There is no possible scenario where I can write anything about I Saw the TV Glow without the piece transitioning into something horrifically personal. It’s an odd, though not totally unwelcome, quality that this film seems to evoke by nature. I’ve joked a few times this is a film created in a lab for me […]
Our final episode in the category-by-category prediction series brings us to the craft categories with Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. With just two weeks to go before the Oscar nomination announcements, this is our final look before our annual mega predictions episode covering all categories. Follow our team online:Danny […]
One of the most important precursors in the awards season is the Screen Actors Guild of America. Encompassing actors in film and television, the guild casts a wide net of performances that are on top of voters’ minds. Usually, populist films with recognizable names get nominated by the guild. This year presents an interesting wrinkle […]
To kick off 2025, we are entering Aardman Animation Studios with a return to the Wallace & Gromit universe in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl. Top dog Gromit springs into action to save his master when Wallace’s high-tech invention goes rogue and he’s framed for a series of suspicious crimes. The film is directed […]
2024 is arguably the most interesting Best Actor race in years. Looking at the recurring names appearing in various precursors, one could make a strong case for any of these men to win the Oscar. However, as more and more major awards bodies announce their nominations, one name remains overlooked. The indie darling Ghostlight (2024) […]
Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) have announced their nominees for their 2024 Windie Awards. The winners will be announced on January 18th, 2025. Here are the nominees. BEST INDEPENDENT FILM Anora The Brutalist I Saw the TV Glow Sing Sing The Substance BEST STUDIO FILM Challengers A Complete Unknown Dune: Part Two Nosferatu Wicked BEST INTERNATIONAL […]
We react live to the 82nd Golden Globes for the 2025 ceremony. After our live reaction, we immediately debrief and recap our takeaways for the winners and the implications for the rest of the awards season. Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening Platforms Follow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and LinktreeCameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTokPaul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and XAdam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTokKam […]
It’s been 35 years since a British inventor and his intelligent pooch had a grand day out, sending themselves rocketing to the moon in response to a cheese shortage, and stop-motion animation has never quite been the same. Since then, Nick Park’s subdued, quirky duo Wallace and Gromit have built quite the empire for themselves: […]
With the Golden Globes approaching this coming Sunday, we make our final predictions for all film categories before live reacting to the ceremony. Categories: Follow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and LinktreePaul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and XAdam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTokCameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTok Have questions? Email info@therollingtape.com Resources:Golden Globes Nominations Credits: Support the show The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film […]
In a year where bodily autonomy has never been more politicized and weaponized, movies have consumed our living nightmare and interrogated those fears through the prism of the horror genre with vicious clarity. Shocking depictions of childbirth, female image, and nonconsensual sexual encounters were commonplace and effective in 2024–Cuckoo brought Hunter Schafer into the crossfires […]
Nearing the end of our category-by-category prediction series, we are discussing the three feature categories for Animated Feature, International Feature, and Documentary Feature after receiving the AMPAS shortlists last week. Follow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and LinktreePaul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and XAdam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok Films mentioned:Letterboxd list Have questions? Email info@therollingtape.com Credits: The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film […]
As one of our wrap-up conversations of 2024 before we enter the new year, our retrospective this week is celebrating another medium of storytelling. Similar to our horror retrospective for Halloween, we are celebrating the animation of 2024 today recapping our way through the year all the way back from Orion and the Dark to […]
With our final review of the year, and following our recent retrospective conversation on the career of Robert Eggers, we succumb to the darkness in his latest work, Nosferatu. In a reimagining of the 1897 novel and 1922 silent film, Nosferatu’s legacy of adaptation is rich and extensive. In the 2024 iteration, Eggers delivers a […]
I cannot think of a film with a bigger “collective fever dream” energy than the absolute mess that was the 2019 movie musical extravaganza Cats. Tom Hooper’s second attempt to bring the spectacle and majesty of live musical theatre to film–the follow-up to his Oscar-winning Les Miserables–was a disaster, plain and simple. Five years have […]
I’ve said for years that Nicole Kidman is one of our last weirdos—she’s fearless in her roles and the stories she selects and embraces subject matter that may be considered taboo. With each performance, Kidman continues cementing herself as one of the greats, and her work in Halina Reijn’s seductively melancholic sophomore feature Babygirl is […]
