There’s something unsettling about San Francisco, which has been an epicenter of cinematic paranoia ever since James Stewart stalked Kim Novak through Vertigo. Over the years, filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola (The Conversation), Philip Kaufman (Invasion Of The Body Snatchers), and Paul Verhoeven (Basic Instinct) …
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: With March Madness in full swing, and a Criterion Blu-ray upgrade of Hoop Dreams dropping in a week, we highlight some of the best movies about basketball.
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: It’s Love Week at the A.V. Club, so we’ve followed our hearts and lined up a slate of unconventional love stories.
Every day, Watch This offers staff recommendations inspired by a new movie coming out that week. This week: While Ryan Reynolds wrestles with insanity (and talking pets) in The Voices, we recommend other films about mental illness.
Ti West’s new haunted hotel saga, The Innkeepers, premiered last year at the Toronto Film Festival but won't make its theatrical debut until this weekend which is–not coincidentally–when The A.V. Club will welcome West to The Music Box theatre for another installment in our New Cult Canon series. Suffice to say that…
