The Last Thing I Saw

Toronto 2022 #1: Women Talking, The Fabelmans, The Inspection, Concrete Valley, with Mark Asch Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The new movies keep on coming with the latest from the Toronto International Film Festival! I kick off my reports with this streetside chat with critic Mark Asch. We discuss Sarah Polley’s Women Talking, Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, Ele...

Venice #5: Blonde, Athena, Beyond the Wall, The Happiest Man in the World, Casa Susanna, with Jonathan Romney Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. As this year’s action-packed Venice Film Festival draws nearer to the end, I return to the airwaves with veteran critic Jonathan Romney. We discuss the much-anticipated Marilyn Monroe picture Blonde, from director Andrew Domin...

Ep. 136: Venice: Master Gardener, Dead for a Dollar, A Couple, Sergio Leone doc, with Glenn Kenny Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This time at the Venice Film Festival, I talk with critic Glenn Kenny of RogerEbert. Com and The New York Times about Paul Schrader’s Master Gardener, Walter Hill’s Dead for a Dollar, Frederick Wiseman’s A Couple, and documentaries about...

Venice 2022: The Whale, The Eternal Daughter, Lav Diaz, Other People’s Children with Guy Lodge Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The Venice Film Festival continues to roll out films that are sure to be the subject of discussion this fall, and this time, I talk with critic Guy Lodge of Variety about Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, starring Brendan Fraser; the new Joanna...

Venice 2022: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Saint Omer, The Banshees of Inisherin, Don’t Worry Darling with Jessica Kiang Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The Venice Film Festival continues to roll out films that are sure to be the subject of discussion this fall, and this time, I talk with critic Jessica Kiang about notable titles from the past few days: Laura Po...

Venice 2022: Tar, White Noise, Bardo with Jonathan Romney Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week, the Venice Film Festival opened, and I hereby begin my annual coverage of the festival’s highlights, live from the Lido. I talk with the veteran critic Jonathan Romney about the first volley of films at this annual showcase that inaugurates the fall season: Noah Baum...

Mark Asch on The Rehearsal, Chelsea Girls, I Like It Like That, Funny Pages Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week on the program I talk with critic and bon vivant Mark Asch about some recent, brain-tickling viewing. We talk about Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal, Andy Warhol’s Chelsea Girls, Darnell Martin’s I Like It Like That, and Owen Kline’s Funny Pages, along...

James Vaughan on Il Cinema Ritrovato: Muratova, Mambéty, and More! Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. Il Cinema Ritrovato is an incredible film festival of restorations, revivals, and retrospectives that takes place every year in Bologna, Italy. It’s a source of discovery (and/or envy) for many film lovers, and so when I heard the filmmaker James Vaughan—director of Fr...

Rico Gagliano and Eric Hynes on Memorable Moviehouses and More Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. Recently, the MUBI Podcast launched a new season of episodes, "Only in Theaters," about the way certain films and moviehouses have intertwined histories, such as the Elgin in New York and the midnight movie phenomenon. So I invited Rico Gagliano, the host of the acclaimed...

Amy Taubin on Tribeca 2022 + Leos Carax’s Pola X (extended TV version) + Artists Space Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I was delighted to catch up with Amy Taubin to discuss the latest edition of the Tribeca festival and other recent viewing. We share some of our highlights from the festival, and we also mull the recently surfaced, extended TV version of P...

Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Memoria with Kong Rithdee Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The movie Memoria from director Apichatpong Weerasethakul is still in U.S. theaters. That's thanks to a gradual rollout by its distributor NEON -- which means that many listeners might be watching the film for the first time now. I’m a fan, as listeners already know, and as it turn...

Ep. 127: Shonni Enelow on Acting and Absorption in Joanna Hogg’s Films, plus Wanda Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. My guest this week is scholar Shonni Enelow, talking about her book in progress about acting in the films of Joanna Hogg. I have always enjoyed reading Enelow’s writing on the subject (including an especially memorable piece on recessive acting), and ou...

Cannes #12 with Manohla Dargis: Broker, Hollywood at Cannes, Leila’s Brothers, Mother and Son, Triangle of Sadness Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. My Cannes Film Festival series in conversation with critics has its grand finale with the return of the one and only Manohla Dargis of The New York Times. We discuss Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker, Saeed Roustayi’s Leila’s Br...

Cannes #11 with Justin Chang: Showing Up, Tori and Lokita, Close, 3000 Years of Longing Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The highlights from the 2022 Cannes Film Festival continue with critic Justin Chang of The Los Angeles Times. We discuss Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up with some behind-the-scenes tidbits, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s Tori and Lokita, Lukas Dhont’s...

Cannes #10 with Jessica Kiang: Holy Spider, Corsage, Metronom, Showing Up Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The highlights from the 2022 Cannes Film Festival continue with critic Jessica Kiang, who has been filing reviews for Variety throughout the festival. We discuss Ali Abbasi’s controversial serial killer thriller Holy Spider, Marie Kreutzer’s Corsage, Alexandru B...

Cannes #9 with Mark Asch: Triangle of Sadness, Enys Men, Aftersun, Hunt Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The highlights from the Cannes Film Festival continue with critic Mark Asch joining the show again. We discuss Ruben Östlund’s second Palme d’Or winner, Triangle of Sadness; Mark Jenkin’s Enys Men; Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun; and Hunt, from Squid Game star-turned-...

Cannes #8 with Jonathan Romney: Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave, Burning Days, The Super-8 Years, Blue Caftan Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The highlights from the Cannes Film Festival continue with critic Jonathan Romney, who has been writing for Screen Daily throughout the 2022 edition. We discuss Park Chan-wook’s galvanizing thriller Decision to Leave, write...

Cannes #7 with Jordan Cronk: Stars at Noon, Pacifiction, Fogo-Fatuo, Diary of a Fleeting Affair Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The highlights from the Cannes Film Festival continue with critic Jordan Cronk, one of the show’s festival stalwarts, who’ll be writing a report on Cannes 2022 for Artforum. We discuss the second Claire Denis film of the year, Stars at Noon...

Cannes #6 with Eric Hynes: De Humani Corporis Fabrica, R.M.N., Return to Seoul, Godland, Joyland Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The highlights from the Cannes Film Festival continue with Eric Hynes, curator of film at Museum of the Moving Image, who joins to discuss body doc De Humani Corporis Fabrica (from Verena Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor), Cristian Mungi...

Cannes #5 with Eric Hynes: War Pony, Rodeo, Brother and Sister Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The highlights from the Cannes Film Festival continue with Eric Hynes, curator of film at Museum of the Moving Image, who joins to discuss Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother and Sister, starring Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud, and two debut features, Rodeo (from Lola Quivoro...

Ep. 118: Cannes #4 with Amy Taubin: Crimes of the Future and Forever Young (Les Amandiers) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The highlights from the Cannes Film Festival continue in this very special episode with critic Amy Taubin, who joins to discuss David Cronenberg’s hotly anticipated Crimes of the Future, about a world of organ performance art; and Valeria Bruni-...

Ep. 117: Cannes #3 with Eric Hynes: Eo, Armageddon Time, and Ukraine documentary Mariupolis 2 Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The highlights from the Cannes Film Festival continue with Eric Hynes, curator of film at the Museum of the Moving Image. We talk on an especially lively terrace at Cannes about Jerzy Skolimowski’s formally wild donkey epic Eo, James Gray’s s...

Ep. 116: Cannes #2 with Mark Asch: Scarlet, Tchaikovsky’s Wife, Top Gun Maverick, Harka Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The highlights from the Cannes Film Festival continue with a deluxe episode with critic Mark Asch, a delightful correspondent of the show at last summer’s edition of the festival. We talk about recent viewing including Pietro Marcello’s Scarlet, Tc...

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. I’m back at the Cannes Film Festival after a pandemic absence and couldn’t be more delighted to share the latest and greatest in films with you. For the kick-off episode, I’m joined by Eric Hynes, curator of film at the Museum of the Moving Image and writing about Cannes for Reverse Shot. We review the lineup of the 2022 edition, high...

Ep. 114: The Aesthetics of Cope, The Cathedral, Deepfake, Slade in Flame with Chloe Lizotte Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The show is back from spring break with a special episode starring writer Chloe Lizotte, a contributing editor at Le Cinema Club. She joins us talking about her work for her wide-ranging Reverse Shot column Event Horizon, including her essay ab...