Publications - THE ROLLING TAPE

Essays

September 26, 2023

Reflecting on My 2023 TIFF Experience

I will always remember the feeling in my stomach when I got the email confirming that I had been accepted to cover the 2023 Toronto Internati...

Reviews

September 26, 2023 · by Carson Burton

"Expend4bles" Review: No Amount of Bullets or Brawn Can Save This Movie from Being Expendable

The Expendables franchise knows exactly what it is, and a certain sense of fun harmlessness that pervades the franchise’s installments. The f...

Reviews

September 23, 2023

"Hit Man" Review: Richard Linklater’s Action Noir Romcom Slaps

Richard Linklater is no stranger to jumping from one genre to another: teen comedies, romantic dramas, rotoscope animations, and time-centere...

Reviews

September 23, 2023

"Fair Play" Review: A Riveting Cat-and-Mouse Game

Chloe Domont’s sensual directorial debut begins with the reassuring impression of true love. After getting drunk at a party, Emily (Phoebe Dy...

Reviews

September 22, 2023 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: "Dumb Money" Shorts Its Characters For Condensed Fun

January 2021 was certainly a seminal moment for Americans emerging from the hellscape year that was 2020. After battling a continuous once-a-...

Reviews

September 20, 2023

"Sing Sing" Review: How Art Can Heal One In The Darkest Of Times

Everyone has that passion (or passions) that help them escape struggles they may encounter daily. For many people, art is that medicine that ...

Reviews

September 19, 2023 · by Evan Miller

"A Haunting in Venice" Review: The Horror of Monotony

The mystery genre has had a quiet resurgence since director Kenneth Branagh’s remake of Murder on the Orient Express (2017), the initial entr...

Lists

September 19, 2023

TIFF 2023 Ranked

Bryan Sudfield's 27 Films of TIFF 2023 As the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival reaches its conclusion, I thought I’d look back on ...

News

September 18, 2023 · by Amritpal Rai

Netflix Acquires Linklater & Powell's Hit Man For $20 Million

Netflix continues its record-making streak of acquisitions out of the Toronto Film Festival, as they have secured the global rights of Richar...

Reviews

September 18, 2023

"American Fiction" Review: Jeffrey Wright Delivers A Career-Best Turn in Sharp, Nail-Biting Satire

Cord Jefferson has established a name for himself in television, having written episodes of The Good Place and Watchmen, for which he garnere...

Essays

September 17, 2023

Analyzing the 2023 TIFF People’s Choice Winners

Unlike other film festivals around the world that rely on jury prizes for their top awards, one of the things that makes the Toronto Internat...

Reviews

September 17, 2023

"Next Goal Wins" Review: Taika Waititi Misses the Goal

After years and years of delays, production troubles, and reshoots to replace a problematic actor, Taika Waititi’s latest comedy is finally b...

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