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Ladies Night & Women in Film Spotlight: Kelly Reichardt
In our second Women in Film Spotlight for Ladies Night, we delve into the career of Kelly Reichardt spotlighting two of her films: First Cow and The Mastermind. Both films reflect her unique storytelling style of...
The Awards Tape: 2027 Oscar Contenders Draft Final Rosters
See our live Fantasy results here on our website.We're taking a bit of a pause from our ongoing Oscar predictions to revisit the Oscar Contenders Fantasy Draft we ...
EP 203: Speed Run Reviews of Maddie’s Secret, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Tony, and It Ends & Venice, TIFF, and NYFF Previews
Instead of stepping inside the Insidious franchise this weekend with Insidious: Out of the Further, we’re switching it up here today because summer is winding down, and also we make the rules here. Rather than our typical review...
Interview with 'It Ends' (2026) Director, Alex Ullom
It’s been six years since the idea for It Ends entered writer-director Ale...
The Awards Tape: Ten Years of La La Land & The Legacy of the 2017 Oscars
Is it another day of sun? Or is there someone in the crowd on this lovely night, as a city of stars shines bright for those who dare to dream? If that gives you any indication, we're talking about the Oscar-winning musical La La Land
The Rolling Remote: House of the Dragon (S3), Season MVP's & The Future of Westeros
Today, we're heading back to Westeros. After more than two years away, House of the Dragon is finally back for its long-awaited third season.And it's time for the Dance of the Dragons, the war we've been waiting for and t...
EP 202: The End of Oak Street (2026) & Blind Ranking Dinosaur Movies
Before we officially get into the buzz of the fall festival circuit, it’s good to take a step back in time and reflect on bygone eras of planetary history. Today in fact, we’re embracing that by going 200 million years in reverse to the age of ...
In the Queue: August 2026 Recommendations & & Watchlist Shuffles for Rom-Coms
Welcome back to In The Queue, a new show in The Rolling Tape network of podcasts that answers the question “What should I watch this weekend?” Every month, we line up what’s in theaters, what’s headlining our watchlists, and what we reco...
The Awards Tape: Pre-Fall Festival Oscar Predictions 2026-27
In just a few weeks, Venice, Telluride, New York, and Toronto will kick off a new cycle of anticipated awards contenders, with premieres and early reactions that will reshape our already exhaustive Oscar predictions. This is where some of our a...
EP 201: One Night Only (2026) & Ranking Rom-Com Movie Couples
You know what's more romantic than living under an authoritarian government where you can only have sex for one night of the year? Finding your true love for life. Time to nut up for Will Gluck's One Night Only, starring Monica ...
*FANTASIA 2026* Interview with 'A Safe Distance' (2026) Director, Gloria Mercer, Bethany Brown, and Tandia Mercedes
While it didn’t debut at Fantasia Fest (that honor belongs to SXSW this year), A Safe Distance also...
The Awards Tape: The Invite (2026) Awards Assessment, A24 Campaign Priorities & Fringe Best Picture Nominations Ranking
It's the opening weekend of Spider-Man: Brand New Day, but I don't think we can conclusively say it'll be part of this upcoming awards conversation—outside of a potential Best Visual Effects nomination. So instead of focusing on...
EP 200: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), SDCC Marvel News, Avengers: Doomsday Heat Check & MCU Trivia
It’s episode 200 of our weekly Monday show, and what better way to celebrate than with the 38th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the fourth film in the MCU Spider-Man film series. It's also National Spider-Man Day which is...
Ladies Night: Women in Sports!
We celebrate the 20th anniversary of She’s The Man by breaking down the film and “women in sports” movies. We also give some of our favorite recs from the genre and look at the progression of sports films over the past two decad...
*FANTASIA 2026* Interview with 'Sunspark' (2026) Director, Danny Bourque
In a barren post-apocalyptic world with no humans, a barter system of sunflowers for scrap parts, and robots, Zap is very lonely. In his scavenging one day, he finds the broken body of another robot. His curiosity gets the better of him, and he...
The Awards Tape: 83rd Venice International Film Festival (2026) Lineup Announcement
The lineup for the 83rd Venice International Film Festival was announced on Thursday, July 23, coming on the heels of the first wave of announcements from the Toronto International Film Festival. That means we're officially entering fall...
The Rolling Remote: Channel Surfing for TV & Recommendations for Widow's Bay, Hacks & Beginner Anime
We're going channel surfing for round 2! If you missed our last Channel Surfing episode, instead of spending an hour diving deep into a single series, we bounce around the television landscape and talk about the shows we ha...
EP 199: The Invite (2026), I Want Your Sex (2026), The Career of Olivia Wilde & Guess the Letterboxd Review Game
Christopher Nolan please exit stage left, this episode is for the freaks. It's time to get wild, Olivia Wilde that is! With her third directorial feature, The Invite, in theaters as of last week, and an upco...
Interview with 'Heartstopper Forever' (2026) Editor, Todd Downing
Heartstopper Forever is a new Netflix film that concludes the three-season TV series Heartstopper, which was adapted from Alice Oseman's graphic novels. Set in the UK, the story follows a gay high school romanc...
Read Receipts: The Odyssey From Homer To Christopher Nolan (2026)
We read it. We watched it. It’s time for the receipts. For this month’s Read Receipts, we are going on an Odyssey. Or should we say a Pod-yssey? Welcome back to your favorite podcast for readers and watchers alike. If you’re new here, th...
RETRO//RANKED: Christopher Nolan (13): The Odyssey, Reflections on Seasons 1-7 & Season 8 Announcement
Ten years on this fucking podcast. Let's go home! Today, our destiny comes to a close. We add The Odyssey to our collaborative rankings that we've been building for weeks. Call it the Trojan horse of RETRO//RANKED
The Awards Tape: The Odyssey Awards Assessment
Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is quite possibly the most anticipated film of the year. It marks Nolan's first feature since Oppenheimer, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, along ...
EP 198: The Odyssey (2026) & Nolan Filmography Guessing Game
Call it our (p)odyssey weekend here at The Rolling Tape as we’ll have not one, not two, not three, but FOUR podcasts across our network of shows discussing Christopher Nolan’s 13th feature film in various capacities. T...
Summer 2026 Box Office Draft Check-In
The Summer 2026 Box Office Draft returns. This is our check-in episode. We kicked off the second annual edition of our Summer Box Office Draft back in May around Memorial Day, taking a deep dive into the entire summer release schedule. Each of ...
RETRO//RANKED: Christopher Nolan (11-12): Tenet & Oppenheimer
THE LAST PRE-ODYSSEY EPISODE IS HERE.Don’t try to understand the ranking you hear on this podcast today. Feel it.RETRO//RANKED is a Rolling Tape network series ranking the individual entries of beloved franchises and...
