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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 the season. 

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Adam Patla on Letterboxd, X, TikTok
Gabe Lillianthal on Letterboxd, X, and TikTok
Owen Wilczek on Letterboxd, and X

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• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Nate Hayden

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

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 annulled. The film stars Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, and Yura Borisov.

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:31:58 Initial Thoughts
• 0:49:05 Spoiler Review
• 2:00:19 Oscars Assessment
• 2:13:45 Final Ratings

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Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty Fast
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Evan Miller on Letterboxd, X, Instagram, and TikTok

Films mentioned:
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Resources:
Anora Review by Matt Minton

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• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

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.

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Larry Fried on Letterboxd, Twitter, Authory, Geek Vibes Nation, and That Shelf

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Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty Fast
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

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• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

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.

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Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Red Broadwell on Letterboxd, X, and Instagram

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Films mentioned:
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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Nate Hayden

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

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Landon Defever on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, TikTok, Films for the Void
Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram,  X, TikTok

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

Resources:
Memoir of a Snail Review
The Seed of the Sacred Fig Review

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

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. The film stars Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, and John Lithgow.

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:22:52 Initial Thoughts
• 0:40:16 Spoiler Review
• 1:42:52 Oscars Assessment
• 1:50:48 Final Ratings

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Ezra Cubero on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Silver Screen Xpress

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Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, X, TikTok, and Linktree
Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty Fast
Cameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTok

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

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.

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Juan Pablo Di Pace IMDb, Instagram, and X
Andrés Pepe Estrada IMDb, Instagram

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Matt Minton on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

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, and Dylan Gelula.

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:24:10 Initial Thoughts
• 0:41:49 Spoiler Review
• 1:45:34 Oscars Assessment
• 1:53:43 Final Ratings
• 2:00:26 Appendix

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Evan Miller on Letterboxd, X, Instagram, and TikTok
Adam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram,  X, TikTok

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

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.

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Owen Wilczek on Letterboxd, and X
Cameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTok

Films mentioned:
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Have questions? Email [email protected]

Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

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, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Lamorne Morris, Cooper Hoffman, and more. 

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Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:20:37 Initial Thoughts
• 0:48:11 Spoiler Review
• 1:33:29 Oscars Assessment
• 1:40:33 Final Ratings

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Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, X, TikTok, and Linktree
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and X
Aryan Patel on Letterboxd, X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
Evan Miller on Letterboxd, X, Instagram, and TikTok
Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty Fast

Films mentioned:
Letterboxd list

Have questions? Email [email protected]

Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Danny Jarabek
• Edited by Danny Jarabek

Support the show

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Podcast Website Link
Website & Publications: www.therollingtape.com
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Credits:

• Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
• Artwork: Danny Jarabek
• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller