Reviews - THE ROLLING TAPE

September 16, 2024

What comes next in the story after the world is doomed to end? Unlike most stories, director Mike Flanagan’s adaptation of Stephen Kin...

September 16, 2024

French cinema has always had a certain aura to it. The films feel elevated to a level higher than their North American counterparts; it’s alm...

September 12, 2024

Ever since The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) made a splash at the Sundance Film Festival, Marielle Heller has continued her career by making...

September 12, 2024

De-escalation is the prevailing theme surrounding Jeremy Saulnier’s Rebel Ridge (2024), which is a form of inversion to most of Saulnier’s wo...

September 10, 2024

There seems to be an inherent fascination with chess in cinema. Films from a wide range of genres and countries use the game as an allegory, ...

September 10, 2024

While many adaptations of graphic novels and comic books often rely on colorful animation, zany characters, and strong stylistic choices to b...

September 9, 2024

The dramatic and the absurd often go hand-in-hand — often when we least expect it. Case in point: Fabian Stumm’s second German feature Sad Jo...

September 6, 2024

Elements of horror run rampant in most of Lee Daniels's films, whether it's the ferocious nature of Mo’Nique as an abusive mother in Precious...

September 6, 2024

We are in the Age of the Legacy Sequel. This summer alone we saw Twisters (2024) and Alien: Romulus (2024). The nostalgia-soaked trend can be...

September 2, 2024

I have a confession: I have more cinematic blindspots than I care to count. It’s a constant source of stress, honestly. The sea of content th...

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