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The Last Thing I Saw

Nicolas Rapold
Cannes Film Festival
Megalopolis
The Apprentice
Furiosa
Anora
Sean Baker
Caught By the Tides
September Says
Cannes 2024
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam
Francis Ford Coppola
Visiting Hours
Eat the Night
The Sweet East
Zone Of Interest
The Substance
Palestine
International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
May December
Kinds Of Kindness

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. 356: Alissa Wilkinson on The Perfect Neighbor, Is This Thing On, A House of Dynamite, Diane Keaton, Frankenstein, Sphere Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. As the fall season gets underway and movies make their way t... more

Ep. 355: Jafar Panahi on It Was Just an Accident Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. This year during the New York Film Festival, I was extremely fortunate to speak with Jafar Panahi, director of It Was Just an Accident. ... more

Ep. 354: Robert Daniels on Good News, Anemone, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, The Love That Remains Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. In the last week of the 2025 New York Film Festival I was pleased to catch up ... more

Ep. 353: Sergei Loznitsa on his latest film Two Prosecutors Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. At the 2025 New York Film Festival I spoke with Ukrainian director Sergei Loznitsa, whose fiction and documentary work compri... more

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Recent Guests

Jessica Kiang
Film critic writing for Variety and Film Comment
Variety
Episode: Ep. 338: Jessica Kiang on Locarno 2025: The Best of the Postwar British Retrospective + Becoming
Mark Asch
Film critic and guest discussing various cinematic topics
Episode: Ep. 334: Mark Asch on F1, Tour de France, American Hunter, Revelations of Divine Love, Afternoons of Solitude, plus 92 in the Shade and Al Green
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Esteemed Japanese film director known for his unique approach to suspense and social commentary.
Episode: Ep. 333: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on his new film Cloud, life, lighting, casting, and the last thing he saw
Masaki Suda
Popular Japanese actor known for his versatility and leading roles in film.
Episode: Ep. 333: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on his new film Cloud, life, lighting, casting, and the last thing he saw
Eva Victor
Writer-director of "Sorry, Baby"
Episode: Ep. 331: Eva Victor, writer-director of Sorry, Baby, on the film’s influences and her recent viewing
Edo Choi
Newly film programmer at Metrograph
Metrograph
Episode: Ep. 329: Edo Choi on Mikio Naruse at Metrograph: When a Woman Ascends the Stairs and more
Michael Koresky
Author of Sick and Dirty, Hollywood's Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness
Bloomsbury
Episode: Ep. 328: Michael Koresky on his new book Sick and Dirty about queer cinema and Hollywood censorship
Inney Prakash
Film curator at Asia Society Museum
Asia Society
Episode: Ep. 322: Inney Prakash on Cannes 2025: Miroirs No. 3, Alpha, Magellan, Cannes Classics, Homebound
Robert Daniels
Film critic and associate editor at rogerebert.com
Rogerebert.com, The New York Times
Episode: Ep. 316: Robert Daniels on Eddington, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Raoul Peck’s Orwell

Host

Nicolas Rapold
Host and film critic engaging with guests from various fields to discuss films and cinematic experiences.

Reviews

4.8 out of 5 stars from 145 ratings
  • 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 States4 months 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 Kingdom5 months 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 Kingdoma year 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 Kingdom2 years ago
  • The best to ever do it!

    And one of the first to do it too!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Leo Beam
    United States2 years ago

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Many express appreciation for the depth of film analysis and the variety of movie genres discussed.
Audience feedback emphasizes the show's ability to bridge personal storytelling and critical cinema discussions.
Listeners praise the thoughtful and articulate host, noting the quality of conversations and guests involved.

Chart Rankings

How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.

Apple Podcasts
#89
South Africa/TV & Film
Apple Podcasts
#121
Brazil/TV & Film
Apple Podcasts
#145
Hong Kong/TV & Film
Apple Podcasts
#166
India/TV & Film
Apple Podcasts
#188
South Korea/TV & Film
Apple Podcasts
#250
Russia/TV & Film

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Ep. 353: Sergei Loznitsa on Two Prosecutors at The New York Film Festival
Q: What do you see as a good way of going forward?
Loznitsa suggests that there is no good plan; the current oppressive systems cannot be repaired.
Ep. 353: Sergei Loznitsa on Two Prosecutors at The New York Film Festival
Q: How do you know the situation is going to be so true to our situation now in many countries?
Loznitsa did not plan to time the film to current events but acknowledges that historical films often resonate with contemporary issues.
Ep. 352: Kleber Mendonça Filho on The Secret Agent
Q: What movies did you reference in your film?
He talks about influences from films in Brazil and directors like Brian De Palma and how they shaped his cinematic understanding.
Ep. 352: Kleber Mendonça Filho on The Secret Agent
Q: How did you develop the particular structure that the film has?
He mentions writing a classic hero without a gun and developing the structure based on life's logic, allowing for character exploration.
Ep. 352: Kleber Mendonça Filho on The Secret Agent
Q: When you started writing it?
Mendonça reflects on the timeline related to the film and how memories and old documents influenced his script.

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2. Mark Asch
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