Features, reviews, interviews, obits, news, and listicles
from the archive
FEATURES
INDIEWIRE | OCTOBER 31, 2022
The Score of ‘It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown’ Was Lost — Now It’s Found, and Better Than Ever
A.V. CLUB | MARCH 17, 2022
Reconciling with Mr. Autumn Man: A.V. Clubber Erik Adams reflects on the viral Onion article that, for better and worse, is his biggest claim to fame
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 15, 2020
“We’re uncool”: Almost Famous and High Fidelity celebrate music—but they’re warnings, too
A.V. CLUB | FEBRUARY 19, 2019
A 20-year case of the Mondays: What’s the legacy of Office Space?
A.V. CLUB | FEBRUARY 2, 2019
How Russian Doll uses Groundhog Day to make a better—not necessarily novel—show
A.V. CLUB | OCTOBER 29, 2018
Netflix is just going to keep killing its American Vandals
A.V. CLUB | SEPTEMBER 29, 2018
40 years after Are We Not Men? we’re just now starting to get Devo
A.V. CLUB | JUNE 18, 2018
The Cars is so much more than The Cars’ greatest hits
A.V. CLUB | APRIL 10, 2018
New Girl made a home at the end of one TV era and the beginning of another
A.V. CLUB | FEBRUARY 1, 2018
Heaven is a place onscreen: The afterlife is TV's most inspiring setting
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 17, 2017
Halt And Catch Fire’s cast and creators on getting great while no one was looking
A.V. CLUB | JULY 13, 2017
So Game Of Thrones can’t surprise us anymore? In 2017, few shows can
A.V. CLUB | APRIL 11, 2017
They saved MST3K’s brain: The story of an amazing, colossal cult TV revival
A.V. CLUB | FEBRUARY 3, 2017
Very special episodes were a joke—now they’re the whole sitcom
A.V. CLUB | FEBRUARY 3, 2017
“And how come Batman doesn’t dance anymore?” The importance of the Dark Knight’s lighter side
A.V. CLUB | OCTOBER 10, 2016
“How did I get here?”: Documentary Now!’s little Talking Heads tribute that could
A.V. CLUB | JUNE 2, 2016
Comedy Bang! Bang!: The fake talk show that spoofed all of TV (and beyond)
A.V. CLUB | JULY 30, 2014
That ’70s Show took TV adolescence down into the basement (where it belongs)
A.V. CLUB | OCTOBER 28, 2013
Garth Marenghi’s brief, hilarious reign of terror
A.V. CLUB | JUNE 8, 2012
How Mad Men turned Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce into TV’s scariest monster
A.V. CLUB | MAY 6, 2011
Memory Wipe: Boy Meets World
REVIEWS
A.V. CLUB | FEBRUARY 9, 2021
Mike Nichols: A Life is a monumental tribute to a singular talent
A.V. CLUB | NOVEMBER 17, 2020
McConaughey goes commando and other revelations from the new Dazed And Confused oral history
A.V. CLUB | OCTOBER 19, 2020
David Byrne and Spike Lee made American Utopia the right movie for 2020
A.V. CLUB | DECEMBER 24, 2019
The Sack Lunch Bunch is an unconventional package, but its ingredients are pure John Mulaney
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 1, 2018
Better Call Saul hits new heights by finding the chemistry in grief
A.V. CLUB | MAY 30, 2017
The Americans spent a season as TV’s best drama, but it’s ready for spy stuff again
A.V. CLUB | DECEMBER 7, 2016
A climactic Rectify wishes you and yours a “Happy Unburdening”
A.V. CLUB | FEBRUARY 1, 2015
The Simpsons (Classic): “The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show”
A.V. CLUB | JANUARY 20, 2015
Belle & Sebastian returns with its purest pop yet
A.V. CLUB | SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
Brian Jay Jones: Jim Henson: The Biography
A.V. CLUB | JANUARY 29, 2013
New Girl: “Cooler”
A.V. CLUB | DECEMBER 12, 2011
Enlightened: “Burn It Down”
INTERVIEWS
A.V. CLUB | SEPTEMBER 4, 2020
How do you get six puppeteers to improvise as one alien talk show host? Ask Brian Henson
A.V. CLUB | MARCH 19, 2019
“I’m speaking about stuff I’ve never talked about”: Jenny Lewis on her best solo album to date
A.V. CLUB | OCTOBER 9, 2018
Nick Kroll on how a talk by Planned Parenthood led to Big Mouth’s boldest episode yet
A.V. CLUB | DECEMBER 13, 2018
Paul Williams on the enduring magic and no-longer-lost music of Emmet Otter’s Jug Band Christmas
A.V. CLUB | JANUARY 18, 2017
Mel Brooks didn’t try to pants the president
A.V. CLUB | DECEMBER 10, 2016
Charting The Platinum Age Of Television with critic David Bianculli
A.V. CLUB | JUNE 8, 2016
How The Americans’ showrunners brought their fourth season home
A.V. CLUB | FEBRUARY 19, 2016
“See you next summer”: Alex Hirsch says goodbye to Gravity Falls
A.V. CLUB | NOVEMBER 9, 2015
Bob Odenkirk and David Cross on making a sketch show with “less crying”
A.V. CLUB | NOVEMBER 10, 2014
Paul Reubens on the new Pee-wee Herman movie and being “the luckiest boy in the world”
A.V. CLUB | JANUARY 14, 2013
Amy Sherman-Palladino on Bunheads, Gilmore Girls, and not making mediocre TV
A.V. CLUB | JUNE 18, 2012
Showrunner Michael Schur on building Parks And Recreation’s fourth season (Part 1 of 5)
A.V. CLUB | JUNE 6, 2012
Aubrey Plaza on the challenges of romance and time-travel
A.V. CLUB | NOVEMBER 14, 2011
Mike White
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 24, 2011
Paul Rudd
A.V. CLUB | MAY 12, 2011
Joe Lo Truglio, Ken Marino, and David Wain
OBITS
A.V. CLUB | JANUARY 6, 2022
R.I.P. Peter Bogdanovich
A.V. CLUB | JULY 5, 2021
R.I.P. Superman and Lethal Weapon director Richard Donner
A.V. CLUB | MAY 6, 2020
R.I.P. Kraftwerk co-founder Florian Schneider
A.V. CLUB | OCTOBER 22, 2016
R.I.P. comedian Kevin Meaney
A.V. CLUB | FEBRUARY 19, 2015
R.I.P. Harris Wittels, comedian and Parks And Rec executive producer
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 19, 2014
R.I.P. Don Pardo, the voice of Saturday Night Live
A.V. CLUB | OCTOBER 27, 2013
R.I.P. Lou Reed
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 24, 2012
R.I.P. Jerry Nelson
NEWS
INDIEWIRE | MAY 20, 2022
‘Ugly Sonic’ Redeemed, Thanks to ‘Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers’
A.V. CLUB | APRIL 7, 2021
Exclusive: Joel Hodgson says it’s time to #MakeMoreMST3K
A.V. CLUB | DECEMBER 22, 2020
Thread decoding Simpsons jokes is blowing even the writers’ minds
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 20, 2019
If you must die, you might as well have Laurie Anderson guiding you through it
A.V. CLUB | NOVEMBER 8, 2018
Fruit Bats sign to Merge, release surreal short film for “Getting In A Van Again”
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 21, 2017
About the latest dragon happenings on Game Of Thrones
A.V. CLUB | NOVEMBER 3, 2016
Exclusive: Krysten Ritter ponders alternate careers on Comedy Bang! Bang!
A.V. CLUB | JUNE 22, 2015
NBC cancels Hannibal
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 4, 2014
Ignoring the advice of its father, who’s in finance, Nickelodeon orders School Of Rock series
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 12, 2013
More people watched Breaking Bad last night than ever before
A.V. CLUB | OCTOBER 12, 2012
Judge for yourself how accurately Jon Hamm and Adam Scott recreated Simon & Simon’s opening credits
A.V. CLUB | OCTOBER 18, 2011
Lemony Snicket drolly explains Occupy Wall Street in 13 points
LISTICLES
INDIEWIRE | DECEMBER 12, 2022
5 Stunning Compositions to Remember Angelo Badalamenti By
INDIEWIRE | OCTOBER 26, 2022
The Craft of Fear: How to Build a Haunted House for the Big Screen
INDIEWIRE | AUGUST 17, 2022
The 20 Best Needle Drops of the ’90s
A.V. CLUB | JULY 9, 2021
Every I Think You Should Leave sketch, ranked
A.V. CLUB | APRIL 1, 2020
Adam Schlesinger and Fountains Of Wayne were so much more than “Stacy’s Mom”
A.V. CLUB | AUGUST 21, 2019