Cannes I Kick It

There's a lot going on in a small package this week with Jesse's thoughts on the films she saw at Rotterdam as well as virtual festivals in general, and also we talk some early Berlinale reactions and news from Cannes and the current overhaul of Director's Fortnight. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks o...

Our prediction powers are here to amaze and astonish as we look ahead to some titles that Jesse thinks might figure into the upcoming Cannes lineup. Who will be in? Who will be out? It’s all cause for speculation! Not only that, but we take a look at the Oscar Nominees and how festivals figure into them, and peak at the SXSW film lineup for the year. All this plus an EXCITING KO-FI ANNOUNCEMENT! O...

Park City tourism was once again down, but that didn’t stop the power of the movies as "The Dance"(Sundance) has come and gone with another All Virtual edition of the festival. We talk the films, (including buzzy movies like AFTER YANG, SHARP STICK, and CHA CHA REAL SMOOTH), the award winners (Waldo Salt, shout out to ya), and, of course, the DEALS baby. All this, plus the Berlin Jury! Check out J...

We convened as a jury to award the films of 2021!    HERE is the list of films that are eligible 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 that time of year, where we look ahead to the END of the year!. Passions flare, truces are made, concessions are granted as we come to a consensus on our Most Anticipated Film of 2022 and our secondary unranked list of the Top 10 Most Anticipated Films of 2022. Before that, though, the Berlin Lineup has been announced and we very groggily work through the competition and other lineups. Our tw...

CIKI is back! We're kicking off a new year with a new user's guide to film festivals. The gang talks through the major (and a bit of the minor) festivals of each year, looking at their early history, the shape of their awards slates, and what the style and flavor of each festival has. From Sundance to New York, if you've ever been lost hearing us talk about any of these festivals, or you just want...

100 episodes! What a long strange road it’s been and we have, of course, no choice but to celebrate by following up last years 12 GUESTS OF MANKMAS with a brand new TACULAR, the FRANCETACULAR! Of course we are naturally discussing the films FRANCE (directed by Bruno Dumont) and THE FRENCH DISPATCH (directed by Wes Anderson). We have a panoply (again, 12!) of guests to touch on topics such as “Is F...

We preview the Sundance 2022 line-up and expose some scammers and then are joined by writer Lawrence Garcia to get into some Christmas movies that played festivals with Metropolitan and A Christmas Tale!  Follow Lawrence on twitter @lawrencengarcia 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 o...

Jesse, Cullen, and Emilio plan out a theoretical film festival for the end of year.

Returning friend of the show and fan favorite Jack Read joins us to discuss Jane Campion's latest film THE POWER OF THE DOG! Jack had a lot to talk about but the only thing you really need to know is that the book is still available!  Sign up for Jack's Holiday Playlist "Sleighed" here Follow Jack on twitter @jackleftonread Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show?...

Sometimes planning and recording a podcast every week gets so daunting that you decide its Shorts Week so you and your co-hosts don’t have too much homework to do! We all brought some short films that played festivals to get into the short film and its merits and what better way to explore the range of the medium than with Michael Robinson’s AND WE ALL SHINE ON, Benny Safdie’s THE ACQUAINTANCES OF...

YEEEE-HAW! It’s NEW RELEASE ROUNDUP TIME! That’s right a bunch of festival movies have made their way to the masses, and it’s time for us to weigh in! Does Berlin’s THE BETA TEST hit on its targets? Does Venice’s DUNE bewitch us with Spice? Does Also Venice’s THE LAST DUEL win the battle for our hearts? Tune in to the rootinest tootinest podcast in town and find out! The Western Thing is definitel...

Ever feel like somebody’s watching you? We return to Cannes 2006 to visit Andrea Arnold’s debut feature, the CCTV featuring RED ROAD, and the wonderfully named Florian Henckle von Donnersmarck’s debut, the divided Germany spy drama THE LIVES OF OTHERS. We are joined by the great C. HOWSON-JAN to get into the timing of character reveals, the look of listening in isolation, and the laughs of it all....

Its time for the Spooktacular! Spooky Month once again comes to an end with a look at the festival run of JAMES WAN. We’re joined by CHRIS MELLO to give a look at franchise starters SAW, INSIDIOUS, and THE CONJURING. We get into Wan’s history with Leigh Whannell, what his relationship to other strains of horror filmmaking is, and a few of us even argue about MALIGNANT. Follow Chris on twitter @krs...

It's hard to believe that Berlin is right around the corner, but we kick off this week by looking at the Euro fest's announced Jury President, M. Night Shyamalan, and what movies might be in the mix to compete for the Golden Bear. Then it's a visit to a local fest: Cullen has seen several virtual screenings at the Chicago Film Festival and he details the lows and highs. Finally, we ponder Todd Hay...

Spooky month will not be stopped, we're checking out the freaky world of Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Variety's J. KIM MURPHY joins us to look at three (roughly) consecutive offerings from the turn of the century: CHARISMA, SEANCE, and PULSE. We get into his formalism, his humor, and of course, his spooks and scares. Follow J. Kim Murphy on Letterboxd @muuurrpphy and twitter @cheaperby12film Our twitter is @...

For real this time!  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 @jcpglickwebber

We wrap up this years New York Film Festival with some of our final thoughts on movies like Titane, The Souvenir Part 2, and Il Buco! PLUS Jesse sits down with one of the directors of Prism, An van. Diendren, to talk about her movie from the Currents section! 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 Re...

Spooky Month! We’re kicking it off with a shriek! By visiting the weird world of Peter Strickland and his fascinating aesthetic. We are joined by Congratulations CEO, Blank Check Producer, and Slow Christmas Curator BEN HOSLEY. Together we look at the audio stylings of BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO, have a frank discussion about fetishes in THE DUKE OF BURGUNDY, and talk about the deadly fashion of IN FA...

The CIKI crew is together in person for the first time 3 years, and we've been seeing the stars and films of the 59th New York Film Festival! Listen for our initial reactions to THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD, BERGMAN ISLAND, BENEDETTA, and more! Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks...

New York baby! The greatest in the world! And CIKI, as this episode is released, is descending upon it to take in the NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL in all its glory! As such, we thought it appropriate to preview our festival runs with friend of the show and fellow NYFF attendee SAM HERBST! Hear what movies we’re seeing on what day! Hear how we are getting into New York City! Hear us worry about a 4DX scr...

Jesse is joined by friends of the show Anna Swanson and Meg Shields to tie up the loose ends on TIFF 2021 and then the entire crew shows up to talk the prestigious TIFF award ceremony!  Follow Anna and Meg on Twitter. 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 @an...

Venice and TIFF are over/ending so we discuss what won big at Venice and how close we all were with our predictions and then we go deep on the few movies that Andy and Cullen saw at TIFF as well as Jesse's FRANCE thoughts. Finally we get into Paul Schrader's new movie The Card Counter(00:43:31) and mostly talk about whether Tye Sheridan is good or not! Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our letterboxd...

After a week at the Toronto International Film Festival, Jesse has finally prepared some coverage. First, she is joined by C.J. Prince to discuss this year's strong Wavelengths section, as well as other highlights from the festival including Petite Maman, Drive My Car, Memoria, and Benediction. Then, an interview with Dear Chantal director Nico Pereda. But no sign off!

THE WHITE LOTUS was the hottest show of the summer, and writer/director Mike White is enjoying what may be the biggest success of his career. He's, of course, an indie darling and a festival favorite as well, so we decided to look at 3 of his films: THE GOOD GIRL, SCHOOL OF ROCK, and BRAD'S STATUS. Joining for a second time us is the legendary JOE REID of THIS HAD OSCAR BUZZ! We talk the art of vo...