The A.V. Club Presents Film Club
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The A.V. Club Presents Film Club
Welcome to Film Club, the A.V. Club’s movie discussion series. Each week, A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife (and occasionally some special guests) will gab about the week's new releases, explore various corners of the film industry, and examine the lasting impact of some of history's biggest films.
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Film Club's favorite movies of 2021
December is fast winding down, and here at The A.V. Club, that means one thing: We’re looking back on the pop-culture we loved these past 12 months. T...
Looking back on our favorite movies of 2001
Last week was 2001 Week at The A.V. Club, and as part of this multi-day retrospective of the pop-culture of two decades ago, we voted on the best movi...
The films of Paul Thomas Anderson (4): The Master & Inherent Vice
Last week, Film Club dived into the two Paul Thomas Anderson movies starring Daniel Day-Lewis. This week, in the final installment of our four-week se...
Where does Licorice Pizza rank in Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography?
Over this past month, Film Club has been revisiting the films written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. It’s all been in anticipation of Anderson’...
The films of Paul Thomas Anderson (3): There Will Be Blood & Phantom Thread
What happens when the reigning Method actor of our time joins forces with one of America’s most celebrated filmmakers? On the third installment in our...
The films of Paul Thomas Anderson (2): Magnolia & Punch Drunk Love
Our four-part series on the films of Paul Thomas Anderson continues this week on Film Club, as A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife look back on what can be succi...
The films of Paul Thomas Anderson (1): Boogie Nights & Hard Eight
Every new movie from Paul Thomas Anderson is an event. That’s certainly how we’ve treating Licorice Pizza, the writer-director’s latest picture, which...
The year in horror
It’s a scary time to be alive, and to go to the movies. But have the movies themselves been scary? With Halloween coming this weekend, critics A.A. Do...
Let's talk about Dune, The French Dispatch, and Last Night In Soho
The fall movie season is in full swing, and that means we’re getting a look at some of the most buzzed-about movies of the rest of 2021. On this week’...
Revisiting 40 years of Halloween movies
This weekend, Michael Myers returns to Haddonfield and to theaters with Halloween Kills, a follow-up to David Gordon Green’s 2018 “legacy sequel” Hall...
How does Halloween Kills compare to the slasher movies before it?
Halloween the holiday is still two weeks away. But the movie franchise named after it is back this very weekend. On a special bonus episode of Film Cl...
Our James Bond marathon covers six eras of 007
This weekend, No Time To Die brings to an end the Daniel Craig era of James Bond, putting a lid on a story that began 15 years ago with the reboot ori...
We're recapping Fantastic Fest
Now in its 16th year, Fantastic Fest is probably the biggest and more prominent genre-centric film festival in America. But it offers a lot more than...
The best and worst of TIFF 2021
North America’s largest and most prominent film festival winds down this weekend. Experienced in person or virtually, the fest was a typically mixed b...
Why turning books into movies is such a challenge
For almost as long as there have been movies, there have been movies based on literature. Even in the age of superhero spectaculars, novels remain one...
Shang-Chi and Candyman go head-to-head
Labor Day is traditionally thought of as the unofficial end of the summer movie season. It’s also generally a dead zone for new Hollywood releases, wi...
On the highs and lows Netflix's Fear Street trilogy
As summer begins to wind down and the crisp breezes and scented candles of autumn beckon, we’re taking a week to circle back and talk about what has (...
On the art (and ethics) of writing negative reviews
Negative reviews are fun to read—just asks the scores of film fans that have purchased Roger Ebert’s bestselling collection of them, I Hated, Hated, H...
Discussing The Suicide Squad, The Green Knight, and Old
Late summer is not, normally speaking, a time to expect exceptional cinema; by the onset of August, blockbuster season is winding down and awards seas...
Dissecting M. Night Shyamalan's career
M. Night Shyamalan is one of the few Hollywood directors working today who qualifies as a household name. But what reputation does that name now carry...
The best films of 2021 so far
On this week’s Film Club, our critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife are creating a new tradition with the second annual edition of what we like to call the...
On the highs and lows of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Today ends a two-year hiatus for the biggest franchise in movie history. Black Widow, new to theaters and Disney+, is the first Marvel movie to come o...
How does Black Widow stack up to Marvel's best?
One year later than scheduled—and after years of fan demand—Marvel has finally released a starring vehicle for the most opaque of its Avengers, the Ru...
Film Club swerves into the Fast & Furious series
From its origins 20 years ago as a humble Point Break ripoff featuring fast cars, tough guys, and stolen DVD players, The Fast & The Furious has grown...
Why isn't Pixar as good as it used to be?
At this point, Pixar’s legacy as the most beloved of American animation houses is probably secure: No other studio so regularly earns the adoration of...
Luca fails to enchant our critics
For the second time in six months, Pixar has released a new movie directly to Disney+. But unlike the existentially minded Soul, the new Luca is a del...
The state of movie musicals
This week’s for the theater kids, as Film Club’s A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife welcome When Romance Met Comedy columnist and self-described musical nerd Ca...
Exploring the Conjuring franchise
This weekend, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return as Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. The film is the third featur...
Should you watch A Quiet Place or Cruella this weekend?
After a brief spring break, Film Club returns this week to check in on the state of one of our critics’—and, presumably, our listeners’—favorite activ...
In round two, The A.V. Club finishes Mortal Kombat
Our main reviewer didn’t much care for the new Mortal Kombat movie. Actually, he basically died from boredom watching it. But depending on your sensib...
Why are video games movies always so bad?
Last week, a new movie based on the popular fighting game series Mortal Kombat made its way to theaters and HBO Max. And though the action in the film...
OSCARS | The best (and worst) of the Best Picture lineup
The Academy Awards finally air this Sunday, some 14 months after last year’s ceremony and Parasite’s big win. To put a lid on this protracted awards s...
OSCARS | Is Best Actress the closest Oscar race this year?
With the Academy Awards ceremony roughly a week away, we’re closing in on the end of this unusual and unusually long awards season. On the third insta...
OSCARS | Let's take a look at the directing and screenplay categories
This year’s Academy Awards are still a few weeks off. Leading up to Hollywood’s biggest night, Film Club is taking a close look at each of the major O...
OSCARS | Diving into the Best Supporting Actress and Actor races
Thanks to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s Academy Awards have been pushed to the late date of April 25. That gives us another whole month to unpack,...
Looking back on 70 years of Godzilla
In just a few days, moviegoers and HBO Max subscribers alike will be treated to the title-fight rematch of the year, as Japan’s most famous radioactiv...
Revisiting the ups and downs of Zack Snyder's DC universe
By popular and very persistent demand, this week saw the improbable release of a kind of holy grail of superhero-cinema fandom: the fabled, four-hour ...
Let's talk about Zack Snyder's Justice League
On this week’s full episode of Film Club, A.A. Dowd and fellow A.V. Club staffer Alex McLevy discuss the DCEU—its origins and evolution, its strengths...
Let's dive into the world of Wong Kar Wai
The Criterion Collection is set to release a new box set collecting seven films by the celebrated Hong Kong auteur Wong Kar Wai on March 23. And consi...
Which new comedy should you watch this weekend?
It’s still not especially safe to go to a movie theater in America. Fortunately, those looking for the comfort food of a new new Hollywood comedy don’...