Katie Rife

1 month ago | ign.com | Katie Rife

When critiquing a movie – not a film, a movie – like Fear Street: Prom Queen, it helps to approach it with a generous spirit. Shallow characters, predictable storylines, wooden performances, “high schoolers” in their mid-30s: All of these can be forgivable, even charming, in the context of an ’80s-set teen slasher. But certain rules have to be followed in order to receive this grace, the most important of which is that the kill scenes have to deliver the brutal and bloody goods.

1 month ago | letterboxd.com | Jenni Kaye |Claira Curtis |Katie Rife |A Nightmare

High school is already a horror movie: the fluorescent-lit hallways, hormone-fueled chaos, authority figures who just don’t understand and cliques that might as well be cults. The horror genre has always thrived in teenage terrain, where coming of age often means coming apart. In the ’70s and ’80s, high school horror emerged as filmmakers began to realize the potential of the high school setting and the angsty teens who occupied it.

1 month ago | ew.com | Katie Rife

It’s a diverse mix — almost as varied as the ingredients that go into making these mouthwatering dishes. Here's Entertainment Weekly’s selection of the 20 best food documentaries currently streaming on Netflix. Who’s hungry? Then there are the more hands-on series.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Katie Rife

Food documentaries are a global phenomenon. So where better than a global streamer like Netflix to visit the most celebrated restaurants and street vendors from around the globe? Some shows concentrate on travel, taking viewers to a different haute cuisine haven or humble hole in the wall each episode. Others, produced by Netflix with local crews in countries like Mexico, China, and South Korea, offer cross-cultural perspectives.

1 month ago | letterboxd.com | Katie Rife

As I’ve noted before, each month a theme emerges as I’m writing this column. For May of 2025, there’s a striking and somewhat upsetting contrast between the tender green buds that are growing on the tree outside my window and the dark, destructive urges that guide the characters in this month’s picks. Some are more literal than others: In My Skin turns self-harm into grotesque body horror, while Going Down and Withnail & I numb themselves with drugs and booze.