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Stephen King created a mother-daughter duo so twisted, even the Oscars had to notice
By Katie Rife February 22, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Shrek’s lazy example defined a studio and changed animation
By Ryan Vlastelica February 22, 2017 | 6:00am
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Moonlight shines bright in the supporting Oscar race
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 21, 2017 | 11:43pm
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Dick Tracy’s Al Pacino broke the Oscar tradition of snubbing comic-book actors
By Sean O'Neal February 21, 2017 | 7:00pm
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What will win, and what should win, at the 2017 Oscars
By A.A. Dowd February 21, 2017 | 6:15pm
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Emma Watson reintroduces us to “Belle” in Beauty And The Beast clip
By Esther Zuckerman February 21, 2017 | 4:20pm
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King Arthur threatens Jude Law’s rule in new trailer
By Danette Chavez February 20, 2017 | 8:27pm
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Before Silence Of The Lambs, a trashy adultery thriller almost won Best Picture
By Alex McLevy February 20, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Ferris who? Matthew Broderick’s true calling is as a bit player for Kenneth Lonergan
By Jesse Hassenger February 20, 2017 | 6:00am
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The new Power Rangers trailer shows off its superhero side
By William Hughes February 18, 2017 | 5:26pm
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A video game, a card game, and a figurine to play with (or keep in the box)
By Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Nick Wanserski February 18, 2017 | 6:00am
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Run-run-run-run-runaway with the trailer for Terrence Malick’s Song To Song
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 17, 2017 | 9:58pm
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What happens when you find your holy grail?
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 17, 2017 | 7:40pm
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Our critics take different sides on The Great Wall
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 17, 2017 | 2:34pm
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James Franco plays a creepy doctor in The Institute trailer
By Danette Chavez February 17, 2017 | 1:53pm
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt gets a harsh reality check in a superb split-screen sequence
By Mike D'Angelo February 17, 2017 | 6:00am
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Definitely not Love, Actually: 11 candidates for the most romantic movie ever
By Nathan Rabin, Laura Adamczyk, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Esther Zuckerman, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, William Hughes February 17, 2017 | 6:00am
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The trailer for The Devil’s Candy draws a parallel between art and evil
By Alex McLevy February 16, 2017 | 8:04pm
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Amy Poehler and Will Ferrell are parents gone wild in The House trailer
By Esther Zuckerman February 16, 2017 | 6:15pm
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No one really has anything good to say about Sandy Wexler in new trailer
By Danette Chavez February 16, 2017 | 3:54pm
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Jacques Cousteau throws dynamite at fish in the first documentary to win Cannes
By A.A. Dowd February 16, 2017 | 3:00pm
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Here’s a gory trailer for Astron-6’s horror film The Void
By Sam Barsanti February 16, 2017 | 1:23am
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How John Wick makes the most of Keanu Reeves’ emptiness
By A.A. Dowd February 15, 2017 | 9:35pm
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Chicago, get out and see Jordan Peele’s Get Out early and for free
By William Hughes February 14, 2017 | 6:00pm
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The Bad Batch trailer introduces the cult of Keanu Reeves
By Danette Chavez February 14, 2017 | 2:22pm
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Sax and violence: The intoxicating alternate reality of Trouble In Mind
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 14, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Laughing Man steps out of the shadows in new Ghost In The Shell trailer
By Danette Chavez February 13, 2017 | 5:33pm
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Legion’s Dan Stevens gets too ambitious for his own good in The Ticket trailer
By Alex McLevy February 13, 2017 | 5:15pm
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Amma Asante on balancing both sides of A United Kingdom’s uncomfortable history
By Esther Zuckerman February 13, 2017 | 6:00am
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Today’s best deals: Ghost In The Shell, Fitbits, and more
By Shep McAllister February 12, 2017 | 4:01pm
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Worldwide radio, a behind-the-scenes doc, and a comic that’s more than meets the eye
By Kevin Pang, Erik Adams, Sam Barsanti February 11, 2017 | 6:00am
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Come out of retirement to claim your John Wick prize pack
By Katie Rife February 10, 2017 | 8:30pm
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Yeah, our critics are thinking John Wick is back
By A.A. Dowd, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 10, 2017 | 5:33pm
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Movies about fighters and born losers
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 10, 2017 | 6:00am
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Keanu Reeves boards a bus that can’t slow down for one of the great ’90s action movies
By Tom Breihan February 10, 2017 | 6:00am
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What does the whitewashing controversy mean for the Ghost In The Shell remake?
By Baraka Kaseko February 9, 2017 | 11:24pm
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Emma Watson—and everyone else—is being watched in the trailer for The Circle
By Laura Adamczyk February 9, 2017 | 8:54pm
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Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson on creating those jaw-dropping visual effects
By Alex McLevy February 9, 2017 | 6:00am
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Hey, man, you wanna watch the Cheech & Chong movies, man?
By Charles Bramesco February 9, 2017 | 6:00am
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What’s Jack Nicholson going to do with German comedy Toni Erdmann?
By Marah Eakin February 8, 2017 | 10:58pm
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Netflix’s Casting JonBenét gets a premiere date and a teaser
By Sam Barsanti February 8, 2017 | 8:00pm
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Colin Farrell meets some “vengeful bitches” in the trailer for Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled
By Katie Rife February 8, 2017 | 7:23pm
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It Comes At Night, promises the spooky trailer for a new A24 horror movie
By A.A. Dowd February 8, 2017 | 7:08pm
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Chicago, win free tickets to more midnight madness at the Music Box
By Sam Barsanti February 8, 2017 | 6:43pm
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Agnieszka Smoczyńska wants to “kill Disney” with her mermaid horror musical The Lure
By Esther Zuckerman February 8, 2017 | 3:00pm
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Case and switch: 7 movies repackaged to take advantage of cinematic trends
By Katie Rife February 8, 2017 | 6:00am
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Arnold Schwarzenegger is out for revenge in the trailer for Aftermath
By Sam Barsanti February 7, 2017 | 11:37pm
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The Lego Ninjago Movie assembles its secret society in first teaser
By Danette Chavez February 7, 2017 | 5:33pm
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New Snatched trailer has lots of bonding and robbing
By Danette Chavez February 7, 2017 | 3:17pm
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This newly released Logan clip is growly as hell
By Danette Chavez February 7, 2017 | 2:23pm
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New Cure For Wellness trailer has some worrying side effects
By Alex McLevy February 6, 2017 | 6:26pm
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New John Wick: Chapter 2 teaser gets 50 Shades Darker
By Danette Chavez February 6, 2017 | 3:36pm
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From Justin to terrible: 21 unfortunate cinematic pop-star vehicles
By Annie Zaleski, Gwen Ihnat, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal, Erik Adams, Alex McLevy, Danette Chavez, Clayton Purdom February 6, 2017 | 6:00am
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Zac Efron salutes America in Baywatch’s Super Bowl trailer
By Sam Barsanti February 6, 2017 | 2:48am
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It’s cars versus submarine in Fate Of The Furious’ Super Bowl trailer
By Sam Barsanti February 6, 2017 | 1:06am
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Logan Super Bowl trailer trades Johnny Cash for “Amazing Grace”
By Sam Barsanti February 6, 2017 | 12:32am
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Everyone’s a skeleton in the new Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales teaser
By Sam Barsanti February 6, 2017 | 12:20am
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New Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 teaser welcomes you to the “fricken” team
By Sam Barsanti February 5, 2017 | 11:35pm
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Alien meets Gravity in the new trailer for Life
By Sam Barsanti February 5, 2017 | 9:09pm
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It’s love at (obscured) first sight in one of the great movie entrances
By Mike D'Angelo February 3, 2017 | 5:50pm
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Check out an exclusive trailer for Johnnie To’s dazzling new thriller Three
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky February 3, 2017 | 4:01pm
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Optimus Prime is still being a dick in new Transformers: The Last Knight teaser
By Danette Chavez February 3, 2017 | 3:35pm
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Charlie Hunnam’s up a creek in the new Lost City Of Z trailer
By William Hughes February 3, 2017 | 12:13am
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Chicago, assemble The Lego Batman Movie early and for free
By Katie Rife February 2, 2017 | 9:30pm
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New teaser uncovers the Ghost In The Shell
By Danette Chavez February 2, 2017 | 3:28pm
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Evangelical cinema kicked off with a batshit budget franchise about the Rapture
By Vadim Rizov February 2, 2017 | 6:00am
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A sequel to skip case file #79: Sin City: A Dame To Kill For
By Nathan Rabin February 2, 2017 | 6:00am
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Should the Academy cancel the Oscars?
By Gwen Ihnat, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Marah Eakin February 2, 2017 | 6:00am
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Everything is still awesome: a relentlessly optimistic guide to the spring movie season
By A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Katie Rife, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Noel Murray, Jesse Hassenger February 2, 2017 | 6:00am
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With Ben Affleck stepping down, who should direct The Batman?
By Alex McLevy February 1, 2017 | 11:08pm
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Coming to America: 19 movies about U.S. immigration
By The A.V. Club, Gwen Ihnat, A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Esther Zuckerman, Kelsey J. Waite, Sean O'Neal, Alex McLevy, Marah Eakin, Clayton Purdom February 1, 2017 | 6:45pm
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Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith set it off in Girls Trip trailer
By Danette Chavez February 1, 2017 | 6:42pm
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Chicago, surrender to Fifty Shades Darker early and for free
By Katie Rife February 1, 2017 | 6:00pm
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New Beauty And The Beast trailer basically tells the entire story
By Sam Barsanti January 31, 2017 | 3:12am
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David Byrne and twirling flags are together at last in the Contemporary Color trailer
By Erik Adams January 30, 2017 | 8:43pm
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Nothing says “garbage movie” like Victoria Jackson in 7 different roles
By Alex McLevy January 30, 2017 | 6:00am
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Garden State taught the indie kids to share
By Erik Adams January 30, 2017 | 6:00am
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John Boyega goes from Star Wars to the streets of L.A. in the Imperial Dreams trailer
By William Hughes January 27, 2017 | 11:00pm
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Watch Sandra Oh and Anne Heche beat each other senseless in the Catfight trailer
By Katie Rife January 27, 2017 | 7:50pm
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House Party proved Sundance could score a mainstream hit
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 27, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Revisiting the radical ’60s
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 27, 2017 | 6:45pm
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A Separation’s Asghar Farhadi on how theater influenced his new Oscar contender
By Esther Zuckerman January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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The role that showed there was more to Mary Tyler Moore
By Gwen Ihnat January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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The Fugitive scored action cinema some acclaim—and a Best Picture nomination
By Tom Breihan January 27, 2017 | 6:00am
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What makes La La Land so divisive?
By Gwen Ihnat January 26, 2017 | 11:10pm
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The clothes make the hitman in this John Wick: Chapter 2 clip
By Danette Chavez January 26, 2017 | 10:30pm
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Before The Usual Suspects, its writer-director team took on small-town America
By Alex McLevy January 26, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Why does La La Land make some people sob and others shrug?
By Gwen Ihnat January 26, 2017 | 5:14pm
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Watergate isn’t the only frequency Francis Ford Coppola hit with The Conversation
By A.A. Dowd January 26, 2017 | 2:00pm
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Woody Harrelson, Daniel Clowes, and our favorite films of Sundance 2017
By A.A. Dowd January 25, 2017 | 10:25pm
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Rachel Weisz plays a wicked game in this trailer for My Cousin Rachel
By Sam Barsanti January 25, 2017 | 9:25pm
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2008’s Sundance Best Director left a gorgeously sad drama—then disappeared
By Josh Modell January 25, 2017 | 7:00pm
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If you didn’t love La La Land, are you dead inside?
By Gwen Ihnat, Caitlin PenzeyMoog, Sean O'Neal January 25, 2017 | 5:15pm
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Jordan Peele’s woke horror thriller Get Out makes a surprise midnight debut
By A.A. Dowd January 24, 2017 | 11:07pm
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We’re live on Facebook discussing the Oscar nominations
By Baraka Kaseko January 24, 2017 | 9:21pm
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“The nerds are also here”: Talking to the women who marched with Princess Leia
By Esther Zuckerman January 24, 2017 | 7:35pm
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At Sundance ’96, Nicole Holofcener made an endearing (and enduring) debut
By Jesse Hassenger January 24, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara reunite for an amazing Sundance Ghost Story
By A.A. Dowd January 23, 2017 | 11:00pm
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At last, it’s the trailer for Walter Hill’s sleazy hitman sex-change movie
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 23, 2017 | 9:24pm
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Steve Buscemi made his screen debut in an early milestone of queer cinema
By Scott MacDonald January 23, 2017 | 7:00pm
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This year, the Oscars celebrate 60 years of ignoring movies from around the world
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 23, 2017 | 7:00pm
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Kevin Kline’s talent went wild when Lawrence Kasdan reined him in
By Jesse Hassenger January 23, 2017 | 6:00am
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Jeremy Renner shoots and misses in a directorial debut from the writer of Sicario
By A.A. Dowd January 23, 2017 | 1:05am
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Tell us about your pop culture weekend: January 20-22
By AV Club Staff January 22, 2017 | 6:00am
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New Lost City Of Z trailer makes a case for a dangerous adventure
By Sam Barsanti January 21, 2017 | 11:06pm
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Kumail and Emily retell their distinctive love story in a wonderful new comedy
By A.A. Dowd January 21, 2017 | 8:27pm
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Mr. Gore goes to Sundance on the eve of our political apocalypse
By A.A. Dowd January 20, 2017 | 10:14pm
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Emily Browning croons “New York Groove” in the teaser for Golden Exits
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky January 20, 2017 | 9:14pm