It is time for our May READ RECEIPTS, a big screen book club from The Rolling Tape led by Kasey Dunifer! Every month, we read a book that’s been adapted for the screen, then we share our receipts. So if you like movies, or books, or movies AND books, you’re in the right place — and welcome to the […]
In a city where arts spaces continue to disappear, and funding remains extremely limited, filmmakers and programmers have increasingly relied on community-driven events to keep local cinema alive. For more than a decade now, Philadelphia-based organization cinéSPEAK has been one of the groups leading the effort, harboring a “DIY” spirit. Founded in 2013 by Sarah […]
Founded in 2013 by Sarah Mueller, cinéSPEAK has built a reputation in Philadelphia through public screenings, artist support, and accessible film events across the city. That mission returns to Clark Park this summer with the organization’s annual festival, Under The Stars. It’s exciting to see how all of these organizations, ourselves included, are evolving beyond programming within […]
La Bola Negra, Best Director-winning pair Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo’s (Los Javis) second feature-length film, stands out by leaps and bounds.
Backrooms might be testing to those who are less forgiving of its slower builds of atmosphere or clunky screenplay issues, but Parsons crafts a completely new type of psychological horror pushing the boundaries of what we know as abstract in chilling ways
Once you get past the slightly awkward premise of Finding Emily, you can find a charming old-fashioned rom-com with some new flavor in it. That’s the best of both worlds.
The 79th Cannes Film Festival has come to an end, the Competition awards have been handed out, people have stood and clapped to their heart’s content, and some of the most exciting films have debuted on the international scene. It was a first for The Rolling Tape to be live on the ground at the Palais as […]
Check out the list of the best of the worst movies that failed miserably and are somehow still ridiculously entertaining.
Passenger is a boring, formulaic attempt to highlight the unsettling parts of road trips. Despite André Øvredal’s involvement as director, lackluster characters destroy any chance this film had of reaching its destination.
The regional spring festivals around the country in late April and early May are a great check-in on a bucket of titles ranging from second screenings of Sundance and SXSW premieres from earlier in the year to undistributed titles from the previous year’s fall festival cycle. The Rolling Tape was in attendance and today we’re […]
While there are some parts of the film where there is a longing for something more when it comes to the focus of Māori culture over those who have taken from it, Mārama still has a strong sense of self when it comes to the foundational story it wants to tell.
There is much to admire about Gentle Monster – complex ideas surrounding gender challenged through its characters, beautifully effective visual storytelling and Seydoux’s standout performance. Sadly, the over-inflated, messy narrative leaves you feeling incomplete and unsatisfied as the credits roll.
For Schoenbrun, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is an ambidextrous experiment into what they seemingly have the singular capacity to visualize: obsessing over media is also an urge to merge with it completely.
Low-class urban bitches it’s time to boost because after its premiere at SXSW on March 12, 2026, NEON has theatrically released Boots Riley’s I Love Boosters on May 22. We’ll review the San Francisco-adjacent anticapitalist satire before shifting gears through some post-production magic over to a LIVE COMMENTARY of the Cannes closing award ceremony that saw Fjord take home the Palme […]
In what was considered a wide open field for the top prize at the 79th Cannes Film Festival with multiple studios and films vying for the prestigious Palme d’Or, what has held true for the past six editions of the closing ceremony stayed the course: a NEON film prevailed. As announced by Tilda Swinton, Cristian […]
