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EDM and rainstorms mar Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival
By Leor Galil, Erin Osmon September 3, 2013 | 4:44pm
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Clint Eastwood takes a posse of old-timers into orbit in Space Cowboys
By Jesse Hassenger September 3, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Sean Connery leaves winking 007isms behind in Outland
By Noah Cruickshank September 2, 2013 | 3:00pm
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Kathryn Hahn on Parks & Rec, Anchorman, and returning to drama
By Kyle Ryan September 2, 2013 | 5:00am
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Nick Nolte upends a bourgeois household in Down And Out In Beverly Hills
By A.A. Dowd August 30, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Hitting “pause” on pop culture
By Carrie Raisler, Brandon Nowalk, Evan Rytlewski, Jason Heller, Joel Keller, Zack Handlen, Tasha Robinson, Phil Dyess-Nugent, David Sims, Sonia Saraiya, Claire Zulkey, Cory Casciato, Steve Heisler, Josh Modell, Pilot Viruet, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago August 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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Brian De Palma talks about his stylish new remake, Passion
By Ben Kenigsberg August 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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The Funny Games remake is identical to—and as disturbing as—the original
By Mike D'Angelo August 29, 2013 | 6:00pm
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The Magnificent Seven is about the best remake of Seven Samurai imaginable
By Nick Schager August 28, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with Getaway
By Amelie Gillette August 28, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Great acting enlivens Christopher Nolan’s big-studio debut, Insomnia
By Jesse Hassenger August 27, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Chris Rock remakes Éric Rohmer with I Think I Love My Wife
By Michael Sicinski August 26, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Sir Ben Kingsley goes to a Sri Lankan B-movie, accidental hilarity ensues
By Josh Modell August 26, 2013 | 4:00pm
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A character’s obsessive cataloging in Diner and the psychology behind it
By Mike D'Angelo August 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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16 concert films (and one concert series) by famous directors
By John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Scott Von Doviak, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Sam Adams, Mike Vago August 26, 2013 | 5:00am
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Our week of 1983 recommendations ends with Chris Marker’s glorious essay film, Sans Soleil
By A.A. Dowd August 23, 2013 | 3:00pm
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The King Of Comedy was a departure for both Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro
By Mike D'Angelo August 22, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and director Edgar Wright talk about their trilogy-capping new comedy, The World’s End
By A.A. Dowd August 22, 2013 | 5:00am
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Beyond the Jedi: 10 underappreciated movies from 1983
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Michael Sicinski, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 22, 2013 | 5:00am
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You're Next
By A.A. Dowd August 22, 2013 | 12:03am
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The World's End
By A.A. Dowd August 21, 2013 | 10:59pm
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Woody Allen plays a human shapeshifter in Zelig
By Jesse Hassenger August 21, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Before he came to Hollywood, Paul Verhoeven made the bonkers psychosexual thriller The Fourth Man
By Nick Schager August 20, 2013 | 6:00pm
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William Forsythe on punk rock, Al Capone, and the worst script ever written
By Will Harris August 20, 2013 | 5:00am
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Our look at 1983’s best films begins with the family drama À Nos Amours
By Michael Sicinski August 19, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: August 16-August 18
By AV Club Staff August 19, 2013 | 5:00am
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Reaching new depths of desperation: 11 (mostly lousy) sequels released in 1983
By John Semley, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Joel Keller, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Mike Vago August 19, 2013 | 5:00am
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Vincent Gallo plays a Muslim terrorist on the run—yes, really
By A.A. Dowd August 16, 2013 | 3:00pm
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Separating art from its creators
By John Semley, Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Joel Keller, Brandon Nowalk, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Matt Wild, Sonia Saraiya, Marah Eakin, Mike Vago August 16, 2013 | 5:00am
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Nicholas Ray began his career with a masterpiece, They Live By Night
By Mike D'Angelo August 15, 2013 | 4:00pm
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David Gordon Green on Prince Avalanche and its Nicolas Cage companion piece
By A.A. Dowd August 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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Pelle The Conqueror conquered at Cannes—and at the Oscars and Golden Globes
By A.A. Dowd August 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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Before she broke through with Old Joy, Kelly Reichardt made the outlaw comedy River Of Grass
By Michael Sicinski August 14, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with the Hunger Games-inspired summer camp
By Amelie Gillette August 14, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Life on the run isn’t just for the guilty in Running On Empty
By Kyle Ryan August 13, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Please don’t call Fritz Lang’s fatalistic noir “YOLO”
By Nick Schager August 12, 2013 | 6:00pm
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A brief scene in Kim Ki-duk’s Time demonstrates his capability to dazzle
By Mike D'Angelo August 12, 2013 | 5:02am
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Just the check: 13 stars (and one director) who refused to promote their own movies
By Will Harris August 12, 2013 | 5:00am
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Monty Python reunited for the inspired kid-lit adaptation The Wind In The Willows
By Mike D'Angelo August 8, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The Witches captures the diabolical spirit of its Roald Dahl source material
By Nick Schager August 7, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with The Spectacular Now
By Amelie Gillette August 7, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The Black Stallion is one of the most gorgeous family films ever made
By Nick Schager August 6, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Pixar movies look like child’s play compared to Watership Down
By Scott MacDonald August 5, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Young love blossoms on the Lower East Side in Raising Victor Vargas
By A.A. Dowd August 2, 2013 | 4:00pm
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What upcoming 2013 entertainment are you most anticipating?
By Cory Casciato, John Semley, Evan Rytlewski, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Jason Heller, Annie Zaleski, A.A. Dowd, Scott Von Doviak, Zack Handlen, David Anthony, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk, Emily St. James, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson August 2, 2013 | 5:00am
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Pauline At The Beach is a breezy, casually profound farce
By Mike D'Angelo August 1, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The Perks Of Being A Wallflower is the best John Hughes movie he never made
By Josh Modell July 31, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with 2 Guns
By Amelie Gillette July 31, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Edge Of Seventeen offers the most convincing gay teen romance ever put to film
By Scott MacDonald July 30, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Cutting-edge technology in film looks more outdated by the minute
By AV Club Staff July 30, 2013 | 2:00pm
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Joshua Oppenheimer and Werner Herzog on The Act Of Killing
By Drew Fortune July 30, 2013 | 5:00am
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Wizard jokes and Ted Leo: The A.V. Club goes to Chicago’s Wicker Park Fest
By Erin Osmon July 29, 2013 | 4:30pm
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Just One Of The Guys gender-bends ’80s teen comedies
By Nick Schager July 29, 2013 | 4:00pm
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White Heat has an all-time great ending, even if it seems to come out of nowhere
By Mike D'Angelo July 29, 2013 | 5:00am
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Woody does German Expressionism in Shadows And Fog
By A.A. Dowd July 26, 2013 | 5:00pm
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The Wolverine
By A.A. Dowd July 25, 2013 | 7:26pm
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With Everyone Says I Love You, Woody mounted his first and only musical
By Mike D'Angelo July 25, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Are the movies really doomed?
By Scott MacDonald July 25, 2013 | 5:00am
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Best films of the year (so far): 17 superlatives to honor 2013’s finest
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Scott MacDonald, Nick Schager July 25, 2013 | 5:00am
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Woody Allen and Diane Keaton reunite for the warmly funny whodunit Manhattan Murder Mystery
By Scott MacDonald July 24, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Only the willfully blind could deny that Hollywood Ending has its moments
By Nick Schager July 23, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Rain, Björk, and a bunch of white dove balloons: The A.V. Club goes to the Pitchfork Music Festival
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Marah Eakin July 22, 2013 | 6:35pm
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Interiors, Woody Allen’s depressing follow-up to Annie Hall, has no jokes, no music, and no Woody
By Josh Modell July 22, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Unseasonable prestige: 22 Best Picture winners released between January and July
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Vadim Rizov, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Erik Adams, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk July 22, 2013 | 5:00am
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Our week of old-dark-house movies ends, naturally, with The Old Dark House
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 19, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Indie filmmaker Andrew Bujalski on his first period piece, the improvised comedy Computer Chess
By Ben Kenigsberg July 19, 2013 | 5:00am
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Virginia Madsen on smelling Christopher Walken, getting tax advice from Arnold Schwarzenegger, and more
By Will Harris July 19, 2013 | 5:00am
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Even without plastic skeletons floating overhead, House On Haunted Hill is a hoot
By Mike D'Angelo July 18, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Even without ghosts, The House That Screamed fits nicely into the haunted-house genre
By Scott MacDonald July 17, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with The Lego Movie
By Amelie Gillette July 17, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Michelle Pfeiffer fears What Lies Beneath
By Sam Adams July 16, 2013 | 6:00pm
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There’s more than grief haunting George C. Scott in 1980’s The Changeling
By Nick Schager July 15, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Sling Blade begins with a great monologue—but not from the character you’d expect
By Mike D'Angelo July 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: July 12-July 14
By AV Club Staff July 15, 2013 | 5:00am
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Conversations With Other Women puts a stylistic gimmick to good use
By A.A. Dowd July 12, 2013 | 5:00pm
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What have been the best movies of the year?
By John Semley, Kevin McFarland, Noah Cruickshank, Steve Heisler, A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Josh Modell, Carrie Raisler, Pilot Viruet, Scott MacDonald, Phil Dyess-Nugent, David Sims, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk, Mike Vago July 12, 2013 | 5:00am
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Scott Aukerman’s ultimate 24-hour comedy marathon
By Erik Adams July 12, 2013 | 5:00am
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Griffin Dunne has a nightmarish night to remember in After Hours
By Mike D'Angelo July 11, 2013 | 6:00pm
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The bleak poverty drama Rosetta pulled one of the biggest upsets in recent Cannes history
By A.A. Dowd July 11, 2013 | 5:00am
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25th Hour is a day-in-the-life drama that doubles as a love letter to America
By Scott MacDonald July 10, 2013 | 6:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with Pacific Rim
By Amelie Gillette July 10, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Terence Stamp on accents, first takes, and playing a transsexual
By Sam Adams July 10, 2013 | 5:00am
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Nuclear war can’t stand between Anthony Edwards and love in Miracle Mile
By Nick Schager July 9, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Ethan Hawke loses his innocence in Training Day
By Eric Thurm July 8, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: July 5-July 7
By AV Club Staff July 8, 2013 | 5:00am
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Never leave the cave without it: 13 good performances in terrible movies
By Kevin McFarland, Noah Cruickshank, A.A. Dowd, David Anthony, Joel Keller, Rowan Kaiser, David Sims, Michelle Welch July 8, 2013 | 5:00am
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With Osmosis Jones, the Farrelly brothers invent a new genre: the body-cop comedy
By A.A. Dowd July 5, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost pay hilarious homage to Bad Boys II and its ilk in Hot Fuzz
By Eric Thurm July 4, 2013 | 5:00am
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This week we're barely putting up with the Jobs trailer
By Amelie Gillette July 3, 2013 | 4:00pm
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The Hidden puts a thrilling sci-fi twist on buddy-cop conventions
By Mike D'Angelo July 3, 2013 | 4:00pm
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“Do you ever get the feeling everything in America is completely fucked up?”: 11 anti-American sentiments in movies and TV
By John Semley, Evan Rytlewski, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Scott Von Doviak, Sean O'Neal, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Rowan Kaiser, Sonia Saraiya, Brandon Nowalk July 3, 2013 | 5:00am
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James Caan and Alan Arkin run roughshod over San Francisco in Freebie And The Bean
By Scott MacDonald July 2, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Robert De Niro and Charles Grodin take a brilliantly bickering road trip in Midnight Run
By Nick Schager July 1, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: June 28-June 30
By AV Club Staff July 1, 2013 | 5:00am
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Old cinema can still feel new, as a key scene from The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari demonstrates
By Mike D'Angelo July 1, 2013 | 5:00am
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6-foot-8, weighs a fucking ton: 22 truly badass pop-culture presidents
By John Semley, Kenny Herzog, Noah Cruickshank, Eric Thurm, A.A. Dowd, David Anthony, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Oliver Sava, Claire Zulkey July 1, 2013 | 5:00am
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James Gandolfini brings the pain, and the menace, to True Romance
By Sam Adams June 28, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Does Before Midnight dodge the hardest part of relationships?
By Scott MacDonald June 28, 2013 | 5:00am
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Pop pilgrimages 2.0
By Cory Casciato, Evan Rytlewski, Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, Noah Cruickshank, Annie Zaleski, Scott Von Doviak, Josh Modell, Joel Keller, Marc Hawthorne, Erik Adams, Sonia Saraiya, Marah Eakin, Claire Zulkey, Laura M. Browning June 28, 2013 | 5:00am
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He doesn’t last long, but James Gandolfini makes an impression in The Man Who Wasn’t There
By Nick Schager June 27, 2013 | 4:00pm
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What the much-maligned Superman Returns got right
By David Sims June 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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Mireille Enos on fighting zombies, playing twins, and getting her SAG card
By Will Harris June 27, 2013 | 5:00am
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James Gandolfini is the rotted-out heart of Killing Them Softly
By Scott MacDonald June 26, 2013 | 4:00pm
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This week we're barely putting up with The Lone Ranger
By Amelie Gillette June 26, 2013 | 3:00pm
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As a conflicted gay hitman, James Gandolfini owns the offbeat comedy The Mexican
By Mike D'Angelo June 25, 2013 | 4:00pm
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24 hours of inspiration: The Heat director Paul Feig talks us through some of his comedy favorites
By Marah Eakin June 25, 2013 | 5:00am
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Where The Wild Things Are is a moving showcase for James Gandolfini’s vocal talents
By A.A. Dowd June 24, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Tell us about your pop-culture weekend: June 21-June 23
By AV Club Staff June 24, 2013 | 5:00am
