• music Instant deception: 14 incongruous and misleading album openers By Annie Zaleski, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Mike Vago, Zach Schonfeld, Tasha Robinson October 20, 2014 | 5:00am
• film Spike Lee kicked off the new millennium with an unsung triumph By A.A. Dowd October 16, 2014 | 4:00pm
• film Birdman puts Michael Keaton back under the shadow (and cowl) of a superhero By A.A. Dowd October 16, 2014 | 3:01pm
• film The campus comedy Dear White People takes racial stereotypes to school By A.A. Dowd October 16, 2014 | 1:00pm
• film Whiplash maestro Damien Chazelle on drumming, directing, and J.K. Simmons By A.A. Dowd October 15, 2014 | 4:00pm
• film To be continued... sort of: 11 unofficial sequels By A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 15, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Weekend Box Office: Gone Girl wins again, according to site we’re glad still exists By A.A. Dowd October 13, 2014 | 6:21pm
• film Her trumps Him in the double-bill version of The Disappearance Of Eleanor Rigby By A.A. Dowd October 9, 2014 | 3:00pm
• film The thrilling Whiplash demolishes the clichés of inspirational-teacher cinema By A.A. Dowd October 9, 2014 | 5:00am
• film The Overnighters is a documentary as dramatic as any fiction film By A.A. Dowd October 9, 2014 | 5:00am
• film This Dracula should have remained Untold By A.A. Dowd October 9, 2014 | 5:00am
• tv Annyong!: 14 characters who (mostly) say only one thing By Libby Hill, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Sonia Saraiya, Drew Fortune, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago October 8, 2014 | 5:00am
• film Same year, same sets, different Draculas By A.A. Dowd October 6, 2014 | 6:00pm
• aux Weekend Box Office: Marriage is scary, with or without evil dolls By A.A. Dowd October 6, 2014 | 4:51pm
• film Jazz legend Clark Terry finds a new protégé in Keep On Keepin’ On By A.A. Dowd October 3, 2014 | 5:00am
• film Annabelle is a cheap (and cheaply effective) spin-off of The Conjuring By A.A. Dowd October 2, 2014 | 5:00am
• film God only knows how they made a worse version of Left Behind By A.A. Dowd October 2, 2014 | 5:00am
• film A clunky title can’t dilute the power of this ambitious “peasant epic” By A.A. Dowd October 2, 2014 | 5:00am
• music What’s the point of The Smashing Pumpkins’ overstuffed Adore reissue? By A.A. Dowd, Annie Zaleski, Sonia Saraiya October 1, 2014 | 5:00am
• film This classic based on a classic will probably make you cry By A.A. Dowd September 30, 2014 | 6:00pm
• film Which side are you on? By A.A. Dowd September 26, 2014 | 5:00pm