The Last Thing I Saw

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 titles: Ilker Çatak’s The Teachers’ Lounge, Michel Franco’s Memory starring Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard, Sara Summa’s Arthur & Diana, and shorts from TIFF's Wavelengths section. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

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 selection of movies from the sprawling TIFF lineup. Titles include: Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron, Azazel Jacobs’s His Three Daughters, Ellen Kuras’s Lee (about photographer Lee Miller), and Raoul Peck’s Silver Dollar Road. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

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 film, The Caine Mutiny Court Martial; Orson Welles’s Portrait of Gina, a 1958 documentary about Gina Lollobrigida for an unrealized TV series; Cedric Kahn’s Making Of; the documentary Frank Capra: Mr. America; and restorations of Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev and Arturo Ripstein’s Deep Crimson. He also shares his thoughts on other films like Poor Things, and on the Biennale College film funding program. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

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: Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border, Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, and Woody Allen’s Coup de Chance. Please note: the audio may sound different about halfway through because of recording conditions—but don’t miss out on Kiang’s essential commentary! Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

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 Harmony Korine’s Aggro Dr1ft, Bertrand Bonello’s The Beast starring Lea Seydoux, Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, and Gasoline Rainbow from Bill and Turner Ross. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

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 Cooper; Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl adaptation The Wonderful Tale of Henry Sugar; Roman Polanski’s The Palace; Pablo Larrain’s El Conde; and Nikolaj Arcel’s The Promised Land. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

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 discuss Yorgos Lanthimos’s unexpected hit Poor Things, Frederick Wiseman’s Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros, and two films from the Horizons section: City of Wind from director Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir, and Gabor Reisz’s Explanation for Everything. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

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 Ferrari, Luc Besson’s Dogman, and Ibrahim Nash'at’s extraordinary Taliban documentary Hollywoodgate, and Glenn shares what other movies he’s looking forward to seeing. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

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 preserving the surprise, I’ll leave out the usual viewing list, though I can say we get some final thoughts on Barbie. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass

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: “Spectacle Every Day.” Among the films we discuss are The Batwoman, Take Me in Your Arms, El Suavecito, The Mind and the Crime, and The Three Garcias. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass