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tv Actor and comedian Kumail Nanjiani answers our 11 questions
By Marah Eakin July 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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games Apple’s hypocritical App Store policies infantilize games
By Ryan Smith July 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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music Jonah Ray on his intense, burning hatred for Sublime’s “What I Got”
By Marah Eakin July 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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tv You can’t take it back: 8 Shame MacGuffins in pop culture
By Caroline Framke, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Brandon Nowalk, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago July 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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film Despite loftier aims, Pickpocket works best when focusing on its titular craft
By Mike D'Angelo July 23, 2014 | 5:00am
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tv 30 For 30: Slaying The Badger
By David Kallison July 23, 2014 | 3:42am
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tv Tyrant: “Hail Mary”
By Dennis Perkins July 23, 2014 | 3:04am
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tv Nathan For You: “Liquor Store/Exterminator/Car Wash”
By John Teti July 23, 2014 | 3:00am
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aux Charlie Kaufman’s How And Why pilot not going to series at FX
By Sam Barsanti July 23, 2014 | 2:00am
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aux Ken Jeong to star in MTV comedy about getting advice from Ken Jeong
By Sam Barsanti July 23, 2014 | 12:53am
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aux Harvey Dent and Hugo Strange will also show up on Fox’s Gotham
By Sam Barsanti July 22, 2014 | 11:55pm
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aux Idris Elba might play a “Merlin-esque” figure in Guy Ritchie’s King Arthur
By Dan Selcke July 22, 2014 | 10:02pm
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aux Manimal movie transforms into Will Ferrell/Adam McKay comedy
By Sean O'Neal July 22, 2014 | 9:01pm
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aux This supercut of kids swearing is the darndest fucking thing
By William Hughes July 22, 2014 | 8:26pm
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aux Sons Of Anarchy might still get that prequel series
By Marah Eakin July 22, 2014 | 7:51pm
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tv FXX’s first Simpsons promo, for one, welcomes our new animated overlords
By Erik Adams July 22, 2014 | 7:48pm
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aux That live-action Akira everyone hates is still happening, apparently
By Katie Rife July 22, 2014 | 7:43pm
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film Punk’s dead but Heroin Bob’s alive in the trailer for SLC Punk 2
By Katie Rife July 22, 2014 | 7:39pm
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aux Edgar Wright to trade ant-men for baby drivers
By Sean O'Neal July 22, 2014 | 7:35pm
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aux Fargo’s second season will take place in 1979
By Sonia Saraiya July 22, 2014 | 7:20pm
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aux The sequel to “Mouth Sounds” is here, and it’s laugh out loud horrifying
By Katie Rife July 22, 2014 | 6:58pm
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aux FX at the TCAs: Taking risks continues to yield big rewards
By Sonia Saraiya July 22, 2014 | 6:33pm
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aux Natalie Prass charms “Birds Of Prey” with a new single
By Marah Eakin July 22, 2014 | 6:29pm
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film Gary Oldman steps behind the camera—and into the muck
By Nick Schager July 22, 2014 | 6:00pm
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music R. Kelly has designs on your posterior
By Josh Modell July 22, 2014 | 6:00pm
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aux Meet the beetles that are eating a Beatle’s memorial tree
By Katie Rife July 22, 2014 | 5:54pm
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film Benedict Cumberbatch takes on Nazis in The Imitation Game trailer
By Laura M. Browning July 22, 2014 | 5:52pm
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aux 250 fans remade an entire episode of Sailor Moon
By Rob Dean July 22, 2014 | 5:45pm
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aux Noah Baumbach, David Gordon Green, and Jon Stewart premiering new films in Toronto
By A.A. Dowd July 22, 2014 | 5:41pm
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aux New Ninja Turtles movie debuts obligatory song with vaguely turtle-related rapping
By Sean O'Neal July 22, 2014 | 5:34pm
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aux Hear Stardeath And White Dwarfs’ new album (with guests The Flaming Lips)
By Jason Heller July 22, 2014 | 5:14pm
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aux Without the banter, an entire episode of Family Feud takes a tight three minutes
By Rob Dean July 22, 2014 | 4:16pm
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aux Watch the video for “Your Head / Your Heart,” the first song from Hostage Calm’s new album
By David Anthony July 22, 2014 | 4:13pm
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aux The New Yorker has unlocked some of its archives for the rest of the summer
By William Hughes July 22, 2014 | 4:07pm
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aux Watch Zach Galifianakis and Ted Danson in this parody of the National documentary
By Josh Modell July 22, 2014 | 4:04pm
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film A Jacques Demy collection and one of 2014’s best movies arrive on Blu-ray
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 22, 2014 | 4:00pm
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aux New releases include Grayson, The Life After, and How To Be Happy
By Oliver Sava, Tegan O'Neil July 22, 2014 | 4:00pm
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aux Read This: Orange Is The New Black’s real life Larry Bloom tells his side of the story
By Eric Lindvall July 22, 2014 | 1:58pm
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aux Watch Joyce Manor’s scrappy, happy-sad new video for “The Jerk”
By Jason Heller July 22, 2014 | 1:31pm
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tv Teen Wolf: “I.E.D.”
By LaToya Ferguson July 22, 2014 | 9:12am
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games Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and the Price of Fame
By Gita Jackson July 22, 2014 | 9:00am
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games Kim Kardashian: Hollywood and the Price of Fame
By Gita Jackson July 22, 2014 | 9:00am
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tv Under The Dome: “Revelation”
By Gwen Ihnat July 22, 2014 | 5:37am
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music Common fails to solve Chicago’s gun violence problem with his music
By Eric Thurm July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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film Dakota Fanning and Elizabeth Olsen relive their youth in Very Good Girls
By Jesse Hassenger July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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music Upgrades can’t save White Fence’s psych-rock from getting stale
By Chris Mincher July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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film Filmed theater is a mistake, even when the play is Ibsen’s great Master Builder
By Mike D'Angelo July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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music Joyce Manor’s quest to eliminate hangovers proves fruitful
By David Anthony July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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music Bigger and bitchier: A superlative rundown of the best records of 2014 so far
By Evan Rytlewski, kenneth-partridge, Chris Mincher, Jason Heller, Eric Thurm, Annie Zaleski, David Brusie, David Anthony, Ryan Bray, Josh Terry, Jonah Bayer, Kyle Fowle, Marah Eakin, Paula Mejia July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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games Grand Theft Ovid is what happens when games and ancient poems meet on stage
By Matthew Crowley July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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film Phillip Noyce on the road from underground films to Tom Clancy adaptations to The Giver
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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music We Are The World united America’s biggest pop stars to make us feel better
By Eric Thurm July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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tv 30 For 30 catches yellow jersey fever with a Tour de France documentary
By Caroline Siede July 22, 2014 | 5:00am
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tv Switched At Birth: “Girl With Death Mask (She Plays Alone)”/The Fosters: “Mother”
By Carrie Raisler July 22, 2014 | 4:06am
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aux Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie to show off their love by starring in another movie together
By Sam Barsanti July 22, 2014 | 2:22am
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aux As foretold long ago, True Detective producers are making a show about Nostradamus
By Sam Barsanti July 22, 2014 | 1:01am
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aux Dwayne Johnson is almost certainly going to play the superhero Shazam
By Sam Barsanti July 22, 2014 | 12:11am
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aux Netflix tops 50 million subscribers, still hates cable companies
By John Teti July 21, 2014 | 10:56pm
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aux Sony seals deal to make Tupperware movie starring Sandra Bullock
By Dan Selcke July 21, 2014 | 10:37pm
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tv There’s a trailer for Homeland’s fourth season, in addition to the start date
By Josh Modell July 21, 2014 | 9:53pm
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aux Sony to make people read The Last Of Us script on stage
By Matt Gerardi July 21, 2014 | 9:39pm
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aux McG to peel away final layers of childhood innocence with Shel Silverstein biopic
By Erik Adams July 21, 2014 | 9:20pm
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aux James Frey builds alternate reality around his new book, but this time he admits it
By John Teti July 21, 2014 | 9:06pm
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aux Uncharted’s Nathan Drake spends a lot of time saying “No!”
By William Hughes July 21, 2014 | 8:59pm
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aux Beyoncé posts Fifty Shades Of Grey teaser on Instagram for fans of heavy breathing
By David Anthony July 21, 2014 | 8:43pm
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aux Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice gets premiere and release dates
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 21, 2014 | 8:00pm
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aux Here’s why it’s important to know the blood types of video game characters
By Dan Selcke July 21, 2014 | 7:14pm
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aux Exclusive Image Comics preview: Joe Casey and Piotr Kowalksi’s Sex returns with issue #15 (NSFW)
By Andrea Battleground July 21, 2014 | 7:00pm
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aux Hasbro partners with 3D printing site to sell fan-made, penis-free My Little Pony designs
By John Teti July 21, 2014 | 6:56pm
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aux FXX’s Simpsons World will just hook it to your veins
By Sonia Saraiya July 21, 2014 | 6:46pm
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aux Kanye West’s new record is coming this fall, influenced by Kim Kardashian’s “skill sets”
By Marah Eakin July 21, 2014 | 6:02pm
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film One of Jim Carrey’s best performances is also one of his least seen
By Jesse Hassenger July 21, 2014 | 6:00pm
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music On grinding, public boners, and Next’s “Too Close”
By Marah Eakin July 21, 2014 | 6:00pm
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aux Here’s a map that lets you cyberstalk cats all around the world
By William Hughes July 21, 2014 | 5:44pm
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music Beck and a head-butting St. Vincent amped up 2014’s Pitchfork Music Festival
By Kayla Reed, Eric Thurm, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Marah Eakin July 21, 2014 | 5:30pm
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aux Conor Oberst no longer suing the woman who accused him of rape
By Marah Eakin July 21, 2014 | 5:13pm
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aux “Weird Al” strives for maximum profit, corporate synergy with “Mission Statement”
By Marah Eakin July 21, 2014 | 5:02pm
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aux Fun’s Jack Antonoff and “Weird Al” Yankovic talk fame and gallbladders
By Matt Kodner, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Trip Cook, Alex Heimbach, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dennis DiClaudio, Joe White, Paula Mejia, Nowah Jacobs, Andrea Battleground, Tim Karan, Colin Griffith, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning, D.X. Ferris July 21, 2014 | 5:00pm
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tv Gargoyles: “Awakening (Parts 1-3)”
By Oliver Sava July 21, 2014 | 5:00pm
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aux Weekend Box Office: Apes conquers all comers, even the one played by Cameron Diaz
By A.A. Dowd July 21, 2014 | 4:50pm
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aux FX renews Louie and Fargo
By Sonia Saraiya July 21, 2014 | 4:45pm
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aux Exciting new X-wing design revealed as J.J. Abrams discusses dull kids’ charity
By John Teti July 21, 2014 | 4:32pm
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aux Don’t text at the movies, or Richard Linklater will stab you in the brain
By William Hughes July 21, 2014 | 4:00pm
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tv The Young Ones: “Oil”
By Jason Heller July 21, 2014 | 3:00pm
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aux Watch Dave Foley welcome The Ramones to heaven
By William Hughes July 21, 2014 | 2:39pm
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aux The Simpsons prepares for crossovers and a character death
By Sonia Saraiya July 21, 2014 | 2:30pm
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aux “You just made my list!” Just try to stay off of America’s Red Scare-era enemies list
By Mike Vago July 21, 2014 | 2:00pm
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aux The video for Street Eaters’ “Empty Rooms” is packed with punk buzz
By Jason Heller July 21, 2014 | 12:59pm
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games Boardgame: Splendor
By Keith Law July 21, 2014 | 11:40am
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tv The Strain: “The Box”
By LaToya Ferguson July 21, 2014 | 7:55am
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tv Halt And Catch Fire: “The 214s”
By Dennis Perkins July 21, 2014 | 7:30am
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aux In California, the apocalypse can be hell on a marriage
By Andrea Battleground July 21, 2014 | 5:00am
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tv Royal baby turns one; world celebrates
By Sonia Saraiya July 21, 2014 | 5:00am
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film Smarter, but at a price: 11 consequences of using 100 percent of your brain
By A.A. Dowd, Tasha Robinson, Molly Eichel, Samantha Nelson, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Dennis Perkins, Mike Vago July 21, 2014 | 5:00am
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tv The best new TV series of 2014 (so far)
By Carrie Raisler, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Erik Adams, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk July 21, 2014 | 5:00am
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film Richard Linklater on his “crazy undertaking,” the ambitious Boyhood
By A.A. Dowd July 21, 2014 | 5:00am
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music Minus Michael: The other Jacksons’ solo work deserves another listen
By Jason Heller July 21, 2014 | 5:00am
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tv True Blood: “Lost Cause”
By Carrie Raisler July 21, 2014 | 3:03am
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tv Masters Of Sex: “Kyrie Eleison”
By Gwen Ihnat July 21, 2014 | 3:01am
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tv The Leftovers: “B.J. And The A.C.”
By Sonia Saraiya July 21, 2014 | 3:00am
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aux Fox at the TCA press tour: Niche comedy is the future, until it’s probably the past
By Myles McNutt July 20, 2014 | 8:32pm
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aux “Weird Al” has a “Lame Claim To Fame” in his seventh video this week
By Sam Barsanti July 20, 2014 | 8:13pm
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tv The Simpsons (Classic): “Homerpalooza”
By Erik Adams July 20, 2014 | 7:00pm
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aux The Television Critics Association likes True Detective, Veep, and Breaking Bad
By Sam Barsanti July 20, 2014 | 5:24pm
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aux R.I.P. actor James Garner of Maverick and The Rockford Files
By Sam Barsanti July 20, 2014 | 4:36pm
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tv Farscape: “Infinite Possibilities”
By Alasdair Wilkins July 20, 2014 | 3:00pm
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film Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: July 18 - July 20
By AV Club Staff July 20, 2014 | 5:00am
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tv Congratulations, you’ve won The Lottery (you don’t want to win this Lottery)
By Erik Adams July 20, 2014 | 5:00am