Essays - THE ROLLING TAPE

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...

December 4, 2024

Welcome to the Awards Tape's first Oscar prediction editorial. Here, our writers will be breaking down the Oscar race in extensive detail reg...

November 28, 2024

Ten years have passed since Jennifer Kent’s spectacular horror film The Babadook was released. Celebrated by a limited theatrical run in Octo...

November 19, 2024

Everyone remembers the first movie they ever watched in a theater. For many, this core memory can be directly referred to as what made them f...

November 6, 2024

Most audiences remember at least one version of Charles Dickens’ holiday ghost story A Christmas Carol. From Muppet to Barbie-themed adaptati...

November 5, 2024

Nowadays, if someone so much as utters the phrase "superhero film,” you are bound to hear at least one person sigh. A genre that reached heig...

November 4, 2024

Last week, I attended the New Orleans Film Festival in person and virtually. While the Oscar-qualifying festival boasted some high-profile fi...

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