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

Festival Reporting

Reviews

October 25, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘100 Nights of Hero’ Review: A Delectable Fairy Tale Fantasy

Julia Jackman’s 100 Nights of Hero is a tale of women storytellers on a sparkling, faraway planet. Cherry (Maika Monroe) lives with her maid,...

Lists

October 21, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

My Top 10 Films From the London Film Festival 2025

This year's 69th BFI London Film Festival was full of incredible, poignant titles. We saw a brilliant double-bill from Richard Linklater, as ...

Lists

September 29, 2025 · by Nandita Joshi

Our Top 10 Women-Directed Films from TIFF 2025

Coming out of our recap of the 50th Toronto International Film Festival, we were excited to see so many women-led, women-directed films enter...

Reviews

September 10, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

TIFF 2025: Squibb and Johansson Craft a Hilarious, Heartfelt Look at Grief in 'Eleanor the Great'

An accidental common theme of my coverage at TIFF includes the exploration of grief. Scarlett Johansson’s directorial debut, Eleanor the Grea...

Reviews

September 8, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

TIFF 2025 'Hedda' Premieres with New Meaning, Magnetic Energy, and Delicious Sexual Tension

With a fiery premiere at TIFF 2025, Hedda finally makes her theatrical debut after spending years on the stage. Inspired by Henrik Ibsen’s pl...

Lists

September 1, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

TIFF 2025 Curtain Raiser

Fall festival season is underway, with premieres of some of the biggest titles of 2025. This year marks the 50th Toronto International Film F...

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

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 ...

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...

Lists

July 7, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

The Rule of Three: 5 Films to Scratch Your Love Triangle Itch After ‘Materialists’

Two’s company and three’s a crowd–but boy, is it an entertaining one. Celine Song’s Materialists (2025) may be the latest high-profile releas...

Essays

June 29, 2025

Tribeca Festival Reflections

We are deep into summer festival season! This month, three journalists from The Rolling Tape covered the Tribeca Festival, which took...

News

June 14, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

'Charliebird,' 'Happy Birthday,' and 'Natchez' Take Top Honors at Tribeca Festival

The 24th annual Tribeca Festival has announced the list of winners for 2025. Charliebird, Happy Birthday, and Natchez emerged as the big winn...

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Ladies Night

July 31, 2026

Ladies Night: Women in Sports!

We celebrate the 20th anniversary of She’s The Man by breaking down the film and “women in sports” movies. We also give some of our favorite r...

The Rolling Tape

July 3, 2026

Pride Mini-Series: Leviticus & Gender-Based Media

To conclude our Pride Series for 2026, we start off with a speed review of LEVITICUS, by Adrian Chiarella, an Australian horror-romance that f...

Ladies Night

June 30, 2026

Ladies Night: Female Superheroes & Reactions to Supergirl (2026)

With the second film in the rebooted DCU now in wide release to pair with last year's Superman, we analyze the recent Supergirl movie, ex...

The Rolling Tape

June 26, 2026

Pride Mini-Series: The Evolution of POC and International Queer Cinema from 1919 to Today

In our continued conversation on Queer cinema for Pride, we look toward POC and International Cinema, two topics that often get left out of th...

The Rolling Tape

June 19, 2026

Pride Mini-Series: Queer Representation on TV

Taking a break from the silver screen, we look back on the TV shows that made us and the progression of Queer representation in television. Lo...

The Rolling Tape

June 12, 2026

Pride Mini-Series: Hedda & "Queer Bending" in Modern Storytelling

Happy Pride! We are back with year two of our Pride Mini-series, celebrating Queer artists in Film and Media. After tracking the progression o...

Ladies Night

June 5, 2026

Ladies Night & Women in Film Spotlight: Agnès Varda

We're launching a brand new episode format: a recurring spotlight series dedicated to celebrating singular women in film, their work, the...

RETRO//RANKED

May 14, 2026

RETRO//RANKED: Star Wars (9-10): Rogue One & The Last Jedi

We are continuing with Season 6 of RETRO//RANKED by jumping into two unique entries into the Star Wars universe, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story ...

RETRO//RANKED

April 30, 2026

RETRO//RANKED: Star Wars (5-6): Attack of the Clones & Revenge of the Sith

Apologies everyone, there’s been a slight shift in programming. Hayden Christensen backed out of his guest spot for this episode. He told us h...

RETRO//RANKED

April 23, 2026

RETRO//RANKED: Star Wars (3-4): Return of the Jedi & The Phantom Menace

We are off to the pod races!!! For Season 6, Episode 2 of RETRO//RANKED, we are jumping into hyperspace across the outer rim of the galaxy, an...

RETRO//RANKED

April 16, 2026

RETRO//RANKED: Star Wars (1-2): A New Hope & The Empire Strikes Back

A long time ago on a podcast far far away…Welcome to a brand new season of RETRO//RANKED, The Rolling Tape seasonal series in which we discuss...

Ladies Night

March 27, 2026

Ladies Night: Oscars Reflections & Women's History Month

Join us as we celebrate two years of Ladies Night, reflecting on women's roles in the film industry. As we celebrate Women’s History Mont...

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Recent Letterboxd reviews synced from diary

The Mastermind (2025)

2026-08-22

Watched on Saturday August 22, 2026.

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Legally Blonde (2001)

2026-08-19

early 2000s Luke Wilson as Emmett please let me find you on my law campus

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Madagascar (2005)

2026-08-07

“Maybe I should go to law school”

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How to Make a Killing (2026)

2026-08-07

must’ve been those FBI agents first day on the job

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Fuze (2025)

2026-08-07

*hot men in a shitty action movieMe kicking my feet 🥰

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Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie (2025)

2026-08-07

absolutely fried me

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GOAT (2026)

2026-07-31

Watched on Friday July 31, 2026.

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They Will Kill You (2026)

2026-07-31

sure.

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The Drama (2026)

2026-07-29

oh so juicy

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The Odyssey (2026)

2026-07-17

many thoughts — major points:Christopher Nolan is a master of scale.Christopher Nolan needs someone else to help him write the script.

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