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This week’s question comes from reader Jacqui from Chicago:

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

The Groundhog Day scenario of a character re-living the same day over and over again has become a subgenre onto its…

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

Thirty-three years is a long time to wait for a sequel. And while, compared to three decades, a day is nothing, you…

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

On its 2000 album All Hands On The Bad One, Sleater-Kinney bemoans the co-opting of the riot grrrl movement by mass…

Welcome to The A.V. Club’s coverage of the 78th Golden Globes. Check out our writers’ commentary and analysis in the…

You can spend a lifetime trying to anticipate the whims of awards voters. Some people make a career out of it. But…

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Even for a slasher movie, 2003’s Wrong Turn is elemental in its efficiency. Minimal effort is expelled in setting…

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

Last week, The A.V. Club put out a call for questions from you, readers of the site and loyal listeners of our…

In a year where so much has been postponed and interrupted, having a film like Miss Juneteenth to hold on to felt…

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

In the spring of 2013, more than 16,000 rotting pig corpses floated down the Huangpu River, the “Mother River” whose…

Valentine’s Day is Sunday, and to celebrate this annual rush for florists, chocolatiers, and greeting-card magnates, …

In 5 To Watch, writers from The A.V. Club look at the latest streaming TV arrivals, each making the case for a…

Someday, we’re going to be telling our grandchildren working the moon farms about this legendarily bad year—the…

Note: The writer of this review watched The World To Come on a digital screener from home. Before making the…