Sara Ciplickas

Sara Ciplickas is the Content Director of Publications for The Rolling Tape as well as a Co-Founder of the outlet. As the lead editor of the outlet's publications, Sara manages a writing team and edits published work ranging from reviews to essays and OP-ED's on the film and entertainment industry. Sara also contributes to our platform through her own writing and voice on the podcast and well as through social media management in addition to her independently published work.

Hosts Ladies Night

Interviews

August 11, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

Interview with ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical’ (2025) Director Erik Wiese and Executive Producer/Writer Craig Schulz

Charlie Brown is excited for his final year of summer camp, but his little sister Sally has her hesitations as she enters her first year. Ahe...

Reviews

August 11, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: ‘Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical’ Will Leave You Better Than It Found You

After over three decades without a Peanuts musical, the drought is coming to an end. Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical puts a song back in th...

Essays

August 11, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘But I’m a Cheerleader’ Taking Us to Camp for 25 Years

1, 2, 3, 4! You’re the film that we adore! Fingers crossed you read that in Natasha Lyonne’s famous New York rasp. If you did, you may...

Reviews

August 7, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: ‘Late Shift’ is an Unrelenting Depiction of the Burdens We Place on Healthcare Workers

When Nurse Floria Lind (Leonie Benesch) checks in for the night shift, her patience is immediately thinned when she finds out the ward is und...

News

August 3, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

A Quiet Con: SDCC 2025 Roundup and Why Hollywood is Quietly Leaving It Behind

As is tradition, hundreds of thousands of fans, cosplayers, panelists, and those who couldn’t snag a badge descended to the San Diego Convent...

Reviews

August 1, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

FANTASIA 2025 ‘Lurker’ Review: Alex Russell’s Debut Feature Deftly Explores the Difference Between Love and Obsession

Depending on how you use and interact with it, social media can be a hellscape. Whether it be watching the same YouTubers each day, listening...

Reviews

August 1, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: Vanessa Kirby and Joseph Quinn Lead ‘Fantastic Four: First Steps’ by Storm

Rounding out the summer superhero series, Marvel debuts its First Family in a micro launch of the New Avengers movies. With a lineage of two ...

Reviews

July 31, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘The Naked Gun’ Review: A Refreshingly Zany Comedy in All the Right Ways

Within the past few years, true-blue comedies have begun to decline as a distinct breed in our theatrical ecosystem. Most of them have either...

Reviews

July 25, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Cloud’ Review: Kurosawa is Back with an Internet Thriller for the Modern Age

Kiyoshi Kurosawa has been a staple of Japanese and International cinema since his breakout hit, Cure, in 1997. Since then, he has made nearly...

Reviews

July 22, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: ‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Makes a Divisive Decision that Works

This review contains spoilers, so be sure to watch the film before reading! Head back to the coastal town of Southport, where it seems...

Essays

July 20, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’s' True and Most Personal Ending

With the news of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) receiving a sequel with David Fincher directing and Quentin Tarantino writing, it made ...

Lists

July 16, 2025 · by Cameron Ritter

Fantasia 2025 Curtain Raiser

The summer festival season is in full swing, and before we arrive in Toronto and elsewhere for the fall cycle, we’re taking our annual pit st...

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The Awards Tape

March 18, 2026

The Awards Tape: Recap of the 98th Academy Awards (2026)

In our final episode of The Awards Tape for the 2025-26 awards season, we recap the Oscars as the 98th Academy Awards hav wrapped...

The Awards Tape

March 18, 2026

The Awards Tape: Recap of the 98th Academy Awards (2026) & 4th Annual TRT Award Winners

In our final episode of The Awards Tape for the 2025-26 awards season, we recap the Oscars as the 98th Academy Awards hav wrapped up as of Mar...

The Rolling Tape

March 6, 2026

Ladies Night: Valentine's Day and the Representation of Romance in Media

To celebrate Valentine's Day and the theatrical release of "Wuthering Heights", the ladies explore the evolving landscape of romance in m...

Read Receipts

February 27, 2026

Read Receipts: A Big Screen Book Club & "Wuthering Heights"

It’s officially time for Read Receipts: A Big Screen Book Club from The Rolling Tape! Every month, we will read a book that has been adapted f...

The Awards Tape

February 18, 2026

The Awards Tape: "Wuthering Heights" (2026) Awards Assessment

WATCH THIS EPISODE WITH AD-FREE, EARLY ACCESS ON VIDEO BY SUBSCRIBING TO OUR PATREON.The Awards Tape is growing! With our Awards Editor and lo...

The Rolling Tape

February 16, 2026

EP 176: “Wuthering Heights” (2026), The Careers of Margot Robbie & Jacob Elordi

"Wuthering Heights" was the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë in 1847. The latest adaptation is courtesy of Emerald Fennell and Wa...

Ladies Night

January 16, 2026

Ladies Night: Best of 2025, The Problematic Ending of Marty Supreme & What’s to Come in 2026

In their first recording of the new year, the ladies drop their top five movies of 2025 and discuss what they’re excited for in 2026. They als...

RETRO//RANKED

January 8, 2026

RETRO//RANKED: James Cameron (Avatar: Way of Water & Avatar: Fire and Ash)

*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a 30-minute segment from our RETRO//RANKED season on James Cameron. To watch the full conversation on vi...

Ladies Night

December 26, 2025

Ladies Night: Male Actor Branding, Timothée Chalamet & 'Marty Supreme' Press Tour

This week the Ladies conclude 2025 with a discussion of “male actor branding” specifically discussing Timothée Chalamet and the unconventional...

The Rolling Tape

December 1, 2025

EP 166: Hamnet (2025)

Hamnet is written and directed by Chloé Zhao, with the screenplay co-written by Maggie O'Farrell, based on her 2020 novel of the same nam...

The Rolling Tape

November 24, 2025

EP 165: Wicked: For Good (2025)

Wicked: For Good is the second part of the Wicked film adaptation directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The seque...

The Rolling Tape

November 10, 2025

EP 163: Frankenstein (2025)

Frankenstein is written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. T...

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