The Rolling Tape

Best of 2024 Recap & Most Anticipated of 2025

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With 2024 and the second full calendar year of The Rolling Tape in the books, we celebrate the year’s best moments in cinema by talking about our fa...

The Awards Tape: Final Oscar Nomination Predictions 2025

16 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With Oscar nomination morning just around the corner on January 23, we break down category by category our final predictions for what will be nominate...

EP 119: The Brutalist (2024)

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After winning Best Drama Film at the recent Golden Globes, for our last review before the Oscar nominations we are discussing The Brutalist directed b...

Interview With 'Porcelain War' (2024) Co-Directors, Brendan Bellomo & Slava Leontyev

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After winning the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Feature and being recently shortlisted for Best Documentary Feature for the Academy Awards, Porcela...

NEWS 034: SAG & DGA Nominations

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

On a day filled to the brim with awards season headlines, we debrief the nominations from two of the most impactful guilds, SAG and DGA, and how they ...

The Awards Tape: Best Costume Design, Production Design & Makeup and Hairstyling Oscar Predictions

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Our final episode in the category-by-category prediction series brings us to the craft categories with Best Costume Design, Best Production Design, an...

EP 118: Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (2025)

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

To kick off 2025, we are entering Aardman Animation Studios with a return to the Wallace & Gromit universe in Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most...

Live Commentary: 82nd Golden Globes (2025)

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We react live to the 82nd Golden Globes for the 2025 ceremony. After our live reaction, we immediately debrief and recap our takeaways for the winners...

The Awards Tape: 82nd Golden Globes (2025) Final Predictions

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the Golden Globes approaching this coming Sunday, we make our final predictions for all film categories before live reacting to the ceremony. Cat...

The Awards Tape: Best Animated Feature, International Feature & Documentary Feature

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nearing the end of our category-by-category prediction series, we are discussing the three feature categories for Animated Feature, International Feat...

RETROSPECTIVE 015: Animation in 2024

02 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As one of our wrap-up conversations of 2024 before we enter the new year, our retrospective this week is celebrating another medium of storytelling. S...

EP 117: Nosferatu (2024) ft. Kenzie Vanunu

30 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With our final review of the year, and following our recent retrospective conversation on the career of Robert Eggers, we succumb to the darkness in h...

The Awards Tape: Best Sound, Original Score & Original Song Oscar Predictions

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In resuming our category-by-category prediction series, we continue below the line after the AMPAS announcement of their shortlists to predict Best So...

RETROSPECTIVE 014: Robert Eggers

26 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Robert Eggers has carved a distinctive niche in contemporary storytelling particularly in horror, renowned for his meticulous attention to detail and ...

EP 116: Juror #2 (2024)

23 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In our last review before the holidays, our team decided to step inside the courtroom for the Max release of Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. While servin...

Ladies Night 005

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For the final get together of the year, the Ladies recap the “Female-led genre” of 2024 returning to some of their previous conversions on ‘The ...

The Awards Tape: State of the Awards Race & Precursor Recaps ft. Cole Curtiss-Fuentes

18 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We take a brief pause on our category-by-category prediction series to assess the current state of the race as a checkpoint after a major first-wave o...

EP 115: Kraven the Hunter (2024)

16 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The final chapter of the Sony Spider-Man Universe has been written with J.C. Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter. Following in the footsteps of the Venom se...

The Awards Tape: Best Cinematography, Film Editing and Visual Effects Oscar Predictions

11 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As we continue our category-by-category prediction series through all 21 feature awards for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, we take our first trek b...

Live Commentary: 82nd Golden Globes (2025) Nominations

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

We react live to the 82nd Golden Globes Nominations for the 2025 ceremony. After our live reaction, we come back to debrief and recap our takeaways fo...

EP 114: Y2K (2024)

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kyle Mooney’s directorial debut distributed by A24 brings us back to the night before the world was supposed to end. Two high school nobodies make t...

Interview With 'Flow' (2024) Co-Writer/Director, Gints Zilbalodis

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Landon Defever speaks with Gints Zilbalodis, the co-writer/director of this year's independent animated sensation Flow. The film centers around a...

Interview With 'Memoir of a Snail' (2024) Writer/Director, Adam Elliot

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Landon Defever speaks with Adam Elliot, writer/director of Memoir of a Snail, an animated tragicomedy for the ages sweeping attention at this year&apo...

The Awards Tape: Best Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor & Supporting Actress Oscar Predictions

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In continuing forward on our category-by-category prediction series through all 21 feature awards for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, we move into t...

EP 113: A Real Pain (2024) ft. Larry Fried

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Premiering all the way back at Sundance earlier this year, Jesse Eisenberg’s sophomore feature A Real Pain is now in wide release with Searchlight P...

The Awards Tape: Best Director, Original Screenplay & Adapted Screenplay Oscar Predictions

27 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Last week we kicked off our category-by-category series through all 21 feature awards for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards. After our Best Picture con...

EP 112: Wicked (2024) & Gladiator II (2024)

25 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With this two-part mega episode, we’re covering both halves of the Glicked weekend for the Rome to the Oz, the swords clanging to the wands waving, ...

The Awards Tape: Best Picture Oscar Predictions

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the wake of our second draft above-the-line predictions, we are now kicking off our category-by-category series through all 21 awards for the rest ...

RETROSPECTIVE 013: Ridley Scott

21 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ridley Scott’s nearly five-decade-long career of filmmaking has produced some of film history’s most iconic stories and characters ranging from Ri...

EP 111: Emilia Pérez (2024)

18 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Following a Cannes World Premiere that resulted in two awards for a Jury Prize and Best Actress to the ensemble cast, Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pére...

EP 110: Heretic (2024)

11 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After a TIFF world premiere, creative duo Scott Beck and Bryan Woods bring their brand of horror to wide release. Heretic, distributed by A24, follows...

The Awards Tape: Oscar Predictions 2024 Second Draft

07 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With festival season now behind us and the field of contenders coming into a more clear picture, we follow up on our first draft predictions with a se...

EP 109: Anora (2024)

04 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After taking home the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival and playing 35mm prints in limited release around the country, Sean Baker’s...

NEWS 033: Philadelphia Film Festival 2024 Recap ft. Larry Fried

01 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To round out our festival season, we recap the Philadelphia Film Festival with a few contributors from our own team, as well as with a returning guest...

Halloween Special: Horror in 2024

31 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

To celebrate spooky season and all the thrills and chills we’ve witnessed so far this year, we are doing a genre retrospective today covering the sp...

NEWS 032: Chicago International Film Festival 2024 Recap

30 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening PlatformsFollow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, X, TikTok, and LinktreeLa...

EP 108: Conclave (2024) ft. Ezra Cubero

28 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Edward Berger’s sophomore feature after the critical and awards success of All Quiet on the Western Front brings him inside the confines of the papa...

*NewFest 2024* Interview With 'Duino' (2024) Co-Directors, Juan Pablo Di Pace & Andrés Pepe Estrada

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Minton sits down to chat with co-directors Juan Pablo Di Pace and Andrés P. Estrada about their new film “Duino,” which had its New York pre...

EP 107: Smile 2 (2024)

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Parker Finn returns to the world of smiling demons 2 years after the original Smile with Smile 2. About to embark on a world tour, global pop sensatio...

NEWS 031: NYFF 2024 Recap

16 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The 62nd New York Film Festival has come to a close, and we debrief the lineup and festivities as the major festival season begins to wrap up.Listen H...

EP 106: Saturday Night (2024)

14 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

LIVE FROM THE ROLLING TAPE ITS SATURDAY NIGHT! At 11:30pm on October 11th, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television ...

RETROSPECTIVE 011: Jason Reitman

09 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jason Reitman is a Canadian-American filmmaker known for directing films including Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), Yo...

EP 105: Joker: Folie À Deux (2024)

07 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Following the 2019 bombshell origin story that became the first R-rated movie to gross over $1 billion, Todd Phillips returns to the world of the Clow...

Ladies Night 004

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

For the 4th edition of Ladies Night this week, we break down ‘The Substance’ for our main discussion continuing our analysis of “the true female...

EP 104: Megalopolis (2024) ft. Ethan Simmie

02 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A 40-year development for one of the most prolific American film directors, Francis Ford Coppola’s $120 million self-financed Megalopolis has finall...

EP 103: The Wild Robot (2024)

30 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Wild Robot is the latest in the DreamWorks Animation studio catalog. Written and directed by Chris Sanders based on a book series of the same name...

RETROSPECTIVE 010: DreamWorks Animation Studio

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

DreamWorks Animation has been a major force in the world of animated storytelling since its inception in 1994. Founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Ka...

*TIFF 2024* Interview With 'Shook' (2024) Director, Amar Wala

26 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With a World Premiere at TIFF 2024, Amar Wala expands on his short film of the same name from 2018, Shook. After a run-in with his estranged father, a...

*TIFF 2024* Interview With 'Paying for It' (2024) Director, Sook-Yin Lee

25 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When an introverted cartoonist's girlfriend wants to redefine their relationship, he begins sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of...

*TIFF 2024* Interview With 'Space Cowboy' (2024) Directors, Bryce Leavitt & Marah Strauch

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Space Cowboy follows the personal and professional life of Joe Jennings, a pioneer of skydiving cinematography, who looks back on creating iconic mome...

EP 102: The Substance (2024)

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From director Coralie Fargeat is the biggest sensation of body horror 2024 has to offer. The Substance premiered at Cannes earlier this year before pl...

*TIFF 2024* Interview With 'Freedom Way' (2024) Writer & Executive Producer, Blessing Uzzi

23 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Matt Minton sits down to talk with Blessing Uzzi, the writer and executive producer of the Nigerian film Freedom Way, which is world premiering at the...

NEWS 030: TIFF 2024 Recap

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Rolling Tape is home from Toronto as the festival has wrapped up and we are here to recap our stay at TIFF 2024. We discuss the People's Choi...

NEWS 029: Venice Festival Recap 2024

11 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With the Venice International Film Festival coming to a close, we recap the films and events of the fest and assess the slate of award winners includi...

EP 101: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)

09 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The juice is loose! Tim Burton returns to the afterlife with a sequel to his iconic 1988 classic Beetlejuice. After a family tragedy, three generation...

RETROSPECTIVE 009: Tim Burton

05 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tim Burton's career is a journey through the surreal and the gothic, where the ordinary meets the bizarre in a visually stunning blend of emotion...

Live Commentary: *DIRECTORS CUT* Rebel Moon - Chapter Two: Curse of Forgiveness

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our Birthday week extravaganza, we provide our first-ever live watch-along commentary to the Director's Cut editions of Zack Snyder&ap...

Live Commentary: *DIRECTORS CUT* Rebel Moon - Chapter One: Chalice of Blood

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As part of our Birthday week extravaganza, we provide our first-ever live watch-along commentary to the Director's Cut editions of Zack Snyder&ap...

Ladies Night 003

29 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This month, in the wake of Gladiator 2 thirst traps, the ladies come back to the studio to break down “girl marketing” and the female gaze when ap...

Interview with ‘Dìdi’ (2024) Editors, Arielle Zakowski & Christopher Tennel

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With a World Premiere at Sundance in January, Sean Wang's Dìdi has now been capturing the hearts of audiences as the film has gone into wide rel...

NEWS 028: TIFF Preview 2024

28 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With three team members from The Rolling Tape going to TIFF in a couple of weeks time, we discuss an in-depth look at the TIFF lineup and detail our s...

EP 100: The Silence of the Lambs (1991) & The Rolling Tape Anniversary Special

26 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In honor of our 100th main show episode of the podcast, we hosted a bracket on social media asking you all to vote between 32 films selected by our te...

NEWS 027: Fall Festival Preview 2024

21 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The fall film festival cycle is gearing up once again with the major festivals announcing their lineup of films that will reveal to us many of the maj...

EP 099: Alien: Romulus (2024)

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With a long line of auteurs lending their hand to the Alien franchise, Fede Alvarez takes a turn with the standalone effort Alien: Romulus. Taking pla...

Interview with ‘Skincare’ (2024) Director, Austin Peters

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In director Austin Peters' debut feature film, famed aesthetician Hope Goldman's skincare business faces sabotage when rival Angel Vergara o...

RETROSPECTIVE 008: Alien Franchise

14 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Alien movie franchise, spanning over four decades, is one of the most iconic and enduring series in science fiction and horror filmmaking history....

EP 098: Cuckoo (2024)

12 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Originally premiering at Berlin International Film Festival before also showing at SXSW, Tilman Singer’s sophomore feature Cuckoo follows up his 201...

EP 097: Sing Sing (2024)

07 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Originally premiering at TIFF in 2023, Greg Kwedar’s portrait of the titular maximum security prison and the Rehabilitation Through the Arts program...

EP 096: Trap (2024)

05 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

M. Night Shyamalan takes on his own eras tour as he continues on the comeback era with Trap, following a father and his teen daughter attending a pop ...

RETROSPECTIVE 007: M. Night Shyamalan

31 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Born in India and raised outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, M. Night Shyamalan has received critical acclaim over the last 2+ decades as a directo...

EP 095: Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)

29 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Infamous and beloved characters, respectively, in their own timelines and universes, Deadpool & Wolverine features its two titular superheroes sha...

The Awards Tape: Oscar Predictions 2024 First Draft

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the launch of The Awards Tape! The Awards Tape is a dedicated episode series of The Rolling Tape podcast for coverage of all things awards ...

NEWS 026: 81st Venice International Film Festival Lineup Announcement

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s major headline is the announcement of the full lineup for the 81st edition of the Venice International Film Festival where we can now expect...

EP 094: Twisters (2024) ft. Manning Franks

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As a standalone story within the universe of the 1996 film Twister, Lee Isaac Chung brings tornadoes back to the big screen with lega-sequel Twisters ...

Interview with ‘Dandelion’ (2024) Director/Writer Nicole Riegel

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dandelion is currently playing in select theaters from IFC Films and writer/director Nicole Riegel after her feature debut in 2020 with Holler. The fi...

RETROSPECTIVE 006: Twister (1996) ft. Brandon King

17 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With the upcoming release of Lee Isaac Chung’s Twisters, we revisit the 1996 original Twister directed by Jan de Bont and starring Helen Hunt, Bill ...

EP 093: Longlegs (2024) ft. Larry Fried

15 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Surrounded by one of the most viral marketing campaigns in recent memory, Longlegs directed by Osgood Perkins and distributed by NEON has set the stag...

NEWS 025: Midyear Review 2024

10 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Rolling Tape reviews the first half of 2024 revealing each of our team member’s top 5 of the first six months. We look at the trends of the year...

EP 092: MaXXXine (2024) ft. Daniel Berrios

08 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ti West’s ‘X’ Trilogy began just two years ago with an immediate follow up months later in the form of the prequel, Pearl. He has now rounded ou...

EP 091: A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)

03 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As the third entry into the post-apocalyptic universe of silence, A Quiet Place: Day One brings us back to the beginning and follows two previous entr...

EP 090: Kinds of Kindness (2024) ft. Clotilde Chinnici

01 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Kinds of Kindness is Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos’s follow-up to the Academy Awards hit film Poor Things and is a contemporary set anthology follow...

EP 089: The Bikeriders (2024)

24 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Bikeriders is written and directed by Jeff Nichols telling a fictionalized story of the rise and fall of the Chicago Vandals in the 1960s. After a...

RETROSPECTIVE 005: Yorgos Lanthimos

19 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos is known for the absurd worlds his characters inhabit laying forth unsettling questions of social norms. Coming off his ...

EP 088: Inside Out 2 (2024) ft. Landon Defever

17 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After Inside Out captured global audiences to the tune of $850 million global box office success, Pixar is returning with a sequel to it’s 2015 emot...

Interview With 'Ghostlight' (2024) Co-Directors, Kelly O'Sullivan & Alex Thompson

14 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After delivering Saint Frances in 2019, creative duo Alex Thompson and Kelly O'Sullivan are back with Ghostlight in partnership with IFC Films. W...

RETROSPECTIVE 004: Pixar Animation ft. Adam Patla

12 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Pixar is one of the most prominent animation studios working today with 27 feature films, 23 Academy Awards, and since the award’s inauguration in 2...

EP 087: Hit Man (2024) ft. Will Bjarnar

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After premiering on the festival circuit in 2023 at Venice, TIFF, and NYFF, Richard Linklater’s Hit Man has made its way to a limited theatrical rel...

RETROSPECTIVE 003: Richard Linklater

05 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Richard Linklater’s next film, ‘Hit Man,’ is currently out in limited theatrical release before dropping on Netflix on June 7. Before we review ...

EP 086: I Saw the TV Glow (2024)

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I Saw The TV Glow directed by Jane Schoenbrun follows two teenagers as they bond over their love of a supernatural TV show, but it is mysteriously can...

NEWS 024: Cannes Recap 2024

29 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

With the 77th Cannes International Film Festival now complete and the Palme d’Or handed out, we recap the season’s first major festival to kick of...

EP 085: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) ft. Derrick Murray

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga is the fifth entry into the Mad Max universe from director George Miller following most recently Mad Max: Fury Road in 2015. T...

EP 084: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024)

13 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the 4th entry to the trilogy that set forth in 2011 and 10th overall within the Apes franchise going back to ...

Ladies Night 002

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The Ladies are back in the studio tackling ‘girl movies’ and the stereotypes we grew up with. The ladies breakdown various female character tropes...

EP 083: Challengers (2024) ft. Red Broadwell

29 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After originally being set to open the Venice International Film Festival in 2023 and a long delay for its release, we have finally made it to the off...

RETROSPECTIVE 002: Luca Guadagnino

26 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Luca Guadagnino’s next film, ‘Challengers,’ comes out in theaters this upcoming weekend. Before watching and reviewing the film, we discuss the ...

EP 082: Abigail (2024)

22 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From the makers of Ready or Not and Scream 6, Radio Silence Productions returns with another horror entry into their filmography. This time taking on ...

NEWS 023: Philadelphia Springfest Festival Recap 2024 ft. Larry Fried

19 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

As our spring festival series continues, we’re breaking down Philadelphia’s Springfest, a weekend festival curated through the Philadelphia Film S...

*SXSW 2024* Interview With 'We Were Dangerous' (2024) Director Josephine Stewart-Te Whiu, Writer Maddie Dai & Producer Morgan Waru

17 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

'We Were Dangerous' follows Nellie, Daisy and Lou who attend an institution for delinquent girls on an isolated island in 1954. The trio rai...

EP 081: Civil War (2024) & Do You Say What You Mean? (2024) ft. Win Marks

15 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In a special edition guest episode, we first catch back up with Win Marks, who previously joined us for an interview episode to discuss his upcoming f...

RETROSPECTIVE 001: Alex Garland

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Alex Garland’s next film, Civil War, comes out in theaters this upcoming weekend. But before we review his latest effort, we take a look back at the...