94 episodes
The A.V. Club Presents Film Club The A.V. Club
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- TV & Film
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5.0 • 10 Ratings
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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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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.
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Looking back on our favorite movies of 2001
Mulholland Drive and The Royal Tenenbaums still shine 20 years later
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The films of Paul Thomas Anderson (4): The Master & Inherent Vice
Joaquin Phoenix brought out the mysterious, ambiguous side of Paul Thomas Anderson
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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
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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
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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
Customer Reviews
My favourite film podcast
Katie and Alex have great chemistry as hosts, and as a long time reader of the A.V. Club, I really respect and enjoy hearing their opinions about film and media. My favourite episodes are the ones where they discuss a particular topic (elevated horror, for instance) or film series (such as the Friday the 13th episode, or even the Godzilla episode, which I really enjoyed despite having never seen more than a couple minutes of any Godzilla film). It is a very thoughtful and critically minded yet easy to listen to podcast, and I look forward to it every week.
Thoughtful and Funny Conversations about Film
This a really great podcast, with discussions on a wide range of films. From festival fare to blockbusters, and everything in between, this podcast is great for discovering overlooked and underappreciated gems, as well as providing insight into popular films that you may have ignored. The episodes about specific topics are a highlight; a recent example being the episode about the blurry distinctions between TV and film. If its not obvious, I highly recommend listening.
Best movie podcast
These two are the most intelligent people talking about movies in podcast-dom. I only wish they did this more than just once a week.