The Last Thing I Saw

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 Pola X from director Leos Carax. Plus: the Attention Line exhibition at Artists Space. 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

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 turns out, I still had a previously recorded discussion about Memoria that I hadn’t posted yet. It’s a conversation with Kong Rithdee, currently the deputy director of the Thai Film Archive. A veteran critic, he's also a contributor to Nikkei Asia and to the Bangkok Post, where he was chief film critic. He saw Memoria last summer before it premiered in Cannes, and as always I was eager to hear his insights. I’m pleased to finally share our conversation, which kicks off with my guest sharing initial thoughts. 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

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 our conversation (or more rightly speaking, her insights) opens up new facets to Hogg’s rich work, from Unrelated to especially The Souvenir, parts one and two, by revisiting a concept from theories of art, absorption. It’s also a great opportunity to reflect on the cinematic feats of Wanda, directed by Barbara Loden, and its echoes in Hogg’s project. 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

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 Brothers, Leonor Serraille’s Mother and Son, the tradition of Hollywood at Cannes, Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up, and, briefly, Triangle of Sadness, among other topics. 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

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 Close, and George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing. 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

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 Belc’s Metronom, and a film that showed on the last day of premieres, Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up. Plus, a few of Kiang’s picks for the awards (which prove prescient...). 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

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-director Lee Jung-jae. 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

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, writer Annie Ernaux’s extraordinary Super-8 Years (co-directed with David Ernaux-Briot), Emin Alper’s Burning Days, and Maryam Touzani’s Blue Caftan. 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

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, plus Albert Serra’s Pacifiction, Joao Pedro Rodrigues’s Fogo-Fatuo, and Emmanuel Moret’s Diary of a Fleeting Affair. 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

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 Mungiu’s R.M.N., and Davy Chou’s Return to Seoul, plus Godland and Joyland. 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