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This week’s AVQ&A is inspired by reader Steve LeGrow’s question:

Let’s get this out of the way first: If you watch Sasquatch hoping for a lighthearted look at the eccentric world of…

Note: The writer of this review watched Jakob’s Wife on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…

With the Academy Awards ceremony roughly a week away, we’re closing in on the end of this unusual and unusually long…

Sound is an essential element of any film that chooses to use it, but it’s especially important to Sound Of Metal.…

It’s rare to encounter a first-time writer-director who’s as assured as Emma Seligman. Her debut feature Shiva Baby w…

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

This year’s Academy Awards are still a few weeks off. Leading up to Hollywood’s biggest night, Film Club is taking a…

Why isn’t AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” the theme song for Thunder Force? There’s already an AC/DC song in the movie, and…

If you put on Victor Kossakovsky’s immersive new documentary Gunda hoping to “oooh” and “awww” at a farrow of…

The countdown to the Oscars continued tonight with the Screen Actors Guild Awards, whose 27th installment aired in…

Author’s note: The significance of writing about a Japanese film series during a resurgence of racist violence…

Thanks to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s Academy Awards have been pushed to the late date of April 25. That gives…

Although the vaccine rollout is underway in America, most studios still aren’t eyeing a big return to theaters quite…

Note: The writer of this review watched Shiva Baby on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…

If this past February marked TV’s first steps toward its previous densely packed state, then April represents a…

The weather is warming up. Vaccination numbers continue to rise at a reassuring pace. The trailer for The Suicide…

Note: The writer of this review watched Godzilla Vs. Kong on a digital screener from home. Before making the…

In just a few days, moviegoers and HBO Max subscribers alike will be treated to the title-fight rematch of the year,…

The word “clout” has a very specific meaning in Chicago. Basically, if you’re just some regular schmuck and you…