Cannes I Kick It

This is a commentary for Steven Soderbergh's 2020 Palme d'Ollie winning film Let Them All Talk. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jpglickwebber

Philippe Garrel’s THE SALT OF TEARS has departed the festival circuit and is now playing in virtual cinemas, so we took this opportunity to welcome back film writer and curator Jordan Cronk to talk the new release as well as look back at his history and some of his recent work. JEALOUSY, IN THE SHADOW OF WOMEN, and LOVER FOR A DAY, as well as his son Louis’ A FAITHFUL MAN are all touched on as we...

Its time again for a festival preview blowout, this time we are talking SXSW and Berlinale where we bring back our famous predictions segment! Also, to celebrate Ryusuke Hamaguchi's new film premiering at Berlin, we decided to talk about Asako I & II (00:46:21) and by "talk about" we of course mean that Cullen runs through the plot of the entire film.  Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd...

With Sundance 2021 in the rearview, we take it back to look at two of the major releases from Sundance 2020 that are also writer/director first films, Radha Blank’s THE FOURTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION (00:02:06) and Emerald Fennell’s PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN (00:33:02). We are joined by writer and critic Caroline Siede to talk about theatre world satire, hip hop depiction, sitcom supporting actors, and reven...

Friend of the show Jack Read returns to talk about everything we saw "at" Sundance 2021 and then at (1:54:17) Jesse chats with filmmakers Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney about their new film Strawberry Mansion!  To read the piece on We're All Going To The World's Fair that Jesse mentioned, click  here Follow Jack @jkradb Listen to Ain't Dey Beauts @beautspod For updates on Strawberry Mansion, f...

We award the films of 2020!  Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jpglickwebber

Andy, Emilio, and Jesse preview the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and talk about some of the movies that they will be seeing and then Cullen and former guest/Entourage expert Mike Finnerty join in to discuss the episode of Entourage where they go to Sundance! This is the last time we will be talking about Entourage! Follow Mike on twitter @MikeCJF   Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CI...

Happy New Year CIKI Fans, we’re back and looking both backwards and ahead this week. After touching on the status of our most anticipated movies from last year (would you believe many of them did not end up coming out?) we look ahead WITH A TWIST by applying out patented Jury Formula to figure out what we are most excited for. Feelings, inevitably, will be hurt, but we WILL determine and award the...

HO HO HO and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to our loyal CIKI listeners! What better way to end our first year but by once again going to the Grab Bag for a Holiday/End of Year edition full of the Tid Bits you crave. Topics covered include I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS, TENET, THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS, Sundance and Berlin news, and some updates about what the show is going to look like going forward. We...

Well folks its that time of year again.   Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jpglickwebber

In what is more of a Christmas Miracle than our listeners may realize, we were blessed to be joined by TWELVE GUESTS to celebrate the release of David Fincher’s MANK, one of our most anticipated movies of the year. We have five segments each with a different panel assembled to talk Fincher and his father, the film’s look, alternatives to Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, socialism, and how much fun it...

One of our long anticipated movies from this year is finally available on VOD, so we had Chris Feil, co-host of This Had Oscar Buzz, join us to talk Sean Durkin's polarizing Sundance entry The Nest. We paired it with his first film, the wonderful Martha Marcy May Marlene. We go deep on Carrie Coon, Jude Law, John Hawkes, ugly fur coats, and awards seasons past and present. Follow Chris @chrisvfeil...

In keeping with tradition, when its one of our hosts birthdays we talk 4 movies that played across the Big 3 euro festivals, this time its Peter Weir's Fearless, Joel and Ethan Coen's The Hudsucker Proxy, Olivier Assayas' Cold Water, and Peter Jackson's Heavenly Creatures. Settle in because its a goofy one! Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our them...

Television critic for The Hollywood Reporter and host of the All About Almodóvar podcast Inkoo Kang joins us as we once again return to the 2006 Cannes lineup with one of our favorites, Pedro Almodóvar. His 2006 entry Volver won big: best screenplay, as well as best actress for basically the entire female ensemble. We've paired it with an earlier film of his which shares a few plot elements in an...

NY Magazine Film Critic Bilge Ebiri joins us to continue our 2006 Cannes series and delve into Nuri Bilge Ceylan's self-starring relationship drama Climates. We paired this with another relationship film where the director himself was very much a part of the narrative, Noah Baumbach's 2019 film Marriage Story. Follow Bilge @BilgeEbiri Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks...

Producer of the Blank Check podcast Angela Ferraguto joins us for a return to Cannes 2006 to talk Paolo Sorrentino's The Family Friend and in the spirit of keeping things Italian we also discuss Alice Rohrwacher's Happy As Lazzaro!  Follow Ang @magnafarta Listen to Blank Check here Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andy...

Film writer and horror expert Meg Shields joins us to wrap up Spooky Month with a slate of spooky movies and some horror themed awards, its the Spooktacular!  Follow Meg @TheWorstNun Read Film School Rejects 31 Days of Horror Lists here! Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jpglickwebber

Writer/Comedian/Podcaster Jourdain Searles joins us to talk Miranda July's newest film Kajillionaire as well as her first two features Me You and Everyone We Know, and The Future. Follow Jourdain @jourdayen Listen to the Bad Romance podcast @badromancepod Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughal...

We talk some of the witchiest movies that have played film festivals with host of the Vaulting the Walt podcast KT Jean, The Blair Witch Project (02:33), The VVItch (29:00), and The Love Witch(52:06) it's Spooky Month Part 2! Follow KT @FilmHarpy Listen to Vaulting The Walt @VaultingtheWalt Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts...

We finally wrap up our coverage of the 58th New York Film Festival, discussing many of the features that played in the Currents section with critic and programmer Jordan Cronk. Follow Jordan @JordanCronk Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jpglickwebber

We wrap up the NYFF Main Slate with Audrey Fox and Morris Yang Follow Audrey and Morris on Twitter. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jpglickwebber

Jesse and Emilio are joined by Michael Sicinski to talk the eight programs of shorts in the new Currents section of this year's New York Film Festival. You can find Michael on Patreon or Letterboxd Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jpglickwebber

We had writer Alissa Wilkinson on to talk Kirsten Johnson's Cameraperson and Dick Johnson Is Dead as well as her experience serving on a festival jury! Follow Alissa @alissamarie Listen to Young Adult Movie Ministry @YAMMPOD Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jpglickwebber

We are joined by Jordan Hoffman and Alec Montiel to talk a panoply of NYFF titles from the last week. We get into some spoilers on the ending of The Disciple from 51:00 to 56:45 so if you're sensitive about such things you might want to skip forwards. Follow Jordan on Twitter @jhoffman and Alec on Letterboxd. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our th...

In the first of our "Spooky Month" episodes, writer Emma Stefansky joins us to return to the 2006 Cannes Competion and discuss Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth (00:09:20) as well as his 2015 return to horror, Crimson Peak (00:38:57).  Follow Emma on twitter @stefabsky Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @cla...