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Ten years on this fucking podcast. Let's go home! Today, our destiny comes to a close. We add The Odyssey to our collaborative rankings that we've been building for weeks. Call it the Trojan horse of RETRO//RANKED, but where will it end up?
RETRO//RANKED is a Rolling Tape network series ranking the individual entries of beloved franchises and filmographies, timed to major new releases. For season 7, we're diving into the complete filmography of Christopher Nolan, building episode by episode, two films at a time, toward the release of his latest film, The Odyssey.
The Odyssey is the 13th film from Christopher Nolan. He wrote and directed the film, which is of course based on Homer’s epic poem. It was released on July 17, 2026. Nolan has long been a prominent filmmaker in advancing the use of IMAX technology in mainstream cinema, beginning with The Dark Knight in 2008. For this film, Nolan challenged IMAX to develop new 70 mm film cameras that are lighter and up to 30% quieter than the previous standard. In response, IMAX provided new cameras that met the requirements, and Nolan is the first person to use them, shooting the entire film with them from start to finish.
Enjoy all VIDEO episodes of SEASON 7 one week ahead of their public audio-only release.
Our current collaborative ranking so far:
Oppenheimer
The Dark Knight
Interstellar
The Prestige
Inception
Tenet
Memento
Dunkirk
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman Begins
Following
Insomnia
On this episode:
Evan Miller
Danny Jarabek
Timmy Lee
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Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is quite possibly the most anticipated film of the year. It marks Nolan's first feature since Oppenheimer, which won seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, along with Actor, Supporting Actor, Film Editing, Cinematography, and Original Score. The film grossed more than $970 million worldwide, and in the wake of that success, Nolan was essentially handed a $250 million blank check to bring to life the passion project he's been developing for more than two decades: an old-school Hollywood epic adapting one of the most celebrated and enduring works of literature in human history.
The Odyssey is currently tracking for a global opening weekend approaching $250 million, including approximately $125 million domestically. At the time of this recording, the film holds a 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, an 89 on Metacritic, and a 4.3 average rating on Letterboxd.
Our team has already released a full review of the film on The Rolling Tape, but here on The Awards Tape, we break down The Odyssey's Oscar prospects, starting with our overall impressions before diving into category-by-category predictions. Then, we'll wrap things up with a conversation on Christopher Nolan's past awards success.
On this episode:
Paul Rai
Danny Jarabek
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Call it our (p)odyssey weekend here at The Rolling Tape as we’ll have not one, not two, not three, but FOUR podcasts across our network of shows discussing Christopher Nolan’s 13th feature film in various capacities. 
The Odyssey is, of course, written and directed by Christopher Nolan. We have taken the long journey home to our closest IMAX theaters to see the film. An adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic poem, Matt Damon stars as Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca, and it chronicles his long and perilous journey home after the Trojan War and his encounters with mythical beings as he attempts to reunite with his wife, Penelope, portrayed by Anne Hathaway. The ensemble cast includes Tom Holland, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron. Universal released the film in wide theatrical exhibition this weekend July 17.
We review the film and play a mini-game attempting to guess the the order and percentages of Christopher Nolan's filmography on Rotten Tomatoes.
For more discussion on The Odyssey, our upcoming shows include:
The Awards Tape: The Odyssey Awards Assessment
Read Receipts: The Odyssey (comparing the epic poem to the movie)
RETRO//RANKED: The Odyssey & Season 8 Announcement (placing the film in our current collaborative ranking list)
Our pre-episode Patreon exclusive conversation features:
Digger trailer
Behemoth! trailer
Ink Opening Venice Film Festival
On this episode:
Danny Jarabek
Joshua Mbonu
Mariana Fabian
Adam Patla
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Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller

The Summer 2026 Box Office Draft returns. This is our check-in episode. We kicked off the second annual edition of our Summer Box Office Draft back in May around Memorial Day, taking a deep dive into the entire summer release schedule. Each of us made our predictions for the top 10 highest-grossing films of the summer and estimated how much each would earn at the box office.
Today, we're checking in to see how those predictions are holding up. We take a look at the current top 10 based on the films that have already been released, discuss how the rankings could still change with several major releases arriving over the next few weeks, and revisit some of the movies we didn't spend much time on in our original draft. In particular, we talk about a few August releases that could still have the potential to shake up the summer box office.
On this episode:
Evan Miller
Danny Jarabek
Ethan Dayton
Joshua Mbonu
Paul Rai
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THE LAST PRE-ODYSSEY EPISODE IS HERE.
Don’t try to understand the ranking you hear on this podcast today. Feel it.
RETRO//RANKED is a Rolling Tape network series ranking the individual entries of beloved franchises and filmographies, timed to major new releases. For season 7, we're diving into the complete filmography of Christopher Nolan, building episode by episode, two films at a time, toward the release of his latest film, The Odyssey.
Tenet is the eleventh movie from Christopher Nolan. He served as both writer and director on the project. It was released on September 3, 2020, amid peak COVID times. It was originally slated to release on July 17, but repeatedly got delayed due to theatres being shuttered amid the pandemic.
Oppenheimer is Nolan’s twelfth film. It was released on a day that will be forever remembered as Barbenheimer day, July 21, 2023, amid the strikes of the actors and writers guilds. Nolan wrote the script, which he based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning biography American Prometheus.
Enjoy all VIDEO episodes of SEASON 7 one week ahead of their public audio-only release.
Our current collaborative ranking so far:
The Dark Knight
Interstellar
The Prestige
Inception
Memento
Dunkirk
The Dark Knight Rises
Batman Begins
Following
Insomnia
On this episode:
Evan Miller
Ethan Simmie
Claire May Lewis
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Website & Publications: www.therollingtape.com
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Credits:
Theme music: Eugene Rocco Utley & Karl Vincent
Artwork: Danny Jarabek
Editor: Danny Jarabek
Assistant Producer: Evan Miller