No, Barack Obama did not just reveal the existence of E.T. As The Daily Beast’s (self-appointed) UFO beat reporter, I took special notice when the former president declared that “aliens are real” ...

Welcome to The A.V. Club’s monthly comics preview, where we recommend new books to check out over the next few weeks. This month, we’ve got five noteworthy picks, including a collection of sci-fi ...

The uncompromising spectacle was designed to be watched with the ‘ears, stomach and guts’. Now it’s up for two Oscars ...

Silent Planet - Elegy of a Dying World' may not be due to arrive on PC and consoles until 2027, but there's already plenty of ...

The California Forever project envisions a new metropolis—but not everyone is on board.

Alyse Zavala, the ferociously mesmerizing front woman of the ferociously mesmerizing band LYLVC (pronounced “lilac”), prides ...

Local independent record label Cherub Records celebrates 25 years.

Paradoxes, time loops, and multiverses; these science fiction novels  are the gold standard of time travel. From H.G. Wells ...

From pagan folk to noise experiments and cosmic prog, these 15 albums defy convention: rock’s strangest, boldest, most unrepeatable visions ...

The director of Finding Nemo and Wall-E has made an ambitious yet entirely baffling mess with the help of Rashida Jones and Kate McKinnon ...

From Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Slowdive to Show Me The Body and Death Grips, here are ten bands that need to record a ...