Katie Rife

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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.

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...

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.

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

Dead Mail movie review & film summary (2025) | Roger Ebert It’s thoughtfully directed, full of interesting angles and fussy, fetishistic montages.

DEAD MAIL's "quirkiness never grows tiresome, which is impressive. And the angle truly is unique."

Read @rifewithkatie.bsky.social's review:

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 heard if you say his name three times he appears and throws a bucket of poo on you

Completing this springtime celebration of weird little guys, I'm also hosting Basket Case at Music Box next Friday! See you at the movies, Chicago:

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And two days from now, yours truly will return to host Weird Wednesday, presenting a truly special film: The pink musical Underwater Love!

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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I signed! Anyone with a conscience would.

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.

Another corker from @rifewithkatie.bsky.social at @avclub.com

my god

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.

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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Friendship Review - IGN Tim Robinson’s first movie-star role is like an extended I Think You Should Leave sketch with fancier camera work and a guest appearance by Paul Rudd.

And this was a fun screening to attend, a fun review to write, and a fun editing process with @erikadams.bsky.social. I wrote nine reviews in total, but these are my highlights <3

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‘American Sweatshop’ Review: A Thoughtful but Artless Descent Into Online Hell Cinematographer and TV director Uta Briesewitz moves into features with 'American Sweatshop,' an artless descent into online hell. Read our review.

And I had three days to think about this one, of course it turned out pretty good (even if I was disappointed by the movie). There were a lot more, but those are my SXSW highlights <3

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Friendship Review - IGN Tim Robinson’s first movie-star role is like an extended I Think You Should Leave sketch with fancier camera work and a guest appearance by Paul Rudd.

This was really fun to write:

www.ign.com/articles/fri...

‘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.

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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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.

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...

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 lady who does my eyebrows has a better take on this movie than half of what I’ve read online

At the salon, chatting with the girlies about Nosferatu

Watching that many horror films gives you a good idea of what the general cultural anxieties and undercurrents are at any particular moment. Right now — no surprise — people are freaking out, with zombies and post-apocalyptic horror on the rise.

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?"

yeah you were!!