Publications

Essays

February 1, 2024

Why You Should Give Slow Cinema a Chance

Within the medium of cinema - where much of its modern work has become so commercialized and bombarded with stimuli, always having to be quic...

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News

February 1, 2024

Christopher Nolan’s Tendency for Blockbusting Won’t End After ‘Oppenheimer’

After the success of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer, the director claims he must keep making blockbusters.  According to The Hollywo...

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News

January 31, 2024 · by Evan Miller

Lamorne Morris, Dylan O’Brien, Corey Micahel Smith, and Matt Wood Join Jason Reitman’s ‘SNL 1975’

Live from New York, it’s nearly Saturday night! Deadline reported Tuesday that Lamorne Morris, Dylan O’Brien, Cory Micahel Smith, and Matt Wo...

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Reviews

January 30, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

"Didi" Review: A Coming-of-Age Reflection of the Late Aughts

It was only a matter of time before I found myself watching movies that reflected my growing youth in the aughts. Especially being a first-ge...

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Reviews

January 28, 2024

"Handling the Undead" Review: Life and Death Walking Hand in Hand

Director Thea Hvistendahl isn’t interested in making the kind of zombie apocalypse film that we’ve become accustomed to seeing; here, gore an...

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Reviews

January 27, 2024 · by Evan Miller

"A Real Pain" Review: Jesse Eisenberg Asseses the Rationality of Pain

Over the last decade of his career, Jesse Eisenberg has used the arts to assess where he fits within his family’s history. In 2013, Eisenberg...

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News

January 25, 2024

Biggest Snubs and Surprises from the 96th Academy Awards Nominations

The day cinephiles, cinemagoers, and pop culture aficionados look forward to all year long has come and gone. The nominations for the 96th Ac...

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Lists

January 24, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

The Rolling Tape's Most Anticipated Films of 2024

2023 was an incredible year showcasing adult dramas and female-driven films supplanting the old trodden-out studio I.P. films crumbling under...

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News

January 23, 2024

‘Barbenheimer’ Takes On Oscar Nominations

At 8:30 AM EST on January 23rd, The Academy released the 2024 Oscar Nominations. Jack Quaid and Zazie Beetz presented each category, leaving ...

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Reviews

January 23, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

“The Kitchen” Review: Kaluuya’s Directorial Debut Uses Sci-Fi as Political Platform

I am slowly sensing a micro trend where science fiction is becoming the people’s genre for social justice. Most recently, with The Creator (2...

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Lists

January 22, 2024 · by Danny Jarabek

20 Things the Academy Would Do If They Were Cool: Year 3

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

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Reviews

January 22, 2024 · by Danny Jarabek

"Mean Girls" Review: Stupid with Love Over a Mean Movie Musical

If you had asked me as recently as seven months ago which film, proclaiming to be steeped in “pink” and “plastic,” would star-struck me more,...

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