The A.V. Club Presents Film Club

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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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12.17.2021

Ahead of The A.V. Club's list of the best films of the year, critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife talk about the ones that mattered to them most.

The A.V. Club Presents Film Club episodes:

12.17.2021 Film Club's favorite movies of 2021 Ahead of The A.V. Club's list of the best films of the year, critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife talk about the ones that mattered to them most.
12.10.2021 Looking back on our favorite movies of 2001 Mulholland Drive and The Royal Tenenbaums still shine 20 years later
11.26.2021 Where does Licorice Pizza rank in Paul Thomas Anderson's filmography? We cap our four-part Paul Thomas Anderson series with a conversation about his latest: Licorice Pizza
11.26.2021 The films of Paul Thomas Anderson (4): The Master & Inherent Vice Joaquin Phoenix brought out the mysterious, ambiguous side of Paul Thomas Anderson
11.19.2021 The films of Paul Thomas Anderson (3): There Will Be Blood & Phantom Thread Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Thomas Anderson are a match made in obsessive heaven
11.12.2021 The films of Paul Thomas Anderson (2): Magnolia & Punch Drunk Love Is Magnolia brilliant, exhausting, or both? Film Club's four-part series on Paul Thomas Anderson continues with Magnolia and Punch-Drunk Love
11.05.2021 The films of Paul Thomas Anderson (1): Boogie Nights & Hard Eight In the run-up to Licorice Pizza, A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife are revisiting Paul Thomas Anderson's entire filmography, starting with Boogie Nights and Hard Eight.
10.29.2021 The year in horror A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife discuss the year in horror movies
10.21.2021 Let's talk about Dune, The French Dispatch, and Last Night In Soho On this week’s episode of Film Club, critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife review three of October’s major auteur works.
10.15.2021 How does Halloween Kills compare to the slasher movies before it? A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife discuss the latest entry in this undying slasher saga, the middle entry in David Gordon Green’s reboot trilogy, Halloween Kills.
10.15.2021 Revisiting 40 years of Halloween movies Film Club is taking a deep dive into the whole Halloween franchise, looking back on a dozen slasher movies (and one weird magic-mask outlier) released over the last 40-plus years.
10.08.2021 Our James Bond marathon covers six eras of 007 We’ve programmed a prospective marathon of 007 adventures, selecting one movie for each of the six actors that have played the superspy.
10.01.2021 We're recapping Fantastic Fest Zombies, car sex, and more at America's leading genre film festival, Fantastic Fest
09.17.2021 The best and worst of TIFF 2021 Let's discuss Dear Evan Hansen, Dashcam, and more of the titles that played TIFF over the last week
09.10.2021 Why turning books into movies is such a challenge On the tricky art of adaptation and moving a story from page to screen
09.03.2021 Shang-Chi and Candyman go head-to-head Should you spend Labor Day weekend with Shang-Chi or the Candyman?
08.13.2021 On the highs and lows Netflix's Fear Street trilogy A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife dig in to the Netflix's buzzy, teen-centric horror series, Fear Street
08.06.2021 On the art (and ethics) of writing negative reviews On a very inside-baseball episode of Film Club, critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife discuss how to write about bad movies right.
07.30.2021 Discussing The Suicide Squad, The Green Knight, and Old On the brink of August, Film Club discusses some event movies that are actually worth your time: M. Night Shyamalan’s Old; David Lowery’s The Green Knight; and James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad.
07.23.2021 Dissecting M. Night Shyamalan's career There's so much more to M. Night Shyamalan than a collection of twist endings
07.16.2021 The best films of 2021 so far From Roy Andersson to Zola, our critics salute the best films of 2021 so far
07.09.2021 How does Black Widow stack up to Marvel's best? We finally have a starring vehicle for Scarlett Johansson’s Black Widow
07.09.2021 On the highs and lows of the Marvel Cinematic Universe With the release of Black Widow, our critics go back through the biggest movie franchise of them all
06.25.2021 Film Club swerves into the Fast & Furious series Gather the family, open a Corona, and tune in as we trace the evolution of The Fast Saga
06.18.2021 Why isn't Pixar as good as it used to be? With the release of Luca, our critics look back on a rocky decade for the animation house
06.18.2021 Luca fails to enchant our critics New to Disney+, the animated fable is a very mild buddy comedy
06.11.2021 The state of movie musicals It's an all-singing, all-dancing episode as Film Club (with special guest Caroline Siede) delves into movie musicals
06.04.2021 Exploring the Conjuring franchise Let's investigate the spooky extended universe of the Conjuring franchise
05.28.2021 Should you watch A Quiet Place or Cruella this weekend? Katie Rife and A.A. Dowd embark on a return to normalcy by reviewing two films coming to theaters this Memorial Day.
04.30.2021 In round two, The A.V. Club finishes Mortal Kombat Film Club discusses the scant merits of the franchise-thirty martial-arts fantasy currently streaming on HBO Max.
04.30.2021 Why are video games movies always so bad? Film Club welcomes A.V. Club staffer William Hughes to discuss the history of console-to-multiplex entertainment.
04.23.2021 OSCARS \| The best (and worst) of the Best Picture lineup Before Hollywood’s big night, join critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife for one last round of Oscars talk.
04.16.2021 OSCARS \| Is Best Actress the closest Oscar race this year? Will it be Viola Davis, Carey Mulligan, or Frances McDormand? And who should it be?
04.09.2021 OSCARS \| Let's take a look at the directing and screenplay categories Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher fans, listen at your own risk.
04.02.2021 OSCARS \| Diving into the Best Supporting Actress and Actor races This year's Oscar nominees for supporting performance range from great to Razzie-worthy.
03.26.2021 Looking back on 70 years of Godzilla On this week’s kaiju-friendly episode of Film Club, critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife are looking back on the 70-year history of Toho’s biggest star, Godzilla.
03.19.2021 Revisiting the ups and downs of Zack Snyder's DC universe A.A. Dowd and special guest Alex McLevy look back on the franchise Snyder launched eight years ago.
03.19.2021 Let's talk about Zack Snyder's Justice League Let's talk about how Zack Snyder's Justice League compares to the Joss Whedon version
03.12.2021 Let's dive into the world of Wong Kar Wai From hitmen in the throes of an existential crisis to neighbors embroiled in an emotional affair in ‘60s Hong Kong, this week’s Film Club is for the hopeless romantics.
03.05.2021 Which new comedy should you watch this weekend? A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife discuss the long-awaited sequel Coming 2 America, the zany Kristen Wiig vehicle Barb And Star Go To Vista Del Mar, and the newest live-action adventure for the cartoon duo Tom and Jerry.
02.19.2021 Our critics answer your burning questions This week, critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife are answering a selection of reader questions on a very special AMA episode.
02.12.2021 What's the perfect love story to watch this Valentine's Day? The Love Week festivities continue on this uncharacteristically mushy episode of Film Club, wherein critics (and usual cynics) A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife talk about cinematic love stories.
02.04.2021 Let's talk about this year's Sundance Film Festival Reporting “from” Sundance—which it to say, their living rooms—critics A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife discuss this unusual year for the festival.
01.29.2021 Spoiler Alert! Film Club is diving into spoiler culture This week on Film Club, our critics approach the topic of spoilers from both a historical and a practical perspective.
01.22.2021 Is there a January horror movie worth a damn? For their first episode of 2021, our critics are setting the prestige pics aside and celebrating a January tradition: Crappy horror movies.
12.18.2020 Film Club's favorite movies of 2020 Film Club's closing the year running down our favorite movies of 2020.
12.11.2020 This Christmas, check out these offbeat holiday movies This Christmas, look beyond the classics to some more offbeat holiday movies.
12.04.2020 The line between movies and TV got blurrier in 2020 Discussing the increasingly blurry line between film & TV, with special guest, TV Club editor Danette Chavez
11.20.2020 Kicking off award season with Mank, Hillbilly Elegy, and... Freaky?! An abnormally long awards season is upon us.
10.30.2020 The Howling vs. An American Werewolf In London? Welcome to The Premise Dome, full moon edition!

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