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Robert Eggers has established a reputation for making films informed by exacting historical research. In both The…
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Even in a long line of charismatic characters, Willem Dafoe’s turn as The Lighthouse’s Thomas Wake stands out as a…
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Once upon a time, it seemed every studio film came with its own novelization—anyone else read The Good Son’s tie-in…
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Apparently worried that its reputation as a home for critically acclaimed oddball film-making was still somehow…
May 31 2019
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You probably never thought that Pumbaa—master of “Hakuna Matata” and lover of all things buggy—could manifest as…
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A24, the little film studio that is kicking an unholy amount of ass these days, has a roster of recent films that…
Nov 6 2018
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Robert Eggers’ 2016 horror film The Witch was a slow burn of spookiness, gradually ramping up the unease and the…
Feb 16 2018
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Reliably delightful old-school weirdo, meet unexpectedly great new-school weirdo: Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson…
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Halloween is only six months away, which means it’s time for anyone who claims to take the holiday seriously to…
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Whether or not Robert Eggers’ period-set horror film The Witch is truly scary might be up for debate, but it’s hard…
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Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…
Aug 25 2016
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Jump scares are an effective way to startle the audience, but are they useful in establishing a more terrifying…
Aug 12 2016
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Once upon a time, dear reader, A.V. Club film editor A.A. Dowd and staff critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky were just like…
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How has the representation of evil, monsters, and things that go bump in the night changed over the many years of…