Kiva Reardon

5/14/20

The 25 best horror movies since 2000

As Halloween approaches, let’s revisit The Babadook, The Ring, and more movies that made the new millennium a…

A.A. Dowd,

Josh Modell,

Katie Rife,

Nick Schager,

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,

Alex McLevy,

Danny King,

and Kiva Reardon

PublishedMay 14, 2020

10/22/15

A new generation of Westerns puts women in the saddle

History serves those who write it. And if memories come from the conquerors—those who lived to tell the tale—then…

Kiva Reardon

PublishedOctober 22, 2015

4/9/15

The 100 best films of the decade (so far), #1-20

Going in, we knew that this list—totaled up from ballots submitted by 11 A.V. Club staff members and…

A.A. Dowd,

Mike D'Angelo,

Josh Modell,

Nick Schager,

Vadim Rizov,

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,

Jesse Hassenger,

and Kiva Reardon

PublishedApril 9, 2015

4/8/15

The 100 best films of the decade (so far), #21-50

Now we’re past the halfway point of The A.V. Club’s half-decade film survey. Yesterday, we introduced the first 50…

Benjamin Mercer,

A.A. Dowd,

Mike D'Angelo,

Josh Modell,

Nick Schager,

Vadim Rizov,

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,

Alex McLevy,

Cameron Scheetz,

Jesse Hassenger,

and Kiva Reardon

PublishedApril 8, 2015

4/7/15

The 100 best films of the decade (so far), #51-100

The tough truth about year-end lists is that they’re usually composed in a hurry. When we first started talking…

Benjamin Mercer,

A.A. Dowd,

Mike D'Angelo,

Nick Schager,

Vadim Rizov,

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,

Alex McLevy,

Cameron Scheetz,

Jesse Hassenger,

and Kiva Reardon

PublishedApril 7, 2015

3/19/15

Sex surrogacy drama She’s Lost Control keeps its cards close

“Every relationship must end.” This bitter but truthful observation is made by Ronah (Brooke Bloom) midway through…

Kiva Reardon

PublishedMarch 19, 2015

3/12/15

3 Hearts never pumps enough lifeblood into its contrived love triangle

The ancient gods would have loved Benoît Jacquot’s 3 Hearts, a romance that’s all fate and no free will, with…

Kiva Reardon

PublishedMarch 12, 2015

2/24/15

David Cronenberg on his incest-heavy Hollywood satire, Maps To The Stars

David Cronenberg is a great comedian. “Funny guy” might not be the first descriptor that comes to mind for the…

Kiva Reardon

PublishedFebruary 24, 2015

2/12/15

Aussie zombie flick Wyrmwood is dead on arrival

A feeling of foreboding sets in early in Kiah Roache-Turner’s zombie-apocalypse thriller Wyrmwood: Road Of The Dead.…

Kiva Reardon

PublishedFebruary 12, 2015

1/15/15

The dark indie drama Medeas twists the Greek myth for which it’s named

In Greek mythology, Medea is a sorceress of the black arts who helps the man she loves, Jason Of The Argonauts,…

Kiva Reardon

PublishedJanuary 15, 2015

12/10/14

Get acquainted with an unsung maverick of world cinema

Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This month: The…

Kiva Reardon

PublishedDecember 10, 2014

10/29/14

SPLAT!: 15 ways to blow up a human head

Kingsman’s confetti explosions aren’t the only times heads have more than rolled. Here are 15 different ways we’ve…

Jesse Hassenger,

Drew Fortune,

A.A. Dowd,

Katie Rife,

Erik Adams,

and Kiva Reardon

PublishedOctober 29, 2014

10/27/14

Even the innocuous octopus was fair game in the late-’70s sea creatures boom

Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: As part…

Kiva Reardon

PublishedOctober 27, 2014

10/2/14

Stephen King adapts a bad movie out of his own A Good Marriage

It’s a question as old as time, or at least as old as cinema: What is the best way to adapt a written story for the…

Kiva Reardon

PublishedOctober 2, 2014