The Last Thing I Saw

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, a podcast where we reach out to friends to talk about what we’ve been watching. It’s as simple as that. Joining Nicolas Rapold is Ashley Clark, director of film programming at BAM, and a longtime film critic. The lineup spans from the limits of leisure to the extremities of war and political action. There’s The Green Ray, Eric Rohmer’s achingly poignant summer film; Winter Soldier, a heart-stopping Vietnam documentary that’s sometimes forgotten; a rewarding pairing of two films from the 2010s, Nocturama and Happy as Lazzaro, and others. Please note that this was recorded before the ongoing protests for justice, and as such, is something of a time capsule. Original music by Nate Kinsella Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Critic Nick Pinkerton and programmer Nellie Killian join Nicolas Rapold to discuss isolation viewing and their recent favorites. You may have encountered Nick’s criticism in a variety of publications as well as DVD essays and commentary. And Nellie’s superb series Tell Me: Women Filmmakers, Women’s Stories is featured on Criterion Channel this month. They three talk about the last things they've been watching, including: the pre-code films of William Wellman; the extraordinary documentary series Eyes on the Prize about the Civil Rights Movement; two movies by Robert Altman, Dr. T and the Women and Beyond Therapy; and more. Original music by Nate Kinsella Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Critics Amy Taubin and Michael Koresky join Nicolas Rapold to discuss their recent favorites, including The Fabulous Baker Boys (and Michelle Pfeiffer’s star presence), Damien Chazelle’s new Netflix series The Eddy, and much more. Original music by Nate Kinsella Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Nicolas Rapold talks with Devika Girish and Clinton Krute about Another Gaze magazine’s recent online symposium on the groundbreaking work of filmmaker Sarah Maldoror. We also discuss Warren Beatty’s Reds, Robert Altman’s Quintet, Ingmar Bergman’s The Touch, and a recent short film from Jonathan Glazer. Original music by Nate Kinsella Photo by Steve Snodgrass

Nicolas Rapold talks with Devika Girish and Clinton Krute about the assortment of movies they’ve been watching in lockdown, including Jackie Chan’s Police Story, Indian classic Pakeezah, long awaited Aretha Franklin doc Amazing Grace, Maurice Pialat’s Under the Sun of Satan, and many more (including the ZZ Top doc). Original music by Nate Kinsella Photo by Steve Snodgrass