Katie Rife
@rifewithkatie.bsky.social
You’ve seen me around. Writing all over: Letterboxd, Indiewire, AV Club, Vulture, Ebert, etc.
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TWO LOST ANDY MILLIGAN FILMS - discovered by @severinfilms.bsky.social researcher Todd Wieneke and newly restored by Severin, will premiere at #tribecafilmfestival this week!! Read the whole sordid story here, brought to you by @rifewithkatie.bsky.social : www.indiewire.com/news/general...
Two Lost Exploitation Films from Trash-Cult Favorite Andy Milligan Will ‘Re-Premiere’ at Tribeca
Two lost films from trash-cult favorite Andy Milligan are set to 're-premiere' at the Tribeca Film Festival.
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June 11, 2025 at 5:44 PM
TWO LOST ANDY MILLIGAN FILMS - discovered by @severinfilms.bsky.social researcher Todd Wieneke and newly restored by Severin, will premiere at #tribecafilmfestival this week!! Read the whole sordid story here, brought to you by @rifewithkatie.bsky.social : www.indiewire.com/news/general...
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A pair of the most obscure movies in Shelf Life history topline our latest edition from @rifewithkatie.bsky.social, alongside Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, Iranian slow cinema, a Tsui Hark classic and queer Canadians. boxd.it/2yW
Nice Guys and Shanghai Blues: on shelves and screens this month • Journal • A Letterboxd Magazine
A pair of the most obscure movies in Shelf Life history topline our latest edition, alongside Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, Iranian slow cinema, a Tsui Hark classic and queer Canadians.
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June 2, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A pair of the most obscure movies in Shelf Life history topline our latest edition from @rifewithkatie.bsky.social, alongside Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe, Iranian slow cinema, a Tsui Hark classic and queer Canadians. boxd.it/2yW
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DEAD MAIL's "quirkiness never grows tiresome, which is impressive. And the angle truly is unique."
Read @rifewithkatie.bsky.social's review:
Read @rifewithkatie.bsky.social's review:
Dead Mail movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert
It’s thoughtfully directed, full of interesting angles and fussy, fetishistic montages.
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April 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
DEAD MAIL's "quirkiness never grows tiresome, which is impressive. And the angle truly is unique."
Read @rifewithkatie.bsky.social's review:
Read @rifewithkatie.bsky.social's review:
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As Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister casts a spell over Letterboxd members, @rifewithkatie.bsky.social leafs through the pages of the storybook genre for a starter pack of 20 dark fairy tale films, from honking imps to jealous spirits. boxd.it/2v4
April 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As Emilie Blichfeldt’s The Ugly Stepsister casts a spell over Letterboxd members, @rifewithkatie.bsky.social leafs through the pages of the storybook genre for a starter pack of 20 dark fairy tale films, from honking imps to jealous spirits. boxd.it/2v4
I know it's been a while, but I want to share some upcoming shows with my Chicago pals (and the rest of you, I suppose). First, fresh from the Toronto underground, The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man arrives NEXT THURSDAY! You've never seen anything like it, trust me:
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April 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I know it's been a while, but I want to share some upcoming shows with my Chicago pals (and the rest of you, I suppose). First, fresh from the Toronto underground, The Pee Pee Poo Poo Man arrives NEXT THURSDAY! You've never seen anything like it, trust me:
musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
musicboxtheatre.com/films-and-ev...
I signed! Anyone with a conscience would.
March 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I signed! Anyone with a conscience would.
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RIP Masahiro Shinoda, whose DOUBLE SUICIDE and SILENCE would make a hell of a double feature. Throw in SAMURAI SPY and you’ll start to get a sense of the depth and range of his experimentation. An indispensable filmmaker.
March 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
RIP Masahiro Shinoda, whose DOUBLE SUICIDE and SILENCE would make a hell of a double feature. Throw in SAMURAI SPY and you’ll start to get a sense of the depth and range of his experimentation. An indispensable filmmaker.
I went down the rabbit hole of Errol Morris’ influence on the Netflix house style, and how Netflix is influencing him in turn.
Netflix quietly dropped a new film from Errol Morris earlier in the month. @rifewithkatie.bsky.social writes about how the warped needs of streaming are limiting the legendary documentarian www.avclub.com/errol-morris...
Errol Morris defined modern true crime. Will streaming define him?
Chaos: The Manson Murders, sees Errol Morris water down his source in style and in substance to fit its home on Netflix.
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March 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I went down the rabbit hole of Errol Morris’ influence on the Netflix house style, and how Netflix is influencing him in turn.
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Another corker from @rifewithkatie.bsky.social at @avclub.com
The true-crime streaming industrial complex is corrupting the work of the very documentarian who helped make it the genre what it is today.
Errol Morris defined modern true crime. Will streaming define him?
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March 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Another corker from @rifewithkatie.bsky.social at @avclub.com
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Believe it or not, there are places in the world where people are optimistic about the film industry. One of those places is Japan, where Daihachi Yoshida's Teki Cometh is enjoying a successful awards run:
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Tokyo International Film Festival 2024: Daihachi Yoshida on Prize-Winning “Teki Cometh” | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert
On a Japanese film that you're going to want to watch for.
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March 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Believe it or not, there are places in the world where people are optimistic about the film industry. One of those places is Japan, where Daihachi Yoshida's Teki Cometh is enjoying a successful awards run:
www.rogerebert.com/festivals/to...
www.rogerebert.com/festivals/to...
One day you're stalking Richard E. Grant at a party, the next you're standing in a puddle at the impound lot in suede shoes. A lot has happened in the past 11 days, including me writing a lot of movie reviews. (Like that pivot?) This one was my favorite:
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‘Ash’ Review: Flying Lotus’ Pummeling Sci-Fi Freak Out Stars Eiza González and Aaron Paul as Astronauts in Hell
Flying Lotus' second feature 'Ash' effectively splits the difference between 'Alien' and Brandon Cronenberg's 'Possessor.' Review.
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March 19, 2025 at 3:33 PM
One day you're stalking Richard E. Grant at a party, the next you're standing in a puddle at the impound lot in suede shoes. A lot has happened in the past 11 days, including me writing a lot of movie reviews. (Like that pivot?) This one was my favorite:
www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
www.indiewire.com/criticism/mo...
I saw one Cybertruck the entire time I was in the tech-bro paradise of Austin, 12 miles from the Tesla "gigafactory." (it was camo, guy's a lost cause.) Tesla had no presence at SXSW that I could see, but another electric car company, Rivian, did.
My weird side hobby is tracking how many tesla showrooms are attacked and y'all it's so many
March 19, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I saw one Cybertruck the entire time I was in the tech-bro paradise of Austin, 12 miles from the Tesla "gigafactory." (it was camo, guy's a lost cause.) Tesla had no presence at SXSW that I could see, but another electric car company, Rivian, did.
If you're at SXSW, I'm doing a panel with these cuties tomorrow morning! It's gonna be gay as hell (complimentary)
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The Influence of Critics on an LGBTQ Film's Life and Impact
SXSW 2025 Schedule | This panel will dive into the increasingly important role of film critics in the life cycle of a film, especially for LGBTQ stories, influencing its cultural impact on community a...
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March 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
If you're at SXSW, I'm doing a panel with these cuties tomorrow morning! It's gonna be gay as hell (complimentary)
schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/...
schedule.sxsw.com/2025/events/...
At the salon, chatting with the girlies about Nosferatu
March 6, 2025 at 7:34 PM
At the salon, chatting with the girlies about Nosferatu
Hi friends. 414 short films were submitted to Overlook Film Festival this year. Humans watched every single one of them, and I personally watched 256. In the end, I selected 22 films from four countries, seven of which are world premieres:
March 6, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Hi friends. 414 short films were submitted to Overlook Film Festival this year. Humans watched every single one of them, and I personally watched 256. In the end, I selected 22 films from four countries, seven of which are world premieres:
A film that answers the not-entirely-unnecessary question, "what if Ari Aster made a hagsploitation movie?"
Although it stars two older male actors - John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush - THE RULE OF JENNY PEN, @rifewithkatie.bsky.social argues, "is a hagsploitation picture."
The Rule of Jenny Pen movie review (2025) | Roger Ebert
Ashcroft crudely shifts between black comedy and disturbing violence, rather than accomplishing the more difficult task of combining the two into one nauseating, yet undeniably thrilling sensation.
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March 4, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A film that answers the not-entirely-unnecessary question, "what if Ari Aster made a hagsploitation movie?"
Cool, now I can brag that a *Best Director winner* came to my screening of Hot Dog! The Movie. (See: previous brag about how a Palme d'Or winner came to that same show.)
March 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Cool, now I can brag that a *Best Director winner* came to my screening of Hot Dog! The Movie. (See: previous brag about how a Palme d'Or winner came to that same show.)
Hong Kong horror forever (the movie is Ghost Eyes)
March 1, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Hong Kong horror forever (the movie is Ghost Eyes)
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this is so patently evil but also a great reminder that the lives of others will always be inconsequential to those who are comfortable with the status quo and those who benefit from the pain inflicted upon others
March 1, 2025 at 5:43 PM
this is so patently evil but also a great reminder that the lives of others will always be inconsequential to those who are comfortable with the status quo and those who benefit from the pain inflicted upon others
