Publications - THE ROLLING TAPE

Essays

January 19, 2023

The Musical and Movie Magic Made Between Damien Chazelle and Justin Hurwitz

Ya like jazz? Well, you’re not the only one. A handful of impressively scored films from the last ten years have been composed by Justin H...

Reviews

January 18, 2023 · by Anjani Chadha

"A Short Film About Love" Review: Love from the Gaze of a Voyeur

Cinema allows viewers to peek into the lives of others, making the medium inherently voyeuristic. It is thus exciting when filmmakers resort ...

Essays

January 17, 2023

Avalanches and Atomic Cafes: The Art of "Plunderfilms"

“Plunderphonics” is a compositional technique of utilizing and manipulating one or more recognizable recordings to create a new composition,”...

Essays

January 12, 2023 · by Sara Ciplickas

Depicting Female Trauma: 'Women Talking' versus 'Blonde'

I will go ahead and start by saying that Sarah Polley’s Women Talking is one of the best films of the year. The film has vulnerable, passiona...

Reviews

January 11, 2023

"M3GAN" Review: Horror at its Most Camp

Meet your new best friend: a technologically advanced piece of artificial intelligence that links to your child and can respond to their ever...

Lists

January 10, 2023 · by Danny Jarabek

2023 Year in Preview

As 2022 comes to a close and the past year of releases are locked up in the heat of the awards season race, it’s important to look beyond the...

Lists

January 9, 2023 · by Sara Ciplickas

The Rolling Tape: Best of 2022

2022 was the most exciting year for cinema since 2019. We saw theaters filled with audiences to witness the spectacle of the big screen once ...

Reviews

January 8, 2023 · by Sara Ciplickas

"Kings of the World" Review: Looking for a Place to Exist

Killing Jesus (2017), an intimate film about a young lady seeking revenge for the death of her father, who a hitman shot in the streets of Me...

Reviews

January 7, 2023 · by Danny Jarabek

'White Noise' Review: Distraction and the Spectacle of the Supermarket

From the director who has presented audiences throughout his career with character studies and family dramas investigating the bottomless phi...

Lists

December 31, 2022 · by Sara Ciplickas

22 Memorable Moments from 2022

1. Sidney Poitier passed away On January 6th, Actor Sidney Poitier died at the age of 94. He was the first African American to win an Acad...

Essays

December 30, 2022 · by Amritpal Rai

Iñárritu: A Handful of Oscars, or (The Unexpected Honor of Being Divisive)

In a year in which so many legendary filmmakers have popped up on the cinematic landscape with the likes of Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans ...

Essays

December 27, 2022 · by Anjani Chadha

Navigating Timeless Romance in Monochrome

Twenty-two minutes into Alex Lehmann’s 2016 romantic drama film Blue Jay, Jim Henderson (Mark Duplass) and his former high school girlfriend ...

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