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With Telluride wrapping up and Venice getting ready to deliver the Golden Lion, we are now previewing the Toronto International Film Festival. We have five team members who will be in attendance at the 51st edition of TIFF and today we discuss an in-depth look at the TIFF lineup and detail our schedules and priorities for what we want to see and do while in Toronto starting September 10. The lineup features 293 official selection titles, with Opening Night programmed with Siân Heder's Being Heumann.
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On this episode:
Cameron Ritter
Nadia Arain
Jacob Diedenhofer
Kasey Dunifer
Evan Miller
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Just mere hours after A24 premiered their major festival venture in Primetime at the Venice International Film Festival, and a surprise screening of You Can See Everything at Telluride, we review their current theatrical release Onslaught. It’s not our first Adam Wingard joint, following up our April 2024 review of Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. Wingard has escaped the Monsterverse (for now) to return to his action slasher roots.
Onslaught is directed by Adam Wingard and written by Wingard and Simon Barrett. When a rogue squad of genetically engineered super soldiers break loose in the desert, a badass Army sniper must unleash hell to protect her young daughter. The film stars Adria Arjona, Dan Stevens, Eric Wareheim, Reginald VelJohnson, Michael Biehn, Alex Pereira, Drew Starkey, and Rebecca Hall.
We review the film and play a mini-game where each contestant guesses the top 24 rated A24 movies on Rotten Tomatoes.
Our pre-episode Patreon exclusive conversation features:
Artificial World Premiere at NYFF
Wild Horse Nine Venice reactions
La Bola Negra & Ink trailers
On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Gabe Lillianthal
Joshua Mbonu 
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There were dogs. There were stars. There were dog stars. We read them. We watched them. And it’s time for our receipts. So welcome back to Read Receipts: A Big Screen Book Club from The Rolling Tape where each month we read a book and watch its onscreen adaptation. This month we read The Dog Stars by Peter Heller and watched the new film The Dog Stars from Ridley Scott. We’ll get into the differences between the two, what worked, what didn’t, and how we feel about this as an adaptation. So, spoilers ahead for both the book and movie.
Today’s episode is starring your host Kasey Dunifer, and returning book club member, Patrick Regal. The book is from 2012, written by Peter Heller. Heller is a novelist from Vermont, who attended the Iowa Writers workshop and has written a good dozen or so books but this is the first big, on-screen adaptation of one of his works.
The 2026 movie, The Dog Stars, is the latest release from director Ridley Scott who is no stranger to adaptations, with Blade Runner and The Martian, among others. The film stars Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Quallery and Guy Pierce.
On this episode:
Kasey Dunifer
Patrick J. Regal
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The 78th Emmy Awards are just a couple of weeks away, with the main ceremony airing Monday, September 14, and the Creative Arts Emmys taking place September 5 and 6. Half of The Rolling Tape team will be traveling around the globe between Venice and the Toronto International Film Festival, so we wanted to get one episode out the door before we depart discussing our predictions for what will win at this year's Primetime Emmys.
The last time we talked about the Emmys, we were reacting to the nominations, where shows like Widow's Bay, The Pitt, and DTF St. Louis led the nominations in Comedy, Drama, and Limited or Anthology Series, respectively. The Pitt ultimately led all programs with 25 nominations, followed by Hacks with 24 and Widow's Bay with 19. There were some major surprises along the way, including Cailee Spaeny missing a nomination for Beef and Task failing to receive a nomination for Outstanding Drama Series. 
Famed actress and longtime Emmy favorite Mariska Hargitay will host the ceremony, which will air live from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on September 14. The ceremony has already generated some controversy, as the Television Academy has moved several categories out of the main primetime telecast and into the Creative Arts ceremonies. Among those are Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie, as well as Directing and Writing for a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
With all of that in mind, we make our predictions for who will take home the biggest prizes at this year's Emmys.
On this episode:
Paul Rai
Bobbi Miller
Adam Patla
Ethan Dayton
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Double feature day, The Rolling Tape’s 4-year anniversary, celebrating Dolly Parton, Peter Cullen, and Tim Curry (science fiction double feature anyone?). A lot on the table for this week’s episode as we look back on 4 years and 637 episodes of the podcast. We review two films in theaters, The Dog Stars and Coyote vs. Acme. 
The Dog Stars is directed by Ridley Scott from a screenplay by Mark L. Smith, based on the 2012 novel by Peter Heller. The film stars Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin, Margaret Qualley, and Guy Pearce, and follows the survivors of a global flu pandemic. 
Coyote vs. Acme is directed by Dave Green, written by Samy Burch and stars Will Forte, Lana Condor, Tone Bell, Luis Guzmán, Martha Kelly, P. J. Byrne, Kenneth Choi, and John Cena, with Eric Bauza leading the voice cast. The film follows Wile E. Coyote as he enlists a billboard attorney to sue the Acme Corporation for repeatedly selling him faulty products.
Our pre-episode Patreon exclusive conversation features:
Reflections of 4 years of The Rolling Tape podcast
Fjord trailer
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The Social Reckoning trailer live reaction
On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Joshua Mbonu 
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Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller