The Rolling Tape
Episodes
EP 041: 12 Angry Men (1957), Rear Window (1954) & One-Location Films ft. Manning Franks
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
One-location films often utilize enclosed settings to create a specific element of tension as if the characters are trapped within a space for the nar...
Interview with ‘Heart Valley’ (2022) Director, Christian Cargill
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Christian Cargill is a London-based filmmaker and photographer. During his time at Pulse Films, Christian worked across productions for Netflix, HBO, ...
BONUS EP: Succession ft. Sean Place
31 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the HBO series Succession, created by Jesse Armstrong, coming to a close, members of The Rolling Tape team and guest Sean Place deliver their nex...
EP 040: The Little Mermaid (2023) ft. Katie Rentschler
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The latest addition to the Disney live-action remake lineup is The Little Mermaid directed by Rob Marshall and starring Halle Bailey, Jonah Hauer-King...
Interview With ‘An Eighth of Him’ (2023) Director, Levi Eddie Aluede
26 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Levi Eddie Aluede is a writer and director based in southeast London, known for their shorts (The Smell of Cut Grass) which screened at the Prince Cha...
Interview with ‘Giving Birth to a Butterfly’ (2023) Director Ted Schaefer & Co-Writer Patrick Lawler
24 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Giving Birth To a Butterfly follows a woman who after having her identity stolen, connects with her son's pregnant girlfriend as they bond togeth...
EP 039: Titane (2021), All That Jazz (1979) & The Palme d’Or
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Palme d’Or is one of the most prestigious awards in the film festival circuit where it is given to the top film chosen by a jury at the Cannes I...
Interview With Drea Clark, Festival Programmer and Producer
19 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Drea Clark is a Film Producer, a Programmer for Sundance Film Festival and Bentonville with experience at LA and Slamdance Film Festivals. She’s pro...
BONUS EP: TRT Trivia
17 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Rolling Tape takes a break from film coverage to present our first edition of TRT Trivia! How much does our team know about our podcast and public...
EP 038: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) ft. Meredith Loftus
15 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
James Gunn’s final entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, is the last entry into the franchise of this rag tag grou...
Interview with ‘Carmen’ (2023) Director, Benjamin Millepied
12 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Millepied is a world-renowned choreographer, dancer, and rising director. In 2010, Millepied choreographed and starred in the Oscar-winning f...
BONUS EP: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (2023) Review ft. Morgan Roberts
10 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Fremon Craig’s first film since The Edge of Seventeen in 2016 is a return to the coming-of-age genre following Margaret Simon in an adaptation...
EP 037: Pulp Fiction (1994), The Social Network (2010) & Authorship in Film ft. Zach Marsh
08 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Authorship in filmmaking is a topic that has been debated amongst film theorists through the entire history of the art. Oftentimes, directors are the ...
EP 036: Beau is Afraid (2023) & CinemaCon 2023
01 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Ari Aster’s third directorial feature has finally hit theaters and he’s back and bigger than ever with surrealistic epic Beau is Afraid starring J...
EP 035: Frances Ha (2012), A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) & Modern Black and White
24 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Black and white cinematography used to be the only ways to capture moving images for film. In contemporary filmmaking, it is now only rarely used as a...
EP 034: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Cannes Lineup Announcement & New Trailers ft. Ryan Guido
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Super Mario Bros. movie is here as we review the newest Illumination Studio film starring voice work from Chris Pratt as Mario, Charlie Day as Lui...
EP 033: There Will be Blood (2007), Nightcrawler (2014) & The Character Study ft. Brian Skutle
10 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Our second double feature of Season 2 features the theme of “character study” films which follow central figures and are more driven by their inte...
Interview With I Love You, Guys (2023) Director, Billie Melissa Rogan
07 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Billie Melissa Rogan is a writer, director, activist, and podcaster active online in the film community. In this interview joined by Danny Jarabek, we...
BONUS EP: A Thousand and One (2023) Review ft. Derrick Murray
05 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
A.V. Rockwell's directorial feature debut A Thousand and One premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier in 2023 and is currently out in theaters...
EP 032: John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023), SXSW Reactions & First Cannes Preview
03 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
For our first news & review episode post-Oscars 2023, we’re kicking off the year of releases by discussing John Wick: Chapter 4, the latest inst...
Interview With Izzy Davis, Screenwriter
31 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Jarabek and Sara Ciplickas interview screenwriter Izzy Davis about her story of becoming involved with film writing. We discuss her inspirations...
EP 031: Blood Simple (1984), Lady Bird (2017) & The Directorial Debut ft. Aaron White
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Season 2 launch! With the start of a fresh slate of movies, we are kicking off season 2 by also looking at the first films of two directors in a doubl...
Interview With Win Marks, Grip, Lighting Designer, and Filmmaker
24 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
We talk with grip, lighting designer, and filmmaker Win Marks about his experiences lighting sets on stage and on exterior sets. We also discuss Win’...
BONUS EP: The Last of Us ft. Sean Place
22 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As a post-Oscars bonus episode, The Rolling Tape takes its first look at the small screen with HBO’s hit video game adaptation series, The Last of U...
EP 030: Oscars 2023 Recap ft. Landon Defever
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 2023 Oscars and a wrap and we recap with guest Landon Defever everything that went down at the 95th Academy Awards. We assess the highs and lows o...
EP 029: 95th Academy Awards Live Reactions
13 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The 95th Academy Awards ceremony has happened! Here is our live, uncut reactions to the full night from the red carpet to the Best Picture. We will re...
Interview With ‘How Do You Measure a Year?’ (2022) Director, Jay Rosenblatt
10 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Jay Rosenblatt has been nominated for two Oscar’s throughout his career as a filmmaker, with the most recent being this year for his documentary sho...
BONUS EP: TRT Award Winners & Best Picture Nomination Speed Run Reviews of Avatar: The Way of Water (2022), Elvis (2022), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), Triangle of Sadness (2022) & Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
09 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
As the final episode before the 95th Academy Awards, we take a look back through the remaining Best Picture nominations we have yet to review on the s...
EP 028: Final Oscar Predictions ft. David Gonzalez
06 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In the final week before the 95th Academy Awards, we are joined by guest David Gonzalez as we cast our final predictions for the Oscars winners in all...
Interview With '18 ½' (2021) Director, Dan Mirvish
04 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Mirvish is a filmmaker, author, and co-founder of Slamdance Film Festival. His most recent film 18 ½ follows a White House transcriber thrust int...
BONUS EP: Cocaine Bear (2023) Review
02 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In one of the most meme-worthy, yet highly anticipated comedy thrillers of the year, Elizabeth Banks’s loosely based on real life events film Cocain...
EP 027: CODA (2021), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) & The Best Picture Revisited
27 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The Oscar for Best Picture at the Academy Awards is the highest award that can be allotted to a film in the Hollywood Film Awards Circuit. With the 95...
EP 026: Magic Mike’s Last Dance (2023), TRT Awards & the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival Opening
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With the third installment in this franchise which has now reached a trilogy, Steven Soderbergh is bringing the magic of Mike Lane back to the big scr...
EP 025: Blue Valentine (2010), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) & The Anti-Romance ft. Veronica Phillips
13 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The romance film is a genre that elevates in popularity during the Valentine’s day season, but the classic romance film relationship with the protag...
EP 024: Oscar Nomination Reactions ft. Reece Beaumont
06 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After the Oscar nomination announcements, we are joined by Reece Beaumont to break down the results by analyzing all of the expected nominations we re...
EP 023: Amadeus (1984), Spencer (2019) & The Historical Figure Biopic
30 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The biopic genre is one that has come to dominate Hollywood studios in recent years but has also been present in filmmaking since the earliest era of ...
BONUS EP: Oscar Nominations Live Reactions 2023
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Oscar Nominations for the 95th Academy Awards have been announced! Here are our live, uncut reactions to the nomination announcement ceremony.The Roll...
EP 022: Final Oscar Nomination Predictions
23 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With Oscar nomination morning just around the corner on January 24, we break down category by category our final predictions for what will be nominate...
EP 021: Metropolis (1927), Modern Times (1936) & The Silent Film Era ft. GabeReels
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
The “Silent Film Era” was the foundational period of film history that saw the earliest innovations to cinematic storytelling. This era of filmmak...
BONUS EP: Best of 2022 & Most Anticipated of 2023 New Years Special
12 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
With 2022 and the first calendar year of The Rolling Tape in the books, we celebrate the year’s best moments in cinema by talking about our favorite...
EP 020: Women Talking (2022) ft. Amanda Guarragi
09 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Women Talking (2022) directed and written by Sarah Polley is an adaptation of a novel of the same name by Miriam Toews. The novel is a fictionalized r...
EP 019: Boyhood (2014), Call Me By Your Name (2017) & Coming of Age
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Coming of age movies come in many shapes and sizes, but it is a subgenre of films that often evokes a sense of nostalgia for its central characters wh...
BONUS EP: It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) Christmas Special
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The holiday season is one of the best times of the year to celebrate cinema and all of the movies that utilize Christmas as setting or subject to thei...
EP 018: The Whale (2022), Critics Choice Awards Nominations & Academy Award Shortlists
26 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In Darren Aronofsky’s first film since 2017, he returns with The Whale, an adaptation of a play by Samuel D. Hunter of the same name. Starring Brend...
EP 017: The Florida Project (2017), Vertigo (1958) & Color in Film
19 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Ever since the advent of color in the 1930's before it became mainstream in filmmaking in the 50's and 60's, filmmakers have found crea...
BONUS EP: Babylon (2022)
16 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Damien Chazelle has returned with his first film since 2018 in the form of a grand epic about the transition in early Hollywood to “talkies.” Star...
EP 016: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022), Sundance 2023 Lineup & Oscar Predictions (Original Song, Visual Effects, and Sound)
12 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Guillermo del Toro returns to the big screen to bring us the latest iteration of the classic tale of Pinocchio, this time in stop-motion form. Now in ...
EP 015: Bones and All (2022), Parasite (2019) & Genre Bending
05 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Genre is a term that sets a framework of expectations for an audience based on themes, aesthetic qualities, and narrative characteristics that help to...
BONUS EP: Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Thanksgiving Special
30 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Rian Johnson and Detective Blanc are back and bigger than ever in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, the follow up to the 2019 whodunnit mystery, Kniv...
EP 014: The Fabelmans (2022), Independent Spirit Award Nominations & Oscar Predictions (Production Design, Costume Design, and Makeup/Hairstyling)
28 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since its world premiere at TIFF where it won the People’s Choice Award, Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical “love letter to cinema,” The Fabe...
EP 013: All Quiet on the Western Front (2022), Inglourious Basterds (2009) & The Ethics of Violence in Cinema
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Violence has been depicted on screen since movies were first made, and the contexts within which it has been portrayed have changed over the course of...
EP 012: The Banshees of Inisherin (2022), AFI Festival Reactions & Oscar Predictions (Animated Feature, International Feature, and Documentary Feature)
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Martin McDonagh returns to direct the dynamic pairing of Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson by returning to the UK with The Banshees of Inisherin, his ...
EP 011: Adaptation. (2002), Clue (1985) & The Art of Adaptation
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Many of our greatest films have derived from adaptations of books and other source materials begging the inevitable question of whether the book was b...
BONUS EP: Psycho (1960) Halloween Special
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Psycho (1960) directed by Alfred Hitchcock is often regarded as one of the most important contributions to the genre of horror filmmaking in the histo...
EP 010: TÁR (2022), Gotham Award Nominations & Oscar Predictions (Cinematography, Editing, and Score)
31 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Field is back in the directorial chair after 16 years with his new film, TÁR, starring Cate Blanchett as the first-ever female music director of...
EP 009: The Thing (1982), Train to Busan (2016) & The History of Horror
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Horror films have historically acted as artistic expressions and reflections of internal fears within the society of the time it was made. In essence,...
EP 008: Decision to Leave (2022), Oscar Predictions & Trailers
17 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Park Chan-wook is one of South Korea’s most prolific filmmaking auteurs, and he is back with his first film in six years with Decision to Leave star...
EP 007: Black Swan (2010), Whiplash (2014) & The Obsessed Artist
10 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The “Obsessed Artist” is a character we have seen portrayed throughout the history of cinema. The character strives to perfect their craft by any ...
EP 006: TIFF Results, Big Five Oscar Predictions & Don’t Worry Darling (2022)
03 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
With the wrap of the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, the People’s Choice award results are one of the first key festival precursors that l...
EP 005: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022) & Unique Animation
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Animation is a medium that can sometimes be overlooked for its cinematic value in comparison to live-action films, but it is actually an art form that...
EP 004: Venice Awards, TIFF Reactions & See How They Run (2022)
19 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As the fall festival season hits full gear, we revisit Venice to break down their award winners while also looking at first reactions from the films t...
EP 003: Moonlight (2016), The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019) & Low-Budget Filmmaking
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For our first double feature review, we are looking at low-budget filmmaking through the lens of two films, the first chosen by The Rolling Tape team,...
EP 002: Venice Film Festival, September Releases & Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
05 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From the “Mad Genius of George Miller,” this week we take a look at the recent release, Three Thousand Years of Longing starring Tilda Swinton and...
EP 001: Roll the Tape & Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022)
29 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
On the first episode of The Rolling Tape podcast, we introduce the team and review the 2022 film from the Daniels and distributed by A24, Everything E...