Cannes I Kick It

What we have here is a news segment that went so long it ended up being its own episode. TIFF Special Presentations & Galas! The entire Venice line-up! 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 @jc...

The trendiest film weekend in recent history deserves some context, and Cannes I Kick It is here to provide it. Upon the simultaneous release of Greta Gerwig's BARBIE and Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER, we look back to their earlier festival days, taking a peak at INSOMNIA and MISTRESS AMERICA. Joining us is writer and filmmaker CASSIDY OLSEN! We talk Barbenheimer, Will Dormer, Tweeting on Twitte...

We are well known for our famous segment "Predictions" here on Cannes I Kick It, so we thought it was well past time to expand that beyond a single prediction per film festival and blow it up into a whole dang draft. That's right, we're drafting the Venice Lineup! We met before (almost) any major fall announcements, and we're going to keep tabs on things with a scoring system! Hear us preview what...

Following up the first competition title from Cannes 2023 to be released with one of the last competition titles to be released from Cannes 2022, we welcome back FRAN HOEPFNER to discuss Kelly Reichardt's latest, SHOWING UP, now available to rent on VOD. Reichardt reteams with Michelle Williams to paint a portrait of pacific northwest artistic and academic life. We talk birds, Hong Chau, and what...

Our first wide release out of Cannes Competition is here and it's got everyone going out to the theater over and over again. Our good friend JACK READ joins us to unpack the many layers of Wes Andersons's latest ASTEROID CITY! We get into all the ins and outs of the performances, the storytelling devices, and so much more. All this, plus our first news out of TIFF! Follow Jack on twitter @jerkdado...

The most important out of Hollywood right now is the growing fight on behalf of the makers to get a fair deal so they can keep their lives as working artists and craftspeople. To help us examine this phenomenon through our specialty lens we welcome writer and card-carrying (and currently striking) member of the WGA EMILY KACZMAREK (Monsterland, The Staircase) to talk us through the current moment...

We are making amends. Last month we released a great episode on Frankie (2019) with guest Chris Feil, which you should listen to if you have not, but a rogue social media post led many of our listeners to believe we would be releasing an episode about Frank (2014). Here, finally is that episode. We talk about the ins and outs of Frank, leaving no stone unturned. We apologize for the inconvenience....

The biggest announcement of the year so far is here, that's right, we finally know who will be on the Tribeca Jur(ies?)! After thoroughly analyzing how this will impact the year ahead, we wrap up some odds and ends from Cannes Sidebars and then discuss new Palme Winner Justine Triet's previous feature, SIBYL! Starring Virginie Efira, Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Sandra Hüller, we gab about the fun fea...

After months of speculation, we finally have a new Palme winner! Congratulations to Justine Triet and ANATOMY OF A FALL! With Emilio back from the croisette we get into the the line up of the winners, and tie up the competition loose ends we had not gotten to from last week. We get into the aesthetics of the awards ceremony, expose some truths about the Palme Dog ceremony, and Cullen tells a good...

It's prime Cannes I Kick It time baby! The 76th Annual Cannes Film Festival is in high gear and we are here to break it down. We talk Thierry, the critical reactions to the competition, and the tenor of this year's fest with our very own Emilio on the ground reporting live! To round it all out we take another Cannes Rewind look at a prominently featured filmmaker, this time looking at KILLERS OF T...

The people have been clamoring and clamoring for us to finally pull the trigger on Sachs Month, and we have heard those calls, and we will continue to ignore them. But in the hopes of giving some peace to the true believers, we take a look at Sachs's Cannes Competition entry, the Isabelle Huppert starring FRANKIE. And who better to discuss how FRANKIE is actually pretty good with us than THIS HAD...

Cannes continues approaching so we are looking back at some movies from directors with highly anticipated festival films, and this week we are digging into WES ANDERSON! Specifically his third feature THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, we get into our history with Wes, the changing reactions to his movies, his use of music, and so much more. Plus, some early news from Venice! Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our...

We talk about the 2023 Cannes Jury and are joined by special guest Dizzy to finally discuss Little Joe! Follow Dizzy on twitter @ennuiimpossible 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 @jcpglickwebbe...

Finally Cannes I Kick It? discusses RULES AND THEIR PLACE. Joined by RYAN NANNI of the SHUTDOWN FULLCAST we get into the Romanian New Wave through the lens of Corneliu Porumboiu's INFINITE FOOTBALL. A gateway to great discussion on sports, regulations, and how to take on the system. Plus, the late Cannes additions and Smelting Talk. Follow Ryan on twitter @celebrityhottub Check out the Shutdown Fu...

We do love our ties here at Cannes I Kick It. We've examined a few in our day and we finally felt called to examine one Cannes tie that really says a lot: the BEST DIRECTOR tie between Joel and Ethan Coen's THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE and David Lynch's MULHOLLAND DRIVE. And who better to help us unpack this than the creative team behind the TO THE WHITE SEA podcast, JORDAN FISH and RAY TINTORI. Toget...

Cannes line up is here! Cannes line up is here! We get together to run the numbers and ask and answer the questions. What missing movies is Jesse thinking Venice for? Which Italian should Fremaux burn a bridge with? What does Wim Wenders think of toilets? 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...

For too long, we have focused on the actual films of the film industry: when they will open, where they will be programmed, who will see them. But now, we turn our work to something more important: alternative revenue streams, in the form of MERCHANDISING! That's right, we've got special guest BEN HOSLEY to join us to take a look at hip distributor A24's upcoming movie slate, and see how they can...

It's the question on everyone's lips every March... Who will win the Palme D'Or this year? Well, we decided to apply the typical madness of March to this question, and have Andy, Cullen, and Emilio take on a bracket seeded by Jesse. Who will win? Who will be this year's (Bad) Cinderella story? How far will Alice Rohrwacher be able to go? What Yorgos Lanthimos movie is more likely to play Cannes? A...

Hot off triumphing on the Oscar Stage South by Southwest has returned with another mix of buzzy premieres and movies we will never hear from again. We turn to friend of the show and native Texan ETHAN BRUNDEEN who was on the ground for 2 of the films to fill us in on how big they do film premieres in Texas, specifically AMERICANA and JOY RIDE. All this, plus news, and extensive discussion about th...

Once again the gang gets together to commentate our declared best movie of the year. Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans gets the full CIKI treatment, including discussions about bodily functions presented in the movie, whether Burt Fabelman is being fair, what it was like to see this at TIFF, and the Kushner of it all. Congrats to us all for a great time! Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram...

This week, Blank Check Researcher and self-proclaimed "King Gamer" JJ Bersch joins us to talk about video games released by former(?) film production studio ANNAPURNA. We discuss Solar Ash, The Unfinished Swan, Donut County, and Neon White specifically, but take detours to talk about motion sickness and each of our entire history of playing video games along the way. Follow JJ on twitter @jjdotbiz...

There's a new Golden Bear winner out there, and we are ON IT. We go over all the winners and the remainder of the lineup from the newly concluded Berlinale, as well as discussing a few of the movies we've seen, including Bas Devos' Encounters winner HERE and Martin Shanly's Forum title ABOUT THIRTY. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show...

Berlin has rolled around again! As has our solicitation of names from our audience! And so, before drafting more juries from those names, we discuss the movies that have premiered so far in this year's Berlin competition. Name Pool 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 Rela...

Sure Berlin is just getting started, but we haven't heard anything notable enough to report by press time so that means we're doing our annual TOO EARLY CANNES PREDICTIONS. Who will be competing for the Palme D'Or this year? It's too soon to say, but not too soon to guess. All this, plus news and a theologically rigorous cold open! 2023 Festival Predictions Spreadsheet Our twitter is @CannesIKickI...

Once again finding it time to put our film year to bed, we convene for a jury to determine the consensus Best of the Best. There will be laughs, there will be curses, there will be boos, there will be thoughtful discussion, and someone new will take home the coveted PALME d'OLLIE... WHO WILL IT BE????? Our list of eligible films is HERE! Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our...