With 2024 and the second full calendar year of The Rolling Tape in the books, we celebrate the year’s best moments in cinema by talking about our favorite films, performances, scenes, and all the superlatives in between before unveiling our team’s top film of the year. We then look ahead at 2025 and discuss our […]
It’s 2007. The public has two years before the introduction of the first iPhone, and the latest Spider-Man film is a commercial flop. As you settle into your movie theater seat for Michael Bay’s Transformers, a strange trailer about a mysterious attack on New York City plays with no title, but the promise of J.J. […]
Chicago Indie Critics (CIC) have announced their winners for their 2024 Windie Awards. The winners are… 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 FILM All We Imagine as Light Emilia Pérez Flow** […]
David Lynch once said, “Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.” His movies are indeed complicated. They are provocative and confrontational. They ask questions more than they provide answers. They force you to look inward and ask those questions of yourself. Watching a David Lynch film is an […]
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out 23 gold-plated statues once a year. The biggest night in the marathon that is the film awards season effectively beginning in November and running through March (March 2, 2025, this year to be exact), the Oscars Ceremony is one typically filled with a variety of […]
With Oscar nomination morning just around the corner on January 23, we break down category by category our final predictions for what will be nominated at the 97th Academy Awards this coming March. We discuss our predictions for everything from Best Makeup & Hairstyling to Best Picture and all of the categories in between providing […]
Den of Thieves 2: Pantera (2025) surprised me (complimentary). Whereas the first Den of Thieves, released in 2018, exemplifies the epitome of a “dumb bro movie” with a bunch of gung-ho manly men shooting people, hanging out in strip clubs, and talking about how cool they are since they shoot people and hang out in […]
Remakes, sequels, and reboots–the horror! Especially in horror, sequels, remakes, and reboots are plentiful and are mostly stinkers. It’s a tradition that goes extends to the earliest horror sequels in one of cinema’s earliest cinematic universes: Universal’s Monster Mash. While Universal certainly hasn’t been kind to any of its monsters, arguably the one that’s been […]
I initially experienced (I say experienced because my screening truly transcended simply watching a movie) Nickel Boys in October at the Chicago International Film Festival. As the final image played and the credits began to roll, I realized my face was wet and I’d been crying for who knows how long. I was so absorbed […]
After winning Best Drama Film at the recent Golden Globes, for our last review before the Oscar nominations we are discussing The Brutalist directed by Brady Corbet which premiered last year at the Venice International Film Festival. When a visionary architect and his wife flee post-war Europe in 1947 to rebuild their legacy and witness […]
This year has been pretty solid for cinema, bringing us many memorable scenes. Below, our team compiled a list of our favorite 2024 moments on screen. The opening from The Wild Robot The final point of Challengers Also from Challengers, “When I became the ball.” Smile 2‘s opening sequence The final scene in The Idea […]
After winning the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature and being recently shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature for the Academy Awards, Porcelain War is now in limited theatrical release. Under roaring fighter jets, Ukrainian artists Slava, Anya, and Andrey choose to stay behind. Defiantly finding beauty amid destruction, they show that although it’s easy to […]
On a day filled to the brim with awards season headlines, we debrief the nominations from two of the most impactful guilds, SAG and DGA, and how they affect the performance and director races. Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening Platforms Follow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, X, TikTok, and LinktreePaul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and XOwen Wilczek on Letterboxd, and X Have questions? Email info@therollingtape.com Credits: […]
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 […]
