Carmen Wong, Author at Borrowing Tape

Fun Mom Dinner – Interview with Film Director Alethea Jones

Fun Mom Dinner is a film written by Julie Rudd and directed by Alethea Jones. It stars Kate Aselton, Toni Collette, Molly Shannon and Bridget Everett as the ce... READ MORE

3.5

The Road to Mother

The Road to Mother (Doroga k materi) is a historical drama set and filmed in Kazakhstan. Taking place in the 20th century, this is as much a story about t... READ MORE

After the Storm – Interview with Film Director Hirokazu Koreeda

Movies. There are many ways to think about them. There’s high-brow and low-brow. There’s American cinema, African cinema, Asian cinema and European cinema. Ther... READ MORE

3.5

After the Storm

After the Storm is Japanese auteur Hirokazu Koreeda’s most recent project. Working with previous collaborators, Koreeda tells the tale of a middle-aged man Ryo... READ MORE

4.0

Paterson

Paterson is set in Paterson, New Jersey, and follows the life of a bus driver (Adam Driver) who happens to share his city’s name.

Christine – Interview with Film Director Antonio Campos

Antonio Campos is a New York-based writer, director, and producer. His latest project, entitled Christine , is based on the life of Christine Chubbuck, an Ameri... READ MORE

4.0

Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World

2.5

It’s Only the End of the World

It’s Only the End of the World is Montreal Canadian Xavier Dolan’s newest project adapted from Jean-Luc Lagarce’s stage play of the same name. The film follows... READ MORE

4.0

Follows a left-leaning anti-establishment hippie who is raising his six kids in the wilderness, when Ben’s wife commits suicide, her funeral brings Ben and his kids back into the so-called “real” world.

5.0

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Based on a novel that follows Ricky Baker, a troubled orphan who is placed in the care of foster parents.

3.0

Joshy

From writer/director Jeff Baena, who is probably better known for his comedy-horror directorial debut Life After Beth.

Joshy – Interview with Film Director Jeff Baena

Joshy is writer/director Jeff Baena’s sophomore comedy-drama feature following his horror-comedy debut Life After Beth . After an abrupt change to his life, Jo... READ MORE

4.0

The Neon Demon

The Neon Demon is the latest project from director Nicolas Winding Refn whose past work includes films such as the Pusher trilogy, Bronson , Valhalla Rising , ... READ MORE

Adam Savage’s Overlook Hotel Replica from The Shining

Virginia Woolf opines, in Orlando, that “… all extremes of feeling are allied with madness,” and there is nothing that better epitomizes this than obsession—f... READ MORE

4.0

Finding Dory

Finding Dory is the latest Pixar project and long-time-coming sequel to the iconic 2003 animated feature Finding Nemo. In 2003, when Marlin (Albert Brooks), qu... READ MORE

the cinefiles

The Whale [2022] Official Film Trailer

Decision to Leave [2022] Official Film Trailer

Triangle of Sadness [2022] Official Film Trailer

director interviews

The Visitor – Interview with Director Justin P. Lange

Paradise Highway – Interview with Filmmaker Anna Gutto

Hypochondriac – Interview with Filmmaker Addison Heimann

film reviews

Orphan: First Kill

Spin Me Round

Glorious

Carmen Wong