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Last week, The A.V. Club put out a call for questions from you, readers of the site and loyal listeners of our…

In a year where so much has been postponed and interrupted, having a film like Miss Juneteenth to hold on to felt…

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

In the spring of 2013, more than 16,000 rotting pig corpses floated down the Huangpu River, the “Mother River” whose…

Valentine’s Day is Sunday, and to celebrate this annual rush for florists, chocolatiers, and greeting-card magnates, …

In 5 To Watch, writers from The A.V. Club look at the latest streaming TV arrivals, each making the case for a…

Someday, we’re going to be telling our grandchildren working the moon farms about this legendarily bad year—the…

Note: The writer of this review watched The World To Come on a digital screener from home. Before making the…

True-crime docuseries are designed to make you keep watching. Every episode ends on a cliffhanger, as the filmmakers…

Every few days, A.V. Club film critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife plug a microphone into their laptops, retreat to a…

Margaret Cho is known for her whip-smart comedic observations on—well, on a lot of things. Since breaking out in the…

Every January, thousands of people fly into Utah and then descend on the sleepy ski town of Park City for the annual…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

Appropriately enough for a film whose horror is rooted in nightmarish twists on Christian theology, Saint Maud has…

Another month, another slate of films hedging their bets between the slow reopening of movie theaters and the…

Despite some shutdown-related schedule shuffling, the nominations for the 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards were…

So much of the past year has felt interminable, but after the wild events of January, we’re having a different…

Note: The writer of this review watched Judas And The Black Messiah on a digital screener from home. Before making…

This episode comes with a warning up top, but don’t worry: All the classic films whose big twists are revealed on…

Readers of The A.V. Club probably know Harvey Guillén best as Guillermo, the meek vampire familiar whose downtrodden…