The Rolling Tape

James Gunn’s final entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, is the last entry into the franchise of this rag tag group of heroes championed by Gunn over the course of his trilogy. Joined by guest Meredith Loftus, we discuss the Guardians’ place within the MCU, and how the arcs of its characters play out over the course of this third and final film. We discuss everything from the High Evolutionary as a villain to the needle drops that make this trilogy what it is.

Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:16:37 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Non-spoilers
• 0:30:21 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Spoilers
• 01:46:10 Polls & Conclusion

The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Resources:
This Guardian of the Galaxy Has Had the Best Arc in the MCU
Florence Welch Reacts to ‘Dog Days Are Over’

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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

Benjamin Millepied is a world-renowned choreographer, dancer, and rising director. In 2010, Millepied choreographed and starred in the Oscar-winning feature Black Swan (2010). Since then, he has directed a number of short films, commercials, and music videos before making his feature film directorial debut with Carmen (2023) starring Paul Mescal, Melissa Barrera, and Elsa Pataky. In our conversation, Millepied discusses his relationship to the opera source material and how he envisioned reimagining elements of the story for the film. We also talk about his natural ability to visualize camera movement within a scene and what he is working on next.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Where to watch CARMEN

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• Transcription by Tova Benson-Tilsen, Transcriber/Proofreader ([email protected])
• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Eugene Rocco Utley
• 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

Kelly Fremon Craig’s first film since The Edge of Seventeen in 2016 is a return to the coming-of-age genre following Margaret Simon in an adaptation of Judy Blume’s novel of the same name, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Joined by guest Morgan Roberts, co-host of the Cinema Gals podcast, we discuss the adaptation of the acclaimed novel which stars Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, and Benny Safdie.

Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:08:36 Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Non-Spoilers
• 0:20:05 Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. Spoilers

The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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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

Authorship in filmmaking is a topic that has been debated amongst film theorists through the entire history of the art. Oftentimes, directors are the most credited with their name as the forefront author, but at the same time, filmmaking is a collaboration with many other significant voices weighing in on the creative process. Joined by guest Zach Marsh, we discuss one film with a clear stylistic sensibility being driven by its director, Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction, and another with less clear authorship from its director, David Fincher for The Social Network.

Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:14:19 Double Feature Preface
• 0:24:10 Pulp Fiction
• 1:04:50 The Social Network
• 1:49:10 Theme Comparison
• 2:01:57 Polls & Double Feature Pitches

The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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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

Ari Aster’s third directorial feature has finally hit theaters and he’s back and bigger than ever with surrealistic epic Beau is Afraid starring Joaquin Phoenix, Patti LuPone, and Amy Ryan. We’ll take a look into the psyche of Aster who commits to his boldest film yet that is distributed by A24. We also break down all of the news from studio presentations at CinemaCon 2023 where we look ahead with the major studios at what will be coming to theaters over the next year.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Matthew Soto on Letterboxd and Instagram

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Credits:

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

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

Black and white cinematography used to be the only ways to capture moving images for film. In contemporary filmmaking, it is now only rarely used as an intentional choice by the filmmaker to capture a specific tone, setting, or atmosphere for a story. We discuss two films, Frances Ha and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, to examine the strategy of black and white imagery in a modern lens.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Danny Jarabek on Letterboxd, Instagram, Filmstagram, Twitter, and TikTok
Eugene Rocco Utley on Letterboxd, Instagram, and Twitter

Films mentioned:
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Resources:
Frances Ha: black-and-white cinema is dead
‘Frances Ha’ Q & A: Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach on Collaborating, Shooting Black-and-White in NY (TRAILER)

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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 Super Mario Bros. movie is here as we review the newest Illumination Studio film starring voice work from Chris Pratt as Mario, Charlie Day as Luigi, Jack Black as Bowser, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach among many others. Joined by guest Ryan Guido, we discuss the use of the video game IP in feature film form and how the story utilizes the IP in creative ways. We also take a look at the recently announced Cannes Film Festival lineup and break down a few new trailers.

Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:11:33 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Non-spoilers
• 0:24:49 The Super Mario Bros. Movie Spoilers
• 1:06:32 New Trailers
• 1:31:26 Cannes Lineup
• 1:38:54 Polls & Conclusion

The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Credits:

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

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Credits:

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

Our second double feature of Season 2 features the theme of “character study” films which follow central figures and are more driven by their internal struggles than external plot points. Joined by guest Brian Skuttle, the two character study films we discuss are There Will Be Blood starring Daniel Day Lewis as Daniel Plainview and Nightcrawler starring Jake Gyllenhaal as Lou Bloom. We compare these two characters and how far they are willing to go to achieve their goals.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Bryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, Twitter, and Film Fragments
Paul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and Twitter

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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

Billie Melissa Rogan is a writer, director, activist, and podcaster active online in the film community. In this interview joined by Danny Jarabek, we discuss her upcoming debut short film I Love You, Guys and how the story and film were ultimately made stronger by the obstacles of the pandemic. We also discuss her inspirations as a filmmaker and upcoming projects.


The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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Credits:

• Theme music by Eugene Rocco Utley
• Artwork by Eugene Rocco Utley
• 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

A.V. Rockwell's directorial feature debut A Thousand and One premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier in 2023 and is currently out in theaters. The film follows unapologetic and fiercely loyal Inez who kidnaps her son Terry from the foster care system, and the mother and son set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity, and stability, in a rapidly changing New York City. Joined by film critic and writer Derrick Murray, we review the film and Teyana Taylor’s breakout leading role at the center.

Chapter Timestamps:

• 0:00:00 Introduction
• 0:11:40 A Thousand and One Non-Spoilers
• 0:23:27 A Thousand and One Spoilers
• 1:14:31 Conclusion

The Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.

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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