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The Last Thing I Saw

Nicolas Rapold
Cannes Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
Sirat
Toronto International Film Festival
David Lynch
Berlinale 2025
Postwar British Cinema
Kontinental 25
British Cinema
Tribeca Film Festival
After Dreaming
Un Poeta
Anora
Cannes 2024
Dracula
Pavement
Little Boy
When the Sun Is Eaten

Critic Nicolas Rapold talks with guests about the movies they've been watching. From home viewing to the latest from festivals and retrospectives. Named one of the 10 Best Film Podcasts by Sight & Sound magazine. Guests include critics, curators, and filmmakers.

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Ep. 431: Robert Greene on You Can See Everything + Nathan Fielder + performance + documentary Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. When I saw You Can See Everything, I immediately wanted to make sense of what I had seen by... more

Ep. 430: Jessica Green on American Regionalism at BAM: Giant, When I Get Home, Brigham City, The Delta, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Run Tecato Run, Shakedown Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. A new series at BAM in Brookl... more

Ep. 429: Alissa Wilkinson on Artificial, Digger, You Can See Everything, One in a Million, 14th, The Social Reckoning Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. As the fall air turns crisp and cool, Big Movies now stalk the land... more

Ep. 428: Jon Dieringer of Screen Slate on Screaming Mad George series, New Resident Evil, plus Notes on Chronicling Repertory Culture Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. Founded by mastermind Jon Dieringer, Screen Slate r... more

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Recent Guests

Robert Greene
Documentary filmmaker and filmmaker-in-chief at the Murray Center for Documentary Journalism
Murray Center for Documentary Journalism
Episode: Ep. 431: Robert Greene on You Can See Everything + Nathan Fielder + performance + documentary
Jessica Green
Independent programmer and Director of Development at She Spun Films
She Spun Films
Episode: Ep. 430: Jessica Green on American Regionalism at BAM: Giant, When I Get Home, Brigham City, The Delta, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Run Tecato Run, Shakedown
Alissa Wilkinson
Film critic at The New York Times
The New York Times
Episode: Ep. 429: Alissa Wilkinson on Artificial, Digger, You Can See Everything, One in a Million, 14th, The Social Reckoning
Jon Dieringer
Founder of Screen Slate, a film listings and criticism publication
Screen Slate
Episode: Ep. 428: Jon Dieringer of Screen Slate on Screaming Mad George series, New Resident Evil, plus Notes on Chronicling Repertory Culture
Amy Taubin
Film critic and author of a book about Taxi Driver.
Episode: Ep. 427: Amy Taubin on Arthur Jafa, Godard, New York Film Festival 2026: La Gradiva, Rose, Naza, Everything Else Is Noise, I Deserve a Lover, The Unknown, The Dreamed Adventure,
Julia Loktev
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Episode: Ep. 426: Julia Loktev on My Undesirable Friends: Part II—Exile
Robert Daniels
Film critic, regular New York Times contributor and associate editor of RogerEbert.com.
RogerEbert.com
Episode: Ep. 425: Robert Daniels on Toronto 2026: Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, I Play Rocky, Union Town, Alpha Gang, The Liberation
Mark Asch
Film critic and writer
Episode: Ep. 424: Mark Asch on Toronto 2026: Tender Loving Care, The Debut, Misty Green, Idda, The Face of Horror
Jessica Kiang
Film critic for Variety
Variety
Episode: Ep. 423: Jessica Kiang on Venice 2026: Bunker, Possible Love, Queer Edward II, Mr. Nelson Did You Kill People, Oasis

Host

Nicolas Rapold
Host of The Last Thing I Saw; long-time film critic and commentator known for thoughtful discussions of cinema, festival coverage, and archival filmmaking contexts.

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 162 ratings
  • Great Show about Films.

    I found this show when I was trying to find podcasts that interviewed a certain film critic… and ever since subscribing, I’ve come away with a greater appreciation and delight for film criticism and related conversations. So many wonderful guests. The Cannes episodes are a major highlight!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Aspiring Phoebe
    United States3 months ago
  • Makes me excited to watch movies

    Even though Rapold is a film buff the show is the opposite of film hipsterism, there’s a real curiosity to all kinds of film along with a strong knowledge of the fundamentals

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Jill Lloyd Flanagan
    United Statesa year ago
  • My favourite film podcast

    Love this show, especially during Cannes where it's my annual ritual to enjoy the festival vicariously through its daily episodes. Nicolas Rapold's quiet, easy manner with his roster of great guests makes for A+ conversations about cinema

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Nick8383
    United Kingdoma year ago
  • Eric Rhomer jingle!!

    The music intro…. That’s were it’s from! I just heard it in the title sequence of Eric Rhomer’s The Good Marriage and was racking my brains we’re I’ve heard it before… love it!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    brighton boy
    United Kingdom2 years ago
  • The Last Thing I Listened To

    This is a great show. Simple set-up and all about the quality of the critics, which feels pretty high quality to me. A good range of movies covered. Quite festival oriented, and skews towards US a little, so I won’t always listen if most of what’s being covered there’s fat chance any of it ever coming out in my little piece of the world.

    Then again, there’s always the fall back of streamers - aka the enemy.

    Anyway, I wonder if the festival circuit is a phenomenon I don’t quite understand and c... more

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Lazlomusic
    United Kingdom3 years ago

Listeners Say

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Shows deep appreciation for diverse cinema and avoids pretentious musings.
Listeners praise the host's calm, knowledgeable interviewing style and high-caliber guests.
Festival-focused episodes help audiences understand industry dynamics and film history.

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#36
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Ep. 430: Jessica Green on American Regionalism at BAM: Giant, When I Get Home, Brigham City, The Delta, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Run Tecato Run, Shakedown
Q: Could you talk about When I Get Home in the context of the series?
Green describes it as a visual album and a love letter to Houston, particularly Black Houston and Black cowboy culture. She highlights its depictions of historic neighborhoods, modern downtown areas, trail riding, Afrofuturist aesthetics, and Black collectivity.
Ep. 430: Jessica Green on American Regionalism at BAM: Giant, When I Get Home, Brigham City, The Delta, Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Run Tecato Run, Shakedown
Q: How did you start thinking about it and what movie maybe sparked it for you?
Green says she is interested in how place and representation interact, and wanted a program exploring American regional identities. Giant was a major inspiration because it was filmed partly in Marfa, where the production's presence shaped the town's later image.
Ep. 431: Robert Greene on You Can See Everything + Nathan Fielder + performance + documentary
Q: What do you think all those shots of him walking into the house from the place where he's sleeping next door, you know?
Greene says the repeated shots foreground the documentary filmmaker's intrusion into participants' privacy, making viewers anticipate what will happen while confronting the ethical dynamics common to documentary filmmaking.
Ep. 431: Robert Greene on You Can See Everything + Nathan Fielder + performance + documentary
Q: What surprised you most about it or was there anything left to be surprised or what impressed you most about it just to start?
Greene entered as a major Nathan Fielder fan and was impressed by the film's performances and theatrical impact. He also questioned whether its formal approach went beyond The Rehearsal, while finding its ambiguities about Holmes, manipulation, and performance compelling.
Ep. 425: Robert Daniels on Toronto 2026: Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, I Play Rocky, Union Town, Alpha Gang, The Liberation
Q: So what territory does this movie cover now that, I mean, it's very firmly in 2026 and as opposed to what I felt were more community portraits in a way?
Daniels says Union Town follows three distinct labor struggles involving UPS workers, Amazon workers and food-delivery couriers. Their different levels of organization and support reveal both corporate pressure and divisions within labor movements.

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