice Awards for you
By Joe Blevins December 19, 2016 | 8:39pm
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film What the hell are Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard doing in Assassin’s Creed?
By Jesse Hassenger December 19, 2016 | 8:00pm
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aux Weekend Box Office: Have you heard the good news about Rogue One?
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 7:59pm
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aux Jerry Lewis has no time for bullshit interview questions
By Joe Blevins December 19, 2016 | 7:23pm
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aux Amanda Waller takes control in this Suicide Squad: Most Wanted exclusive
By Oliver Sava December 19, 2016 | 6:36pm
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film Keanu Reeves is out for blood in the new John Wick: Chapter 2 trailer
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 6:20pm
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tv Gordon Cole is back and full of donuts in the new Twin Peaks teaser
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 5:38pm
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aux The Price Is Right’s 1972 debut episode is on YouTube and it is glorious
By Joe Blevins December 19, 2016 | 5:00pm
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tv The Man In The High Castle hits the accelerator in episode two
By Scott Von Doviak December 19, 2016 | 5:00pm
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film Ryan Gosling dreams of Harrison Ford in the Blade Runner 2049 teaser trailer
By Katie Rife December 19, 2016 | 4:29pm
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games The 10 Best PC Games Of 2016
By Holly Green December 19, 2016 | 11:40am
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games Hey, Overwatch, There are More Winter Holidays Than Christmas
By Delilah Sinclair December 19, 2016 | 9:45am
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tv An ambitious Elementary makes the most of Schrödinger’s Watson
By Genevieve Valentine December 19, 2016 | 7:00am
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film Ken Loach overdoes the misery in the final stretch of his Cannes-winning I, Daniel Blake
By Mike D'Angelo December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Kaitlin Olson brings a touch of FX outrageousness to Fox with The Mick
By Erik Adams December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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aux Ayoade talks Ayoade in Ayoade On Ayoade
By Fran Hoepfner December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Denzel Washington shines in an inconsistent adaptation of August Wilson’s classic Fences
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film Fairy tales and family tragedy converge in the kid-friendly melodrama A Monster Calls
By Noel Murray December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film The animated karaoke bash Sing aims for cute but lands on irritating
By Jesse Hassenger December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film “Why Him?” Bryan Cranston asks of James Franco in this sporadically funny hackwork
By Jesse Hassenger December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv The People Of Earth bid farewell to 2016
By LaToya Ferguson December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Brad Leland on redeeming Buddy Garrity and taking a punch from Walker, Texas Ranger
By Erik Adams December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Andy Richter on eating squirrel and admiring Guillermo Del Toro’s gifting abilities
By Marah Eakin December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film The 20 best films of 2016
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Katie Rife, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Noel Murray, Jesse Hassenger December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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film The best of film 2016: The ballots
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Katie Rife, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Noel Murray, Jesse Hassenger December 19, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv The Affair brings Noah and Alison back together again for some reason
By Gwen Ihnat December 19, 2016 | 4:00am
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tv The Shameless finale serves the forest, but misses the trees
By Myles McNutt December 19, 2016 | 3:01am
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aux The Wet Hot American Summer team is making a sci-fi Love Boat show
By Sam Barsanti December 19, 2016 | 2:00am
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aux R.I.P. Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hollywood icon
By Sam Barsanti December 18, 2016 | 11:44pm
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aux Despite glaring issues, Once Upon A Time retains Disney’s charm
By Mildred Louis December 18, 2016 | 11:15pm
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aux Today’s best deals: Catan, tax software, and more
By Shep McAllister December 18, 2016 | 11:05pm
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aux Jennifer Lawrence wants to play Mystique in a Guardians Of The Galaxy movie
By Sam Barsanti December 18, 2016 | 10:04pm
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aux It looks like someone from Rogue One will pop up on Star Wars Rebels
By Sam Barsanti December 18, 2016 | 8:41pm
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aux Mr. Robot’s Sam Esmail may take on actual robots with Metropolis miniseries
By Sam Barsanti December 18, 2016 | 7:54pm
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aux Hillary Clinton woos the electoral college on SNL, with help from Love Actually
By Dennis Perkins December 18, 2016 | 7:08pm
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tv Mozart In the Jungle wraps up its third season with an f’ing satisfying finale
By Esther Zuckerman December 18, 2016 | 4:00pm
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tv A solid Christmas Saturday Night Live invites a trio of alums to back up Casey Affleck
By Dennis Perkins December 18, 2016 | 10:08am
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tv Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: December 16 - 18
By AV Club Staff December 18, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv Uneasy lies the head that wears The Hollow Crown
By Les Chappell December 18, 2016 | 6:00am
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aux In 1900, a 60-year-old woman defied an empire to protect her country’s throne
By Mike Vago December 18, 2016 | 6:00am
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aux Someone bought an ugly $90,000 Christmas sweater from 2 Chainz
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 10:41pm
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aux All In The Family is next up on the TV remake block
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 10:12pm
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aux Russian director wants to ban popcorn from his movies
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 8:40pm
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aux Robert Durst says he was on meth during the filming of The Jinx
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 7:35pm
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aux Today’s best deals: Outerwear, Simplehuman, and more
By Shep McAllister December 17, 2016 | 7:23pm
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aux UPDATE: Michael Sheen clarifies he’s not actually quitting acting
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 6:57pm
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tv Life is a cabaret in a jaunty Mozart In The Jungle
By Esther Zuckerman December 17, 2016 | 4:00pm
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tv The usual tricks are still compelling to watch on The Exorcist
By Dan Caffrey December 17, 2016 | 2:08pm
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games The 10 Best Boardgames of 2016
By Keith Law December 17, 2016 | 8:00am
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aux Vintage holiday lights and kitschy photos, plus a book of fake toys
By Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Katie Rife, Marah Eakin December 17, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv D.B. Woodside on Lucifer, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and learning harsh lessons from 24
By Will Harris December 17, 2016 | 6:00am
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tv The Z Nation season finale climbs high, then falls off a cliffhanger
By Alex McLevy December 17, 2016 | 3:00am
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aux Tilda Swinton cracks open her inbox, shares whitewashing exchange with Margaret Cho
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 1:42am
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aux Rick Scott asks Florida tourism board head to resign over Pitbull payout
By William Hughes December 17, 2016 | 12:15am
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aux Even Felicity Jones’ contract is full of Rogue One spoilers
By Katie Rife December 16, 2016 | 11:51pm
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aux The Wire’s Wendell Pierce joins Amazon’s Jack Ryan series
By William Hughes December 16, 2016 | 11:10pm
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aux It’s “passable” movies that are slowly but surely killing the medium
By Joe Blevins December 16, 2016 | 11:00pm
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aux The Flaming Lips trip out in the video for their new song, “Sunrise (Eyes Of The Young)”
By William Hughes December 16, 2016 | 10:35pm
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aux Woody Harrelson recruits Owen Wilson and Willie Nelson for the first “live movie”
By William Hughes December 16, 2016 | 10:15pm
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aux Michael Bolton to make sweet love to your ear holes this Valentine’s Day
By Katie Rife December 16, 2016 | 10:05pm
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aux A 1980s Westworld TV series would have thrilled Reagan-era nerds
By Joe Blevins December 16, 2016 | 10:00pm
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film Going In Style wants to be the Last Vegas of geriatric bank robbery
By Joe Blevins December 16, 2016 | 9:24pm
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aux We’re talking about Facebook’s efforts to combat fake news
By Sean O'Neal December 16, 2016 | 9:17pm
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film Chicago, see Viola Davis and Denzel Washington in Fences early and for free
By Esther Zuckerman December 16, 2016 | 9:15pm
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aux Elle is curiously absent from the Oscars’ Best Foreign Language Film shortlist
By Esther Zuckerman December 16, 2016 | 9:05pm
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aux Yule log 10 hours watching these videos of Marvel-themed Yule logs
By Caroline Siede December 16, 2016 | 9:00pm
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aux Here’s what’s coming to (and going from) Hulu in January
By William Hughes December 16, 2016 | 8:51pm
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aux Nine Inch Nails announce new EP, deluxe vinyl reissues
By Katie Rife December 16, 2016 | 8:42pm
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aux Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence are out here doing more adorable shit for you
By Clayton Purdom December 16, 2016 | 8:00pm
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aux Rooney Mara and Jonah Hill join Gus Van Sant’s quadriplegic cartoonist movie
By William Hughes December 16, 2016 | 7:44pm
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aux UPDATED: Sylvester Stallone might be part of the Trump administration
By William Hughes December 16, 2016 | 7:27pm
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aux This remake of Mortal Kombat from Ghana fucking rules
By Clayton Purdom December 16, 2016 | 7:10pm
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games Sun and Moon’s story is the very best, like no Pokémon game ever was
By Matt Gerardi December 16, 2016 | 7:00pm
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aux Locke & Key returns in miniature in this Small World exclusive preview
By Oliver Sava December 16, 2016 | 7:00pm
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aux Steep the beat: An EDM-themed tea shop is dropping in San Francisco in January
By Randall Colburn December 16, 2016 | 6:45pm
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film A curio cabinet of early silent films
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 16, 2016 | 6:45pm
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tv Hallelujah, here’s the trailer for the Sense8 Christmas special
By Caroline Siede December 16, 2016 | 6:39pm
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aux Today’s best deals: Sphero BB-8, Harry Potter, and more
By Shep McAllister December 16, 2016 | 6:29pm
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aux Trump fan tells Hannibal Buress to “talk about Broad City,” gets booted from his show
By Marah Eakin December 16, 2016 | 6:21pm
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aux “Chewbacca Mom” Candace Payne is getting two TLC web series
By Caroline Siede December 16, 2016 | 6:14pm
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aux Stephen Colbert and Michael Stipe update “It’s The End Of The World” for 2016
By Esther Zuckerman December 16, 2016 | 6:09pm
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aux Criminal’s Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer take The A.V. Club’s crime quiz
By Marah Eakin December 16, 2016 | 6:05pm
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aux Damn, Modest Mouse sure yelps “well” a lot
By Clayton Purdom December 16, 2016 | 6:00pm
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aux The cast of Disney XD’s new DuckTales show is actually pretty great
By Esther Zuckerman December 16, 2016 | 5:57pm
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tv Aaron Paul charts a new course in the trailer for The Path season two
By Caroline Siede December 16, 2016 | 5:46pm
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aux Now you, too, can have a signed, personalized Time cover from Donald Trump
By Clayton Purdom December 16, 2016 | 5:15pm
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film Our film critics dive into Rogue One and look ahead to Silence and Paterson
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 16, 2016 | 5:05pm
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tv The Man In The High Castle makes a timely return
By Scott Von Doviak December 16, 2016 | 5:01pm
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film Amy Schumer and Goldie Hawn have a bad vacation in the Snatched trailer
By Esther Zuckerman December 16, 2016 | 4:23pm
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aux Arnold Schwarzenegger tells America to “stop whining” about Trump
By Esther Zuckerman December 16, 2016 | 4:01pm
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tv Mozart In The Jungle meets the parents
By Esther Zuckerman December 16, 2016 | 4:00pm
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tv The tale of the invalid invalid invalid invalid fair-catch signal signal
By John Teti December 16, 2016 | 3:58pm
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aux Kid Cudi’s new album is streaming on Spotify and Apple Music
By Dennis DiClaudio December 16, 2016 | 3:46pm
