Publications - THE ROLLING TAPE

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 ...

Reviews

December 22, 2022

"Emily the Criminal" Review: There Is Never One “Correct” Career Path, and Emily Proves It

Like everything Aubrey Plaza stars in, Emily the Criminal (2022), directed by John Patton Ford, is an engaging film that brings viewers along...

Lists

December 21, 2022 · by Danny Jarabek

The Rolling Tape: Top 100 Films

In 1952 the Sight and Sound team started the decennial tradition of compiling a list of "The Greatest Films of All Time." At The Rolling Tape...

Reviews

December 19, 2022 · by Sara Ciplickas

"AVATAR: The Way of Water" Review: Returning to Pandora: Was It Worth the Second Trip?

James Cameron introduced me to Pandora when I was in elementary school. If there is one film I could pinpoint that took me from movie lover t...

Reviews

December 17, 2022 · by Danny Jarabek

'Babylon' Review: An Auteur’s Cocaine-Fueled Cacophony

In a return to the la la land that set Damien Chazelle’s career ablaze with six Oscar wins including a Best Achievement in Directing for the ...

Essays

December 14, 2022

Should We Colorize Black and White Films?

My Thoughts on the Colorization Debate Have you ever watched a black-and-white film and wished to see what the colors looked like? Have yo...

Reviews

December 12, 2022 · by Anjani Chadha

"Freddy" Review: A Romantic Thriller Gone South

In 2005, director Vikram Bhatt very discreetly gave us a Hindi remake of the 1999 American crime thriller Double Jeopardy in the form of Jurm...

Reviews

December 7, 2022 · by Amritpal Rai

"GDT's Pinocchio" Review: Discovering Humanity in del Toro’s Stop-Motion Masterpiece

In 2022, we’ve had two adaptations of Pinocchio that have already made their marks in “interesting” spaces (the Pauly Shore dubbed straight-t...

Reviews

December 6, 2022 · by Danny Jarabek

'Mad God' Review: A Nightmare 30 Years in the Making

Although Mad God (2022) opens with a scrolling chapter from Leviticus stating, "among grisly horrors and alarming atrocities, God’s intention...

Reviews

November 23, 2022

Review: "Aftersun" and the Self-Reflexive Nature of Memory

A daughter and son sit by the waves that always seem to crash at just the right time as they look out into the water, taking in the smell of ...

Reviews

November 23, 2022

"The Menu" Review: A Well-Balanced Meal of Comedy and Horror

The Menu (2022) is one of the more unique films I’ve seen in recent years. The movie combined comedy and horror seamlessly, which is not typi...

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