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Mouse is the third feature film by creative duo Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson following Saint Frances (2019) and Ghostlight (2024). The film is a coming-of-age drama that examines friendship, grief, and teenage identity while set in 2002 Arkansas, and stars Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Chloe Coleman, Sophie Okonedo, and Tara Mallen.
Kelly and Alex join us to discuss how Mouse tackles grief from various perspectives, as well as the process behind their writing-and-directing partnership.  
Mouse opens on November 6th in New York at IFC Center and Los Angeles at the Laemmle Royal before expanding on November 13th.
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Alex Thompson IMDb, Instagram
Kelly O'Sullivan IMDb, Instagram

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Danny Jarabek
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Y’know, this isn’t going to have a happy ending.
Welcome to a BRAND NEW SEASON of RETRO//RANKED, the Rolling Tape network series in which we discuss various franchises and filmographies that we love and rank their individual entries leading up to some of the biggest new releases. 
Today, we’re back for SEASON 8. We’ve covered a lot of major filmmakers and franchises in our previous seasons, like Paul Thomas Anderson, James Cameron, Christopher Nolan, and Star Wars. But, this season might end up being crazier than every other season combined because today we’re beginning our deep dive into the career of David Fincher, a filmmaker whose name holds a lot of meaning to many of us at The Rolling Tape. Among us lies a member whose personal ranking of Fincher’s filmography is so controversial that it’s sparked countless debates and arguments within the team, and it partially led to the idea for this show. 
We’re of course covering David Fincher as we lead up to the release of his latest film, The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, which at time of recording this first episode, we were not 100% sure would even end up releasing this year. 
We rolled with it anyway because we live in a crazy world. David Fincher’s directing a sequel to a Quentin Tarantino movie with a script written by Tarantino himself. Aaron Sorkin is directing a sequel to a David Fincher movie that he wrote himself. Maybe we’ll cover it on this show. Who knows? 
We do know that we are discussing David Fincher's first two movies: Alien³ & Seven. Many numbers to think about. Welcome to Season 8. 
On this episode:
Evan Miller
Paul Rai
Danny Jarabek
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We're continuing our category-by-category Oscar predictions for the 99th Academy Awards!
So far, we've covered Best Picture, Best Director, and both screenplay categories. Today, we looking at the four acting races: Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress.
We'll also recap the Chicago and Philadelphia Film Festivals, highlighting some of the standout films we saw and discussing how they might shake up our predictions moving forward.
And in case you missed it, awards season is officially underway! Nominations for the 36th annual Gotham Awards were announced on Tuesday, October 27th. The Gothams are traditionally considered one of the first major stops on the awards circuit, helping kick off the season and build momentum for independent films. We break down this year's Gotham nominations ahead of our acting category predictions.
On this episode:
Paul Rai
Jake Fittipaldi
Danny Jarabek
Adam Patla
Des Mack
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Thou Shalt Not Judge Families Under Observation!
Happy Halloween from all of us at The Rolling Tape, we hope you have your costumes and horror movies lined up for the weekend. Today, we’re a bit less in the Halloween spirit but we are talking about two major movies in Fjord, this year’s Palme d’Or winner, and Possible Love, this year's Golden Lion loser.
We’re going international this week and assessing legal and moral boundaries across borders from auteurs Cristian Mungiu and Lee Chang-Dong. Last week we moved from Portland to Gotham and this week it's Norway to South Korea for our fifth weekend of double feature cross-programming. 
Let us know which has been your favorite so far, we’ll have one more double feature to come next week. Today, we rank October’s releases as a whole and review both films.
Our pre-episode Patreon exclusive conversation features:
Celebrating Hallo-weekend Horror
"Public Access Afterworld" from Jane Schoenbrun
Losing Sir Patrick Stewart
Dune: Part Three Final Trailer
On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Adam Patla 
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Sock It to Me details Schlatter's robust six-decade career, which revolutionized television through Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In and changed how we consume and produce comedy. It laid the groundwork for shows like Saturday Night Live and In Living Color. Schlatter’s special was unafraid to push television's boundaries, delivering bold political commentary, cutthroat satire, and a vibrantly colorful show. 
Coronado joins The Rolling Tape to delve into his friendship with Schlatter, how it was to work with so many stars, his creative process throughout the making of Sock It to Me, and more. 
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Chris Coronado
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Mariana Fabian
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