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The 100 best movies of the 2010s

Time flies when you’re watching movies. Back at the start of 2015, The A.V. Club took the temperature of the…

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Richard Linklater on why Where'd You Go, Bernadette is a coming of age story

As the director of films like Boyhood, Richard Linklater is no stranger to the coming of age tale. Typically,…

Marah Eakin

8/14/19 12:00PM

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Let's take a look at the long love affair between Hollywood and cars

In our daily lives, the main function of a car is to get us from point A to point B. But in the world of cinema,…

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Harry Potter grows up and gets dark in this Boyhood-inspired edit

Richard Linklater’s autobiographical 2014 film Boyhood drew critical praise for following a young actor (Ellar…

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Relive the best films of the 21st century with this video

Last week there was a great disturbance in the cinephile force. The BBC tasked 177 critics from 36 countries to put…

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Read This: Are these the best films of the 21st century?

If there’s one thing that pop culture obsessives love doing, it’s making lists. If there’s another thing they love…

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Yes, all modern movie trailers adhere to the same formula

It comes as no surprise that there are certain patterns in filmmaking, templates that studios follow almost like a…

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100 years of film distilled into 100 iconic shots

For over a century, audiences have been enthralled by the flickering images projected onto cinema screens. Since the…

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Fat Pants is like an animated Boyhood on mushrooms, Ecstasy, and Xanax

It took Richard Linklater two hours and 46 minutes to tell the (slightly fictionalized) story of his own,…

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Here’s how to beat the Taco Bell coin game every time

One of the time honored rituals of the American fast food experience is dropping a nickel or quarter into the…

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Richard Linklater’s “spiritual sequel” to Dazed And Confused will open SXSW

After years of promising a “spiritual sequel” to his breakout film Dazed And Confused (and Boyhood, while he’s at it)…

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The Simpsons will take on Boyhood in a very Simpsons version of timely parody

Just over a year after Richard Linklater’s coming-of-age story, Boyhood, charmingly ambled its way into theaters, a…

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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

4/09/15 12:00AM

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Beyond Atticus Finch: What character embodies your masculine ideal?

This week’s question comes from reader Marco Klaue:

A.A. Dowd,

Erik Adams,

Alex McLevy,

and Mike Vago

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On the most problematic scene in <i>Boyhood</i>

FilmFeaturesScenic Routes

On the most problematic scene in Boyhood

In Scenic Routes, Mike D’Angelo looks at key movie scenes, explaining how they work and what they mean.

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Richard Linklater might make an actual Boyhood sequel

Richard Linklater has said that his follow-up to Boyhood, That’s What I’m Talking About, will be a “spiritual…

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Birdman and Grand Budapest Hotel take home most of the Oscars

Ain’t Hollywood grand? Not the actual neighborhood or whatever, obviously, but the idea of Hollywood as shorthand…

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Interviews with Oscar voters reveal they are kind of awful, vaguely racist

While we at The A.V. Club can only discuss the Oscar race, make predictions, and complain about snubs, The Hollywood…

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Maybe the Oscars got it right this year

In the grand spirit of TV Roundtable and Music Roundtable, welcome to the creatively titled Film Roundtable, where A.…

A.A. Dowd,

Josh Modell,

Katie Rife,

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky,

and Jesse Hassenger

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Here’s a compilation of top moments from this year’s Best Director nominees

While there is ample ammo for people who decry the Academy Awards for snubbing certain films and filmmakers this…

Rob Dean

2/13/15 3:01PM

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The 100 best movies of the 2010s

Richard Linklater on why Where'd You Go, Bernadette is a coming of age story

Let's take a look at the long love affair between Hollywood and cars

Harry Potter grows up and gets dark in this Boyhood-inspired edit

Relive the best films of the 21st century with this video

Read This: Are these the best films of the 21st century?

Yes, all modern movie trailers adhere to the same formula

100 years of film distilled into 100 iconic shots

Fat Pants is like an animated Boyhood on mushrooms, Ecstasy, and Xanax

Here’s how to beat the Taco Bell coin game every time

Richard Linklater’s “spiritual sequel” to Dazed And Confused will open SXSW

The Simpsons will take on Boyhood in a very Simpsons version of timely parody

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

Beyond Atticus Finch: What character embodies your masculine ideal?

On the most problematic scene in Boyhood

Richard Linklater might make an actual Boyhood sequel

Birdman and Grand Budapest Hotel take home most of the Oscars

Interviews with Oscar voters reveal they are kind of awful, vaguely racist

Maybe the Oscars got it right this year

Here’s a compilation of top moments from this year’s Best Director nominees