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Sam Rockwell on dialects, working with Woody Allen, and stealing from the best
By A.A. Dowd September 24, 2013 | 5:00am
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Why didn’t Tom Noonan’s directing career take off after What Happened Was…?
By Michael Sicinski September 23, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Purists be damned, Grease benefits from tossing out the show’s songbook
By Mike D'Angelo September 23, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Baz Luhrmann does his ostentatious thing with Strictly Ballroom
By Nick Schager September 20, 2013 | 5:00pm
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A book of flexi-discs, the history of film, a viable-but-dead Tron property, and mumblegore
By Phil Dyess-Nugent, Kevin McFarland, Emily St. James, Marah Eakin September 20, 2013 | 3:00pm
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Do Hollywood movies come any bleaker than They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
By Scott MacDonald September 19, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Prisoners
By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky September 19, 2013 | 5:05am
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This week we're barely putting up with Don Jon
By Amelie Gillette September 18, 2013 | 4:00pm
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All That Jazz was Bob Fosse’s portrait of the artist as total bastard
By Kyle Ryan September 18, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Fred Astaire finds romance and redemption through dance in Swing Time
By Jesse Hassenger September 17, 2013 | 4:00pm
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Rain and The Replacements: The A.V. Club recaps Riot Fest 2013
By Sean O'Neal, David Anthony, Josh Modell, Bob Marshall, Kevin McFarland September 16, 2013 | 6:11pm
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The Company comes startlingly close to documentary
By Michael Sicinski September 16, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Not even Michael Chiklis’ accent and Forest Whitaker’s growl can save Pawn
By Josh Modell September 16, 2013 | 4:00pm
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What’s crime without passion, even if it involves a son pining for his own mother?
By Scott MacDonald September 13, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Toronto 2013, Day Eight: Nicolas Cage shines in David Gordon Green's Joe
By A.A. Dowd September 13, 2013 | 2:20pm
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Peter Weller on feminism, sequels, and more
By Will Harris September 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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Fuck! The A.V. Club staff’s favorite uses of the F-word in media
By David Anthony, Becca James, Brandon Nowalk, Annie Zaleski, Joel Keller, John Semley, Noah Cruickshank, Zack Handlen, Matt Wild, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Sonia Saraiya, Les Chappell, Claire Zulkey, Laura M. Browning, Kevin McFarland, Steve Heisler, Erik Adams, Rowan Kaiser, Ryan McGee, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson September 13, 2013 | 5:00am
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Toronto 2013, Day Seven: A swan song by Hayao Miyazaki gets a warm reception from fans
By A.A. Dowd September 12, 2013 | 8:47pm
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Takashi Miike offers a strange brew of comedy, music, and mayhem
By Nick Schager September 12, 2013 | 6:00pm
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A family guide to the 2013 fall movie season, Part 2
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Josh Modell, Nick Schager September 12, 2013 | 5:00am
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Toronto 2013, Day Six: TIFF golden boy Jason Reitman drops a turkey with Labor Day
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 11, 2013 | 6:20pm
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Michelle Pfeiffer shows off her comedic chops in Jonathan Demme’s Married To The Mob
By Nick Schager September 11, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Never forgot: 9 entertainers who were changed by 9/11
By David Sims, Sean O'Neal, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Rowan Kaiser September 11, 2013 | 5:00am
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A family guide to the 2013 fall movie season, Part 1
By Kevin McFarland, Kyle Ryan, A.A. Dowd, Mike D'Angelo, Josh Modell, Nick Schager September 11, 2013 | 5:00am
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A brutal Australian crime family, led by the mom, gets in over its head
By Josh Modell September 10, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Toronto, Day Five: The Weinsteins somehow get a crowd-pleaser out of a Tracy Letts adaptation
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 10, 2013 | 4:54pm
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Toronto 2013, Day Four: Sunday brings follies, none more disappointing than Devil's Knot
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 9, 2013 | 8:40pm
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The O’Neals, Ryan and Tatum, make for appealing swindlers in Paper Moon
By Jesse Hassenger September 9, 2013 | 6:00pm
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A.V. Fest in pictures
By Josh Modell September 9, 2013 | 4:21pm
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David Mamet’s State And Main engineers a perfect punchline
By Mike D'Angelo September 9, 2013 | 4:00pm
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14 casting decisions that sparked outrage
By Noah Cruickshank, Scott Von Doviak, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Andrea Battleground, Les Chappell, Marah Eakin, Claire Zulkey, Mike Vago September 9, 2013 | 5:00am
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Toronto 2013, Day Three: Gravity drops
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 8, 2013 | 5:06pm
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Toronto 2013, Day Two: Prisoners provides American genre thrills, while 12 Years A Slave gets the pundits bloviating
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 7, 2013 | 11:57am
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Serenity provides a stirring encore act for the desperados of Firefly
By Sam Adams September 6, 2013 | 5:00pm
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Toronto 2013, Day One: A Julian Assange biopic is no match for a Frederick Wiseman triumph
By A.A. Dowd, Ben Kenigsberg September 6, 2013 | 4:40pm
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The American Astronaut sets a bar for surrealist, cult-courting, musical B-Westerns
By Mike D'Angelo September 5, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Salinger
By Kyle Ryan September 5, 2013 | 3:49pm
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John Carpenter plays cowboys and Indians on the red planet with Ghosts Of Mars
By Nick Schager September 4, 2013 | 6:00pm
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Dave Chappelle, Hannibal Buress, and Flight Of The Conchords shine at Oddball Comedy Fest
By Matt Byrne September 3, 2013 | 5:38pm
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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
