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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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On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Jacob Diedenhofer
Cameron Ritter
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Artwork: Danny Jarabek
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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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It is time for our May READ RECEIPTS, a big screen book club from The Rolling Tape led by Kasey Dunifer! Every month, we read a book that’s been adapted for the screen, then we share our receipts. 
So if you like movies, or books, or movies AND books, you’re in the right place — and welcome to the club! 
Today we are talking about something a bit different. Instead of a film adaptation, it is a TV adaptation. We’re discussing MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES, the 2024 novel by Rufi Thorpe, which has recently been adapted into a series for Apple TV plus starring Elle Fanning, Michelle Pfeiffer, Nicole Kidman, and Nick Offerman and created by David E. Kelly.
We discuss everything from the fantastical and whimsical elements of the show including the costuming and intro sequence to the challenging circumstances Margo undergoes as a mother trying to make ends meet and get by with her unconventional family and friends. 
On this episode:
Kasey Dunifer
Jake Fittipaldi
Sasha Raquel
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The 79th Cannes Film Festival has come to an end, the Competition awards have been handed out, people have stood and clapped to their heart's content, and some of the most exciting films have debuted on the international scene.
It was a first for The Rolling Tape to be live on the ground at the Palais as our Co-Editor-in-Chief Danny Jarabek and our amazing contributor Nandita Joshi trekked to the festival and consumed cinema like no one else. A lot of sleepless nights, a lot of early morning battle royales for online film tickets, and lots of movies to discuss. 
Now that they have returned, we provide a formal recap of the festival from what's it's like to be in Cannes to a detailed rundown of all the films we saw as a team. 
On this episode:
Paul Rai
Danny Jarabek
Nandita Joshi
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The regional spring festivals around the country in late April and early May are a great check-in on a bucket of titles ranging from second screenings of Sundance and SXSW premieres from earlier in the year to undistributed titles from the previous year’s fall festival cycle. The Rolling Tape was in attendance and today we’re road tripping from Philadelphia to Chicago to Seattle to discuss our experiences across three festivals. 
Des attended the Seattle International Film Festival for the first time, Adam Patla attended the Chicago Critics Film Festival for the second time and first joined by Jacob Diedenhofer, and Danny Jarabek attended PFS SpringFest for the fourth time.
On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Adam Patla
Jacob Diedenhofer
Des Mack
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Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller