The shitty Avengers, Ivonne Coll, and Clancy Brown: The week in features
Monday
- 60 minutes proving the ’90s is when punk covers of pop hits first swarmed the mainstream
- Ivonne Coll on Jane The Virgin, her Godfather big break, and shattering older Latina stereotypes
- ‘Oh my god, I feel pregnant’: The women of Thirst Aid Kit examine Michael B. Jordan’s appeal from every angle
- Forget Chocolat—Juliette Binoche should have earned Oscar love for a different period piece
Tuesday
- Here’s what you need to know going into Avengers: Infinity War
- Archer’s Amber Nash spent her first allowance on an MC Hammer album
- A visit to the new Marvel museum exhibit, where the MCU movies are the real heroes
- Michael Haneke’s mysterious Caché turns the establishing shot into an act of violence
Wednesday
- The shitty Avengers: 15 movie superheroes not ready for franchising
- God Of War declares its cinematic ambitions with an incredible super-powered fistfight
- Why aren’t you watching Brockmire?
- Virtual reality, cowboy hats, and gonorrhea: Four days at this year’s tech-addled Tribeca Film Festival
- Juliette Binoche plays an enigmatic seductress in an early, captivating role
Thursday
- From femme fatale to complex superhero: The evolution of the MCU’s Black Widow
- This woman’s work: The A.V. Club weighs in on the intense Handmaid’s Tale season-two premiere
- Clancy Brown on his career, from playing baddies in Starship Troopers and Shawshank Redemption to voicing Mr. Krabs
- A bleak love triangle gave Juliette Binoche her big break
Friday
- In a sea of unintentionally creepy rom-coms, the original Overboard goes, well, overboard
- Dr. Dog, Okkervil River, and more albums to know about this week
- Netflix’s sci-fi thriller 3% is helping viewers conquer their fear of subtitles
- No one in Marvel’s Avengers universe has a character arc that compares to Tony Stark’s
- The Overlook Film Festival haunts New Orleans with tigers, punks, and killer puppets
- “Here’s your 2 dollars”: 9 great gags from otherwise tepid comedies
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