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The latest horror from Kiyoshi Kurosawa will only ever play in movie theaters
By Monica Castillo April 10, 2026 | 5:00pm
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A pre-Code Joan Crawford film was released from legal limbo after almost a century
By Monica Castillo April 10, 2026 | 10:00am
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Experimentation, comedians, and Charli xcx headline New Directors/New Films
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Cult Of Criterion: Poetic Justice
By Jacob Oller April 8, 2026 | 7:00am
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The greatest trick Faces Of Death pulled was convincing us it was real
By Simon Abrams April 7, 2026 | 3:00pm
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The Drama's mishandling of Zendaya feels like it's One Battle After Another
By Caroline Siede April 7, 2026 | 6:00am
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Ray McKinnon on playing Walton Goggins' dad and getting spanked by Sandra Bullock
By Pete Croatto April 6, 2026 | 2:00pm
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Indie filmmakers are fighting the Marvelfication of video game movies
By Simon Abrams April 6, 2026 | 7:00am
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Mary Beth Hurt didn't want to lead, but stood out from the start
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Everything's for babies in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
By Jacob Oller April 3, 2026 | 3:00pm
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My Undesirable Friends and yours
By Jacob Oller April 2, 2026 | 4:00pm
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Please welcome our new Film Critic, Monica Castillo
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The best 4K and Blu-ray releases coming out in April 2026
By Jacob Oller April 1, 2026 | 7:00am
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April film preview: Super Mario levels up as Michael moonwalks into theaters
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Dario Argento's Inferno traps you in New York's most evil building
By Jacob Oller March 30, 2026 | 3:00pm
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Before Chuck Norris was a Texas Ranger, he was the face of Cannon Films
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The AI Doc argues over the flavor of Kool-Aid it has consumed
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Cult Of Criterion: Testament
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Inventory: 8 characters who rock
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Project Hail Mary builds a translator for a better future
By Caroline Siede March 23, 2026 | 1:00pm
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After 15 years, Sucker Punch is still swinging at air
By Caroline Siede March 23, 2026 | 10:00am
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Project Hail Mary's Drew Goddard loves people (and putting them through hell)
By Tara Bennett March 20, 2026 | 12:00pm
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The best film at SXSW 2026 was a creepy-cozy Japanese exorcism
By Jacob Oller March 19, 2026 | 9:00am
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Isaac Hayes won an Oscar and a lifetime of punchlines with his Shaft theme
By Craig D. Lindsey March 18, 2026 | 10:00am
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Why did it take so long for a woman to win the Best Cinematography Oscar?
By Kayleigh Donaldson March 16, 2026 | 2:00pm
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Oscars 2026: The good, the bad, and the ugly
By Jacob Oller March 16, 2026 | 1:00am
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The scariest movies don't care if you close your eyes
By Trace Sauveur March 13, 2026 | 1:00pm
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SXSW has moved on, but mumblecore preserves its legacy
By Alex Lei March 13, 2026 | 7:00am
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The Oscars should actually award supporting performances
By Jesse Hassenger March 12, 2026 | 2:00pm
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Spider-Man 2's hospital horror show swung from test shoot to final cut
By Matt Schimkowitz March 11, 2026 | 2:00pm
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Our most anticipated films of SXSW 2026
By Jacob Oller March 11, 2026 | 7:00am
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Who will win and who should win at the 2026 Oscars
By Jacob Oller March 10, 2026 | 2:00pm
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The Bride! mistakes female rage for female depth
By Caroline Siede March 9, 2026 | 2:00pm
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Even Pixar's originals are starting to feel like sequels
By Matt Schimkowitz March 9, 2026 | 7:00am
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When Pixar filmmakers venture into live-action, the Brain Trust goes bust
By Rory Doherty March 3, 2026 | 4:00pm
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The best 4K and Blu-ray releases coming out in March 2026
By Jacob Oller March 3, 2026 | 1:00pm
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Long before Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Bride was somehow all about Sting
By Jim Vorel March 3, 2026 | 12:00pm
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"True crime" is still just a buzzword to horror's biggest franchises
By Matt Schimkowitz March 2, 2026 | 2:00pm
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Primer: The unwavering appeal of Shah Rukh Khan
By Saloni Gajjar February 27, 2026 | 1:00pm
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Where to watch the 2026 Oscar nominees
By Jacob Oller February 27, 2026 | 9:00am
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Making Wuthering Heights more explicit didn't make it any better
By Drew Gillis February 25, 2026 | 6:00am
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Baz Luhrmann has found his perfect muse in Elvis
By Katie Rife February 24, 2026 | 11:00am
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March film preview: Here comes The Bride!
By Matt Schimkowitz February 24, 2026 | 5:00am
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Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie is a prequel, sequel, and undeniably unique TV-to-film adaptation
By Matt Schimkowitz February 20, 2026 | 10:00am
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Robert Duvall's strength was finding the blood in stony men
By Alex Lei February 19, 2026 | 4:00pm
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Death isn't the scary part in the Czech political horror The Cremator
By Jacob Oller February 19, 2026 | 7:00am
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James Brown dubbed himself "The Godfather Of Soul" in Black Caesar
By Craig D. Lindsey February 18, 2026 | 6:00am
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Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights remains the novel's truest adaptation
By Brogan Morris February 17, 2026 | 4:00pm
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Frederick Wiseman understood the subtle architecture of humanity
By Katie Rife February 17, 2026 | 1:00pm
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Heat clones like Crime 101 always cop out on the ending
By Matt Schimkowitz February 17, 2026 | 7:00am
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Catwoman wasn't in on the joke, leaving Halle Berry in the lurch
By Caroline Siede February 16, 2026 | 3:00pm
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Yes, there actually is some substance to Emerald Fennell's Wuthering Heights
By Caroline Siede February 16, 2026 | 11:00am
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Here's to the film romances that capture the indecision of the human heart
By Caroline Siede February 12, 2026 | 3:00pm
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Slasher anti-franchise The Strangers remains unknowable five films later
By Jesse Hassenger February 11, 2026 | 3:00pm
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Cult Of Criterion: The Man Who Wasn't There
By Jacob Oller February 11, 2026 | 7:00am
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Melania's budget could've paid the salaries of every fired Washington Post employee, three times over
By Matt Schimkowitz February 10, 2026 | 5:00pm
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Pillion's Harry Lighton on his coming-of-kink film's "high-school transformation"
By Kyle Turner February 10, 2026 | 4:00pm
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Join us: The A.V. Club is hiring a Film Critic
By Danette Chavez February 9, 2026 | 4:41pm
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Pillion is the sweetest S&M movie since Secretary
By Kayleigh Donaldson February 9, 2026 | 7:00am
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The History Of Concrete is the best episode of How To With John Wilson that never was
By Jacob Oller February 7, 2026 | 9:00am
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House Party helped kick off New Jack Cinema in style
By Craig D. Lindsey February 6, 2026 | 8:00am
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Melania is a case study in how not to sell a fascist regime
By B. Panther February 5, 2026 | 2:00pm
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Salman Rushdie became a martyr, but Knife makes him human again
By Siddhant Adlakha February 4, 2026 | 10:00am
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The best 4K and Blu-ray releases coming out in February 2026
By Jacob Oller February 3, 2026 | 2:00pm
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Going broad and selling out, The Moment imagines the end of an Eras Tour
By Drew Gillis February 3, 2026 | 12:00pm
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The best films of Sundance 2026
By Jacob Oller February 2, 2026 | 3:00pm
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Spoiler Space: Sam Raimi delivers another grim punchline with Send Help
By Matt Schimkowitz February 2, 2026 | 11:00am
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Inside the hideous, exploitative, but still addictive world of vertical dramas
By Jim Vorel January 31, 2026 | 9:00am
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The Monkees' psychedelic Head trip revolutionized the pop-star ego death
By Matt Schimkowitz January 30, 2026 | 1:00pm
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Netflix fell backwards into KPop Demon Hunters' success
By Simon Abrams January 30, 2026 | 6:00am
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Unpacking the shared survival kit of the desert island movie
By Chloe Walker January 29, 2026 | 3:00pm
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William Greaves died a decade ago, and he just released one of the best movies at Sundance
By Jacob Oller January 29, 2026 | 1:00pm
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February film preview: A bloody Valentine's courtesy of Sam Rockwell, Margot Robbie, and a baller goat
By Matt Schimkowitz January 27, 2026 | 6:00am
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Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone somehow made each other Oscar darlings
By Jesse Hassenger January 23, 2026 | 4:00pm
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A timely Sundance doc is an ICE-breaker around community action
By Jacob Oller January 23, 2026 | 2:00pm
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Sinners' historic Oscar breakthrough spotlights an evolved Academy
By Matt Schimkowitz January 22, 2026 | 5:51pm
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Our most anticipated films of Sundance 2026
By Jacob Oller January 22, 2026 | 2:00pm
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New Platform Coresee Looks to Redefine the Way Production and Creative Teams Work
By Contributor Content January 22, 2026 | 10:00am
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The best scene in 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a musical war for symbols
By Matthew Jackson January 21, 2026 | 3:00pm
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The Bone Temple's villain makes an existential struggle for survival blandly literal
By Rory Doherty January 20, 2026 | 3:00pm
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G.I. Jane let women star in military propaganda too
By Caroline Siede January 19, 2026 | 1:00pm
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The ending of 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple reveals its faith in the humanities
By Matt Schimkowitz January 19, 2026 | 8:00am
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Quincy Jones' hand-selected Blaxploitation heir only ever made a single, great soundtrack
By Craig D. Lindsey January 14, 2026 | 11:00am
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Nothing says "giving up" like letting an AI-generated Sam Altman direct your movie
By Jacob Oller January 13, 2026 | 12:00pm
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There's never been a better time to get in on the guy who makes the world's longest films
By Alex Lei January 9, 2026 | 3:00pm
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Cult Of Criterion: The Dead
By Jacob Oller January 7, 2026 | 11:00am
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The most anticipated films of 2026: Steven Spielberg, Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan, and the Avengers
By Matt Schimkowitz January 6, 2026 | 6:00am
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Steven Soderbergh's year-end lists offer unparalleled insight and endearing humanity
By Leila Jordan January 5, 2026 | 12:00pm
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Two historical Christian musicals are in theaters, but only one seems to have faith
By Luke Hicks January 2, 2026 | 2:00pm
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The best 4K and Blu-ray releases coming out in January 2026
By Jacob Oller January 1, 2026 | 11:00am
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The best of The A.V. Club: Our favorite pieces from 2025
By Danette Chavez December 31, 2025 | 2:43pm
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Yes, The Testament Of Ann Lee is a musical—that's why it works
By Katie Rife December 30, 2025 | 12:00pm
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Women finally took the lead in this year's depression movies
By Caroline Siede December 30, 2025 | 10:00am
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The wounds of America's past bleed into the present-day films of 2025
By Jesse Hassenger December 29, 2025 | 1:00pm
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Only Timothée Chalamet could play Marty Supreme
By Caroline Siede December 29, 2025 | 8:00am
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James Cameron tried to bring the Western into the future, but only went backwards
By Alex Lei December 26, 2025 | 2:00pm
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Avatar: Fire And Ash works best when it gets hot and bothered
By James Grebey December 23, 2025 | 2:00pm
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Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon finally welcomed the West to romantic action
By Caroline Siede December 22, 2025 | 4:00pm
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Spoiler Space: James Cameron keeps upending what Avatar means
By Matt Schimkowitz December 22, 2025 | 12:00pm
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In memoriam: 2025's cinematic obituaries mourned their losses before our eyes
By Jacob Oller December 22, 2025 | 5:00am
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The best film scenes of 2025
By The A.V. Club December 19, 2025 | 4:00pm
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens launched the opening salvo of the fan-service culture war
By Autumn Wright December 18, 2025 | 3:00pm
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Pimping ain't easy in the music of Super Fly and The Mack
By Craig D. Lindsey December 17, 2025 | 10:00am
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The best films of 2025: The ballots
By The A.V. Club December 17, 2025 | 4:01am
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The 25 best films of 2025
By The A.V. Club December 17, 2025 | 4:00am
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Bad taste and moral panic are the lasting legacy of Silent Night, Deadly Night
By Greg Cwik December 12, 2025 | 12:00pm
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Cult Of Criterion: Pee-wee's Big Adventure
By Jacob Oller December 10, 2025 | 6:00am
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Hollywood's gateways to horror are crumbling
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