Sara Ciplickas

Sara is a Co-Founder and EIC at TRT. As lead editor of the outlet's publications, Sara manages the writing team and edits published work ranging from reviews to essays and OP-ED's on the film and entertainment industry. She also contributes to the platform through her own writing and voice on the podcast focusing on feminist, international, and Queer cinema. Outside of the film world, Sara is a JD Candidate at American University Washington College of Law. In her (brief) free time, she loves to paint, take long walks, swim, and travel!

Hosts Ladies Night

Favorite Films · from Letterboxd See Letterboxd diary ↓

The Dark Knight (2008) Some Like It Hot (1959) Strange Days (1995) The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

Festival Reporting

News

April 22, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

Box Office Update: ' Sinners’ on the Offense and Fans on the Defense

Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, as reported on Rotten Tomatoes, earned $48 M in its opening weekend, tagging on another $7.8 M this Monday, bringing ...

Reviews

March 24, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

Review: Disney Once Again Fails to Recreate Magic with 'Snow White'

In Disney’s new-found tradition of yanking iconic animated characters out of the vault and regurgitating them as live-action features, Snow W...

Reviews

March 20, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Ash’ Review: Flying Lotus’ Debut Feature Amounts to a Visually Arresting, Narratively Congesting Sci-Fi Descent into Hell

The musician-to-film director pipeline is prevalent in the entertainment industry, spanning generations and perspectives. Figures primarily k...

Reviews

March 11, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

CIFF 2024 ‘Eephus’ Review: Muted Baseball Dramedy About the Pitfalls of Aging Knocks it Out of the Park

Baseball is one of those things that means the world to you or doesn’t, with little in-between. For a long time growing up, I was the latter....

Lists

March 6, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

My Favorite Short Films from Slamdance

In February I had the opportunity to digitally cover Slamdance Film Festival, which features emerging artists in a week-long Oscars qualifyin...

Reviews

February 27, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘The Unbreakable Boy’ Review: Faith-Based Feel-Good Autism Biopic on an Entirely Different Wavelength from Reality

To understand Jon Gunn’s The Unbreakable Boy (2025), it’s important to know its history. Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, the biographica...

Reviews

February 21, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Zero Day’ Review: De Niro’s Mini-Series Gets Muddied in the Waters of Well-Intentioned Calls to Action

If there is any indication of what films or shows to expect during Trump 2.0, Zero Day is a strong starting point. A month into President Tru...

Reviews

February 19, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

International Feature Film Festival ‘Memory Lane’ Review: The Netherlands’ Endearing and Irritating Look at the Reality of Aging

The power of international filmmaking, like all cinema, is the power of perspective and the opportunity to learn about foreign cultures. In 2...

Reviews

February 10, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘No Other Land’ Review: An Essential Partnership Delivers One of the Decade’s Best Documentaries

“Tragedy cannot be the end of our lives. We cannot allow it to control and defeat us.” - Izzeldin Abuelaish, I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor’...

Reviews

February 4, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

SUNDANCE 2025 ‘Predators’ Review: Filmmaker David Osit Searches for Answers in ‘To Catch a Predator’s’ Legacy

A walk around the corner. The sliding glass door opens in the back. A familiar voice says hello. A little chit-chat. A walk out of frame, onl...

Reviews

January 28, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Flight Risk’ Review: Gibson’s Thriller Struggles to Maintain Second Half Altitude

Ah, The Black List: The annual survey of the “most-liked” screenplays in Hollywood not yet produced. Published every year since 2005, The Bla...

Reviews

January 6, 2025 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl’ Review: England’s Beloved Duo is Back and Better than Ever

It’s been 35 years since a British inventor and his intelligent pooch had a grand day out, sending themselves rocketing to the moon in respon...

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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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Recent Letterboxd reviews synced from diary

Primetime (2026)

2026-10-17

who greenlit London bridge for the opening?

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Sex Is Comedy (2002)

2026-10-07

least romantic most pretentious film I’ve ever seen

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Penelope (2006)

2026-10-04

it was really cute guys

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Edward Scissorhands (1990)

2026-10-04

corny and cute

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The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

2026-10-04

getting the season started right

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Nine to Five (1980)

2026-09-27

✨women in male dominated fields ✨the field: Kidnapping

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Steel Magnolias (1989)

2026-09-26

these were the diabetes I though nick Jonas was going to die from after watching that one bit on Disney channel

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Time Masters (1982)

2026-09-24

I should’ve know by the title we would eventually play with time — bummer

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The Maltese Falcon (1941)

2026-09-20

Watched on Sunday September 20, 2026.

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Casablanca (1942)

2026-09-20

Watched on Sunday September 20, 2026.

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