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Netflix’s new docuseries sensation Tiger King is not especially kind to any of its participants—including, many have argued, the big cats whose welfare (or lack thereof) it ostensibly exists to interrogate. Almost everyone who appears on camera is presented as some flavor of eccentric weirdo, with the majority of that…

While comedian and actor Jonah Ray was most recently beaming in to television sets from the Satellite Of Love on Netflix’s now sadly defunct reboot of Mystery Science Theater 3000, he’s been hard at work on other projects for the past year as well. To wit: Ray is one of the leads of Pooka Lives!, the new installment…

Genuine human cleverness is a rare and beautiful thing. (Certainly, it’s been in short supply of late in the home office/bedroom/quarantine bunker in which I do the vast majority of my A.V. Club work.) There’s a pleasure to watching someone come up with, and then execute, a really excellent idea that’s hard to…

This week’s question comes from assistant editor Alex McLevy:

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Ruining what we can only imagine would have been the greatest fucking week of the coronavirus’ massively disruptive life, the organizers of Burning Man have formally announced tonight that their collective living space/art project/viral incubator will not go into operation this year. That’s right: For the first time…

John Prine died earlier this week, taking with him a legacy as one of the most beloved, funny, and imaginative folk singers in the American arts. Tributes have, unsurprisingly, been flowing ever since, but now Consequence Of Sound has organized something a little more formal: A streaming tribute concert featuring many…

RuPaul’s Drag Race is many things, but above all else, it’s entertainment. When the needs of Drag Race the talent competition conflict with Drag Race the TV show, the latter always wins. One of the many challenges the producers face is stitching together these two aspects of the show, editing and seeding the episodes…

Timothy Brown, a long-time NFL running back who was also well known for his roles in both the film and television versions of M*A*S*H., has died. Per The New York Post, Brown died from complications of dementia. He was 82.

Streaming libraries expand and contract. Algorithms are imperfect. Those damn thumbnail images are always changing. But you know what you can always rely on? The expert opinions and knowledgeable commentary of The A.V. Club. That’s why we’re scouring both the menus of the most popular services and our own archives to…

It’s a common joke—that is also, from anecdotal evidence, exceptionally true—that the 1973 animated Robin Hood movie was a, let’s say, formative movie for a lot of young minds. Expose children of a certain age to a lithe, charming, muscular fox man (or his feminine counterpart), and you’re pretty much automatically…

The first season of Dead To Me, a darkly comic thriller that’s “more compelling than its adequately teased and deployed twists,” according to our own Danette Chavez, was an extremely watchable mixed bag anchored by two top-tier performances from Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini. It was sharply funny at times…

Over the last couple weeks, Film Club has taken a few creative detours. With no new wide releases to discuss, our critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife have taken this opportunity to examine the pandemic’s impact on the film industry, pilot a new A.V. Club feature, and discuss the “F” CinemaScore. Today, its back to basics…