"Hit-Monkey"

• music Michael Jackson’s first solo No. 1 hit was an ode to a rat By Gwen Ihnat August 5, 2015 | 6:00pm
• music New Radicals’ only hit, “You Get What You Give,” was secretly influential By Annie Zaleski July 28, 2015 | 5:00am
• aux Sex, drugs, and an unlikely Top 40 hit: Kids is 20 By Annie Zaleski July 25, 2015 | 5:00am
• aux Staten Island Summer will now hit theaters before streaming By Danette Chavez July 21, 2015 | 5:25pm
• tv True Detective hit the reset button last night—is it enough to reenergize the series? By Alex McLevy, Katie Rife July 20, 2015 | 8:04pm
• music The Aislers Set’s twee melody belies the darkness of “Hit The Snow” By Laura M. Browning July 17, 2015 | 5:00pm
• film Tales Of Halloween hopes to hit that Trick ’R Treat horror-anthology sweet spot By Alex McLevy July 16, 2015 | 6:52pm
• music Shudder To Think mocked its radio unfriendliness with “Hit Liquor” By Joshua Alston July 16, 2015 | 6:00pm
• music Taylor Swift’s hit-packed career compressed into just 60 essential minutes By Marah Eakin July 16, 2015 | 5:00am
• music This “hit” out-killed The Killers By Josh Modell July 15, 2015 | 6:00pm
• music Minutemen’s abstractions ensured “#1 Hit Song” would be anything but By David Anthony July 13, 2015 | 6:00pm
• tv Bravo’s Platinum Hit failed to blend original songwriting and reality TV drama By Joshua Alston July 8, 2015 | 4:00pm
• music Romeo + Juliet turned a Radiohead B-side into a “greatest hit” By Josh Modell June 18, 2015 | 6:00pm
• aux The Jurassic Park theme is now a Top 10 Billboard hit By William Hughes June 12, 2015 | 7:40pm
• film Chicago, see festival hit Dope early and for free By Cameron Scheetz June 9, 2015 | 9:15pm
• aux FIFA-sponsored movie United Passions surprisingly not a blockbuster hit By B.G. Henne June 8, 2015 | 4:33pm
• aux The hit comics series Lumberjanes is becoming a movie By Sam Barsanti June 1, 2015 | 10:51pm
• tv NBC’s Aquarius balances a hit-and-miss cop drama with the origin of the Manson family By Noel Murray May 28, 2015 | 5:00am
• aux Animated hit The Reward has spawned a new series, The Tales Of Alethrion By Rob Dean May 13, 2015 | 6:58pm
• aux You wanted a hit, so James Murphy is opening a wine bar in Brooklyn By Victor Beigelman May 12, 2015 | 8:46pm
• aux PBS Game/Show explores why Tetris was such a hit By B.G. Henne April 30, 2015 | 6:16pm
• film Jean-Pierre Melville hit the ground running with a moving debut, Le Silence De La Mer By Mike D'Angelo April 29, 2015 | 5:00am
• games An unlikely hit inspired a community and fierce rivalry at a Chicago arcade bar By Ryan Smith April 29, 2015 | 5:00am
• film Simon Pegg can’t bring humanity to the hit man nonsense of Kill Me Three Times By Jesse Hassenger April 9, 2015 | 1:00pm
• music Hit it and quit it: 11 bands that split just as they found success By Annie Zaleski, Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, David Anthony, Noel Murray, Drew Fortune, Mike Vago April 6, 2015 | 5:00am