Essays - THE ROLLING TAPE

January 17, 2025

It’s 2007. The public has two years before the introduction of the first iPhone, and the latest Spider-Man film is a commercial ...

January 16, 2025

David Lynch once said, “Life is very, very complicated, and so films should be allowed to be, too.” His movies are indeed complicated. They a...

January 16, 2025

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences hands out 23 gold-plated statues once a year. The biggest night in the marathon that is the f...

January 14, 2025

Remakes, sequels, and reboots–the horror! Especially in horror, sequels, remakes, and reboots are plentiful and are mostly stinkers. It’s a t...

January 8, 2025

There is no possible scenario where I can write anything about I Saw the TV Glow without the piece transitioning into something horrifically ...

January 7, 2025

One of the most important precursors in the awards season is the Screen Actors Guild of America. Encompassing actors in film and television, ...

January 7, 2025

2024 is arguably the most interesting Best Actor race in years. Looking at the recurring names appearing in various precursors, one could mak...

December 28, 2024

I cannot think of a film with a bigger “collective fever dream” energy than the absolute mess that was the 2019 movie musical extravaganza Ca...

December 12, 2024

In his 1977 essay “Death of an Author,” literary theorist Roland Barthes proposed a radical shift in the relationship between the reader and ...

December 6, 2024

Continuing our discussion from The Awards Tape, where we break down the Oscar race, I lay out my predictions for the 2025 Golden Globe nomina...

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