Welcome to Random Roles, wherein we talk to actors about the characters who defined their careers. The catch: They don’t know beforehand what roles we’ll ask them to talk about.
With Together Again, Jesse Hassenger looks at actors and directors who have worked together on at least three films, analyzing the nature of their collaborations.
What Are You Watching? is a weekly space for The A.V Club’s staff and readers to share their thoughts, observations, and opinions on movies new and old.
Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a prompt to compare notes on your interface with pop culture, to reveal your embarrassing tastes and experiences, and to ponder how our diverse lives all led us to convene here together. Got a question you’d…
Suicide Squad may not have won over the critics, but the DC Comics adaptation is poised to win its second weekend at the box office regardless. Actress Kirsten Dunst, for one, does not seem terribly impressed with it, however. Back in 1999, she starred in a well-received indie drama called The Virgin Suicides. This…
Considering we’re only almost to July, 2015 has seen an abundance of musical riches so far. From new albums by old bands to great albums by new bands, there’s plenty of great material to queue up just from the past six months. Below, The A.V. Club runs down a bunch of our favorite stuff, from Sleater-Kinney to…
Though it premiered at Cannes in 1999, the indie drama The Virgin Suicides is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, having debuted in U.S. theaters on May 12, 2000. Until that point, Sofia Coppola was best recognized as Mary Corleone in the oft-maligned The Godfather: Part III, but her feature directing debut…
It’s interesting what themes and patterns emerge when assembling compilations of an artist’s work. Jacob T. Swinney previously examined the roles that sound effects play in Tarantino’s films and how those can tie together a diverse filmography. Now, Swinney has turned his attention to the visual stylings of Sofia…