TV Reviews1/20/21Jan 201TV Reviews1/20/21BTV ReviewsWhat pandemic? All the Riverdale kids have to worry about is snuff films at promCharles Bramesco20The worst thing about the pandemic/quagmire that has engulfed the past year, on top of the worldwide mass death now…
Best Of12/17/20Dec 171Best Of12/17/20Best OfThe best films of 2020: The ballotsA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Charles Bramesco, Mike D'Angelo, and 8 more11Don’t trust anyone who says it’s impossible to make a best movies list in 2020. There were plenty of films to like…
Best Of12/17/20Dec 172Best Of12/17/20Best OfThe best films of 2020A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Jesse Hassenger, Beatrice Loayza, and 8 more162For one blissful month, it seemed like the defining moment of movie culture this year might be the most joyful one,…
Best Of12/9/20Dec 92Best Of12/9/20Best OfThe best movie scenes of 2020A.A. Dowd, Allison Shoemaker, Alex McLevy, and 16 more72Any movie can achieve a moment of greatness. We’re talking about those few minutes that stick with you for a…
Reviews11/18/20Nov 18SaveReviews11/18/20A-ReviewsThe Twentieth Century spruces up history with ejaculating cacti and Python-style hilarityCharles Bramesco19Academic consensus credits Scottish philosopher Thomas Carlyle as the originator of the “great man theory” of…
Recommends11/17/20Nov 17SaveRecommends11/17/20RecommendsA pre-fame “Jacky” Chan prepped for the big time with a pulverizing tale of revengeCharles Bramesco7Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Recommends11/3/20Nov 31Recommends11/3/20RecommendsA decade after Titanic, Kate and Leo went toe-to-toe in the hell of midcentury suburbiaCharles Bramesco26Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Recommends10/28/20Oct 282Recommends10/28/20RecommendsHammer’s Frankenstein rework jolted the careers of two British horror stars to lifeCharles Bramesco59Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Recommends10/7/20Oct 7SaveRecommends10/7/20RecommendsOne of the great underseen movies about labor and race almost didn’t get madeCharles Bramesco10Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Recommends9/7/20Sep 72Recommends9/7/20RecommendsBefore Parasite, Bong Joon-ho debuted with another vicious upstairs-downstairs comedyCharles Bramesco17Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Reviews8/25/20Aug 25SaveReviews8/25/20C+ReviewsClass Action Park memorializes the raddest, deadliest theme park in AmericaCharles Bramesco54Tucked away in the rolling greens of Vernon, New Jersey sits the Mountain Creek Water Park, a clean and responsibly…
Recommends8/18/20Aug 184Recommends8/18/20RecommendsNicole Kidman rose to stardom in a savage comedy ripped from the headlinesCharles Bramesco94Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Best Of8/12/20Aug 126Best Of8/12/20Best OfThe best movies of 2000A.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Allison Shoemaker, Lawrence Garcia, and 9 more242Just about everyone agrees that 1999 was a great year for movies. We here at The A.V. Club do not beg to differ: We…
Reviews8/4/20Aug 4SaveReviews8/4/20DReviewsJodorowsky phones in some New Age poppycock in the useless Psychomagic, A Healing ArtCharles Bramesco106For over four decades, cult figure Alejandro Jodorowsky—the filmmaker, actor, poet, puppeteer, occasional mime,…
Recommends7/20/20Jul 20SaveRecommends7/20/20RecommendsOnly for VOD could they make a Jean-Claude Van Damme sequel this weird, violent, and brilliantCharles Bramesco38Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…
Best Of7/9/20Jul 91Best Of7/9/20Best OfThe best films of 2020 so farA.A. Dowd, Katie Rife, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, and 5 more98A few weeks ago, the Academy announced that it would be extending the eligibility window for next year’s Oscars by a…
Reviews5/11/20May 11SaveReviews5/11/20CReviewsAn all-star lineup recounts psychedelic hijinks in Netflix documentary Have A Good TripCharles Bramesco62We’ve all heard a comedian describe something funny that happened while they were high. It’s a staple of stand-up…
TV Reviews5/6/20May 6SaveTV Reviews5/6/20B-TV ReviewsA truncated season of Riverdale finishes without reaching a satisfying climaxCharles Bramesco33It’s been a little under eight weeks since Riverdale halted production after a crew member tested positive for…
TV Reviews4/29/20Apr 29SaveTV Reviews4/29/20B+TV ReviewsTerritory battles professional, romantic, and pornographic shake up RiverdaleCharles Bramesco16This week’s episode begins more auspiciously than any that’s come before, a hyperbolic claim I nonetheless feel…
TV Reviews4/15/20Apr 15SaveTV Reviews4/15/20A-TV ReviewsRiverdale's wig budget balloons with an exceptional Hedwig musical episodeCharles Bramesco27As pandemic stay-at-home orders have forced all of humanity to get real comfortable with a stationary lifestyle real…