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This year’s Academy Awards are still a few weeks off. Leading up to Hollywood’s biggest night, Film Club is taking a…

Note: The writer of this review watched Voyagers on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to see…

Talking is one of the few ordinary pastimes we weren’t denied over the past year. At times, it felt like the only…

Thanks to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s Academy Awards have been pushed to the late date of April 25. That gives…

Note: The writer of this review watched The Unholy on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…

Although the vaccine rollout is underway in America, most studios still aren’t eyeing a big return to theaters quite…

In just a few days, moviegoers and HBO Max subscribers alike will be treated to the title-fight rematch of the year,…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

Note: The writer of this review watched Nobody on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to see…

On this week’s full episode of Film Club, A.A. Dowd and fellow A.V. Club staffer Alex McLevy discuss the DCEU—its…

By popular and very persistent demand, this week saw the improbable release of a kind of holy grail of…

The nominations for the 2021 Academy Awards were announced a few hours ago, at the ass crack of dawn, as per…

There’s no alternate reality, no Else- or Bizarro World, where the Justice League premiering on HBO Max this week is…

The Criterion Collection is set to release a new box set collecting seven films by the celebrated Hong Kong auteur…

It’s still not especially safe to go to a movie theater in America. Fortunately, those looking for the comfort food…

Note: The writer of this review watched Chaos Walking on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…

Blockbusters are back in a big way this March, even if movie theaters aren’t. Many of the month’s biggest titles,…

The ides of March used to signify the beginning of a new year, and in 2021, that feels strangely apropos. In a…

If the eyes are the windows to the soul, Vitalina Varela’s are a skylight. Whole texts could be written on the…

Note: The writer of this review watched Cherry on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to see…