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The Rolling Tape

The Rolling Tape

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1 day ago

Happy Stranger Things week!!! Tomorrow we'll receive Part One (the first four episodes) of the fifth and final season, and to celebrate, here's our full recap and discussion on Season 4! Grab your eggos and travel with us to the upside down. Season 4 released worldwide on Netflix in two volumes. The first set of seven episodes was released on May 27, 2022, while the second set of two episodes was released on July 1, 2022. This mini-series will follow the Stranger Things season by season throu...

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Happy Stranger Things week!!! Tomorrow we'll receive Part One (the first four episodes) of the fifth and final season, and to celebrate, here's our full recap and discussion on Season 4! Grab your eggos and travel with us to the upside down. Season 4 released worldwide on Netflix in two volumes. The first set of seven episodes was released on May 27, 2022, while the second set of two episodes was released on July 1, 2022. This mini-series will follow the Stranger Things season by season throu...

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Film Interviews

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*PATREON PREVIEW* The Rolling Remote: Stranger Things (S4)

Happy Stranger Things week!!! Tomorrow we'll receive Part One (the first four episodes) of the fifth and final season, and to celebrate, here's our full recap and discussion on Season 4! Grab your eggos and travel with us to the upside down. Season 4 released worldwide on Netflix in two volumes. The first set of seven episodes was released on May 27, 2022, while the second set of two episodes was released on July 1, 2022. This mini-series will follow the Stranger Things season by season throu...

2 days ago

36 minutes

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EP 165: Wicked: For Good (2025)

Wicked: For Good is the second part of the Wicked film adaptation directed by Jon M. Chu and written by Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox. The sequel to Wicked (2024), it adapts the second act of the 2003 stage musical by Stephen Schwartz and Holzman, which was loosely based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 novel, a reimagining of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation. The film is described as follows: after challenging the Wizard's totalitarian regime in Oz, E...

3 days ago

2 hours 4 minutes

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EP 164 Pre-Episode: Marty Supreme Marketing & '"Wuthering Heights"' Trailer, 'Zootopia' Coming Soon

To hear more bonus pre-episode conversations like this, subscribe to our Patreon for as little as $1/month for early access and video episodes. Ahead of our The Running Man review we discuss: Marty Supreme Marketing"Wuthering Heights" Trailer 'Zootopia' Coming Soon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and Linktree Joshua Mbonu on Letterboxd, and X Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram...

6 days ago

24 minutes

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*PATREON PREVIEW* RETRO//RANKED: Edgar Wright (The World's End, Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho & The Running Man)

Season 4 of RETRO//RANKED has reached its grand finale on Edgar Wright's filmography with a mega ranking episode covering his last four feature films The World's End, Baby Driver, Last Night in Soho & The Running Man. By the end of this episode we complete the entire ranking of his career and announce which director we'll be tackling for Season 5 of the show. Our current collaborative ranking so far: Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldShaun of the DeadHot FuzzA Fistful of FingersSubscribe: The Ro...

1 week ago

31 minutes

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The Awards Tape: Best Picture Predictions 2025-26

Back in April we hosted our first conversation of the awards season with a way-too-early glimpse at the potential contenders ahead, and in July we revisited that with our first official draft of above-the-line category predictions, and in October we revisited again with our second official draft of above-the-line categories. We are now starting our specialized prediction episodes that feature 1 to 3 categories at a time until we’ve covered all categories ahead of nomination morning. All the w...

1 week ago

1 hour 36 minutes

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EP 164: The Running Man (2025)

The Running Man is directed by Edgar Wright and written by Wright and Michael Bacall. It is the second adaptation of the 1982 novel by Stephen King, following the 1987 film. The story is as follows: A man joins a game show in which contestants, allowed to go anywhere in the world, are pursued by "hunters" hired to kill them. The film stars Glen Powell, William H. Macy, Lee Pace, Michael Cera, Emilia Jones, Daniel Ezra, Jayme Lawson, Sean Hayes, Colman Domingo, and Josh Brolin. Subscribe: The ...

1 week ago

1 hour 41 minutes

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*DOC NYC 2025* Interview With 'Plan C for Civilization' (2025) Director, Ben Kalina

Ben Kalina is an award-winning director and producer whose work centers on the collision between human nature and the force of nature (Can We Cool the Planet?, Shored Up). His latest work, Plan C for Civilization, has its World Premiere at DOC NYC 2025. Plan C for Civilization tackles the promise and peril of solar geoengineering with exclusive verite access to its protagonist David Keith and the SCoPEx project as well as the rogue geoengineers of Make Sunsets. Ben sits down with Danny Jarabe...

1 week ago

31 minutes

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Movies Fantasy League Mini-Series: Part One

Vulture’s Movies Fantasy League is up and running for the 2025-26 season and our team is participating! We will track over this course of this podcast mini-series how are drafted teams are performing via the criteria of box office, critical reception, and awards. You can check out the rules for how to play on the MFL hub, but their summary is as follows, “You select a roster of exactly eight films within a budget of 100 imaginary dollars. Once the scoring phase of the game begins, the films y...

1 week ago

47 minutes

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RETROSPECTIVE 026: Noah Baumbach

Noah Baumbach will have his latest feature directorial effort, Jay Kelly, in limited release this coming week ahead of its Netflix release later this year so we’re discussing his career up to this point. The auteur is known for the writing of his variety of family dramas ranging from his breakout in The Squid and the Whale through his most recent film, White Noise. We’ll discuss the signatures, characters, and styles that define Noah Baumbach along with our expectations for Jay Kelly. S...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 29 minutes

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*PATREON PREVIEW* Bonus Review: Predator: Badlands (2025)

This is a preview podcast featuring the non-spoiler section of our bonus review for Predator: Badlands. To watch the full review on video, subscribe to our Patreon. “If it bleeds, we can kill it.” We see if that holds up in the seventh installment in the Predator franchise, and the ninth overall including the crossover series, with Predator: Badlands directed by Dan Trachtenberg and written by Patrick Aison. The story follows a young Predator outcast from his clan who finds an unlikely ally o...

2 weeks ago

19 minutes

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EP 163: Frankenstein (2025)

Frankenstein is written and directed by Guillermo del Toro, based on Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. The story follows a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation. The film stars Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein, Jacob Elordi as the Creature, and Mia Goth as Elizabeth, with Felix Kammerer, David Bradley, Lars Mikkelsen, Christi...

2 weeks ago

2 hours

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Interview With 'The Perfect Neighbor' (2025) Editor, Viridiana Lieberman

The Perfect Neighbor had its World Premiere earlier this year at Sundance 2025 and is now available to stream on Netflix. We are joined by the film's editor, Viridiana Lieberman, to discuss the documentary's unique construction and the collaboration with director Geeta Gandbhir. The Perfect Neighbor follows the killing of Ajike Owens primarily through police body cam footage, Ring cameras, and other means of surveillance used to capture the community leading up to and beyond Owens' death. Wit...

2 weeks ago

23 minutes

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*PATREON PREVIEW* The Rolling Remote: Stranger Things (S3)

When Stranger Things premiered in 2016, it quickly became a cultural phenomenon for Netflix capturing small-town mystery, supernatural horror, and 1980s nostalgia. After the first two episodes of the series discussing Season 1 and 2, we are now on to season 3 released on Jul 4, 2019 where the popular new Starcourt Mall has taken over Hawkins and new dimensions of the upside down emerge. This mini-series will follow the Stranger Things season by season through its newest and final season 5 whi...

3 weeks ago

32 minutes

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EP 162: Bugonia (2025)

Bugonia is directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. It is an English-language remake of the 2003 South Korean film Save the Green Planet! by Jang Joon-hwan. The film follows two conspiracy-obsessed young men who kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth. Bugonia had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 28, 2025, and was theatrically released in the United States by Focus ...

3 weeks ago

1 hour 33 minutes

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Ladies Night 011: Witches & Halloween

Witches take over the studio to celebrate Halloween and discuss the iconography, history, and meaning of ‘the witch’ in film. Breaking down her many interactions, themes and meanings, the Ladies discuss the empowerment and the dangers this iconic figure has brought to female audiences…all while giving plenty of new movie recs! Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Sara Ciplickas on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X ...

3 weeks ago

1 hour 9 minutes

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*PFF 2025* Interview With 'Lesbian Space Princess' (2025) Directors, Emma Hough Hobbs & Leela Varghese

Lesbian Space Princess recently screened at Philadelphia Film Festival after playing festivals throughout the past year and Jake Fittipaldi is joined by co-directors Emma Hough Hobbs and Leela Varghese to discuss their work and creative partnership. Lesbian Space Princess follows a space princess who is thrust out of her sheltered life and into a galactic quest to save her bounty hunter ex-girlfriend from the Straight White Maliens. The film is a personal journey of self-acceptance and unapol...

3 weeks ago

16 minutes

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NEWS 047: New York Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival & Philadelphia Film Festival Recaps 2025

After the long haul of the fall festival cycle, festival season has finally come to a close and we’re here to round up our experiences at each of the most recent fests that our team has attended including New York Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, and Philadelphia Film Festival. From the midwest to the Northeast Corridor, we recap all the movies we saw during this fall season. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Fol...

4 weeks ago

1 hour 27 minutes

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NEWS 046: Gotham Award Nominations 2025

Marking the first nominations from an official awards voting body, The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced their nominations for the 35th edition of The Gothams. We recap the announcement where 40 feature films and 25 performances in ten award categories were recognized. One Battle After Another led the way receiving six nominations while the Best Feature category increased for the first time from 5 to 10 nominations. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podc...

4 weeks ago

49 minutes

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EP 161: After the Hunt (2025)

After the Hunt is directed by Luca Guadagnino and written by Nora Garrett. Starring Julia Roberts, Ayo Edebiri, Andrew Garfield, Michael Stuhlbarg and Chloë Sevigny, it follows Alma, a college professor caught in between a sexual abuse accusation involving one of her students and a colleague. The film had its world premiere out of competition in the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 29, 2025, and was theatrically released in the United States by Amazon MGM Studios on October 1...

1 month ago

1 hour 32 minutes

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*PATREON PREVIEW* RETRO//RANKED: Edgar Wright (Hot Fuzz & Scott Pilgrim vs. The World)

Season 4 of RETRO//RANKED continues on with Edgar Wright's filmography, this time discussing his third and fourth features, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. We will continue collaboratively ranking all of his films leading up to and including his latest work set for wide release later this year, The Running Man. Our current collaborative ranking so far: Shaun of the DeadA Fistful of FingersSubscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms...

1 month ago

35 minutes