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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…

If you, dear reader, are anything like us, you’ve spent a significant portion of the last seven months carefully sorting your clothes into two piles. (Hopefully you then folded then and put them away; these are trying times, you don’t need that chaos in your life.) In one pile sit all the things you wear daily: your…

Toronto ends this year not with a check out, a wave through a taxi window, and a short flight home, but with the closing of a laptop. It was, as expected, a strange year at the festival of festivals, covered from apartments that had to dual-function as movie theaters. (At least we could be assured the best seat in the…

French cinema collective UniFrance has taken a stand against the rather swift backlash against French director Maïmouna Doucouré and her coming-of-age drama, Cuties. On Friday, the group threw its support behind the filmmaker and the project in response to a flood of vocal detractors—many of which proudly admit that…

When last we checked in on Connor Ratliff and Griffin Newman’s The George Lucas Talk Show, the comedians were gearing up to consume more than 30 hours of Star Wars content across a single livestream (if you’ve got a spare day, you can watch it here). Having survived that endeavor, the pair—as their alter egos of “R…

Happy Emmys weekend! On Sunday, in what we can only assume will be a deeply strange ceremony, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will hand out their most high-profile awards of the year (though they’ve been doling out the Creative Arts Emmys all week; congrats to Emmy-winner Quibi, a phrase that will nestle…

In Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix series, Sarah Paulson plays Nurse Mildred Ratched, a dour figure audiences first met via Ken Kesey’s novel One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. In that book and the subsequent film adaptation, Ratched was older and more vindictive, but also a bit one note. Audiences didn’t get to know where…

Season two of Harley Quinn may have ended on an exceptionally high note, but that doesn’t mean that we weren’t ready, willing, and more than able to sit in on a few more adventures from Gotham’s newest chaotic couple. So yes, we absolutely let out a high-pitched sigh of relief when HBO Max announced on Friday that it…

So, the Smashing Pumpkins have announced a new record. Like its first single, the 20-track double album is called CYR, it features founding members Jimmy Chamberlin and James Iha, and it comes out on November 27. Having said that, we can now tell you that it comes with a five-part animated series called In Ashes that…

Halloween is still more than a month out, but that’s never stopped the purveyors of fake blood, plastic skeletons, and ill-advised sexy costumes at stores like Spirit Halloween from getting a jump on the holiday well in advance. This year, to help usher in the beginning of the novelty shopping season well ahead of…

The only problem with David Lynch’s 1984 film adaptation of Dune is that it was made at a time before Finnish DJ Darude had given the world “Sandstorm.” Before the track’s 1995 release, Lynch simply didn’t have the tools necessary to properly fulfill his vision of the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic. This is not a…

The celebs have been at it time and again throughout the pandemic, but, if they simply must continue to foist themselves upon the suffering masses, we’d prefer it be like last night’s Fast Times At Ridgemont High read-through. Organized by Dane Cook, of all people, the high-wattage cast assembled to help raise funds…

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Sides, five recent releases we think are worth your time. You can listen to these and more on our Spotify playlist, and if you like what you hear, we encourage you to purchase featured artists’ music…

Greetings from the Toronto International Film Festival, a.k.a. our living rooms. Because of COVID, this year’s edition of the fest has been mostly online. Our film critics, A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife, have been covering it from home over the past week, writing about the best and biggest titles at this unusual, virtual…

What is our core self? Is it something we possess when we are born? Or something that is shaped by time and experience? In “Faces,” Raised By Wolves delves more deeply into these haunting questions, examining what the choices we make say about our character and how much control we actually have over the type of person…

The hosts of The A.V. Club’s new podcast Push The Envelope have previously discussed the merits and complications of separating Primetime Emmy Awards categories by genre. But there is one subsection of TV where the Television Academy basically says anything goes: the limited series and movie categories.

Twenty-five years after its U.S. television premiere, the impact of Sailor Moon on Japanese and Western animation remains undeniable. With its distinct visual vocabulary, story structure, and defined character archetypes, the series not only served as the blueprint for the many Japanese magical girl anime series that…

For someone who’s become the go-to actor for outsized, mesmerizingly intense TV villainy, Sarah Paulson is one big goof. “No!!,” she boomed into her computer camera in mock dudgeon when Late Show host Stephen Colbert asked if Paulson was Emmy-nominated for her role as fictional conservative woman (who hates the…

You shouldn’t be able to make great art by committee. A great work of art is supposed to be made by one person digging deep and offering up a shred of a soul, or maybe by two people butting heads and pushing each other and finally breaking through to some universal truth. It’s not supposed to come from a corporate…

Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Friday, September 18, and Saturday, September 19. All times are Eastern.

Every Friday, A.V. Club staffers kick off our weekly open thread for the discussion of gaming plans and recent gaming glories, but of course, the real action is down in the comments, where we invite you to answer our eternal question: What Are You Playing This Weekend?

So, far there have been two major takeaways from The Drew Barrymore Show, the syndicated talk show launched this week by the Golden Globe winner (and certified member of Hollywood royalty): Drew Barrymore definitely has a lot of cool, famous friends, and Drew Barrymore sometimes acts in ways that are tremendously …

Dark news from Hollywood tonight, as the Academy Of Television Arts And Sciences has now declared that, henceforth, and until the end of its days (i.e., whenever the money finally runs out), we will now have to refer to the “quick bites,” phone-only streaming service Quibi by its proper title: Emmy Award winner Quibi.…

Harry Styles and Lily James are reportedly in talks to star in a new film together, with Deadline noting that the two are currently negotiating for leading roles in an adaptation of Bethan Roberts’ 2012 novel My Policeman. Styles would presumably star as the titular constable, Tom, who—despite being gay—marries the…

It’s that time once again, folks: The moment when we all get to make like Werner Herzog, and our wishes to see the baby are finally answered. Disney has just confirmed its upcoming slate of October programming for its Disney+ streaming service, and we’d be hard-pressed to pick out anything people are more excited for…