Katie Rife's posts

It’s rare to encounter a first-time writer-director who’s as assured as Emma Seligman. Her debut feature Shiva Baby w…

There’s a lot of music out there. To help you cut through all the noise, every week The A.V. Club is rounding up A-Si…

This year’s Academy Awards are still a few weeks off. Leading up to Hollywood’s biggest night, Film Club is taking a…

Why isn’t AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” the theme song for Thunder Force? There’s already an AC/DC song in the movie, and…

If you put on Victor Kossakovsky’s immersive new documentary Gunda hoping to “oooh” and “awww” at a farrow of…

The countdown to the Oscars continued tonight with the Screen Actors Guild Awards, whose 27th installment aired in…

Author’s note: The significance of writing about a Japanese film series during a resurgence of racist violence…

Thanks to the ongoing pandemic, this year’s Academy Awards have been pushed to the late date of April 25. That gives…

Although the vaccine rollout is underway in America, most studios still aren’t eyeing a big return to theaters quite…

Note: The writer of this review watched Shiva Baby on a digital screener from home. Before making the decision to…

If this past February marked TV’s first steps toward its previous densely packed state, then April represents a…

The weather is warming up. Vaccination numbers continue to rise at a reassuring pace. The trailer for The Suicide…

Note: The writer of this review watched Godzilla Vs. Kong on a digital screener from home. Before making the…

In just a few days, moviegoers and HBO Max subscribers alike will be treated to the title-fight rematch of the year,…

The word “clout” has a very specific meaning in Chicago. Basically, if you’re just some regular schmuck and you…

Some of the best films about revenge are also about its ultimate futility. Look at the end of Lady Snowblood, when…

Alvin Toffler would have been horrified by the SXSW app. Toffler was talking about consumer choice—i.e., a dozen…

Listen, I know how it sounds. I know the words “COVID drama” make you want to run screaming in the other direction.…

At Cannes, one can expect major works from internationally famous auteurs. Oscar hopefuls vie for spots on the TIFF…

This past week, Timehop apps across the world have been cheerfully notifying users that yes, it has been an entire…