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Meet Famous Eddie Plein – the biggest fashion icon you never heard of. Eddie was the visionary behind grillz, the culture-changing dental jewelry that came to dominate the zeitgeist — celebrities, rappers, athletes, models, anyone who is anybody wears grillz. In his feature documentary, Mouth Full of Golds, Lyle Lindgren showcases the rise and fall of Famous Eddie’s Gold Teeth and the players surrounding grillz. The documentary expertly utilizes archival footage interpolated with modern interviews and reenactments to envisage this history. Mouth Full of Golds stars Famous Eddie Plein, Goldie, Mike Tyson, A$AP Rocky, Dolly Cohen, Michèle Lamy, Ferg, and more. For Lindgren, the film is a testament to independent filmmakers and a love letter to grillz and grillz culture. 

Lindgren joins The Rolling Tape to discuss his lifelong fascination with grillz, how he became friend and collaborator to famous British Rapper Goldie, his journey as an independent filmmaker, and his experience rummaging through the archives for footage. 

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Lyle Lindgren on IMDB, Instagram 

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Mariana Fabian

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Consider this a first for The Awards Tape as we decided to backtrack and provide an update on a little movie you may have heard of called Obsession. Yes, the $750,000 micro-budgeted horror film has taken over the box office as after three weeks in wide release, it's accumulated over $170 million worldwide, becoming the first film from Focus Features to cross $100 million in the North American box office. It's the first film since E.T. to see its box office increase in its second and third consecutive weekends, even facing stiff competition from horror-adjacent films like Backrooms and blockbusters like The Mandalorian and Grogu. It currently sits at 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, 77% on Metacritic, and 4.2 on Letterboxd.

Obsession has made Curry Barker the most in-demand director in Hollywood and has launched the stardom of Inde Navarette who is at the center of the conversation of whether the film is in serious position to reap awards glory. 

So today we are asking, how can Obsession accomplish that? What are the most direct comparisons when it comes to horror films and the Oscars? And what is the history when it comes to the Academy Awards and the horror genre? 

We are joined by guest and horror/awards season YouTuber Savanna Dawn to break it all down!

On this episode:
Paul Rai
Danny Jarabek

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Today we are officially closing the book on one of the biggest, most talked about, and complicated television shows of the last decade, HBO's Euphoria. Over the last few months, we've gone all the way back to Season One, revisited Season Two, and finally caught up with the third and final season of the series. Created by Sam Levinson and starring Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Sydney Sweeney, Jacob Elordi, Colman Domingo, Alexa Demie, and Maude Apatow, Euphoria started in 2019 as a coming-of-age drama about addiction, identity and friendship, and growing up in an increasingly overwhelming digital world. 

Six years later, after delays and controversy, cast changes, and just about anything you can expect from a television show, Season Three returned with a completely different version of the show. A five-year time jump, characters way out of high school, a bigger focus on crime and on faith, the consequences of their previous actions and adulthood. It has a new visual language, a new musical direction, and ultimately an ending that people are going to be talking about for a very long time. 

Today we break down the final episodes of Season Three, where we leave Rue, Jules, Cassie, Maddie, Lexi, Nate, and everybody else, and finally answering the the big question that we've been trying to get to during all of this: did Euphoria stick the landing? 

On this episode:
Jake Fittipaldi
Danny Jarabek

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Sara Ciplickas sits down with Michelle Visage, Executive Producer and Judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race. The two discussed season eighteen, her role in front of and behind the camera, and the progression of Queer television. 

RuPaul’s Drag Race is a reality competition show hosted by world-famous drag performer and eight-time Emmy award-winning host, RuPaul. Contestants compete in design, comedy, dancing, and lip sync challenges while vying for the crown and coveted title of “America’s Next Drag Superstar.”

Streaming is available on Paramount+.

Follow our interviewee online:
Michelle Visage IMDb, Instagram

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Sara Ciplickas

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• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

By the power of Grayskull, I unite fans of sword and sorcery, 1980s nostalgia, and homoerotic relationships between hero and villain because today we are discussing Masters of the Universe based on the media franchise by Mattel and the second live-action film adaptation after the 1987 film. 

A new live-action film was announced in 2009 by Sony Pictures Entertainment. Following multiple writer, director and casting changes, the rights were transferred to Netflix in 2022 and then bought by Amazon MGM Studios in 2024 who delivered the film to theaters this weekend with director Travis Knight. 

We’ll review the film and talk about Gen X nostalgia as it relates to box office success today. 

Masters of the Universe, the franchise turned feature film, is directed by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler, Aaron Nee, Adam Nee, and David Callaham. Nicholas Galitzine stars as Prince Adam / He-Man, alongside Camila Mendes, Jared Leto, Alison Brie, James Purefoy, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Charlotte Riley, Kristen Wiig, Morena Baccarin, and Idris Elba. Its plot follows Prince Adam as he returns to his home planet, Eternia, to take his destiny as He-Man, and save his home from the evil forces of Skeletor.

Our pre-episode Patreon exclusive conversation features:

• Martin Scorsese and AI
• Boots Riley and Sophy Romvari on Twitter
• The Odyssey tickets

On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Adam Patla
Nadia Arain
Joshua Mbonu 

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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

We're launching a brand new episode format: a recurring spotlight series dedicated to celebrating singular women in film, their work, their lives, their legacies, and what they mean to us. There's no more fitting way to kick things off than with Agnès Varda, whose birthday was recently on May 30th. Happy birthday, Agnès!

Belgian-born French filmmaker Agnès Varda is widely known as the Godmother of the French New Wave, a movement she helped shape before it even had a name, influencing directors like Jean-Luc Godard and Alain Resnais. Her work blurs the line between documentary and narrative fiction, and throughout her career she returned again and again to themes of feminism, social marginalization, and personal memory.

She was also one half of what might be cinema's greatest power couple, married to French director Jacques Demy. The two were beloved figures who opened their home to generations of young filmmakers and artists.

Varda's accolades include the following:

• Honorary Palme d'Or, Cannes (2015)
• Golden Lion for Vagabond, Venice Film Festival (1985)
• Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature, Faces Places
• Honorary César Award (2001)
• Honorary Academy Award (2017), the first ever awarded to a female director

On this episode:
Sara Ciplickas
Kasey Dunifer

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It's only June but Awards season here at The Awards Tape just got a whole lot more complicated. This week we analyze the aftermath of the Cannes Film Festival lineup to break down the early Oscar frontrunners and discuss which titles generated the buzz to possibly translate to Academy recognition. 

Then we turn to the bad news: a handful of titles we drafted earlier this season have officially been pushed to 2027, and we're working through what those delays mean for our rosters. 

Finally, we revise our previous draft teams at the negotiating table by fantasy football style management implementing team improvement moves, trades, deals, and roster upgrades.

On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Paul Rai
Gabe Lillianthal
Jacob Diedenhofer

Our teams pre-negotiations:

Gabe:
The Odyssey
Godzilla Minus Zero
Wild Horse Nine
Disclosure Day
Werwulf 
Avengers Doomsday
Parallel Tales
I Love Boosters

Danny:
Project Hail Mary
Dune Part 3
Fjord
Josephine
Tony
The Social Reckoning
Fatherland
Spider-man: Brand New Day

Paul:
Digger
Possible Love
All of a Sudden
Narnia
The Invite
Cry to Heaven
Behemoth!
Untitled Jesse Eisenberg Musical

Jacob:
Paper Tiger
Saturn Return
Michael
The Adventures of Cliff Booth
Artificial 
Look Back 
Clarissa 
Animals

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We are finally talking about the cult classic show, AMC's Interview With The Vampire. The AMC series first premiered in 2022 and is based on the beloved novels by Ann Rice. Over two seasons, it becomes one of the most acclaimed genre shows on television. 

Thanks to standout performances from Jacob Anderson, Sam Reid, and Asad Zaman, and an incredible supporting cast with the Vampire Lestat right around the corner. Today we are taking a step back to look at the first two seasons as a whole. What makes this adaptation work? Why has the fandom become so passionate? Who are our favorite characters? And where does the show go from here? 

We have three vampire aficionados and two local TRT experts on the scene of Interview With The Vampire joining Jake, the hosts of Just Start the Tape podcast, Bobbi Miller and Kam Ryan.

On this episode:
Jake Fittipaldi
Kam Ryan
Bobbi Miller

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If you're not careful and noclip out of reality in the wrong areas, you'll end up in this podcast, but fret not we don’t have moist carpet, mono-yellow walls or endless fluorescent lights. What we do have is a review of Kane Parsons’ breakout horror hit with A24, Backrooms, and a watchalong of the original video that inspired the film in 2022. 

Backrooms is directed by Kane Parsons in his feature-length directorial debut and written by Will Soodik. It is based on Parsons's web series and inspired by the "Backrooms" creepypasta that evolved online over a number of years. In the film, Clark, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, a furniture store owner, and Mary played by Renate Reinsve, his therapist, discover a dimension of seemingly endless liminal spaces accessed through the basement of the store. Mark Duplass, Finn Bennett, and Lukita Maxwell also star.

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• Primetime Teaser
• A24 Recommendations
• Omaha, Sovereign, Union County unofficial trilogy

On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Jacob Diedenhofer
Cameron Ritter

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Founded in 2013 by Sarah Mueller, cinéSPEAK has built a reputation in Philadelphia through public screenings, artist support, and accessible film events across the city. That mission returns to Clark Park this summer with the organization’s annual festival, Under The Stars. 

Running every Friday from May 29 through June 19 in West Philly, the free festival combines live music and outdoor screenings of acclaimed nonfiction films fresh off the festival circuit. 

Jake Fittipaldi is joined by Sarah to discuss cinéSPEAK's mission, upcoming festival, and more on the horizon for the film, arts, and culture organization.

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• Editor: Danny Jarabek
• Assistant Producer: Evan Miller