The Rolling Tape
Episodes
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...