Spend any time on the hellspace that is Film Twitter, and you’ll soon see someone mourning the “death of the American movie star.” Maybe it’ll be a user with 19 followers, maybe it’ll be a critic who has won two Pulitzer Prizes, but you’ll eventually see it.
With Nuisance Bear, filmmakers Gabriela Osio Vanden and Jack Weisman return to Churchill, Manitoba — affectionately known as the “Polar Bear Capital of the World” — to deepen the inquiry begun in their award-winning short film in 2021. The result is a striking portrait of the fraught coexistence between polar bears and humans, guided by […]
Apple TV+’s The Lost Bus is nominated for Best Visual Effects at the 98th Academy Awards. We are joined by Special Effects Coordinator Brandon K. McLaughlin on the film to discuss his work. Starring Matthew McConaughey and America Ferrera, this visceral docudrama relives the 2018 Camp Fire that ravaged Paradise, California, following a bus driver […]
This year, we got closer. Homebound (2025) made it to the Oscars shortlist. Only to once again come up short of nomination.
Vulture’s Movies Fantasy League is well underway for the 2025-26 awards season and our team has been participating! Back in part one of this podcast mini-series, we discussed how we drafted our teams based on the criteria of box office, critical reception, and awards. The rules for how to play are available on the MFL […]
Before the 2026 Winter Olympics kick off in Milan this weekend, get in the Olympic spirit with this wintry watchlist.
The International Film Society Critics Association (IFSCA) has announced its winners for its 6th annual IFSCA Awards.
As a whole, Night Nurse plays better in theory than in practice, undercutting its sultry introductory energy with a lack of strong character choices.
Josephine, which took home both the Grand Jury and Audience awards, fell into the emotional devastation theme, following a child who witnesses a violent sexual assault. What struck me most about this film was not only its wonderful craft of a child’s mind, but the concept of reconciling what violence does to those not ‘directly’ affected.
Josef Kubota Wladyka has a firm grasp on this and threads it throughout his latest directorial effort, Ha-chan, Shake Your Booty!
They end up turning the male loneliness epidemic into a self-inflicted one, creating an environment that is miserable and unsafe, continuing their loneliness. Giselle Bonilla’s Sundance comedy, The Musical, takes this type of man and envisions him as a middle school teacher.
It was certainly a memorable final experience at Sundance, marked by political activism, sexual tension, and Oscar buzz.
he 2026 Sundance Film Festival was held in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah from January 22 to February 1, 2026. The festival was the last Sundance Film Festival held in Utah before relocating to Boulder, Colorado in 2027. The Rolling Tape was in attendance in Park City and today we recap the event […]
Coming out of the Eccles Theater on January 20, 2006, there was a buzz of jubilant euphoria and palpable excitement as Little Miss Sunshine made its big-screen debut.
Ultimately, Raimi’s roots lie in the horror genre, and he returns to it with a bang in Send Help, a gnarly and striking survival thriller.
