The Last Thing I Saw

Episode 105: Berlin #4 with Inney Prakash (Dry Ground Burning, Instant Life, Jet Lag, Super Natural, The Kegelstatt Trio) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. We continue with the Berlin festival series, highlighting the intriguing new films you should know about. This time I talk Fun at the Forum (and Forum Expanded) with programmer Inney Prakash of Maysles Cinema and Prismatic Ground. We discuss Dry Ground Burning (from Adirley Queiros and Joana Pimenta), Instant Life (Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy, Andrew Kim), Jet Lag (Zheng Lu Xinyuan), Super Natural (Jorge Jacome), and The Kegelstatt Trio (Rita Azevedo Gomes). Stay tuned for more from Berlin! Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow’s Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Episode 104: Berlin #3 with Jordan Cronk (The Novelist’s Film, Afterwater, Coma, United States of America, That Kind of Summer, more) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. We continue with the Berlin festival series, highlighting the intriguing new films you should know about. I joined forces with Jordan Cronk, critic (MUBI Notebook and elsewhere) and programmer (Acropolis). We discussed new films by Hong Sangsoo, Bertrand Bonello, James Benning, Denis Côté, and Darezhan Omirbaev. Stay tuned for more from Berlin! Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow’s Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Episode 103: Berlin 2022 #2 with Guy Lodge (Flux Gourmet, Robe of Gems, Small Slow but Steady, Brother in Every Inch, Fire, AEIOU – A Quick Alphabet of Love) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The Berlin festival series continues, highlighting the intriguing new films you should know about. This time I talk with Guy Lodge, a regular critic for Variety. We discuss Peter Strickland’s Flux Gourmet, Natalia Lopez Gallardo’s Robe of Gems, Sho Miyake’s Small, Slow but Steady, Alexander Zolotukhin’s Brother in Every Inch, Nicolette Krebitz’s A E I O U – A Quick Alphabet of Love, and, one more time, Claire Denis’s Fire. Stay tuned for more from Berlin! Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow’s Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Episode 102: Berlin 2022 #1 with Jonathan Romney (Fire, Rimini, Incredible But True, Passengers of the Night, A Piece of Sky, See You Friday, Robinson) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The Berlin International Film Festival is underway and I kicked off this edition’s podcasts with series regular Jonathan Romney, a critic writing for Screen Daily and The Observer among other publications. We talked about notable premieres such as Claire Denis’s Fire, Ulrich Seidl’s Rimini, Quentin Dupieux’s Incredible But True, Mikhael Hers’s Passengers of the Night, Michael Koch's A Piece of Sky, and Mitra Farahani’s See You Friday, Robinson. Stay tuned for more from Berlin! Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow’s Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Episode 101: Sundance 2022 #7 with Jessica Green (Mija, Alice, God’s Country, The Exiles, Free Chol Soo Lee, Framing Agnes) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. So it turns out I have one more episode of Sundance films to share. I was joined by Jessica Green, artistic director of the Houston Cinema Arts Society, who brought several films that haven’t been discussed yet on the podcast. Jessica came on toward the end of the festival to talk about Mija, The Exiles, God’s Country, and other thought-provoking movies from this year’s edition. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow’s Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Episode 100: Maggie Gyllenhaal on The Lost Daughter Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. It's the 100th episode! As a working critic and journalist, I always hope these podcasts add something new to the discussion. And for that I have to thank my guests, all the talented critics and filmmakers who have joined me, and of course my listeners for listening. Finally, a special thank-you to my substack subscribers. Your support makes the podcast possible. This episode, I talked with Maggie Gyllenhaal, who made her acclaimed directorial debut with The Lost Daughter, adapted from the Elena Ferrante novel. Olivia Colman stars as Leda, a literature professor on vacation in Greece who is haunted by the decisions she made as the mother of two daughters. Jessie Buckley plays Leda's younger self, and Dakota Johnson plays Nina, a woman from a big family on the beach who has a daughter of her own. I talked with Gyllenhaal about adapting the film’s mix of present and past, getting permission from Ferrante, and casting Olivia Colman and Dagmara Dominczyk (who plays Callie, a first-time mother in Nina’s family). Gyllenhaal also talks about the process of bringing the film into being from her initial vision. Last but not least... she tells me the last movie she saw, which is a great one. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow’s Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Episode 99: Sundance 2022 #6 with Jon Dieringer (Leonor Will Never Die, Short Films, TikTok, Boom, Cha Cha Real Smooth) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The Sundance Film Festival is here, there, and everywhere this year, screening in a virtual edition. As we enter the final days (of the festival), I was joined by Jon Dieringer, editor and publisher of the estimable Screen Slate. We talk about Martika Escobar’s Leonor Will Never Die, Shalini Kantayya’s documentary TikTok, Boom, and short films by directors such as Hugo Covarrubias, Joe Hsieh, and Mahboobeh Kaleee (some of whom may have won awards while we were recording...). Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow’s Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Episode 98: Sundance 2022 #5 with Jourdain Searles (Emily the Criminal, Sharp Stick, Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul, When You Finish Saving the World) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The Sundance Film Festival is here, there, and everywhere this year, screening in a virtual edition. For this episode, I’m very pleased to welcome a terrific critic I’ve been wanting to feature on the podcast for a long time: Jourdain Searles, who writes for publications including The Hollywood Reporter, Little White Lies, and Okayplayer. We talk about John Patton Ford’s Emily the Criminal, Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick, Adamma Ebo’s Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul., and Andrew Semans’s Resurrection. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow’s Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Episode 97: Sundance 2022 #4 with Beatrice Loayza (Dos Estaciones, Speak No Evil, Brainwashed, jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The Sundance Film Festival is here, there, and everywhere this year, screening in a virtual edition. For this episode, I chat with Beatrice Loayza, a New York Times contributor and an editor at the Criterion Collection, about her recent Sundance selections, her favorites and her not-so-favorites. We talk about Juan Pablo González’s Dos Estaciones, Christian Tafdrup’s Speak No Evil, Nina Menkes’s Brainwashed, and jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, from Clarence “Coodie” Simmons and Chike Ozah. If you listen to this, please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow’s Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Episode 96: Sundance 2022 #3 with Amy Taubin (Nanny, Master, Call Jane, Resurrection, You Won’t Be Alone) Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The Sundance Film Festival is here, there, and everywhere, screening in a virtual edition. For this episode, I’m delighted to talk with the one and only Amy Taubin about yet another year of Sundance selections. We talk about a few highlights of her viewing so far, including Nikyatu Jusu’s Nanny, Mariama Diallo’s Master, Phyllis Nagy’s Call Jane, Andrew Semans’s Resurrection, Ricky D'Ambrose's The Cathedral, Goran Stolevski’s You Won’t Be Alone, and Alex Pritz’s The Territory. If you listen to this, please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Music: “Tomorrow’s Forecast” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets Photo by Steve Snodgrass