The Last Thing I Saw

Ep. 213: Julian Ross on New Nonfiction at IDFA Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. Every year, a stimulating new crop of nonfiction cinema premieres at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. During the latest edition, I spoke with Julian Ross, an Amsterdam-based programmer and professor who is a film program advisor at IDFA and co-programmer of Doc Fortn...

Ep. 212: Restorations with James Vaughan: Abel Gance, Pressure, Man Ray, Abraham’s Valley Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. Every year the New York Film Festival rolls out a selection of revivals and restorations, and for the latest edition, I welcomed filmmaker James Vaughan (Friends and Strangers) back to the podcast. We discussed a number of highlights, some of whi...

Ep. 211: Edo Choi on Killers of the Flower Moon, Janet Planet, All of Us Strangers, Kevin Jerome Everson Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon is finally out in theaters, and it’s one of the films I discussed with Edo Choi, associate curator of the Museum of the Moving Image. We chatted on campus at Lincoln Center while attendi...

Ep. 210: Bruce Bennett on Eight Hours of Terror, Ambush at Tomahawk Gap, Yield to the Night, Nuke Films, and more Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. It’s that most wonderful time: writer and “recovering film critic” Bruce Bennett returns to the podcast for another absolutely enjoyable discussion of recent viewing. As always it’s hard to pigeonhole the selection but bro...

Ep. 209: Clyde Folley on 90s Horror on Criterion Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. Season’s greetings! On this episode I talk about 90s horror with Clyde Folley, programmer on the delightful 90s Horror series on the Criterion Channel (and, previously, their incredible 80s Horror series!). We talk about a few titles in the ripsnorting selection, including Body Parts, D...

Ep. 208: Amy Taubin on the New York Film Festival 2023 Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This year, the 61st New York Film Festival curated a notably strong selection of films drawn from other festivals as well as a few premieres of its own. To discuss her critical highlights, I was delighted to welcome back the one and only Amy Taubin (whose report on this edition ap...

Ep. 207: Michael Koresky and Jeff Reichert on Reverse Shot at 20 Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The wonderful film publication Reverse Shot celebrates its 20th anniversary of existence this year. Since I first wrote for Reverse Shot early in my career, it’s always held a special place in my heart, and it’s still going strong -- a gladdening beacon in the landscape...

Ep. 206: Eric Hynes on Toronto 2023: The Pigeon Tunnel, The Holdovers, The Peasants, American Fiction, Gonzo Girl Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. As the fall season kicks off, I have a few more titles—some slated for release in the coming months, others yet to be distributed—plucked from the ranks of the Toronto International Film Festival. I talked with Eric Hynes,...

Ep. 205: Toronto 2023 with Beatrice Loayza: The Teachers’ Lounge, Arthur & Diana, Wavelengths shorts, Memory Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. As the fall season kicks off, I’m catching up with some intriguing titles seen at the Toronto International Film Festival 2023 that you might not have heard much about yet. I chatted with critic Beatrice Loayza about a few titl...

Ep. 204: Toronto 2023 with Mark Asch: The Boy and the Heron, His Three Daughters, Lee, Silver Dollar Road Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This month I went to the Toronto International Film Festival 2023 and recorded a few dispatches for your edification. I sat down with Mark Asch, who was filing for the film journal Little White Lies, and discussed an eclectic sele...

Ep. 203: Venice 2023 with Glenn Kenny: The Killer, Caine Mutiny, Orson Welles TV, Making Of, Restorations Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. For the last day of the 80th Venice Film Festival. I’m back again with Glenn Kenny of The New York Times and RogerEbert.com to chat about a cavalcade of films. Titles include: David Fincher’s The Killer; William Friedkin’s final f...

Ep. 202: Venice 2023 with Jessica Kiang: Priscilla, Green Border, Hit Man, Coup de Chance Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I’m reporting from the 80th Venice Film Festival. This time I’m talking with Jessica Kiang, who is writing about the festival for Variety, Sight & Sound, and The New York Times. We discuss premieres from the festival’s second week: Sofi...

Ep. 201: Venice 2023 with Jordan Cronk: Aggro Dr1ft, The Beast, Evil Does Not Exist, Gasoline Rainbow Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I’m reporting from the 80th Venice Film Festival in, you guessed it, Venice. For the latest episode, regular guest Jordan Cronk talks about his inaugural trip to the festival. We talk about a number of films including Harmon...

Ep. 200: Venice 2023 with Jonathan Romney: Maestro, Henry Sugar, The Palace, El Conde, Promised Land Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I’m reporting from the 80th Venice Film Festival in, you guessed it, Venice. This time I'm joined by Jonathan Romney of Screen Daily and the Observer. We talk about a number of films including Maestro, directed by Bradley Coo...

Ep. 199: Venice 2023 with Guy Lodge: Poor Things, New Wiseman, City of Wind, Explanation for Everything Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The 80th Venice Film Festival has begun, and I’m reporting from Venice about the movies that are making their premieres here. For the second episode, I’m joined by Guy Lodge, who’s writing for Variety and Film of the Week. We discus...

Ep. 198: Venice 2023 with Glenn Kenny: Ferrari, Dogman, Hollywoodgate Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The 80th Venice Film Festival has begun, and I’ll be reporting from Venice about the movies that are making their premieres. For the first episode, I’m joined by Glenn Kenny of The New York Times and RogerEbert.com. We discuss Michael Mann’s highly anticipated Ferra...

Ep. 197: Manohla Dargis on Summertime Viewing (and possibly Barbie) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I catch up with a very special guest, Manohla Dargis, chief film critic of The New York Times. Instead of comparing festival notes or discussing recent reviews, this is a glimpse at what Dargis happens to have been watching recently. So in the interest of pr...

Ep. 196: Locarno 2023 with K.J. Relth-Miller on Mexican Retro: Spectacle Every Day Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. We have one final report from the Locarno film festival, on this year's retrospective. K.J. Relth-Miller, who programs at the Academy Museum in Los Angeles, has been attending Locarno's overview of Mexican popular cinema dating back to the 1940s: “Spect...

Ep. 195: Locarno 2023 with Giovanni Marchini Camia on The Human Surge 3, Critical Zone, Good Place Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I’ve been reporting on the Locarno film festival, and for the latest batch of premieres, I am happy to welcome back a past guest, Giovanni Marchini Camia, who is a programmer at Locarno, a critic, and co-founder of the publishi...

Ep. 194: Locarno 2023 with Beatrice Loayza: Mademoiselle Kenopsia, Yannick, Camping du Lac, The Vanishing Soldier Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I’m reporting from the Locarno film festival. Beatrice Loayza, who’s attending the festival for the first time, joins the podcast to discuss a few highlights, including: Quentin Dupieux’s Yannick, Denis Côté’s Ma...

Ep. 193: Locarno 2023 with Jessica Kiang: Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, Sweet Dreams, Manga D'Terra Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I’m reporting from the Locarno film festival, where Radu Jude’s Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, has been a major stand-out. Jessica Kiang (Variety) joins the podcast to discuss...

Ep. 192: John Wilson on How To with John Wilson Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I talk with John Wilson, the mastermind of How To with John Wilson, the sui generis series on HBO. The third and final season of How To has now begun, and so I took the opportunity to ask Wilson about the secret to assembling the show’s serendipitous paths through New York and...

Ep. 191: Amy Taubin on Oppenheimer, Barbie, Command-Z, Richard Kelly Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I talk with the one and only Amy Taubin about the double feature that has attracted crowds to movie theaters this weekend: Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, and Barbie, directed by Greta Gerwig. We pick apart what we loved (or hated) about the two...

Ep. 190: Mstyslav Chernov on Ukraine documentary 20 Days in Mariupol Welcome to the Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I’m speaking with the director of the Ukraine documentary 20 Days in Mariupol, now showing at Film Forum and winner of a Sundance audience award. Mstyslav Chernov was a video journalist for the Associated Press who stayed in the city when the Russian invasi...

Ep. 189: Amy Taubin on the Tribeca Festival 2023 and Beyond Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I talk with the one and only Amy Taubin about the 2023 edition of the Tribeca Festival. We discuss Taubin’s favorite from the festival; a couple of hard-hitting documentaries, Transition and Rule of Two Walls; video game titan Hideo Kojima and auteurs in dialogue Da...