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Yesterday we previewed the biggest movies opening between now and the end of October, offering readers a few options…

Drama! Comedy! Action! Horror! In 2016, the best source for all of the above hasn’t been the multiplex. It’s been…

“You’re no spring chicken,” says an American gambler to his Chinese friend midway through the East-West action…

One week a month, Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by the week’s new releases or premieres. This…

This week’s question: What movie is missing from our recent list of the best big-screen comedies since 2000?

Sixteen years in, our new millennium looks like a banner age for big-screen comedy, as eclectic as any that came…

With his lean body and anxious features, Adrien Brody was born to skulk. In the new thriller Manhattan Night, he…

Only Nixon could go to China, and now, only Giovanni Ribisi can go to Cuba. As the first American production to be…

With Run The Series, The A.V. Club examines film franchises, studying how they change and evolve with each new…

A startlingly intelligent, incandescent thriller topped off by one of the great endings in recent cinema, Christian…

Bob Nelson’s The Confirmation opens with 8-year-old Anthony (Jaeden Lieberher) reluctantly taking confession with…

“In war, truth is the first casualty,” Aeschylus assures us on the opening crawl of Eye In The Sky. The nudging…

On Sunday, February 28, the Academy will honor the previous year in cinema with a slew of awards, waiting until the…

One year ago, The A.V. Club surveyed three months of upcoming films through the lens of Valentine’s Day, offering a d…

Unfriended won’t get within spitting distance of next week’s Academy Award nominations: As a teen-geared horror…

Welcome back to AVQ&A, where we throw out a question for discussion among the staff and readers. Consider this a…

Eight writers contributed to The A.V. Club’s list of the best movies of 2015, each ranking their 15 favorites; we…

Every year is a good year for movies, provided you’re willing to wander a little off the beaten path. But in 2015,…

Tomorrow, The A.V. Club dramatically unveils its list of the year’s best movies, counting down our favorite summer…

Not every great movie has a standout great scene, just as not every great scene comes from a great movie. That’s our…