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Mad Men’s effect on the culture at large goes far beyond the return of mid-century silhouettes in fashion designs…

In entertainment, an awful lot of stuff happens behind closed doors, from canceling TV shows to organizing music…

When Mad Men premiered in the summer of 2007, it was greeted as the new standard for innovation and inventiveness in…

This month, The Sonics will release This Is The Sonics—the legendary garage-rock band’s first studio album of…

CORRECTION: This piece was originally posted yesterday, March 17, but please rest assured: The movie is actually…

The history of the music industry is written by the winners. But that doesn’t mean all its winners have had a hand…

Like many film fans, I’ve been waiting patiently for my local cinema to show Hard To Be A God, the swan song of the…

Howdy. Senior Writer Jason Heller here. The A.V. Club’s Science Friction film series—curated and hosted by yours…

According to legend, the feet of the newborn Steve Earle were placed in a sample of soil that had been shipped from…

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

The release of the Wachowskis’ new sci-fi epic Jupiter Ascending offers a timely opportunity: the chance to explore…

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Howdy. Senior Writer Jason Heller here. I have one word for you. KRULL.

I was 15 when The Wonder Years debuted on ABC in 1988. That’s the age when kids aren’t supposed to agree with their…

Howdy, Senior Writer Jason Heller here. It’s time again for Science Friction, The A.V. Club’s monthly sci-fi film…

Our main list of the year’s best albums doesn’t just appear out of thin air. It’s tallied from ballots by a group of…

Every year, The A.V. Club invites our regular music writers and staff to pick their favorite albums of the past 12…

Howdy. Senior Writer Jason Heller here. It’s time again for Science Friction, The A.V. Club’s monthly sci-fi film…

Washington, D.C. has been in the spotlight more than usual lately, and it has more to do with the recent midterm…