
The Rolling Tape
The Rolling Tape podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.
Episodes
375 episodes
*PATREON PREVIEW* MCU Phase Six Timeline, Summer Box Office Check-In & Ne Zha 2 Re-Release
Ahead of our review for The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025), we lay out what's coming up on the release slate for DC and the MCU phase six, we check in with summer box office numbers for the July blockbusters, and discuss the re-release of N...
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Episode 372
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18:49

Interview With 'Harvest' (2024) Director, Athina Rachel Tsangari
From Athina Rachel Tsangari (Chevalier, Attenberg), Harvest is a spellbinding and thrillingly distinctive period piece like no other, telling a folk horror-inflected story about the trauma of modernity and the looming threat o...
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Episode 371
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19:37

Ladies Night 010
Taking a break from their discussions on fangirling and branding, The Ladies discuss the summer’s superhero films and the newly introduced Lois Lane and Sue Storm.Subscribe:The ...
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Episode 370
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53:50

EP 149: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
As the last piece of the July blockbuster season, The Fantastic Four: First Steps brings the family of four back to the big screen for the first time in a decade. Forced to balance their roles as heroes with the strength of their family bond, t...
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Episode 369
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2:01:47

*PATREON PREVIEW* Hoppers, After the Hunt Trailers & Theater Popcorn Buckets
Ahead of our Eddington review, we debrief the latest original trailer from Pixar, Hoppers, as well as Luca Guadagnino's After the Hunt which is set to play at Venice and New York film festivals this fall. We also discuss the latest trends in po...
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Episode 368
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21:11

The Awards Tape: Oscar Predictions 2025 First Draft
Back in April we hosted our first conversation of the awards season with a way-too-early glimpse at the potential contenders ahead, and we’re now revisiting that conversation.With festival season just around the corner and conversations startin...
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Episode 367
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2:22:50

NEWS 041: 82nd Venice International Film Festival (2025) Lineup Announcement
We received the full lineup for the 82nd edition of the Venice International Film Festival and share our first reaction takeaways from the in- and out-of-competition lineups. We take an overall glimpse at how festival season is shaping up as a ...
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Episode 366
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44:46

EP 148: Eddington (2025)
Bookended by the two biggest superhero blockbusters of the summer is Ari Aster’s fourth feature, Eddington. The modern western is set in May of 2020, where a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pit...
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Episode 365
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2:03:30

*PATREON PREVIEW* Project Hail Mary Trailer, Legendary Rumors Acquisition of Lionsgate & The Backrooms/Shelby Oaks Expectations
Ahead of our Superman review, we discuss a few topics of news including the Project Hail Mary trailer starring Ryan Gosling, the rumors surrounding Legendary's potential acquisition of Lionsgate, and expectations for some horror films later thi...
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Episode 364
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21:08

Interview With 'Drowning Dry' (2024) Director, Laurynas Bareisa
Drowning Dry originally had its world premiere at Locarno Film Festival in 2024 and is now in limited theatrical release in the US. The film is described as follows: to celebrate Lukas' victory at the martial arts tournament and T...
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Episode 363
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22:49

RETROSPECTIVE 024: Ari Aster
Ahead of Ari Aster’s latest film Eddington, we look back through his filmography of three feature films and the trademarks that have defined them from the unique blends of horror and dark comedy to the violence and psychological interr...
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Episode 362
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1:19:13

NEWS 040: Best of 2025 First Half & Most Anticipated of Second Half
At the midway point of the year, we evaluate our favorite films that have defined the first six months of 2025 from our personal favorites to the superlatives so far. We look at the trends of the year before turning the corner into the ensuing ...
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Episode 361
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1:42:48

EP 147: Superman (2025)
Written and directed by James Gunn, Superman is the film of the newly rebranded DCU's Chapter One: Gods and Monsters. David Corenswet stars as Clark Kent / Superman, alongside Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nat...
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Episode 360
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2:20:10

*PATREON PREVIEW* The Odyssey Teaser, The Running Man trailer, and What We've Been Watching
On the pre-episode ahead of our Jurassic World: Rebirth review we discuss The Odyssey teaser, The Running Man trailer, and 'What we've been watching.'Subscribe:The Rolling Tape ...
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Episode 359
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26:48

*PATREON PREVIEW* RETRO/RANKED: Paul Thomas Anderson (Hard Eight & Boogie Nights)
This is a preview section for season 3 of our Patreon exclusive RETRO/RANKED series collaboratively ranking entire franchises and filmographies. After the first two seasons covered the Jurassic franchise and the 28 franchise, our third season i...
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Episode 358
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15:47

Summer 2025 Box Office Draft Check-In
As previously discussed in the first episode of this summer mini-series, we’re tracking box office for the movies on our radar between the first weekend of May and the end of August, with each team member on the show preparing a list of their p...
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Episode 357
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1:54:08

EP 146: Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)
Dinosaurs are returning to the big screen in the 7th edition of the Jurassic franchise with Jurassic World: Rebirth. Five years post-Jurassic World: Dominion (2022), an expedition braves isolated equatorial regions to extract DNA from three mas...
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Episode 356
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1:45:04

*PATREON PREVIEW* The Batman 2 Script, The Odyssey Poster & Denis Villeneuve and Bond
Ahead of our F1 review, we debriefed a pre-episode Patreon exclusive conversation featuring The Batman 2 script completion, The Odyssey poster and teaser announcement, and Denis Villeneuve directing the next James Bond movie.<...
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Episode 355
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24:36

Ladies Night 009
After a chaotic primary discussion of “fangirling” the ladies continue to break down this industry phenomenon, discussing what it means to be a fangirl and which actors are capitalizing on the idea of “for the girls.” Listen Here...
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Episode 354
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51:26

The Rolling Remote: TV in 2025 & Emmy Nomination Predictions
After our first four episodes of our new Rolling Remote podcast series covering Severance Season 2, The White Lotus Season 3, The Studio Season 1, and The Last of Us Season 2, we’re taking a broader lens at TV in 2025 and rounding up any other ...
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Episode 353
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2:07:21

Interview With 'Tummy Monster' (2025) Director, Ciaran Lyons & Actor, Lorn Macdonald
In our first coverage of a Scottish film, Tummy Monster is described as follows: when a self-centered tattoo artist discovers his latest client is a world-famous musician, his fixation on getting a selfie with his client embroils the pair into ...
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Episode 351
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39:09

*TRIBECA 2025* Interview With 'Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print' (2025) Directors, Salima Koroma, Alice Gu, Cecilia Aldarondo
Ms. magazine has been a driver of substantial change in the lives of women and how they have been perceived over the past 50+ years. Through interweaving a wide array of archival footage, close analysis of the magazine’s most iconic cover stori...
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Episode 352
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34:27

EP 145: F1 The Movie (2025)
Based on the premier class of motorsport, F1 The Movie follows the international worldwide racing sport. The film is a sports drama starring Brad Pitt as a driver who returns to Formula One racing after a career cut short by injury. It was dire...
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Episode 351
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1:21:02

*PATREON PREVIEW* Zombie Media & Venice International Film Festival Lineup Speculation
Ahead of our 28 Years Later review, the team debates zombie media with the best and worst of zombie movie and TV show protagonists. We also speculate on the potential Venice International Film Festival lineup before the fall festival s...
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Episode 350
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26:18

Interview With 'Ballerina' (2025) Supervising Sound Editor, Mark Stoeckinger
Ethan Simmie joins Mark Stoeckinger, a three-time Oscar nominee and key contributor to the John Wick universe as a Supervising Sound Editor, who has crafted an electrifying soundscape for Ballerina, elevating its pulse-pounding action ...
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Episode 349
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25:04
