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The Mommy Reckoning is here. Stepchildren, it's your time to shine. We're here to reckon with our childhood trauma and Instagram-induced body image issues.

In other news, our month-long double feature programming is continuing into week two with Other Mommy (not a sequel to Mommy) and The Social Reckoning (also supposedly not a sequel to The Social Network). 

In Other Mommy, Bela, an 8-year-old girl living in a home with marital problems, confronts a sinister entity which comes out of her closet. The presence, whom she calls "Other Mommy," becomes increasingly threatening to her and her family. Other Mommy is played by Jeremy Strong in the likeness of Mark Zuckerberg. Just kidding, or am I? 

The Social Reckoning follows Frances Haugen, a young Facebook engineer, who enlisted the help of Jeff Horwitz, a Wall Street Journal reporter, to blow the whistle on the social network's most guarded secrets.

Our pre-episode Patreon exclusive conversation features:

• Rob Savage filmography
• Artificial NYFF World Premiere 
• The Exorcist: Martyrs trailer watchalong 

Our guest:
Derrick Murray

On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Jacob Diedenhofer
Joshua Mbonu
Mariana Fabian

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As part of the TIFF Market Screening, Infinitely Dense follows a man who employs an augmented reality system to escape his lonely life, only to confront the dark consequences of bending reality to his will. We are joined by the director, Ace Thor, and actor, Glen Steele, to discuss their process behind making the film.

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Ace Thor IMDb
Glen Steele IMDb

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Cameron Ritter

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Do I have your attention, or do I have the minimum amount?

We're talking about David Fincher's eighth directorial effort, The Social Network, which stars Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Armie Hammer, Josh Pence, and Max Minghella. The film was adapted by Aaron Sorkin from the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich.

The Social Network was released on October 1, 2010, and went on to gross nearly $225 million worldwide on a $40 million budget. It received rave reviews from critics and audiences as it detailed the rise of Mark Zuckerberg and the dawn of a new era of capitalist media moguls controlling our information distribution and interpersonal communication in the digital age.

By the end of 2010, many considered it one of the best films of the year. It appeared on 78 critics' top-10 lists, with 22 critics naming it their number-one film overall. The film went on to receive eight Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, and won three awards: Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Even though it's only been 16 years, the legacy of the film has extended far beyond its initial impact, with many now deeming it one of the greatest films of the 21st century. And now, a companion film is coming out on October 9th called The Social Reckoning, written and directed by Sorkin himself.

The film stars Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, and Jeremy Strong, who takes on the role of Mark Zuckerberg. In honor of The Social Reckoning's release, we're doing a retrospective dive into The Social Network as we talk about the film, how we feel about it, the careers of Fincher, Sorkin, and the actors following the film's success, and its awards history from starting out as the top contender to beat to ultimately becoming the film that lost Best Picture to The King's Speech.

On this episode:
Paul Rai
Timmy Lee
Gabe Lillianthal

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In brightest day, in blackest night, no bad TV shall escape our sight. Let those who watch it day and night beware the power of The Rolling Remote’s light...

The Rolling Remote is The Rolling Tape’s official home for all things television and today we are talking about Lanterns, HBO’s new take on the iconic Green Lantern characters from DC Comics.

The series stars Kyle Chandler, Aaron Pierre, and Kelly Macdonald, and follows two Green Lanterns, Hal Jordan and John Stewart, as they get pulled into a murder mystery in the American heartland.

The series comes from Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King, with Mundy serving as the showrunner. It’s also one of the first major pieces of the new DC Universe from DC Studios, so there are a lot of interesting and exciting implications that come from this series and could affect the wider DCU.

Now that we’ve seen the whole season, we’re here to talk about what worked, what didn’t work, where all of these characters end up, and what we think Lanterns means for the wider scope of superhero television.

On this episode:
Jake Fittipaldi
Kam Ryan
Timmy Lee

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Hot Diggity! That’s Digger and Verity for those at home wondering, it’s a double feature day on The Rolling Tape podcast, but not just any double feature, it’s the start of October and all month long we are going to be celebrating cross programming with not one, but two sides to each of our weekly reviews and interactive audience polls about each movie. Perhaps nothing for the rest of the month will pair swagger and smut quite like this one. It’s Michael Showalter’s smutty psychological thriller and Alejandro Iñárritu’s climate comedy.

Verity is directed by Michael Showalter, written by Nick Antosca, and based on Colleen Hoover's novel of the same name. The film follows Lowen Ashleigh, who is hired to ghostwrite for Verity Crawford, and uncovers what appears to be Verity's autobiographical notes. She wrestles with the confessions about Verity's husband and finds separating fiction from reality challenging. It stars Dakota Johnson, Anne Hathaway, and Josh Hartnett.

Digger is directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu, who co-wrote the screenplay with Sabina Berman, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Nicolás Giacobone. The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity's savior before the disaster he's unleashed destroys everything. Alongside Tom Cruise as the titular Digger Rockwell, it stars Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Jesse Plemons.

Our pre-episode Patreon exclusive conversation features:

• Jennifer Lawrence cast in Zach Cregger's The Flood
• Remain World Premiere & trailer watchalong
• Skydance deal finalized

On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Paul Rai
Joshua Mbonu
Justin Duggan
Mariana Fabian

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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

We explore Dolly Parton's incredible impact on film and her legacy as a feminist icon through her movies, including 9 to 5 and Steel Magnolias. We discuss her cultural influence, philanthropic work, and enduring legacy and impact on culture, fashion, and sisterhood through a deep dive into her multi-hyphenate career. 

On this episode:
Sara Ciplickas
Sasha Raquel
Risa Bolash
Bobbi Miller

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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

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 recommend adding to yours. 

With Practical Magic 2, Buddy, and Resident Evil getting us in the fall and horror mood to start the month, we end with a recommendation game where we randomly select a movie from each other’s Letterboxd watchlists to watch before the next episode. This month we filtered by horror to celebrate the upcoming spooky season. Listen next month to hear our reports.

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd List

On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Des Mack
Nandita Joshi

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Break out your cranberry juice, your microprocessors, and your Nokia flip phones, because we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of Martin Scorsese's The Departed with special guest Ryan Casselman!

One caveat, though: the film was released theatrically on October 6, 2006, so upon release, we're still six days away from the actual anniversary. But we do have an amazing retrospective planned for next week, so consider this killing two rats with one bullet. 

Anyway, The Departed is Scorsese's 20th narrative feature and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg, Vera Farmiga, Martin Sheen, and Alec Baldwin. The film was written by William Monahan, who adapted it from Andrew Lau and Alan Mak's 2002 Hong Kong film Infernal Affairs.

The Departed grossed approximately $291 million worldwide, making it Scorsese's highest-grossing film at the time, until it was eclipsed by The Wolf of Wall Street in 2013. For our conversation on The Awards Tape, we'll also breakdown how it became an unexpected awards contender. Associate producer Emma Tillinger Koskoff recalled that Scorsese initially assumed the film had little chance with the Academy, saying, "Here's the good news: we're not going to be traveling the world and hitting the pavement on the awards circuit because there is no way — this movie is so vile and violent."

Obviously, he was wrong.

At the 79th Academy Awards, The Departed won four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director for Scorsese, Best Adapted Screenplay for Monahan, and Best Film Editing for Thelma Schoonmaker. More importantly, it earned Scorsese his first Best Director Oscar after five previous nominations.

So, do we love The Departed as much as the Academy did? Maybe, maybe not. Stay tuned to find out how The Departed became Warner Bros.' unexpected awards contender.

Our guest:
Ryan Casselman

On this episode:
Paul Rai
Patrick J. Regal
Timmy Lee

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“You know how this looks right?”

Primetime premiered in the main competition of the 83rd Venice International Film Festival on September 5, 2026, where it competed for the Golden Lion. It has since been released theatrically by A24 as of September 25. 

Primetime follows the production of the hit NBC reality television series To Catch a Predator where Robert Pattinson stars as series host Chris Hansen pushing the ethical boundaries of the show to increase ratings. Merritt Wever, Skyler Gisondo, and Phoebe Bridgers play supporting roles.

Today, our normal host Danny unfortunately got caught up taking a last-minute double-pay job to transport a high-priority organ cooler through a snowy mountain pass. We wish him the best. In his stead, Adam and Gabe review the Lance Oppenheim-directed film and blind rank Robert Pattinson's filmography.

Our pre-episode Patreon exclusive conversation features:

• Godzilla Minus Zero NYFF World Premiere reactions
• Forgotten Island quick thoughts
• Robert Eggers sets next project with Romeo & Juliet
• You Can See Everything trailer

On this episode:
Adam Patla
Gabe Lillianthal

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*TIFF Recap recorded BEFORE the People's Choice Announcement*

See all of The Rolling Tape's TIFF 2026 coverage here.

By the time you're listening to this, the 51st Toronto International Film Festival will have wrapped up its 11-day run, which featured world premieres of Siân Heder's Being Heumann, Chris Rock's Misty Green, Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky, and many more films coming off festivals like Sundance, Berlin, Cannes, and Venice. Famously dubbed the "People's Festival," Toronto gives movie fans and critics the opportunity to see some of the most acclaimed films of the year.

This year, The Rolling Tape also had the privilege of having five of its members on the ground in Toronto: Cameron Ritter, Nadia Arain, Kasey Dunifer, Jacob Diedenhofer, and Evan Miller.

This year's winners have already been announced, with Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo's La Bola Negra taking the People's Choice Award, Peter Farrelly's I Play Rocky finishing as the first runner-up, and Siân Heder's Being Heumann finishing as the second runner-up. Since 2008, 16 of the 18 People's Choice Award winners have gone on to receive Best Picture nominations at the Oscars, with Slumdog Millionaire, The King's Speech, 12 Years a Slave, Green Book, and Nomadland ultimately winning Best Picture.

Today, we're going to recap some of the films that played, the reception they received, and what we think their prospects might be heading into the rest of awards season. We'll also bookend the episode with an abridged conversation about our post-fall Oscar predictions across several categories.

On this episode:
Paul Rai
Adam Patla
Jacob Diedenhofer
Evan Miller

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• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller