Paul Rai

The Awards Tape

October 14, 2026

The Awards Tape: Post-Fall Festival Best Picture Predictions 2026-27 From The Odyssey to Artificial

See our full Oscar board predictions here.Welcome to October and award season! The major fall film festivals have wrapped up, from Venice and ...

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The Awards Tape

October 7, 2026

The Awards Tape: Sixteen Years of The Social Network, The Legacy of the 2011 Oscars & The Social Reckoning is Coming

Do I have your attention, or do I have the minimum amount?We're talking about David Fincher's eighth directorial effort, The Social ...

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The Rolling Tape

October 5, 2026

EP 209: Verity & Digger or: How I Learned to Save Humanity and Love My Wife's Ghostwriter

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 dou...

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The Awards Tape

September 30, 2026

The Awards Tape: Twenty Years of The Departed & The Legacy of the 2007 Oscars ft. Ryan Casselman

Break out your cranberry juice, your microprocessors, and your Nokia flip phones, because we're celebrating the 20th anniversary of Marti...

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Reviews

September 23, 2026 · by Amritpal Rai

Casey Affleck's 'Company' Is Full of Mood and Atmosphere, Light on Character and Story

“Let me tell you a story” is a line you’ll hear often throughout Casey Affleck’s steely, eerie Company, an anthology film about three women a...

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The Awards Tape

September 23, 2026

The Awards Tape: TIFF 2026 Recap & Post-Fall Festival Oscar Predictions

*TIFF Recap recorded BEFORE the People's Choice Announcement*See all of The Rolling Tape's TIFF 2026 coverage here.By the time you&a...

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Reviews

September 22, 2026 · by Amritpal Rai

'Possible Love' is Another Dense, Enrapturing Masterpiece from Lee Chang-dong

“Thou Shalt Not Covet” is the opening text of Lee Chang-dong’s Possible Love (2026), taken directly from the Ten Commandments (and as the end...

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The Awards Tape

September 16, 2026

The Awards Tape: Venice Recap, Telluride/TIFF Reactions & Oscar Predictions Pulse Check

See The Rolling Tape's Venice coverage here.We're in the thick of fall festival season. The Venice International Film Festival wrapp...

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The Rolling Tape

September 14, 2026

EP 206: Practical Magic 2 (2026) & Hope (2026)

Fall festivals are in full swing with Venice just recently announcing the Golden Lion, Telluride buzzing with Nathan Fielder shenanigans and s...

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Paul Rai

September 11, 2026

From the Awards Editor: 2026 Venice Film Festival Awards Predictions

As the festival buzz winds down and other major film festivals begin to take shape and galvanize public interest, the prestigious Venice Film...

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Reviews

September 7, 2026 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: '15/18 (A Place to Heal)' is a Well-Intentioned, Jumbled Social Drama

In France, young adults (15-18 years old) who face extreme mental health issues or are considered dangerous to themselves or others are place...

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Reviews

September 5, 2026 · by Amritpal Rai

Review: Primetime Showcases an Unruly Robert Pattinson Blurring the Lines of Reality TV

Chris Hansen tapped into something primordial with his legacy-defining To Catch a Predator (2004-2007), a sting-operation show that exposed m...

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