The A.V. Club’s favorite pieces from 2018
The 50 best special effects in all of cinema. Contemporary feminism explored through Claws and Handmaid’s Tale. A…
The incomplete and incomparable Orson Welles
What can we really say about a life? It’s a question that is asked time and again in the films of Orson Welles, and…
Netflix is just going to keep killing its American Vandals
Last Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal published a deeply sourced article about the corporate culture at Netflix.…
The PlayStation VR turns 2: How much of a jackass am I for buying one?
Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming…
Why did millions of Netflix subscribers watch rom-coms this summer?
Romantic comedies were once the realm of homogenous blockbusters: You’d have a stacked deck of Sandra Bullocks, Reese…
Another Star Is Born: Why Hollywood keeps returning to this tragic Cinderella story
Note: This piece contains specific plot details about the A Star Is Born movies.
Matt Damon is here to make friends: 11 movies where the actor finds a buddy (or 10)
Matt Damon has a lot of friends. From his auspicious beginnings charming ’90s Hollywood to his A-list blockbuster…
Martha Stewart Living helped kick off a domestic explosion in the ’90s
When I was a poor twentysomething writer in Chicago in the ’90s, I didn’t go to church. I instead worshipped, every…
The Road, A Quiet Place, and the golden age of prepper pop culture
It first hit me during A Quiet Place, as John Krasinski and Emily Blunt’s fictional kids quietly played a board game by…
Trash, class, and free cigarettes: My life with The Jerry Springer Show
Of the many lessons I’ve learned the hard way in my life, one of the hardest has been this: Never take a job for the…
BlacKkKlansman doesn't let white women off the hook—and it shouldn't
Note: This article contains plot points of BlacKkKlansman.
8 graphic novels to get your kids hooked on comics
Comics for kids are an awesome gateway—you want to get your children closer to chapter books, and they provide lots of…
The 50 greatest special effects movies of all time
For about as long as there have been movies, there have been special effects. That’s no exaggeration: The medium was…
“We need to see more”: 5 queer TV creators discuss the present and future of LBGTQIA+ representation
On a recent Sunday night (June 10, to be exact), primetime viewers found themselves with multiple options for LGBTQIA+…
Get caught up on K-pop in 60 minutes
When PSY’s “Gangnam Style” dropped in 2012, everything about it felt ephemeral. Funny enough to warrant attention yet…
For the women of Claws, time’s been up
With its vibrant color scheme, superficially wacky characters, and Florida setting, Claws appeared to be the perfect…
Fallout’s best vault elected to tell the series’ darkest story
Let’s be honest: Fallout: New Vegas is the Fallout snob’s Fallout game. Created by Obsidian Entertainment—one of two…
Dean Norris is looking for some sex GIFs, if you have any
Quick heads up: Breaking Bad star Dean Norris appears to be looking for some sex GIFs, if you have any. Last night,…
This season, The Handmaid’s Tale is making the connection between Gilead and present-day America explicit
Premiering three months after Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, The Handmaid’s Tale couldn’t help but feel…
Infinity War could finally tear Marvel film and TV apart
This article discusses major plot points of Avengers: Infinity War and Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.