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Richard Ladkani continues his work of environmental documentary storytelling by bringing us to the Amazon to share the story of Juma Xipaia and her husband Hugo Loss as they fight for environmental land protection and Indigenous sovereignty. In our interview, Richard and Juma discuss the approach they discussed for sharing Juma's message and the importance of safety and security for the subje...

This is the pre-episode conversation before our review of The Phoenician Scheme (2025) where we discuss trailer reactions to films including Frankenstein, Wicked: For Good, Black Phone 2, and A Big Bold Beautiful Journey. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear more. Read our review: The Phoenician Scheme (Danny Jarabek) Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listenin...

For a bonus review this weekend on a weekend full of new releases and our main review settled on Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme, we’ve got so many John Wick heads on our team that we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to review the franchise’s first spin-off Ballerina, or formally From the World of John Wick: Ballerina. The film is described as follows: an assassin trained in the traditions of...

Toby Perl Freilich's Maintenance Artist follows NYC's first Sanitation Department artist-in-residence, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, who blends art with waste management in Maintenance Artist, exploring her groundbreaking public art career. The film is playing in the Documentary Competition at Tribeca and we had the opportunity to discuss the film and development with its subject with the dire...

‘Widow Champion’ takes us to rural Kenya, where Rodah Nafula Wekesa spearheads a courageous movement, rallying fellow widows to reclaim their rightful property. Sara Ciplickas sits down with Director Zippy Kimundu to discuss the trust necessary to complete this documentary and the progress made in these women’s fight against widow inheritance and patriarchal traditions. The film debuted in the US...

*THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST* featuring a 30-minute segment from our RETRO//RANKED season on the Jurassic Franchise. To watch the full conversation on video, subscribe to our Patreon. In this spinoff of our existing Retrospective series, we’ll be taking a long-form approach to our retrospectives for full franchises and filmographies. Every season of RETRO/RANKED will see us discuss every single entr...

Ahead of Mike Flanagan’s latest film The Life of Chuck, we look back through his filmography which predominantly features many entries to the horror genre both in feature film and TV formats. We’ll discuss his early work through Doctor Sleep as well as his highly acclaimed series work with The Haunting of Hill House, The Fall of the House of Usher, and Midnight Mass. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Pa...

After Flow won Best Animated Feature at this year's Academy Awards, Latvian animation offers something new again with Dog of God. The rotoscope animated film is co-directed by siblings Raitis and Lauris Ābele, who sit down with interview host Arleigh Rodgers at Tribeca Festival to discuss their nightmarish depiction of a 17th century witch trial in Livonia that uncovers a werewolf within a de...

Premiering at Tribeca, State of Firsts is an intimate documentary that follows Congresswoman Sarah McBride and her historic campaign to become the first out trans person elected to Congress. Sara Ciplickas sits down with Director Chase Joynt and Producer Jenna M. Kelly to discuss the process of documenting Sarah’s story. Review: State of Firsts Review (Sara Ciplickas) Listen Here: Spotify Apple Po...

In our second episode of our Pride miniseries, the team discusses the underground movements and larger star-studded productions from the 1970s and 1980s. Transitioning from Classic Hollywood, we breakdown the complexities and opposing strides of the two decades, contextualizing cinema within American history. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Pla...

Esta Isla is a Puerto Rican feature in the US Narrative Competition with its world premiere at the Tribeca Festival 2025. The movie is described as follows: young lovers Bebo and Lola, from different social worlds in Puerto Rico, escape to a remote area of the island after a murder occurs. We talk with co-directors Christian Carretero and Lorraine Jones about the significance of the film's sh...

Wes Anderson’s latest film is now out in theatrical wide release, The Phoenician Scheme which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival just a few week ago. The movie is described as follows: wealthy businessman Zsa-zsa Korda appoints his only daughter, a nun, as sole heir to his estate. As Korda embarks on a new enterprise, they soon become the target of scheming tycoons, foreign terrori...

This is the pre-episode conversation before our review of Bring Her Back (2025) where we discuss Superman's box office projections, what we've been watching recently, and a surprisingly educational debriefing of the Meet the Parents franchise. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear more. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our...

*DISCLAIMER* Live commentary is not live with the movie due to ad breaks and technical difficulties. The commentary is edited for brevity and clarity. Ahead of Ballerina (2025), our two John Wick-heads, Paul Rai and Evan Miller, watch John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum (2019) together with commentary on the movie and the John Wick franchise as a whole. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Her...

To celebrate Pride Month 2025, Sara Ciplickas hosts a special mini-series breaking down the progression of Queer cinema. In this four-part series, the team discusses different time periods, how Queer people are presented, notable figures, and films that both positively and negatively affected our perception of the LGBTQ community. For Episode One, the team discusses ‘Pre Stonewall’ cinema, from th...

The Philippou brothers are back after their directorial feature debut in 2022, Talk To Me, with a new original horror film Bring Her Back . The film is described as follows: a brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother. Bring Her Back stars Billy Barratt, Sally Hawkins, Jonah Wren Phillips, and Mischa Heywood. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon...

The ladies are back in the studio to discuss the phenomenon of “fangirling" as part of internet culture in entertainment. We unpack the deconstruction of the male image in contemporary films, internet boyfriends, and the parasocial relationships between audiences and today’s biggest stars. Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Sara Ciplickas on Le...

Our immediate live commentary on the Cannes Film Festival Awards Ceremony including our reaction to Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or winning film It Was Just an Accident. See the video of our reactions on Patreon. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms Follow our team online: Danny Jarabek Website , Letterboxd , Instagram , X , TikTok , a...

Following up another franchise retrospective with Mission Impossible, we now trust Ethan Hunt one last time in our review of Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning. Ethan Hunt and the IMF team continue their search for the terrifying AI known as the Entity - which has infiltrated intelligence networks all over the globe - with the world's governments and a mysterious ghost from Ethan'...

The Rolling Roulette is a brand-new podcast series from The Rolling Tape! Each month, fate takes the wheel as our team members are randomly paired together to exchange film recommendations based on a central theme. For the month of March, the theme was "March Madness," featuring sports movie recommendations. Red Broadwell and Evan Miller discuss  Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All L...

With its 8th and (final?) entry coming to theaters this coming weekend with Mission: Impossible–The Final Reckoning, we look back at the storied action franchise that dates back to 1996. We’ll reflect on the legacy of the franchise and its 7 entries, along with the stars and directors who have contributed to its 30-year evolution. We’ll discuss all the mask reveals, surfaces Tom Cruise has run acr...

After our franchise retrospective last week discussing the five previous Final Destination films, we are now reviewing the latest, Final Destination: Bloodlines, the sixth entry into the franchise. Directed by Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein, the movie is described as follows: plagued by a recurring violent nightmare, a college student returns home to find the one person who can break the cycle an...

La Pecera premiered at Sundance in 2023 but was recently in limited theatrical release. The film's story is as follows: a cancer diagnosis inspires Noelia to return to her native Puerto Rico and reunite with friends and family who are dealing with industrial pollution left by the US military. We discuss the making of the film with writer and director Glorimar Marrero Sánchez who is the first...

As a teaser for future conversations you can expect to hear, this is a pre-episode conversation before our review of Thunderbolts* (2025) where we discuss our favorite movie villains, some trailer news, and first-looks at films coming to theaters later this year. Subscribe to our Patreon to hear more. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts All Listening Platforms F...

After 14 years, the Final Destination franchise is back with its sixth entry coming out in wide release next month, Final Destination: Bloodlines. Ahead of our review, we’re taking a look back through the franchise’s previous entries dating back to 2000, and discussing all the highs, lows, and gruesome deaths along the way. Subscribe: The Rolling Tape Patreon Listen Here: Spotify Apple Podcasts Al...