Faves from the first half of the year include a breakout blast of horror, the latest from auteurs both pop (Spielberg) and art house (Dardennes), and a doc that brings The King back from the afterlife ...

Watching films on Amazon has always been a case of hunting for freebies, while mostly resigning oneself to coughing up the ...

Charming aliens, crime-solving sheep, a thrilling Southern gothic revenge epic, and more of the best movies of the year.

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The best films of 2026 so far include scrappy horror hits, ambitious first films, surreal daydreams, and at least one bicycle fight.

The state of digital media may be more volatile than the film world, but that only makes it more heartening that The A.V. Club‘s regular film critics are back in full force for another year of ...

After a month of major awards nominations, one thing is clear: Black cinema is having a banner year. And not only in terms of the films themselves, but in the artists, storytellers, performers, and ...

As 2025 unfolded, returning to the ritual of asking filmmakers about the films that moved them feels both fragile and necessary. This exercise appears days after yet another grotesque display of ...

The best films of 2025 emerged from a landscape as politically volatile and competitively lopsided as the darkest days in Hollywood history. This climate of consolidation and capitulation gave a ...

Our expert watched some 40 films from this year’s line-up, and nearly all of them – apart from one dud – were excellent.