Cannes I Kick It

The Venice Film Festival has announced their entire lineup. TIFF has subjected us to a series of "TIFF Takeovers" through which we learned what will be playing in Special Presentations, Midnight Madness, and more. NYFF has begun to release crumbs of their main slate. Andy has no idea what Pavement sounds like. I think we've got some stuff to talk about. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram...

A few weeks ago a trailer came out for an upcoming movie that caught our attention. Robert Zemeckis is back and we've had our eye on his next project HERE for quite some time due to some familiarity with the source material. After the release of the trailer we asked our friend and comic enthusiast C HOWSON-JAN to join us to discuss that book, by Richard McGuire, and our speculation about how it mi...

There's a Locarno Lineup, there's some more TIFF Titles, and Horizon's Horizons are looking a little different, and we get into all of it was we rebrand into a new more confrontational show. Look out Slate Culture Gabfest! Also, we check in on our Unlikely Predictions... turns out many of them were not very likely! Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod E...

This time, the gang really is all here. We promise. And we have an important question for our audience. In the midst of us talking about some Venice, TIFF and Berlin news, we come to a query: who is the Dave you would most want to meet? We hope to hear from you soon on this important matter. Also, we talk about THE BIKERIDERS and KINDS OF KINDNESS Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CI...

JJ Bersch returns to discuss the first year of the 21st Century, liking every movie, and Fortnite. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod 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 @jcpglickwebber

Can you believe it's time to Consider the Fall already? That's right, we've heard the first bit of news out of TIFF 2024, 6 world premiere titles and a couple of tribute awards! And the gang's all here to break it down. Will Elton John perform in the streets of Toronto like Nickleback? Who has the authority to decide whether a film is an act of creativity? What's up with AppleTV's sizzle reel? Ric...

We talk about Hit Man, we are all excited.  Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod 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 @jcpglickwebber (edited)

As is tradition, we've recorded a commentary on our Palme d'Ollie winner. We mostly discuss how good Asteroid City is, but also get into Indian Paintbrush's recent exploits, the possibility of Andy running for president, and not knowing most of the cast of The Phoenician Scheme. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a...

We break down the award winners from this years Cannes Film Festival, Emilio saw some movies from there, and we all saw Furiosa.  Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod 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 @jcpglickwebber

Cannes 2024 is winding down, all but a few titles have premiered and many critics are already on their way out. Andy and Emilio check in on what's getting distributed, what the general reactions have been, and why Andy has an association with liking Diane Kruger. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our w...

As crowds gather in France and it seems like there have been blessedly few notable headlines (as of recording this episode, anyways) we discuss the opening press conference of Cannes and Meryl Streep's honorary Palme presentation. We also catch up on a good bit of news from Venice and others, and have a nice chat about Kevin Costner's Deadline interview. And to top it all off, Bertrand Bonello's C...

Another mixed pouch this week. The gang looks at news out of San Sebastian and a potential looming strike that could affect Cannes, before we dig into festival favorite Park Chan-wook's new HBO series THE SYMPATHIZER starring Hoa Xuande and Robert Downey Jr. going full Klumps, and recent indie sensation HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, a silly slapstick cult-hit in the making. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Ou...

First things first. This episode is NOT a gr*bag. However, we do have a wide range of topics to discuss. What's happening with Sundance and Slamdance? Who is on the Cannes Jury? What do we think of recent new releases CHALLENGERS and THE BEAST? What's happening with the organization of TIFF? For that last question, Emilio is joined by Soraya Roberts to discuss her recent article How Did TIFF’s Lig...

Food glorious food! 2023 Cannes Charmer THE TASTE OF THINGS has made its way to digital release and so we put our napkins in collars and dig into the sumptuous feast from Tran Anh Hung. We also look back to an earlier food movie, 1987 Un Certain Regard title BABETTE'S FEAST from Gabriel Axel. Our relationship to food on film, what we can learn about a character from how they eat and how they cook,...

We talk about Alice Rohrwacher's latest film La Chimera!  Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod 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 @jcpglickwebber

It's a classic Emilio and Andy mess around as we discuss the recently announced Cannes Lineup. We then discuss Louis Malle's Vanya on 42nd Street for its 30th Anniversary. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod 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 @...

April isn't too late to look back right? Of course it isn't! It's time for us to finally come to consensus on the best of 2023 in film, to find out who will take home the coveted Palme D'Ollie! We get into the performances, the writing, and our philosophy on what we want out of film! Goodbye to 2023, we hope you enjoy! Eligibility list is here Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPo...

We had a conversation about The Conversation. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod 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 @jcpglickwebber

This week on the podcast we cover Hometown Prison, directed by Richard Linklater. This is episode 1 of God Save Texas, a documentary TV series that premiered at this year's Sundance. We discuss how this documentary shapes our understanding of Linklater's work in terms of biographical background and his conversational/curious style. We discuss our favorite moments from the doc and our general admir...

The time has come around again for us to take an early look at what this year's Cannes competition might look like. It may not feel quite so early anymore as the trades scramble to catch up with us, but nonetheless Jesse has put together another barely informed set of potential entrants from which her co-hosts will crown an early Palme d'Or favorite. Do we think Terrence Malick will finally releas...

Every year, Cannes I Kick It? does a commentary episode, reserved for the winner of our annual and prestigious Palme D'Ollie. This year, we threw out that precedent and decided to do a live commentary investigation into the question "What's Cat Person?" That's right we check out the 2023 Sundance flop, now streaming on Hulu. None of us have read the story! Not all of us will last until the end of...

Sometimes you have to look ahead. And this is one of those times. Please enjoy a live commentary of a trailers playlist, in addition to some brief discussion of what is happening at Berlin. Attempt to follow along with the trailers here! Referenced links Here , Here , and Here. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a...

For TOO LONG, Valentine's Day has been focused on a narrow, and dare we say, Hallmark Approved, definition of Romantic Love. Well, we here at Cannes I Kick It have some questions about that. What about the steady love of friendship? Or the love that forms from the artistic collaboration between director and actor? Or the most unique love of all, the love between a distributor and a festival title...

We wrap up our coverage of Slamdance 2024 with an exclusive interview with some of the team behind I'M GEORGE LUCAS: A CONNOR RATLIFF STORY, specifically Director and Producer RYAN JACOBI and Co-Producer and Co-Star (and returning guest) PATRICK COTNOIR! We get the inside scoop on the making of the film and the Slamdance premiere experience. We also have a lot of news to catch up on, including som...

It's official: 2024 will not be a year without festivals! Slamdance and Sundance are in the books, and we've seen a handful of the films available on digital platforms throughout these festivals, so we check in on some titles like THE ACCIDENT, A REAL PAIN, SUNCOAST, BETWEEN THE TEMPLES, GOOD ONE, and IN THE SUMMERS. We also discuss the winners and the deals. Plus: news! Our twitter is @CannesIKic...