Paul Rai - THE ROLLING TAPE

Essays

August 12, 2026

Checking in on the Awards Race: Can Netflix Actually Seal the Deal, This Time?

As Fall film festivals (Venice, TIFF, Telluride, New York) begin, so does the Oscar journey for the 2027 Oscars. There’s more mystery than ce...

Paul Rai

July 22, 2026

Review: 'Romería' is a Transportive Plunge into Carla Simón’s Memories

How much of our fragmented memories can we trust? What semblance of truth do they offer when other people offer differing accounts as to what...

The Rolling Tape

July 17, 2026

Summer 2026 Box Office Draft Check-In

The Summer 2026 Box Office Draft returns. This is our check-in episode. We kicked off the second annual edition of our Summer Box...

Lists

July 15, 2026

Milestone 30th Annual Fantasia Festival Promises the Best of Global Genre Storytelling

Before the awards conversation shifts to Venice, Telluride, and Toronto, all genre heads descend upon Montreal, Canada, for the 30th edition ...

Lists

July 3, 2026

250 Years of the United States Through Film

What films represent us most? Those that recreate history? Reimagine history? Biopics of American icons or stories made by Hollywood legends?...

Paul Rai

June 24, 2026

Review: 'Stand Up' is Beautiful, Resilient Coming of Age Drama

How does one make peace when the only way of living that made you seem invincible is suddenly taken away? That’s the core dilemma in Mari San...

Paul Rai

June 24, 2026

Review: 'A Mosquito in the Ear' is a Heartfelt Family Drama of Miscommunication

Miscommunication has never felt more pronounced than in the directorial debut of Nicola Rinciari’s A Mosquito in the Ear. The barrier of comm...

Essays

June 22, 2026

Six Unexpected Awards Contenders So Far in 2026

Believe it or not, half the year is already gone. Apart from the obvious mega blockbusters — Obsession, Backrooms, and Project Hail Mary, whi...

Claire May Lewis

June 3, 2026

The Rolling Tape Previews the 2026 Tribeca Film Festival

2026 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Tribeca Film Festival, founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff. In the aftermath ...

Cannes 2026

May 22, 2026

2026 Cannes Film Festival Competition Awards Predictions

The 78th Cannes Film Festival is winding down. Our Rolling Tape correspondents, Danny Jarabek and Nandita Joshi, have spent the last week-and...

Danny Jarabek

May 9, 2026

Summer 2026 Box Office Draft

It’s feeling humid. It’s feeling like summer is very nearly upon us. That of course, means it’s time for us to reconvene for our ...

Paul Rai

May 7, 2026

'Deep Water' Finds Renny Harlin Returning to the Deep Blue Sea

I thought I had seen the light once the credits for The Strangers: Chapter 3, Renny Harlin’s ill-conceived, awfully bad horror trilogy, began...

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