Katie Rife's posts

You don’t have to actively hate Christmas to be a Scrooge in a Lifetime movie. All you have to say is, “It’s not my…

Next to its streaming competitors, HBO is a dinosaur. The original pay-cable network will celebrate its 50th…

Cinephiles tend to be a fragile lot to begin with, but going almost a year without seeing a movie in the theater has…

Holiday gatherings will look very different this year (they should all be virtual for obvious reasons), but trading…

Riz Ahmed has been getting positive buzz for his performance in Sound Of Metal, and rightfully so—he’s the glue…

To say that Star Wars properties have some tricky balancing acts to pull off is an understatement. There’s the…

The opening credits for FX’s latest miniseries pointedly read, “based on the novel by Rumer Godden.” Which is true: B…

It seems that the Academy Awards are still happening next year, just a little later than usual. What that means is…

Short films are an acquired taste, but once you acquire it, they can be addictive. As showcases for up-and-coming…

Sound Of Metal is nothing without its sound design. It’s a story about music and deafness—both auditory…

It’s like “this is the way” doesn’t even mean anything anymore, you know? This week marked another action-packed…

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

Discussions of the ethics of true crime invariably come back to this question: How would you feel if the worst day…

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

Note: The writer of this review watched Hillbilly Elegy from home. Before making the decision to see it—or any other…

Last week’s season premiere of The Mandalorian had some serious space Western vibes. But although it picks up…

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…

Patton Oswalt’s B-movie credentials have always been impeccable—this is the man who devoted an entire segment of his…

It begins with the wind—a reedy, high-pitched whistle cold enough to make your bones hurt. Then the music comes in,…

Events of world-historical importance are happening all around us, seemingly on a weekly basis these days. Another…