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Alan Partridge film set for 2013

By Derek Hill

Coogan and BBC Films to bring character to big screen.

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Final 3 episodes of Community to air on the same night

By John Wilson

90 minutes of Community? Yes please.

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Clip of the Day: The Dictator's opening scene

By John Wilson

Sacha Baron Cohen's latest leaves an Aladeen impression

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Books Review

From the Memoirs of a Non-Enemy Combatant

Alex Gilvarry

Skip the title. Read the book.

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Arrested Development's new season to hit Netflix

By Kristy Puchko

Long-awaited Season 4 to arrive online all at once

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Alicia Silverstone reunites with Clueless director for Vamps

By Kristy Puchko

A biting new comedy on the horizon.

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Trailer of the Day: God Bless America

By Josh Ralske

Not intended to inspire murder.

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The Cabin in the Woods

Drew Goddard

A must-see horror masterpiece.

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Books Review

Is That All There Is?

Joost Swarte

A master by design.

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Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Eric Wareheim

A failed exercise in superfluity.

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Books List

New Voices, New Visions: Contemporary African-American Literature

By Damian Van Denburgh

The vivid array of books and authors on this list… >>

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Community set to return in March

By John Wilson

The quirky collegiate comedy gets another semester.

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Finally! New episodes and an Arrested Development movie

By John Wilson

There’s still money in the banana stand.

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Books News

Maurice Sendak gets crotchety on Colbert

By Anna Graizbord

Surreal Sendak segment with Stephen Colbert.

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Books Review

Smut

Alan Bennett

Don’t let the title fool you.

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Books Review

Lightning Rods

Helen DeWitt

Sex in the workplace takes on a whole new meaning.

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Books Review

Day of the Oprichnik

Vladimir Sorokin

Damning satire of contemporary Russia.

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Books Review

JUICE!

Ishmael Reed

JUICE! is a bitter mouthful.

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TV & Film List

The Finest Female-Fronted Comedies

By Kristy Puchko

It's long been declared that women just aren't funny. Well,… >>

TV & Film Review

The Trip

Michael Winterbottom

Coogan and Brydon’s sporadically hilarious road show doesn’t quite work… >>

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Archer

Adam Reed

James Bond with mommy issues.

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Books Review

Pym

Mat Johnson

Pym loses its way.

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Super

James Gunn

Gunn’s tale of an unhinged would-be superhero is disturbing, demented… >>

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Portlandia

Fred Armisen

Portland-centric sketch comedy with loads of potential and no shame.

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Books Review

After Claude

Iris Owens

Comes out swinging and connects more than it misses.

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Four Lions

Chris Morris

A ballsy send-up of Islamic extremism.

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Ready for Prime Time Players: Post-SNL Projects

By Eric Schneider

Saturday Night Live has varied widely in quality since its… >>

Books Review

The Brief and Frightening Reign of Phil

George Saunders

A country smaller than a New York City apartment is… >>

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Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!

Eric Wareheim

A stubbornly surreal sketch-comedy series. For your health!

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Books Review

The Foundation Pit

Andrey Platonov

The Foundation Pit marks the reemergence of an important voice.

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Weeds

Jenji Kohan

This suburban satire opens strong, but loses focus.

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Books Review

How the Dead Dream

Lydia Millet

A conscientious rich guy isn’t an oxymoron in this Lydia… >>

TV & Film Profile

Steve Buscemi

By Adrienne McIlvaine

A dynamic actor and director with an eye for the… >>

Books List

Surreal-list

By Damian Van Denburgh

Growing out and away from the more overtly political, anti-war… >>

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Community

Dan Harmon

A disgraced lawyer finds that his community-college study group is… >>

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The Larry Sanders Show

Garry Shandling

Shandling's influential satirical sitcom.

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Music Review

The Tom Lehrer Collection

Tom Lehrer

Cutting satire from the Ivy League.

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TV & Film Review

Shaun of the Dead

Edgar Wright

Love, humor, and gore collide in this zombie-infested tale.

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Music Profile

Patrick & Eugene

By Jim Allen

Whimsical trad jazz, insistent dance beats, and arch, Madness-like ska-pop

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TV & Film Profile

David O. Russell

By Josh Ralske

Despite his volatile reputation and slow rate of output, Russell… >>

Books Profile

William Gaddis

By Damian Van Denburgh

A giant of contemporary fiction.

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Network

Sidney Lumet

Howard Beale is as mad as hell, and he's not… >>

Books Profile

William S. Burroughs

By Damian Van Denburgh

Burroughs challenged the machinations of literature itself.

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Books Profile

Ring Lardner

By Tracy O’Neill

Lardner recreated the very voices of Americans with a keen… >>

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Arrested Development

Mitchell Hurwitz

A satirical look at excess and the American family.

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Books Profile

Roald Dahl

By Eric Schneider

Adored British storyteller of the highest caliber.

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Books Profile

Robert Crumb

By Phil Guie

One of the grand old masters of comics art.

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Books Profile

David Foster Wallace Author

By Emma Hospelhorn

A wildly influential American author known for his innovative, occasionally… >>