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 one of the two Jim Jarmusch films released this year—the other being a music documentary about The Stooges titled Gimme Danger . Whereas viewers mi... READ MORE

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

Captain Fantastic

Captain Fantastic is the sophomore feature film written and directed by Matt Ross who is probably, of late, more recognizably the face of Gavin Belson, the ego... READ MORE

5.0

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Hunt for the Wilderpeople is the latest film from writer/director Taika Waititi who is probably better known for his low-budget hit What We Do in the Shadows .... READ MORE

3.0

Joshy

The latest film 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

Film Analysis: Scream (1996)

Best in Show at the 2019 Palm Springs Short Film Festival

Cornwall Film Festival 2018

director interviews

Inherit the Viper – Interview with Film Director Anthony Jerjen

Mob Town – Interview with Film Director / Actor Danny A. Abeckaser

Knives and Skin – Interview with Film Writer / Director Jennifer Reeder

film reviews

Color Out of Space

Three Christs

Big Fish

Carmen Wong