3/13/23Why a blockbuster may never win a Best Picture Oscar againSure, Top Gun: Maverick and Avatar: The Way Of Water earned Best Picture nods, but the Academy is no closer to…ByMark KeizerPublishedMarch 13, 2023Save
3/9/23The 15 worst Oscar Best Picture winners of all timeFrom Crash to Gigi to Driving Miss Daisy, here are the Academy Award winners that just don't measure up—and the…ByMark KeizerPublishedMarch 9, 2023Save
2/13/23Sex, Lies, Ocean's, and Magic Mike: Ranking Steven Soderbergh's 20 best filmsName a style—heist comedies, gritty crime thrillers, exotic dance—and chances are Oscar-winning director Steven…ByJack Smart, Mark Keizer, and Cindy WhitePublishedFebruary 13, 2023Save
1/24/23Let's rank the 2023 Oscar Best Picture nomineesHere's how we rate this year's surprisingly exciting batch of Academy Award nominees. Will you agree? Of course notByJack Smart, Cindy White, and Mark KeizerPublishedJanuary 24, 2023Save
1/17/2320 Sundance films that changed the game for HollywoodHere are the most transformative titles from almost 40 years of the Sundance Film Festival, from Blood Simple to Get…ByMark Keizer, Brent Simon, Matthew Jackson, Ian Spelling, Matthew Huff, Robert DeSalvo, Luke Y. Thompson, and Murtada ElfadlPublishedJanuary 17, 2023Save
1/2/23AVQ&A: What’s your pop-culture New Year’s resolution for 2023?The A.V. Club team shares the movies, TV shows, games, and books they’re planning to consume in the coming yearBySam Barsanti, Mary Kate Carr, Saloni Gajjar, Drew Gillis, William Hughes, Mark Keizer, Gabrielle Sanchez, Matt Schimkowitz, Jack Smart, and Cindy WhitePublishedJanuary 2, 2023Save
12/28/22The best documentary films of 2022, rankedOur favorite docs of the year, from Moonage Daydream to Fire Of Love, prove filmmaking is in the midst of a…ByBrent Simon, Mark Keizer, and Jordan HoffmanPublishedDecember 28, 2022Save
12/28/22A Man Called Otto review: Tom Hanks remakes Gran Torino as a sappy crowd-pleaserHanks isn't quite believable as a suicidal widower who finds redemption in Marc Forster's three-hankie comedic dramaByMark KeizerPublishedDecember 28, 2022Save
12/2/22Emancipation review: Will Smith's grueling slave drama is as shallow as a Louisiana bayouSmith plays a Civil War-era slave on the run from a villainous Ben Foster in a genre exercise from Training Day…ByMark KeizerPublishedDecember 2, 2022Save
12/1/2220 holiday movies that are definitely more naughty than niceFrom Black Christmas to Violent Night to Bad Santa, we've rounded up some twisted alternatives to the season's usual…ByGil Macias, Brian Collins, Robert DeSalvo, Bryan Reesman, Richard Newby, Matthew Jackson, and Mark KeizerUpdatedDecember 5, 2022Save
11/29/22December movie preview: From Avatar to Pinocchio to Violent Night, 2022 is going out with a bangThe month's eclectic mix of blockbusters, awards fare, and oddities also includes Empire Of Light, Babylon, and a…ByJack Smart, Cindy White, Don Lewis, Matthew Huff, Brandon Kirby, Ian Spelling, Mark Keizer, Matthew Jackson, and Murtada ElfadlPublishedNovember 29, 2022Save
11/22/22Every Steven Spielberg movie ranked, from E.T. to Jaws to … Crystal SkullA comprehensive look at every film from one of cinema's greatest directors, including Spielberg's latest and most…ByJack Smart, Murtada Elfadl, Matthew Huff, Richard Newby, Matthew Jackson, Brandon Kirby, Luke Y. Thompson, Ian Spelling, Todd Gilchrist, Phil Pirrello, Brent Simon, Don Lewis, Mark Keizer, and Scott HuverPublishedNovember 22, 2022Save
11/4/22In The Estate, politically incorrect humor is alive but not wellToni Collette, Anna Faris, and David Duchovny fight for Kathleen Turner's fortune in Dean Craig's mediocre farceByMark KeizerPublishedNovember 4, 2022Save
10/28/22Who's your favorite horror director of all time?From Cronenberg and Carpenter to Raimi and Romero and beyond, here are the maestros who inspire chills and thrills…ByJack Smart, Matthew Huff, William Hughes, Gil Macias, Hattie Lindert, Matthew Jackson, Mark Keizer, Saloni Gajjar, Luke Y. Thompson, Richard Newby, Matt Schimkowitz, Brent Simon, and Ian SpellingPublishedOctober 28, 2022Save
10/27/22From Wakanda Forever to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, November is moviegoing monthPrestige cinema like The Fabelmans, She Said, and Bones And All arrive, but of course, this month is all about Black…ByJack Smart, Scott Huver, Emma Keates, Brent Simon, Cindy White, Luke Y. Thompson, Mark Keizer, Ian Spelling, and Matthew JacksonPublishedOctober 27, 2022Save
10/26/22Abortion drama Call Jane is an ordinary tale about extraordinary womenElizabeth Banks and Sigourney Weaver run an underground abortion service in Phyllis Nagy’s conventional yet…ByMark KeizerPublishedOctober 26, 2022Save
10/21/22Henry Selick and Jordan Peele dream big—maybe too big—in the animated frightmare Wendell & WildA troubled teen struggles with demons both serious and comedic in this stop-motion film that also marks a reunion of…ByMark KeizerPublishedOctober 21, 2022Save
10/13/22In the intricate and seductive Decision To Leave, unfulfilled passion is the crimeA detective falls for a murder suspect in the latest from Oldboy and Handmaiden director Park Chan-wookByMark KeizerPublishedOctober 13, 2022Save
10/7/22Cate Blanchett's 16 best performances, rankedAs Cate Blanchett dazzles again in Tár, here's a look at the two-time Oscar winner's most remarkable performancesByJack Smart, Murtada Elfadl, Manuel Betancourt, Don Lewis, Ian Spelling, Brandon Kirby, Todd Gilchrist, Mark Keizer, Hattie Lindert, and Matt SchimkowitzPublishedOctober 7, 2022Save
9/30/22In his latest Western Dead For A Dollar, director Walter Hill mostly shoots blanksBounty hunter Christoph Waltz searches for a kidnapped Rachel Brosnahan in Hill's disappointing returnByMark KeizerPublishedSeptember 30, 2022Save