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Lesbian nun drama Benedetta is both profane and sublime—no wonder some Catholics hate it

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20 years later, comedy has finally caught up to Freddy Got Fingered

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The 9 best holiday gifts this year for movie lovers

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Here are all the new movies coming to theaters and streaming in December

Movie Reviews

Videos

Image for Jennifer Coolidge on why she's always attracted gay fans

Jennifer Coolidge on why she's always attracted gay fans

Image for Kirsten Dunst on how Allison Janney taught her to play a convincing drunk

Kirsten Dunst on how Allison Janney taught her to play a convincing drunk

Image for Benedict Cumberbatch on buffalo chaps and stomping around The Power Of The Dog set

Benedict Cumberbatch on buffalo chaps and stomping around The Power Of The Dog set

Image for Alana Haim on why there's so much running in Licorice Pizza

Alana Haim on why there's so much running in Licorice Pizza

Interviews

Image for Kodi Smit-McPhee on The Power Of The Dog and living in your truth

Kodi Smit-McPhee on The Power Of The Dog and living in your truth

Image for Jennifer Coolidge on why she's always attracted gay fans

Jennifer Coolidge on why she's always attracted gay fans

Image for Kirsten Dunst on how Allison Janney taught her to play a convincing drunk

Kirsten Dunst on how Allison Janney taught her to play a convincing drunk

Image for Benedict Cumberbatch on buffalo chaps and stomping around The Power Of The Dog set

Benedict Cumberbatch on buffalo chaps and stomping around The Power Of The Dog set

Preview

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Close out the year in movies with Spider-Man, The Matrix, and a slew of Oscar hopefuls

Plus: West Side Story, The King’s Man, Nightmare Alley, and more in our December movie preview

William Hughes,

and Jesse Hassenger

Clips

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Hulu's Mother/Android trailer: A pregnant Chloë Grace Moretz weathers the robot apocalypse

Image for New No Way Home trailer only has one Spider-Man, but plenty of villains

New No Way Home trailer only has one Spider-Man, but plenty of villains

Image for FX tackles the "9/11 of the culture wars" with trailer for Janet Jackson doc Malfunction

FX tackles the "9/11 of the culture wars" with trailer for Janet Jackson doc Malfunction

Image for Neil Patrick Harris does an NES-inspired Wonder Years in the 8-Bit Christmas trailer

Neil Patrick Harris does an NES-inspired Wonder Years in the 8-Bit Christmas trailer

Features

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When Romance Met Comedy

The best romantic comedy of 2021 doesn't have any romance

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20 years on, a self-proclaimed Enid looks back at Ghost World

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2021 Gotham Awards: The A.V. Club’s exclusive portrait studio from the big night

Shanicka Anderson

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When Romance Met Comedy

Hard to believe the world once hated Harold And Maude

For Our Consideration

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For Our Consideration

20 years later, comedy has finally caught up to Freddy Got Fingered

Matt Schimkowitz

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For Our Consideration

Ghostbusters became a generational touchstone partly because it’s gross as hell

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For Our Consideration

Better Late Than Never: A Harry Potter denier sits through every movie

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For Our Consideration

Rate my (Dark Arts) professors: A look at the best and worst of Hogwarts’ strangest staff

Cameron Scheetz

Reactions

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Afterlife “hands Ghostbusters back to the fans” by writing them into the movie

Matt Schimkowitz

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Sorry, Timothée Chalamet, size is the real star of Dune

Matt Schimkowitz

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With one thrilling sequence, Ana de Armas steals Bond’s spotlight in No Time To Die

Cameron Scheetz

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Is Venom 2 doomed to be overshadowed by its own mid-credits scene?

Great Job Internet

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Great Job Internet

Great news, abandoned children: The house from Home Alone has just gone up on Airbnb

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Chris Miller lightens the mood with a '60s sci-fi film poster for The Omicron Variant

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A.I. simulates the culturally important experience of asking directors about superhero movies

Matt Schimkowitz

Image for Keanu Reeves suggests the three(ish) films from his career that novices should watch first

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Keanu Reeves suggests the three(ish) films from his career that novices should watch first

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