• tv ‘You said we’d be greeted as liberators!’: 10 anxiety-reflecting Simpsons Halloween segments By Erik Adams, Kyle Ryan October 23, 2013 | 5:00am
• film The Host is Bong Joon Ho’s river-monster daydream come to life By Kyle Ryan October 22, 2013 | 4:00pm
• aux Marc Maron grapples with a brutal breakup and Bob Odenkirk and The Birthday boys sit in on Comedy Bang! Bang! By Genevieve Koski, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Trip Cook, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Steven Moore, Dan Fitchette, Nowah Jacobs, Austin Bernhardt, Tim Karan, Colin Griffith, Matt Kodner, D.X. Ferris October 21, 2013 | 5:00pm
• music The Dark Knight helped spawn a filmmaking boom in Chicago By Kyle Ryan October 17, 2013 | 5:00am
• film Harvey Pekar’s ordinary life is pretty complex stuff in American Splendor By Kyle Ryan October 16, 2013 | 6:00pm
• tv United by fate: 18 fictional school rivalries By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Annie Zaleski, A.A. Dowd, David Anthony, Becca James, Erik Adams, Andrea Battleground, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago, John Teti October 16, 2013 | 5:00am
• aux Cable companies in talks with Netflix, promise “peace in our time” By Kyle Ryan October 15, 2013 | 5:20pm
• aux Slash geeks out about dinosaurs, Horatio Sanz opens up to Pete Holmes, and Laura Dern visits the garage By Genevieve Koski, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dennis DiClaudio, Dan Fitchette, Nowah Jacobs, Austin Bernhardt, Colin Griffith, Matt Kodner, D.X. Ferris October 14, 2013 | 6:00pm
• music “Boxcar” was Jawbreaker’s perfect kiss-off to punk purists By Kyle Ryan October 11, 2013 | 3:00pm
• music We shuffle around locations from The Walking Dead By Kyle Ryan October 10, 2013 | 5:00am
• film Broadway Idiot By Kyle Ryan October 10, 2013 | 5:00am
• tv We burned down their city hall: 14 epic rivalries between fictional towns By John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Zack Handlen, Sean O'Neal, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago October 9, 2013 | 5:00am
• film Steven Spielberg’s first theatrical feature was a 110-minute car chase By Kyle Ryan October 8, 2013 | 4:00pm
• music Blink-182 took punk to No. 1 for the first time with a masturbation pun By Kyle Ryan October 8, 2013 | 5:00am
• aux Kumail Nanjiani rules the guest circuit again, and Best Show challenges A Prairie Home Companion By Genevieve Koski, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dan Fitchette, Nowah Jacobs, Austin Bernhardt, Tim Karan, Colin Griffith, Matt Kodner, D.X. Ferris October 7, 2013 | 5:00pm
• film Kindred on the silver screen: 29 big-screen family reunions By Annie Zaleski, Kyle Ryan, Matt Wild, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Sonia Saraiya, Claire Zulkey, Mike Vago October 7, 2013 | 5:00am
• film The very best fictional concerts By Cory Casciato, John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Josh Modell, Annie Zaleski, Becca James, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Claire Zulkey, Tasha Robinson October 4, 2013 | 5:00am
• aux Stream this weekend’s L.A. Podcast Fest, hear the stars of ABC’s TGIF  By Kyle Ryan October 3, 2013 | 9:00pm
• aux R.I.P. Tom Clancy By Kyle Ryan October 2, 2013 | 6:05pm
• tv Breaking Bad and beyond: TV series finales that satisfied By The A.V. Club, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, Carrie Raisler, Sonia Saraiya, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Oliver Sava, David Sims, Marah Eakin, Emily St. James, Laura M. Browning, John Teti October 2, 2013 | 5:00am
• aux Fall Out Boy to release surprise punk record produced by Ryan Adams By Kyle Ryan September 30, 2013 | 7:41pm