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Asghar Farhadi tackles the milkshake duck phenomenon in his thrillingly complex A Hero
spoils A Hero by A.A. Dowd on The A.V. Club published 11/11/2021
Eternals turns the adventures of ageless space gods into just another Marvel movie
spoils Eternals by A.A. Dowd on The A.V. Club published 10/26/2021
Ridley Scott offers his own Rashomon with the star-studded period piece The Last Duel
spoils The Last Duel by A.A. Dowd on The A.V. Club published 10/12/2021
Dev Patel and David Lowery give Arthurian legend a new tint of A24 dread in The Green Knight
spoils The Green Knight by A.A. Dowd on The A.V. Club published 07/26/2021
The Rise Of Skywalker rebalances Star Wars into a force of safe, familiar fan service
spoils Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by A.A. Dowd on Film published 12/18/2019
Adam Sandler delivers the performance of his career in the audacious stress-machine comedy Uncut Gems
spoils Uncut Gems by A.A. Dowd on Film published 12/11/2019
War is a ride in the technically impressive but remote one-shot combat epic 1917
spoils 1917 by A.A. Dowd on Film published 11/27/2019
The Lighthouse is an insanely inspired buddy comedy in the key of A24 horror
spoils The Lighthouse by A.A. Dowd on Film published 10/16/2019
Joaquin Phoenix goes full Taxi Driver for the shallow but striking psychodrama of Joker
spoils Joker by A.A. Dowd on Film published 10/03/2019
Truth is stranger than the fiction of Natalie Portman’s diaper-free Lucy In The Sky
spoils Lucy In The Sky by A.A. Dowd on Film published 10/01/2019
Take away the jokes and Taika Waititi’s Jojo Rabbit is just another heartstring-tugging Holocaust movie
spoils Jojo Rabbit by A.A. Dowd on Film published 09/12/2019
Joker’s throwback vision is derivative, but at least it brings something new to superhero cinema
spoils Joker by A.A. Dowd on Film published 09/10/2019
Don’t be fooled by its polish—The Goldfinch is a phony imitation of a prestige drama
spoils The Goldfinch by A.A. Dowd on Film published 09/09/2019
It’s apocalypse now for the teenage soldiers of the superb war drama Monos
spoils Monos by A.A. Dowd on Film published 09/09/2019
Rian Johnson chases Star Wars with the ingenious, madly entertaining murder mystery Knives Out
spoils Knives Out by A.A. Dowd on The A.V. Club published 09/08/2019
Babadook director Jennifer Kent returns with a great, harrowing Western, The Nightingale
spoils The Nightingale by A.A. Dowd on Film published 08/01/2019
Midsommar is a deranged (and funny!) folk-horror nightmare from the director of Hereditary
spoils Hereditary and Midsommar by A.A. Dowd on Film published 06/20/2019
Toy Story 4 is the breeziest but also the strangest entry yet in Pixar's flagship franchise
spoils Toy Story 4 by A.A. Dowd on Film published 06/13/2019
Ready to talk about Endgame and all the stuff we couldn’t spoil in our review?
spoils Endgame by A.A. Dowd on Film published 04/26/2019
Marvel's grand Avengers experiment reaches its fun, uneven, sci-fi tearjerker Endgame
spoils Avengers: Endgame by A.A. Dowd on Film published 04/24/2019
Jordan Peele doubles the horror and doubles the fun in the expertly crafted Us
spoils Us by A.A. Dowd on Film published 03/20/2019
The gorgeous throwback romance Cold War finds love and strife on both sides of the Iron Curtain
spoils Cold War by A.A. Dowd on Film published 12/21/2018
Hey, at least this dopey new Robin Hood is a little more fun than the last one
spoils Robin Hood by A.A. Dowd on Film published 11/20/2018
Steve McQueen’s thrilling heist movie Widows has more on its mind than a big score
spoils Widows by A.A. Dowd on Film published 11/14/2018
Steve McQueen swerves for the mainstream with the kickass heist thriller Widows
spoils Widows by A.A. Dowd on Film published 09/13/2018
Spike Lee’s messy, funny BlacKkKlansman clowns on the dipshit thugs of skinhead America
spoils BlacKkKlansman by A.A. Dowd on Film published 08/09/2018
Fallout may be the most breathlessly intense Mission: Impossible adventure yet
spoils Mission: Impossible--Fallout by A.A. Dowd on Film published 07/25/2018
Robert Pattinson’s minor, offbeat Western Damsel has one great surprise up its sleeve
spoils Damsel by A.A. Dowd on Film published 06/20/2018
Brad Bird triumphantly returns to animation, Pixar, and awe-inspiring spectacle with Incredibles 2
spoils Incredibles 2 by A.A. Dowd on Film published 06/12/2018
Family is a curse in the harrowing, deeply frightening Hereditary
spoils Hereditary by A.A. Dowd on Film published 06/06/2018
Spike Lee teams up with Jordan Peele for the funny, pointed, uneven BlacKkKlansman
spoils BlacKkKlansman by A.A. Dowd on film.avclub.com published 05/15/2018
Infinity War's ending packs a wallop, if you don't think about it too hard
spoils Infinity War by A.A. Dowd on film.avclub.com published 04/30/2018
Infinity War is just way too much movie for one Avengers movie
spoils Infinity War by A.A. Dowd on film.avclub.com published 04/25/2018
The Rock cracks wise as monsters run amok in the lunatic arcade adaptation Rampage
spoils Rampage by A.A. Dowd on film.avclub.com published 04/11/2018
Joaquin Phoenix is a human wrecking ball in Lynne Ramsay's electrifying You Were Never Really Here
spoils You Were Never Really Here by A.A. Dowd on film.avclub.com published 04/06/2018
John Krasinski does his best Shyamalan with the shivery good fun of A Quiet Place
spoils A Quiet Place by A.A. Dowd on film.avclub.com published 04/03/2018
Steven Spielberg finds fun, and maybe even a soul, in the pandering pastiche of Ready Player One
spoils Ready Player One by A.A. Dowd on film.avclub.com published 03/26/2018
On an Isle Of Dogs, Wes Anderson uses stop-motion to construct one of his most wondrous worlds
spoils Isle of Dogs by A.A. Dowd on film.avclub.com published 03/21/2018
Turns out that a boring Tomb Raider movie might be worse than a really dumb and silly one
spoils Tomb Raider by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 03/14/2018
Alex Garland's Annihilation is weirder, wilder, and much scarier than Ex Machina
spoils Annihilation by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 02/22/2018
Black Panther finally gives Marvel the supervillain it needed
spoils Black Panther by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 02/20/2018
Hereditary is the most traumatically terrifying horror movie in ages
spoils Hereditary by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 01/23/2018
Alexander Payne thinks too small with his Matt Damon shrinking comedy Downsizing
spoils Downsizing by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 12/22/2017
Removing Kevin Spacey isn't the only way they could have improved All The Money In The World
spoils All The Money In The World by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 12/21/2017
The Last Jedi locates that middle-chapter, Empire Strikes Back mojo
spoils The Last Jedi by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 12/12/2017
P.T. Anderson reunites with Daniel Day-Lewis for the exquisite mad love of Phantom Thread
spoils Phantom Thread by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 12/07/2017
Wonder Wheel is one of Woody Allen's sourest, stagiest, and most disturbingly personal movies
spoils Wonder Wheel by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 11/30/2017
Guillermo Del Toro’s love of other movies is the real romantic center of The Shape Of Water
spoils The Shape of Water by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 11/29/2017
There aren't many summer love stories as rapturously bittersweet as Call Me By Your Name
spoils Call Me By Your Name by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 11/22/2017
Ragnarok gives Thor the multiple buddy comedies he's always deserved
spoils Thor: Ragnarok by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 10/29/2017
Cannes winner The Square is a scathingly funny art-world satire from the director of Force Majeure
spoils The Square by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 10/26/2017
The Florida Project creates a beautiful blast of life on the economic edges of the Sunshine State
spoils The Florida Project by A.A. Dowd on www.avclub.com published 10/05/2017
Good Time completes Robert Pattinson’s transformation into an electrifying actor
spoils Good Time by A.A. Dowd on film.avclub.com published 08/11/2017