The Rolling Tape

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 two young religious women who are drawn into a game of cat-and-mouse in the house of a strange man. The film stars Hugh Grant, Sophie Thatcher, and Chloe East. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Chapter Timestamps: 0:00:00 I...

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 second draft of above-the-line categories including Picture, Director, the Original and Adapted Screenplay and all four performance categories. After this round of predictions, we will move category by category through all 21 awards through the rest of...

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 Anora has now hit wide release in theaters. Anora, a young sex worker from Brooklyn, meets and impulsively marries the son of an oligarch. Once the news reaches Russia, her fairytale is threatened as his parents set out for New York to get the marriage an...

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. We discuss the evolving state of the festival and its jam-packed lineup from the Philadelphia Film Society and highlight the films on each of our slates. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our guest online: Larry Fri...

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 spectrum of horror movies released in 2024. Going all the way back to Night Swim, we recap our way through the year unpacking the best and worst of the genre through October with a preview for what is still to come. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts Al...

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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 papacy with Conclave. When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church....

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 premiere at NewFest 2024. The romantic, tender film executive produced by Norman Lear follows a decades-spanning relationship and a filmmaker’s attempt to understand the past through a new medium. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms F...

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 sensation Skye Riley begins experiencing increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and the pressures of fame, Skye is forced to face her past. The film stars Naomi Scott, Lukas Gage, Peter Jacobson, Ray Nicholson,...

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 Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website , Letterboxd , Instagram , X , TikTok , and Linktree Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd , Instagram , X , and Life Moves Pretty Fast Owen Wilczek on Letterbo...

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 forever. Find out what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Directed and co-written by Jason Reitman, the film brings together an ensemble including Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Co...

Jason Reitman is a Canadian-American filmmaker known for directing films including Thank You for Smoking (2005), Juno (2007), Up in the Air (2009), Young Adult (2011), Ghostbusters: Afterlife. His career has featured frequent collaborations with screenwriter Diablo Cody while ranging from independent features to the blockbuster scale. His ability to tackle contemporary issues while blending comedy...

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 Clown Prince of Crime with the sequel, Joker: Folie À Deux. Arthur Fleck is institutionalized at Arkham, awaiting trial for his crimes as Joker. While struggling with his dual identity, Arthur not only stumbles upon true love, but also finds the music th...

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 experience in film.” We also cover our favorites of 2024, thirst over ‘Gladiator 2,’ and get a visit from a very special spoon. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Sara Ciplickas on Letterboxd , Instagram ,...

A 40-year development for one of the most prolific American film directors, Francis Ford Coppola’s $120 million self-financed Megalopolis has finally come to fruition. The story follows the city of New Rome in the main conflict between Cesar Catilina, a brilliant artist in favor of a utopian future, and the greedy mayor Franklyn Cicero. Between them is Julia Cicero, and her loyalty is divided betw...

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, the film is also distributed by Universal Pictures. In the film, Roz, voiced by Nyong'o, is a robot shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, must adapt to her surroundings, build relationships with the local wildlife, and become the adoptive moth...

DreamWorks Animation has been a major force in the world of animated storytelling since its inception in 1994. Founded by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen, DreamWorks brought a new vision that has consistently pushed creative boundaries, and challenged industry norms, delivering beloved franchises like Shrek , Madagascar , and How to Train Your Dragon . This retrospective exp...

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, aspiring writer Ashish or "Ash" learns a secret that will force him to balance family, love and success while navigating the divide between the exciting city life he wants and his suburban reality. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Lis...

When an introverted cartoonist's girlfriend wants to redefine their relationship, he begins sleeping with sex workers and discovers a new kind of intimacy in the process. Sook-Yin Lee's film is an auto-fictional adaptation of the Graphic Novel by Chester Brown, and in this interview discusses those personal influences that helped Lee shape the film, one that is very close to home for the...

Space Cowboy follows the personal and professional life of Joe Jennings, a pioneer of skydiving cinematography, who looks back on creating iconic moments in film and television, while he tries to turn a dreamlike vision into reality. Danny discusses with co-directors Bryce Leavitt and Marah Strauch how they came to the story and what they valued in bringing the story to life. Listen Here: Spotify...

From director Coralie Fargeat is the biggest sensation of body horror 2024 has to offer. The Substance premiered at Cannes earlier this year before playing Midnight Madness at TIFF. The story follows a fading celebrity who decides to use a black-market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. The film stars Margaret Qualley, Demi Moore, and...

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 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. Blessing talks about her inspiration for the film’s unique structure, the political importance of the story and her initiative as the founder of Bluhouse Studios. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Lis...

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 Choice Winner, highlight our favorites of the fest, and share stories while on the ground in Toronto. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website , Letterboxd , Instagram , X , TikTok , and Li...

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 including the Golden Lion winner. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Gabe Lillianthal on Letterboxd , and X Owen Wilczek on Letterboxd , and X Clotilde Chinnici Website , Letterboxd , X Films mentioned: Lette...

The juice is loose! Tim Burton returns to the afterlife with a sequel to his iconic 1988 classic Beetlejuice. After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife. The film stars Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder, C...