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

Publications

February 13, 2026

Review: Emerald Fennell’s Watered-Down “Wuthering Heights” is a Stylized, Borderline Camp Experience Lacking in Sex and Poeticism

Emerald Fennell is no stranger to tackling the relationships between sexuality, power, and class, as she did in her rather polarizing films P...

DTJ - Publications

February 10, 2026

Documentarians Lead the Way on Environmentalist Storytelling at Sundance 2026

While experiencing the final Park City edition of the Sundance Film Festival, it felt almost fitting that there was little to no snow on the ...

Ethan Simmie

February 9, 2026

Review: ‘The Moment’ Proves Charli XCX Is More Than Just a Bratty Moment

Brat summer may be over according to a calendar, but it isn’t actually over. In fact, it might just live on forever. The summer sensation of ...

Publications

February 9, 2026

Review: ‘LADY’ Asks What We Are Willing to Sacrifice in Order to Find Freedom

What does a woman give up in order to achieve independence? This is the heart of Olive Nwosu’s LADY, her feature debut at the Sundance Film F...

DTJ - Publications

February 7, 2026

Emerging Filmmakers Shine in the Sundance NEXT Section

Most major festivals program a section of their lineup dedicated to new voices in storytelling who are experimenting with the form of filmmak...

Essays

February 6, 2026

'Ocean's Eleven' and the Power of the Movie Star

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'l...

DTJ - Publications

February 5, 2026

‘Sinners’ Takes Top Prizes as IFSCA Announces its 6th Annual Award Winners

The International Film Society Critics Association (IFSCA) has announced its winners for its 6th annual IFSCA Awards. In January, the nominat...

Ethan Simmie

February 5, 2026

Review: ‘Night Nurse’ Is Neither Erotic Nor Thrilling Enough to Find Its Footing Within the Genre

Erotic thrillers are generally, well, erotic and thrilling. They blend the grey areas between pleasure and pain to construct something distur...

Essays

February 4, 2026

Sundance Trend Analysis: Processing Trauma with ‘Josephine’ and ‘Run Amok’

Last week, I jokingly said that Sundance’s films this year were either unbelievably horny or absolute emotional devastation. In our recap of ...

DTJ - Publications

February 3, 2026

Grand Juries, Audience Awards, and Online Access Bring Sundance 2026 To a Close

In the final days of the Sundance 2026 Festival, the Utah pilgrimage comes to a close for most attendees who traversed the nationwide winter ...

DTJ - Publications

February 1, 2026

Political Violence on the Doorstep of Sundance 2026

Following further social unrest over ICE operations in the US, Sundance 2026 became a place of both film enthusiasm and political activism.&n...

Kasey Dunifer

January 31, 2026

‘Chasing Summer’ Review: Iliza Shlesinger Chases Clichés in Sundance Coming-of-Age

There’s nothing worse than that dreaded feeling of returning to a hometown full of haunted high school stories, hatred, and the decaying scen...

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Ladies Night

December 20, 2024

Ladies Night 005

For the final get together of the year, the Ladies recap the “Female-led genre” of 2024 returning to some of their previous conversions on ‘Th...

The Rolling Tape

October 7, 2024

EP 105: Joker: Folie À Deux (2024)

Following the 2019 bombshell origin story that became the first R-rated movie to gross over $1 billion, Todd Phillips returns to the world of ...

Ladies Night

October 4, 2024

Ladies Night 004

For the 4th edition of Ladies Night this week, we break down ‘The Substance’ for our main discussion continuing our analysis of “the true fema...

The Rolling Tape

August 29, 2024

Live Commentary: DIRECTORS CUT Rebel Moon - Chapter One: Chalice of Blood

As part of our Birthday week extravaganza, we provide our first-ever live watch-along commentary to the Director's Cut editions of Zack S...

The Rolling Tape

August 29, 2024

Live Commentary: DIRECTORS CUT Rebel Moon - Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness

As part of our Birthday week extravaganza, we provide our first-ever live watch-along commentary to the Director's Cut editions of Zack S...

Ladies Night

August 29, 2024

Ladies Night 003

This month, in the wake of Gladiator 2 thirst traps, the ladies come back to the studio to break down “girl marketing” and the female gaze whe...

Ladies Night

May 9, 2024

Ladies Night 002

The Ladies are back in the studio tackling ‘girl movies’ and the stereotypes we grew up with. The ladies breakdown various female character tr...

Ladies Night

March 13, 2024

Ladies Night: Women’s History Month

The girls are all here! This week we got together to discuss Women’s History Month and some of our favorite women in film. Listen to us discus...

The Rolling Tape

October 18, 2023

DOUBLE FEATURE 028: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (1966), The Power of the Dog (2021) & The Western Genre

The western is a genre most popular from the 1940s to 1960s that takes the frame to the vast and lawless American West, exploring a land amids...

The Rolling Tape

September 20, 2023

DOUBLE FEATURE 026: La Haine (1995), Do The Right Thing (1989) & The Single Day Film

Single day films utilize the technique of a closed period of time to tell their stories, often making time an additional character of the film...

The Rolling Tape

August 29, 2023

BONUS EP: Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)

To celebrate our 1-year anniversary as an outlet since our first podcast on August 29, 2022, we review the winner of the social media bracket,...

The Rolling Tape

July 24, 2023

EP 048: Barbie (2023) & Oppenheimer (2023)

The “Barbenheimer” craze has captivated audiences for months in anticipation of July 21st to suggest one of the most iconic release dates of t...

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