Richard Linklater and Amy Taubin in Filmmaker filmmakermagazine.com/132322-long-...

It is astonishingly ugly. People I once thought were decent are spouting delusional, baseless, vile stuff about what they "know" Mamdani believes and about what he's going to do. In NYC, this has turned into a real "Well, now we all know who we are" election. There'll be no bridging that rift.

DRACULA opens today! I spoke with Radu Jude about the matter (and One Battle After Another) on The Last Thing I Saw podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Delighted to welcome back Alissa Wilkinson for a fall chat on The Last Thing I Saw. We talk about The Perfect Neighbor, Is This Thing On?, A House of Dynamite, Diane Keaton R.I.P., Frankenstein, and SPHERE! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Delighted to welcome back Alissa Wilkinson for a fall chat on The Last Thing I Saw. We talk about The Perfect Neighbor, Is This Thing On?, A House of Dynamite, Diane Keaton R.I.P., Frankenstein, and SPHERE! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Pope Leo calls on journalists to report facts and expose disinformation. www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...

It was a special honor to speak with the great Jafar Panahi on the latest episode of The Last Thing I Saw (especially mindful of how this was impossible the last time I wrote about him). His riveting new film IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT opens today - see it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

It was a special honor to speak with the great Jafar Panahi on the latest episode of The Last Thing I Saw (especially mindful of how this was impossible the last time I wrote about him). His riveting new film IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT opens today - see it! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

I had a really great time talking with @nicolasrapold.bsky.social on THE LAST THING I SAW about GOOD NEWS, ANEMONE, SPRINGSTEEN: DELVER ME FROM NOWHERE, and THE LOVE THAT REMAINS!

For the latest episode of The Last Thing I Saw, I spoke with Sergei Loznitsa about his ever-timely TWO PROSECUTORS, in which a young Soviet prosecutor attempts to apply law and reason to a rogue state. #NYFF63 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

During the Obama administration, Oregon Republicans were convinced the federal black helicopters were coming for them at any moment. Today they’re posting videos of black helicopters over Portland & cheering giddily about it. They hate their senator who is speaking out against the black helicopters.

My husband was detained by ICE today Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away I have had zero contact or updates since #SOS @duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov

Lucky to speak with Kleber Mendonca Filho about his new film THE SECRET AGENT on The Last Thing I Saw! A very special episode because he's also a listener of the pod. Opens November 26 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

At first read this as "Trump determined to strike in U.S."

Screening tonight! Miyazaki's rollicking feature debut, with delightful Q&A to follow moderated by @judysquirrels.bsky.social. I'll be signing copies of THE WORLDS OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI

LUPIN THE 3RD: THE CASTLE OF CAGLIOSTRO Oct 1, 7 PM Screening + book signing! Join film critic @nicolasrapold.bsky.social, whose new book The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki explores the animator’s influences and inspirations, for a screening of the master’s feature debut.

Had an animated chat with @nicolasrapold.bsky.social about his brilliant new Miyazaki book, formative Ghibli moments, and totalitarian parakeets. It's over at my Old New substack: oldnew.substack.com/p/flibberti-...

Great fun welcoming Tim Grierson at The Last Thing I Saw with a fall film chat spanning ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, HAMNET, the latest KNIVES OUT film, and more! soundcloud.com/the-last-thi...

I wrote a long report about the Venice film festival's highlights this year for Screen Slate. Good prep for some of the best films to come this fall and beyond! Also many Toronto highlights lists are partly comprised of Venice world premieres, so there's that. www.screenslate.com/articles/ven...

I wrote about several good documentaries that you'll no doubt hear about - maybe a couple you won't - and that premiered at the Venice film festival. Claire Simon! Laura Poitras! and more www.documentary.org/online-featu...

I wrote a long report about the Venice film festival's highlights this year for Screen Slate. Good prep for some of the best films to come this fall and beyond! Also many Toronto highlights lists are partly comprised of Venice world premieres, so there's that. www.screenslate.com/articles/ven...

Nice to see Air Mail making THE WORLDS OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI a pick! Available for pre-order now, publishing this Tuesday September 16 airmail.news/issues/2025-...

Nice to see Air Mail making THE WORLDS OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI a pick! Available for pre-order now, publishing this Tuesday September 16 airmail.news/issues/2025-...

My new book THE WORLDS OF HAYAO MIYAZAKI hits stores next week (September 16) but why not pre-order? Everybody wins! Hooray! Watch more Miyazaki movies! geni.us/WorldsofHaya...

“Jarmusch’s new film is decidedly understated, accruing its force with a virtuoso’s ability to modulate dramatic notes and switch up perspectives on a theme of homecoming” @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Golden Lion winner Father Mother Sister Brother #Venezia82 www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Had fun talking about Jarmusch’s Golden Lion winner FATHER MOTHER SISTER BROTHER — among other titles, including THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE and Mark Jenkins’ excellent ROSE OF NEVADA — with @nicolasrapold.bsky.social on his indispensable The Last Thing I Saw podcast. m.soundcloud.com/the-last-thi...

What a dream to speak with Kiyoshi Kurosawa on The Last Thing I Saw. Here he is talking about CLOUD, in theaters now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

What a dream to speak with Kiyoshi Kurosawa on The Last Thing I Saw. Here he is talking about CLOUD, in theaters now: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Loving the use of "incredible" here. Not wrong.

Armed officers, frequent use of force and people grabbed on the street or at their places of work. Working with @evidentmedia.org and @calmatters.org we have monitored the LA raids, discovering recurring trends and tactics used by officers. www.bellingcat.com/news/2025/07...

“It isn’t necessarily about the horrors of the decaying body, but the horror of its no longer being there – which means that above all, Cronenberg has made a love story.” @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, in UK cinemas now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

I love when a publication which I pay a subscription keeps bothering me to use its app and covering up half of the article I'm trying to read

AMY TAUBIN is back on The Last Thing I Saw! As always, essential listening - including thoughts on Kiyoshi Kurosawa's CLOUD and TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN and more podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

“It isn’t necessarily about the horrors of the decaying body, but the horror of its no longer being there – which means that above all, Cronenberg has made a love story.” @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, in UK cinemas this week. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

This is a dazzling piece by Amy Taubin on the eighth episode of David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks: The Return.” It’s criticism at its absolute finest. @amyornot.bsky.social mubi.com/en/program-n...

Chatted about "A Theater Near You" at MoMA -- a repertory cinema superprogram guest-curated by David Schwartz and featuring selections by rep cinema all-stars present and past podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Things have been hectic lately so I forgot to share, but during Cannes I spoke with @nicolasrapold.bsky.social on The Last Thing I Saw podcast about EDDINGTON, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FINAL RECKONING and ORWELL: 2+2=5.

Felt lucky to speak with Mascha Schilinski, director of the rapturously received SOUND OF FALLING, at Cannes, before it went on to win the Jury Prize (alongside SIRAT). Interview: filmmakermagazine.com/130868-inter...

Hello there - here are all of Last Thing I Saw podcasts on Cannes in one place! rapold.substack.com

LONG LIVE SCREEN SLATE! Wonderful to see love for this essential publication and community. Big thanks to Jon Dieringer and all who contribute to and work on Screen Slate! Makes me happy. www.ssense.com/en-us/editor...

“Heist movies run on the mechanics of escape and the thrill of getting away with it, but Kelly Reichardt’s latest detoured story brilliantly turns the genre on its head” @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews The Mastermind from #Cannes2025 www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

LONG LIVE SCREEN SLATE! Wonderful to see love for this essential publication and community. Big thanks to Jon Dieringer and all who contribute to and work on Screen Slate! Makes me happy. www.ssense.com/en-us/editor...

“Coming just a couple of years after Godard’s death, the movie is partly a memorial of a specific moment of possibility, but its verve is an invitation to do it yourself, too” @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague from #Cannes2025 www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Here I am a couple of days and a small century ago talking about two of my Cannes favourites with the lovely @nicolasrapold.bsky.social‬ soundcloud.com/the-last-thi...

It is weird, but I’m gonna go down with the ship

You can never have enough Cronenberg! My Q&A with the great director about THE SHROUDS, dating, belief, etc. scienceandfilm.org/articles/368...

You can never have enough Cronenberg! My Q&A with the great director about THE SHROUDS, dating, belief, etc. scienceandfilm.org/articles/368...

“For all the genre flourishes, Kurosawa is illustrating how the internet can facilitate the radicalisation of the worst of human behaviour.” @nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Cloud, Kurosawa Kiyoshi’s e-commerce thriller, in cinemas now. www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...

Amy Taubin returns to The Last Thing I Saw for a deluxe episode. Movies! TV! Books! Gallery art! AI? A pod that contains multitudes: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

Really happy to get to chat with Jourdain Searles about some recent festival highlights to keep an eye on -- including Lurker and Mad Bills to Pay, showing at New Directors / New films -- on The Last Thing I Saw pod soundcloud.com/the-last-thi...