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Less than three minutes into its nearly three hours, The Painted Bird tells you exactly what kind of movie you’ve…
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The tidal wave of garbage that is 2020 continues to wash over us, keeping everyone masked and nervous. (And if…
Jul 10
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It feels fair to say that few spans of time in recent memory have called for a good distraction more desperately…
Jul 9
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A few weeks ago, the Academy announced that it would be extending the eligibility window for next year’s Oscars by a…
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It’s been almost 30 years since Bill Murray lived life on repeat for his sins and our enjoyment, but the Groundhog…
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Werner Herzog is one of few major filmmakers whose work is rather equally split between fiction and nonfiction: Over…
Jun 26
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Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Jun 26
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It’s almost July, and if release calendars can be believed (they probably can’t), we might see a few movies creep…
Jun 23
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Part of growing up is learning to see the world differently. It’s an insight that the creative wizards at Pixar seem…
Jun 22
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If you watched The Daily Show during its 2000s heyday, you might now wonder how Jon Stewart, its one-time host,…
Jun 19
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Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Jun 19
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A few weeks ago on Film Club, our critics reminisced about movie theaters, many of which are still closed because of…
Jun 18
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Back in the autumn of 1999, Kevin Bacon starred in an eccentric Hollywood ghost story called Stir Of Echoes. The…
Jun 16
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Note: This article contains very minor plot details from The Last Of Us Part II and major details from the original L…
Jun 12
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There’s a new Spike Lee joint available today on Netflix. Da 5 Bloods, about a group of Black veterans returning to…
Jun 9
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Nine years later, Cars 2 is still widely considered to be the worst feature film to roll off the Pixar assembly…
Jun 4
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Normally, The A.V. Club uses this space to preview all the major films coming to a theater near you. But with the…
Jun 3
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Imagine that the beloved family film Home Alone landed a hard-R instead of a PG, because little Kevin McCallister’s…
May 29
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Welcome to this week’s second installment of Film Club, The A.V. Club’s weekly movie-discussion series. On this very…
May 29
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Welcome to a brand new episode of Film Club, The A.V. Club’s weekly movie-discussion series. The culmination of a…