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Widows director Steve McQueen kicks off the New York Film Festival with dance and romance
By A.A. Dowd September 17, 2020 | 10:15pm
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Netflix’s latest horror sensation doesn’t believe in itself
By Alex McLevy September 17, 2020 | 8:55pm
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Two brothers embark on an arduous funeral march in the elemental Two Gates Of Sleep
By A.A. Dowd September 17, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Mark Wahlberg, of all stars, marches for tolerance in the maudlin TIFF premiere Good Joe Bell
By A.A. Dowd September 17, 2020 | 2:20am
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Chloë Grace Moretz goes to war and a revenge thriller goes to the extreme at Midnight Madness
By Katie Rife September 17, 2020 | 12:15am
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Elizabeth Olsen made her big debut as frazzled cult survivor Martha Marcy May Marlene
By Laura Adamczyk September 16, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Frederick Wiseman and a portrait of Martin Luther King lead TIFF’s documentary slate
By A.A. Dowd September 16, 2020 | 1:00pm
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Chris Messina still has a lot of anarchy left in him
By Shannon Miller September 16, 2020 | 11:00am
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Idris Elba saddles up and Rosamund Pike works a long con in two true-ish stories out of TIFF
By Katie Rife September 15, 2020 | 11:47pm
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The quintessential YouTube movie arrived way back in 2008
By Mike D'Angelo September 15, 2020 | 7:00pm
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In James White, Christopher Abbott gave us one of indie film’s most indelible pricks
By Randall Colburn September 14, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Pieces Of A Woman puts Vanessa Kirby and Shia LaBeouf through every parent’s worst nightmare
By A.A. Dowd September 14, 2020 | 1:00pm
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A sex-positive shiva, a Native coming-of-age story, and a grim Appalachian indie at TIFF 2020
By Katie Rife September 14, 2020 | 12:30am
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Newly christened Venice winner Nomadland might be the American movie of the season
By A.A. Dowd September 13, 2020 | 1:00am
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Disciples, domestic drama, and a Lanthimos spawn travel from Venice to Toronto
By A.A. Dowd September 12, 2020 | 7:00am
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What’s a movie you enjoyed, but never want to see again?
By The A.V. Club, William Hughes, Alex McLevy, Cameron Scheetz, Patrick Gomez, Katie Rife, Gwen Ihnat, Laura Adamczyk, Randall Colburn September 12, 2020 | 5:00am
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Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan fall into a seaside romance in the explicit but bloodless Ammonite
By Katie Rife September 12, 2020 | 3:15am
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Regina King assembles a supergroup of historical Black icons in One Night In Miami...
By Katie Rife September 11, 2020 | 8:45pm
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Jonathan Demme got his start grinding out a women-in-prison flick for Roger Corman
By Katie Rife September 11, 2020 | 7:00pm
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His Girl Friday redefined the screwball comedy at 240 words per minute
By Caroline Siede September 11, 2020 | 4:00pm
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Haley Lu Richardson and Barbie Ferreira made a road trip comedy about abortion
By Marah Eakin September 11, 2020 | 3:30pm
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Spike Lee kicks off TIFF with an electrifying spiritual sequel to Stop Making Sense
By A.A. Dowd September 11, 2020 | 1:05am
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Michelle Rodriguez came out swinging in Karyn Kusama’s powerhouse Girlfight
By Roxana Hadadi September 10, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Paris Hilton says making the This Is Paris documentary was like therapy
By Cameron Scheetz September 10, 2020 | 3:00pm
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Almost every coming-of-age movie since owes a debt to the wistful, personal The 400 Blows
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 9, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Why virtual screenings should be a permanent fixture of the film festival experience
By Mike D'Angelo September 9, 2020 | 5:00am
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Kathryn Bigelow launched her career with an arty, intoxicating biker drama
By Noel Murray September 8, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Before Parasite, Bong Joon-ho debuted with another vicious upstairs-downstairs comedy
By Charles Bramesco September 7, 2020 | 7:00pm
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The Rover mutated Robert Pattinson into a grimy, twitchy character actor
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 4, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Let’s talk about the ending of Charlie Kaufman’s new movie, I’m Thinking Of Ending Things
By A.A. Dowd September 4, 2020 | 5:30pm
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Rachael Leigh Cook once passed out while leaping off a building during filming
By Alex McLevy September 4, 2020 | 3:00pm
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Our critics get back in the new-movie groove with Tenet and I'm Thinking Of Ending Things
By Katie Rife, A.A. Dowd September 4, 2020 | 12:00pm
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Tom Hanks helped mythologize a whole generation in the boomer blockbuster Forrest Gump
By Tom Breihan September 4, 2020 | 5:00am
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The Lost City Of Z made Robert Pattinson unrecognizable while illuminating his talent
By Alex McLevy September 3, 2020 | 7:00pm
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The fall movie season begins with Tenet, Mulan, and a Charlie Kaufman mindbender
By A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Jesse Hassenger, William Hughes September 3, 2020 | 5:00am
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From harsh horror to a Tiny Tim tribute, the Fantasia Film Festival takes The A.V. Club on one last ride
By Katie Rife September 2, 2020 | 8:30pm
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David Cronenberg paved a new career path for Robert Pattinson in two horror stories of wealth
By Beatrice Loayza September 2, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Robert Pattinson became Hogwarts’ martyred golden boy in his first major movie role
By Gwen Ihnat September 1, 2020 | 7:00pm
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John Leguizamo on wearing heels, singing on his knees, and walking away from ER
By Patrick Gomez September 1, 2020 | 11:00am
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Before directing Sandler to a great performance, the Safdies did the same for Robert Pattinson
By Jesse Hassenger August 31, 2020 | 7:00pm
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There’s a reason you’ve never seen Beeper, the 2002 Harvey Keitel film about... a beeper
By Alex McLevy August 31, 2020 | 5:00am
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Killer jeans, organ traffickers, and sex with a carnival ride at the Fantasia Film Festival
By Katie Rife August 29, 2020 | 3:00pm
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Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter on changing the way the world says "Socrates"
By Marah Eakin August 28, 2020 | 7:30pm
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Lady Bird meets American Pie in the sweetly innocent sex comedy Yes, God, Yes
By Katie Rife August 28, 2020 | 7:00pm
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The forgotten 1970s romantic comedy that raged against our broken, racist system
By Caroline Siede August 28, 2020 | 4:00pm
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We wrap up our Christopher Nolan series with the epic trio of Inception, Interstellar, and Dunkirk
By Katie Rife, A.A. Dowd August 28, 2020 | 12:00pm
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One of the best horror movies of the year is, of course, about a haunted Zoom chat
By Randall Colburn August 27, 2020 | 7:00pm
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The One And Only Ivan screenwriter Mike White on taking the book from page to screen
By Marah Eakin August 27, 2020 | 5:30pm
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There are shades of Parasite—and a big twist—in this gory Elijah Wood comedy
By Noel Murray August 26, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Director Thea Sharrock walks us through the process of bringing The One And Only Ivan to life
By Cameron Scheetz August 26, 2020 | 3:30pm
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This year, Brian Dennehy left us with a beautiful reminder of his gifts as a character actor
By Roxana Hadadi August 25, 2020 | 7:00pm
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The New Mutants finally opens this week. Here’s why we’re not reviewing it
By A.A. Dowd August 25, 2020 | 3:47pm
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Hugh Laurie on mental illness, distraction, and Dickens
By Marah Eakin August 25, 2020 | 3:30pm
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From Deliverance to Ani DiFranco, Bring It On’s filmmakers reveal the influences behind its most memorable scenes
By Cameron Scheetz August 25, 2020 | 5:00am
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Looking for a good romantic comedy? Here’s one that’s Straight Up great
By Jesse Hassenger August 24, 2020 | 7:00pm
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A Hong Kong legend and a different type of troll hunter kick off Fantasia 2020
By Katie Rife August 22, 2020 | 3:00pm
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Mya Taylor and Jackie Beat discuss Stage Mother and plan their post-quarantine road trips
By Cameron Scheetz August 22, 2020 | 5:00am
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Would the real Tom Ripley please stand up?
By A.A. Dowd August 21, 2020 | 7:00pm
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All the reasons Chaka Khan says she's just like a chicken
By Marah Eakin August 21, 2020 | 3:30pm
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Christopher Nolan bookended Batman with two very different thrillers, Insomnia and The Prestige
By A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife August 21, 2020 | 12:00pm
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Pat Healy on Werner Herzog, Spielberg, and tossing a naked stuntman into the snow
By Alex McLevy August 21, 2020 | 11:00am
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Jurassic Park gave the whole world the Spielberg Face
By Tom Breihan August 21, 2020 | 5:00am
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Joan Crawford elevated noir into a moving portrait of mental illness
By Gwen Ihnat August 20, 2020 | 7:00pm
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RZA on comics, meditation, and Katrina-related conspiracy theories
By Marah Eakin August 20, 2020 | 1:00pm
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Ben Kingsley traded the saintliness of Gandhi for the vulgar gangster menace of Sexy Beast
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 19, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Bryan Cranston on working with a CGI gorilla and 20 years of Malcolm In The Middle
By Cameron Scheetz August 19, 2020 | 4:30pm
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Nicole Kidman rose to stardom in a savage comedy ripped from the headlines
By Charles Bramesco August 18, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Helen Mirren says she isn't nearly as impeccable as you might think
By Marah Eakin August 18, 2020 | 5:30pm
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Please don’t go to a movie theater: “It’s just about the last thing I’d do right now,” says expert
By Patrick Gomez August 18, 2020 | 2:50pm
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Jacki Weaver on Animal Kingdom’s 10th anniversary, crabby snacks, and being a gay icon
By Cameron Scheetz August 18, 2020 | 5:00am
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James Cagney returned to gangster movies more psychotic than ever in White Heat
By Jesse Hassenger August 17, 2020 | 7:00pm
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They cheer and they lead: Bring It On ushered cheer culture into the mainstream
By Shannon Miller August 16, 2020 | 5:05am
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"We're uncool": Almost Famous and High Fidelity celebrate music—but they're warnings, too
By Erik Adams August 15, 2020 | 5:00pm
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Lossy, translated: Why filmmakers embraced digital video in 2000
By Katie Rife August 14, 2020 | 9:45pm
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A subterranean subculture comes to light in the eye-opening documentary Dark Days
By Katie Rife August 14, 2020 | 8:25pm
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Revisiting the Dark Knight trilogy and its impact on the evolving style of Christopher Nolan
By A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife August 14, 2020 | 12:00pm
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Edward Norton made his directorial debut by walking a priest, a rabbi, and a Dharma into a Y2K rom-com
By Caroline Siede August 14, 2020 | 5:00am
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Björk crooned her way to victory at the greatest Cannes Film Festival of all time
By A.A. Dowd August 13, 2020 | 11:00pm
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The Broken Hearts Club said gay love stories didn’t need to be tragedies anymore
By Patrick Gomez August 13, 2020 | 4:36pm
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Don’t overlook Hollow Man, Paul Verhoeven’s prescient slasher about male entitlement
By Vikram Murthi August 12, 2020 | 7:00pm
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The best movies of 2000
By A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Allison Shoemaker, Lawrence Garcia, Vikram Murthi, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Roxana Hadadi, Jesse Hassenger, Mike D'Angelo, Beatrice Loayza, Noel Murray, Charles Bramesco, Caroline Siede August 12, 2020 | 1:45pm
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Shanghai Noon made perfect use of its mismatched stars, Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson
By Noel Murray August 11, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Tom Hanks and Robert Zemeckis bid a fond farewell to the 20th century with Cast Away
By Jesse Hassenger August 10, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Summer was the season of temptation in the breezy gabfests of Éric Rohmer
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 7, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Is Memento as good as we remember?
By A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife August 7, 2020 | 12:00pm
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Loaded with Robin Williams riffs and killer songs, Aladdin was a whole new world for animated movies
By Tom Breihan August 7, 2020 | 5:00am
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The Sandlot is at once nostalgic and aspirational, depending on your age
By Patrick Gomez August 6, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Sabrina Carpenter, Liza Koshy, and Jordan Fisher on recitals, moonwalks, and Magic Mike
By Marah Eakin August 6, 2020 | 4:30pm
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This August brings The New Mutants to theaters (maybe) and two Seth Rogens to your living room
By A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Jesse Hassenger, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, William Hughes August 6, 2020 | 5:00am
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Summer School is surprisingly good-natured (and gory!) for an ’80s classroom comedy
By Randall Colburn August 5, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Seth Rogen, star of An American Pickle, doesn't actually eat that many pickles
By Marah Eakin August 5, 2020 | 3:30pm
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Finally, a coming-of-age film that captures how damn boring summer can be
By Vikram Murthi August 4, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Katie Holmes, Josh Lucas, and Jerry O'Connell take our "Secret" quiz
By Marah Eakin August 4, 2020 | 5:30pm
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Sandra Dee was lousy with virginity in A Summer Place
By Gwen Ihnat August 3, 2020 | 7:00pm
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The Annabelle doll sure is bored with nobody at the New Line office to kill
By Sam Barsanti August 2, 2020 | 8:33pm
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Kerry Washington on why she made a documentary about the ACLU
By Marah Eakin July 31, 2020 | 7:30pm
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Ever seen a vampire bowl? You will in Fright Night Part 2
By Katie Rife July 31, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Our critics pick their favorite movies, performances, and scripts of the year so far
By A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife July 31, 2020 | 12:00pm
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William Shakespeare invented every romantic comedy trope we love today
By Caroline Siede July 31, 2020 | 11:00am
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Dreamy and atmospheric, The Velvet Vampire added a subversive edge to its sexy slow burn
By Katie Rife July 30, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Blood is a drug in a stylish vampire movie from the director of Bad Lieutenant
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky July 29, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez first joined forces in the fun, gory From Dusk Till Dawn
By Jesse Hassenger July 28, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Vampire priests have all the fun (and the guilt) in Park Chan-wook’s Thirst
By William Hughes July 27, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Here's what Marco's threat at the end of The Kissing Booth 2 is supposed to mean
By Marah Eakin July 27, 2020 | 3:30pm
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You’d think a movie about Elvis From Outer Space would include some actual comedy
By Alex McLevy July 27, 2020 | 11:00am
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R.I.P. Olivia de Havilland, Oscar-winning centenarian star of Gone With The Wind
By Gwen Ihnat July 26, 2020 | 4:13pm
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Even The Raid looks tame next to this Netflix orgy of martial arts mayhem
By Alex McLevy July 24, 2020 | 7:00pm
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Rosamund Pike and Sam Riley on Marie Curie's Polish identity and the chemical symbol for Radium
By Marah Eakin July 24, 2020 | 3:30pm
