Katie Rife's posts

New to Disney+, the animated fable is a very mild buddy comedy

With the release of Luca, our critics look back on a rocky decade for the animation house

Hulu and A24's take on infant horror is clever if mild

This Pride Month, The A.V. Club gets Kink-y, says ¡Hola Papi!, visits the Sweet Gum Head, and more

Post-punk meets hard rock on the Portland mainstays' 10th album

Caroline Siede joins A.A. Dowd and Katie Rife to discuss 21st-century musicals

This Appalachian indie has grit, but it suffers from one too many clichés

The scariest thing about the Conjuring sequel is its ties to satanic panic

This weekend, Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga return as Ed and Lorraine Warren in The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me…

What makes Liz Phair heroic to some and intimidating to others (those who deserve it, let’s say) is her ability to…

Against all odds, we might get a real summer movie season this year. Hollywood is certainly banking on it. These…

The case is closed on Mare Of Easttown (well, for now). The identity of Erin McMenamin’s (Cailee Spaeny) killer has…

Summer is ramping up, vaccinations are in effect, and more and more live music is being announced—arguably to the…

Watch This offers movie recommendations inspired by new releases, premieres, current events, or occasionally just…

Once Hollywood realized that representation was good for box office, every new Disney property was suddenly breaking…

After a brief spring break, Film Club returns this week to check in on the state of one of our critics’—and,…

It’s not until its final moments that Cruella really starts to feel like a live-action Disney movie. What We Do In…

The last time we checked in with public health experts on whether it would be a good idea to heed Russell Crowe and C…

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…

If you’re looking for tastemakers, don’t sleep on the Fantasia Film Festival. This long-running institution on the…