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What does the Academy’s changing makeup mean for Best Picture?
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky March 2, 2018 | 6:30pm
Bringing Up Baby and the screwball comedies that delivered romance via pratfalls
By Caroline Siede March 2, 2018 | 4:00pm
It’s Frances McDormand’s award to lose in the Oscar race for Best Actress
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky March 1, 2018 | 4:30pm
It’s pretty baffling that Gary Oldman is the front-runner for Best Actor
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 28, 2018 | 6:30pm
This year’s Best Director category is the strongest in recent memory
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 27, 2018 | 5:45pm
The game-raising partnership of Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan goes beyond Black Panther
By Jesse Hassenger February 27, 2018 | 12:00pm
Two tough mothers lead a tight race for Best Supporting Actress
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 26, 2018 | 6:30pm
If a pro-life horror movie doesn’ t think it’ s pro-life, is it still a pro-life horror movie?
By Alex McLevy February 26, 2018 | 12:00pm
Sam Rockwell will probably win Best Supporting Actor, but our hearts belong to another
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 25, 2018 | 6:00pm
Our critics are split on Alex Garland’s Annihilation
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 23, 2018 | 8:30pm
Long before Spider-Man , Sam Raimi cast Liam Neeson as a wilder, grosser superhero
By Tom Breihan February 23, 2018 | 12:00pm
Lady Bird avoids the traditional pitfalls of the coming-of-age drama
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 22, 2018 | 7:30pm
Get Out ’ s Oscar nominations were a welcome surprise from the stodgy Academy
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 20, 2018 | 8:30pm
Black Panther is one of Marvel's best and most dramatically complex movies
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 16, 2018 | 11:00pm
Are the detractors right about Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ?
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 15, 2018 | 9:00pm
The Academy’ s taste may be improving, but it still finds room for Oscar bait like Darkest Hour
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 13, 2018 | 5:30pm
Like the best romantic comedies, Bridget Jones's Diary is about more than just falling in love
By Caroline Siede February 12, 2018 | 4:00pm
Clint Eastwood directing military men with no acting experience goes about as well as expected
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 9, 2018 | 8:15pm
The January Canon: 20 good movies released during Hollywood’s worst dump month
By AV Club Staff, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Alex McLevy, Clayton Purdom, Gwen Ihnat, Jesse Hassenger January 30, 2018 | 6:00pm
It’s a bird... It’s a plane... It’s Superman , the first big-budget superhero movie
By Tom Breihan January 26, 2018 | 12:00pm
Robert Pattinson in spurs, Debra Granik in nature, and the best movies of Sundance 2018
By A.A. Dowd January 25, 2018 | 12:13am
Hereditary is the most traumatically terrifying horror movie in ages
By A.A. Dowd January 23, 2018 | 9:45pm
Laura Dern digs deep in the most powerful and disturbing of Sundance’s potential winners
By A.A. Dowd January 23, 2018 | 11:45am
Why Broadcast News inspires (and infuriates) professional journalists
By Katie Rife January 22, 2018 | 11:35pm
Lady Bird will likely get a lot of Oscar love… but how about in the editing category?
By Noel Murray January 22, 2018 | 2:00pm
Is there anything more “midnight movie” than Nicolas Cage in a chainsaw fight?
By A.A. Dowd January 22, 2018 | 12:45am
Joaquin Phoenix undergoes his latest transformation in Gus Van Sant's earnest new biopic
By A.A. Dowd January 20, 2018 | 9:40pm
Personal Shopper ’ s awards-caliber sound effects create an eerie atmosphere
By Charles Bramesco January 20, 2018 | 5:00pm
Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn try to get pregnant in the highlight of Sundance’ s opening night
By A.A. Dowd January 19, 2018 | 11:45pm
Cheerocracy dies in darkness as the Bring It On movies lose their pep
By Charles Bramesco January 19, 2018 | 7:00pm
Good Time 's gritty camerawork would be a welcome rebuke to the Academy's tony taste
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 19, 2018 | 2:00pm
Sometimes the best-directed movie isn’t among the best of the year
By Mike D'Angelo January 18, 2018 | 12:00pm
In a competitive year for Best Actress, Aubrey Plaza dangles Oscar bait from outside the box
By Jesse Hassenger January 17, 2018 | 12:00pm
Blade Runner 2049 brought humanity to today’ s most artificial movie gimmick
By Sean O'Neal January 16, 2018 | 12:00pm
Chinese blockbuster Wolf Warrior II is a very ’80s-style bombast opera
By Tom Breihan January 12, 2018 | 12:00pm
Forget Taken —the movies of Jaume Collet-Serra are where Liam Neeson really kicks ass
By Jesse Hassenger January 11, 2018 | 9:00pm
Kill Zone 2 is one incredible action scene after another
By Tom Breihan December 15, 2017 | 12:00pm
The Last Jedi brings the weird and the cool back to Star Wars
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 14, 2017 | 7:15pm
If Happy End is indeed his last film, Michael Haneke deserves a better send-off
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 14, 2017 | 3:45pm
Christian Bale’ s mustache is the best thing about Hostiles
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 13, 2017 | 9:30pm
Is Phantom Thread a fitting farewell for Daniel Day-Lewis?
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd December 11, 2017 | 6:45pm
The novel that inspired Die Hard has its structure, but none of its holiday spirit
By Ryan Vlastelica December 11, 2017 | 12:00pm
Margot Robbie is great, but I, Tonya is still about as sensationalistic as a tabloid
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 8, 2017 | 6:00pm
The Post shows Spielberg's ideals—but not his wit
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 7, 2017 | 9:15pm
The Shape Of Water is Guillermo Del Toro at peak cinephile
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky December 6, 2017 | 11:35pm
Mad Max: Fury Road might be the best action movie ever made
By Tom Breihan December 1, 2017 | 12:00pm
If you haven’ t seen The Room , will The Disaster Artist mean a damn thing to you?
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky November 30, 2017 | 7:30pm
Our critics sing the praises of Armie Hammer and Call Me By Your Name
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky November 22, 2017 | 8:30pm
John Wick solidified Keanu Reeves as one of the greatest action stars of all time
By Tom Breihan November 17, 2017 | 12:00pm
Our critics debate the merits of DC's Justice League
By Baraka Kaseko, Marah Eakin, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky November 16, 2017 | 10:30pm
The Muppets have faced multiple retirements from the big screen, but their movies still endure
By Jesse Hassenger November 9, 2017 | 12:00pm
Our film critics dive into Richard Linklater’ s latest, Last Flag Flying
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky November 6, 2017 | 7:30pm
Captain America leads the resistance in the locomotive end-times fable Snowpiercer
By Tom Breihan November 3, 2017 | 11:00am
Scream asked, if you like scary movies, why don't you care about their soundtracks?
By Sean O'Neal October 31, 2017 | 12:00pm
The Thing shows how non-metaphoric monster movies come down to craft
By Ryan Vlastelica October 25, 2017 | 11:00am
The Child’ s Play movies are like exposure therapy for people scared of dolls
By Alex McLevy October 24, 2017 | 2:00pm
Action movies don’t come much more visceral, simple, or awesome than The Raid
By Tom Breihan October 20, 2017 | 11:00am
Noah Baumbach throws the dysfunctional family reunion of the year
By Baraka Kaseko, A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 12, 2017 | 3:05pm
Like too many Scorsese imitations, Tom Cruise’ s American Made wants for a worldview
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 6, 2017 | 5:55pm
The best Fast & Furious movie charted a path for the series—and got The Rock in on the action, too
By Tom Breihan October 6, 2017 | 11:00am
Our critics check into The Florida Project , one of the year’ s best and most exuberantly alive movies
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 5, 2017 | 7:45pm
Could Blade Runner 2049 have used a little more grit to go with its epic awe?
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky October 5, 2017 | 5:05pm
Blade Runner translated Philip K. Dick’s sparse mindfuck into Ridley Scott’s overwhelming vision
By Ryan Vlastelica October 2, 2017 | 11:00am
The Beavis And Butt-head Experience sucked, which was pretty cool
By Sean O'Neal September 26, 2017 | 11:00am
You know a movie's a bit off when Danny Trejo is brought back to life by Tori Spelling's husband
By Alex McLevy September 25, 2017 | 11:00am
In South Korea, a horrifically extreme thriller can be the box-office champion of the year
By Tom Breihan September 22, 2017 | 11:00am
Nine Inch Nails, Jawbreaker, and that's kinda it: What The A.V. Club saw at Riot Fest 2017
By Sean O'Neal, Gwen Ihnat, Alex McLevy, Kyle Ryan, Katie Rife September 18, 2017 | 8:25pm
The Coen brothers muss up Hollywood royalty in their films with George Clooney
By Jesse Hassenger September 18, 2017 | 11:00am
Universal Soldier: Regeneration breathed life into both Jean-Claude Van Damme's career and straight-to-DVD action
By Tom Breihan September 8, 2017 | 11:00am
The late Tobe Hooper blew the nuclear family to pieces in Spontaneous Combustion
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 29, 2017 | 3:25pm
Liam Neeson describes his particular set of skills and a new action craze is born
By Tom Breihan August 25, 2017 | 3:50am
Adam Scott is the antichrist’s stepdad in the Little Evil trailer
By Alex McLevy August 22, 2017 | 5:03pm
Sofia Coppola followed Kirsten Dunst from girlhood to womanhood
By Jesse Hassenger August 22, 2017 | 5:00am
The team behind Blade Runner 2049 recreated sets from the original movie
By Baraka Kaseko August 21, 2017 | 9:31pm
Birth Of The Dragon
By Birth of The Dragon August 21, 2017 | 5:00am
Logan Lucky is a casual comeback for Steven Soderbergh
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 18, 2017 | 10:00pm
Logan Lucky , Good Time , and the great American doofus
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 18, 2017 | 7:25pm
Logan ’s production designer on bringing a not-quite post-apocalyptic world to life
By Baraka Kaseko August 18, 2017 | 5:30pm
What pop culture you love is most difficult to explain?
By William Hughes, Laura Adamczyk, Sam Barsanti, Gwen Ihnat, Matt Gerardi, Sean O'Neal, Katie Rife, Kyle Ryan, Alex McLevy, Kevin Pang, Nick Wanserski August 18, 2017 | 5:00am
Brigsby Bear
By Brigsby Bear August 18, 2017 | 5:00am
John Cho investigates a glitzy Hollywood murder in this trailer for Gemini
By Sam Barsanti August 18, 2017 | 1:51am
Vincent D’Onofrio picks his top 5 movies of all time
By Baraka Kaseko August 17, 2017 | 5:45pm
Nicole Kidman and Colin Farrell get creepy in trailer for The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
By Alex McLevy August 16, 2017 | 4:06pm
See Adam Sandler in an actual good movie in the first trailer for The Meyerowitz Stories
By William Hughes August 15, 2017 | 10:21pm
Take a look at Aaron Sorkin’s directorial debut in the Molly’s Game trailer
By Alex McLevy August 15, 2017 | 3:46pm
Willem Dafoe plays a good guy for once in The Florida Project trailer
By Katie Rife August 14, 2017 | 7:23pm
We asked Major League ’s Corbin Bernsen for his World Series picks
By Baraka Kaseko August 14, 2017 | 7:15pm
Here’s a trailer for Batman Vs. Two-Face , Adam West’s final project
By Sam Barsanti August 13, 2017 | 10:17pm
Our critics agree that Nocturama may be the movie of the year
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 11, 2017 | 6:00pm
Put the Twilight jokes to rest: Robert Pattinson is terrific in Good Time
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky August 11, 2017 | 6:00pm
Is Eli Roth worth defending?
By Katie Rife, Kyle Ryan, Clayton Purdom August 11, 2017 | 2:00pm
The creator of Veep goes to Russia in The Death Of Stalin trailer
By Katie Rife August 11, 2017 | 1:13pm
Grosse Pointe Blank ’s soundtrack reveals what its main character couldn’t
By Gwen Ihnat August 11, 2017 | 1:00pm
Zack Snyder’s 300 presaged the howling fascism of the alt-right
By Tom Breihan August 11, 2017 | 5:00am
The trailer for Wonder looks a lot like a grade-school version of Mask
By Alex McLevy August 10, 2017 | 3:28pm
The best movies of 1997
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Jesse Hassenger, Noel Murray August 10, 2017 | 5:00am
Mortal Kombat ’s 1997 was the opposite of a flawless victory
By Matt Gerardi August 10, 2017 | 5:00am
1997 was the year Star Wars came back and never left
By Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Matt Gerardi August 9, 2017 | 5:00am
There may never be a hit like Titanic ever again
By A.A. Dowd August 8, 2017 | 2:50pm
Jennifer Lawrence loses her shit in the trailer for Darren Aronofsky’s Mother!
By Katie Rife August 8, 2017 | 1:07pm
New Leatherface trailer shows the making of a murderer
By Sam Barsanti August 7, 2017 | 8:29pm
Paul Scheer picks his top 5 worst movies of all time
By Baraka Kaseko August 7, 2017 | 5:00pm
Chicago, watch R-Patz break bad in Good Time , early and for free
By William Hughes August 7, 2017 | 5:00pm
From The Dark Tower to Batman & Robin , crappy blockbusters share one guilty party
By Alex McLevy August 7, 2017 | 4:31pm
A titanic, bittersweet symphony: 35 pop-culture windows into 1997
By Kevin Pang, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Clayton Purdom, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, William Hughes, Matt Gerardi, Laura M. Browning August 7, 2017 | 5:00am
A.A. Milne is shellshocked in the new Goodbye Christopher Robin trailer
By Sam Barsanti August 6, 2017 | 11:34pm
The stale “women gone wild” genre could stand to shake things up
By Gwen Ihnat August 5, 2017 | 5:00am
Will Paul Thomas Anderson ever make a movie as ecstatic as Boogie Nights again?
By Gwen Ihnat, Katie Rife, A.A. Dowd August 4, 2017 | 2:52pm