Publications - THE ROLLING TAPE

Essays

April 17, 2024

‘The Night of the Hunter,’ Nearly 70 Years Later

The Night of the Hunter has stood the test of time ever since its release in 1955. While it was considered a box office failure at the time —...

Reviews

April 16, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: ‘The First Omen’ Makes You A Believer

On June 6th, 2006, my father and I walked into a theater to watch The Omen (2006), a remake of the Richard Donner classic. Once it was over, ...

Reviews

April 15, 2024 · by Sara Ciplickas

‘Civil War’ Review: Dunst and Spaeny-Led Film Warns the World

I read a review about Alex Garland’s Civil War saying it was a horror movie. And while I have become rather fond of war films and the gruesom...

Essays

April 14, 2024 · by Anjani Chadha

Sadie Benning: A Retrospective Look at Works of Feminist Self-Portraiture

At age 17, I began recording videos on my malfunctioning Acer laptop's webcam. I was inspired by YouTube self-talk videos where YouTubers wou...

Lists

April 13, 2024

My Top 5 Most Anticipated Films in the Cannes Line-Up

When Spring is in the air, it only means one thing to film lovers and cinephiles everywhere: Cannes is just around the corner. The u...

Essays

April 12, 2024 · by Neha Jha

Redefined Chick-flicks: Beyond Men and Romance

Chick-flicks have always been treated as an inferior ‘category.’ A clear ‘demarcation’ of sorts for the male and female sexes, action movies ...

Reviews

April 12, 2024 · by Danny Jarabek

'Monkey Man' Review: Dev Patel’s Engine for Kinetic Stunts and Static Social Commentary

If there was an Oscar for the Biggest Miracle of a Production that takes into account its constraints, obstacles, and chaos relative to its b...

News

April 9, 2024 · by Evan Miller

Bits and Bobbidi-Boos From Disney

Amid changes to its release calendar for the next two years, Disney announced dates for several films that previously had unknown windows fro...

News

April 2, 2024 · by Evan Miller

Dan Lin Steps Into New Role as Netflix’s Head of Film

It was quite a shock in January 2024 when Netflix announced that Scott Stuber would leave the company as its head of film. In the seven years...

Reviews

April 2, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: 'Asphalt City' Pummels You Into Wretched Submission

The first ten minutes of Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire’s Asphalt City (2024) begins with Tye Sheridan’s Ollie Cross, a rookie EMT, awakening from a ...

Reviews

April 1, 2024 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: ‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Is Dumb Enough to Be Fun

It’s both a blessing and a curse that Adam Wingard’s Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024) should come out after the historic Oscar win for ...

Reviews

March 31, 2024 · by Neha Jha

‘Mom’ Review: An Honest Slice of Women’s Lives and Recovery

The receptionist at the hospital retorts when Bonnie (Allison Janney) keeps harping on why her daughter Christy (Anna Faris) has put her spon...

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