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The Last Thing I Saw

Nicolas Rapold
Cannes Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Locarno Film Festival
Sirat
David Lynch
Toronto International Film Festival
Berlinale 2025
Postwar British Cinema
Kontinental 25
British Cinema
Tribeca Film Festival
After Dreaming
Un Poeta
Venice Film Festival
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. 413: Jourdain Searles and Maxwell Paparella on Backrooms, Maddie’s Secret, I Love Boosters, Rose of Nevada, Disclosure Day Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. As the summer settles in, I thought it was high time to ca... more

Ep. 412: Pierre Coffin on Minions and Monsters Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. Somehow Minions and Monsters was just the heaping serving of nuttiness that I needed last week! But what I hadn’t quite anticipated was th... more

Ep. 411: Amy Taubin on Tribeca 2026 (Labrador: Autopsy of Silence, Jail Time Records, The Lorraine, Jean-Michel, Crocodile, They Fight, The Last Day), plus Romeria and I Love Boosters Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. A... more

Ep. 410: Caroline Golum on The Nitrate Picture Show 2026: Midnight, The Little Match Girl, When Tomorrow Comes, Bellissima, and much more Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. The Nitrate Picture Show at the George Eastman ... more

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Recent Guests

Pierre Coffin
Director of Minions and Monsters
Illumination Entertainment
Episode: Ep. 412: Pierre Coffin on Minions and Monsters
Caroline Golum
Director of Revelations of Divine Love, programmer
Revelations HQ / Nitehawk Cinema series
Episode: Ep. 410: Caroline Golum on The Nitrate Picture Show 2026: Midnight, The Little Match Girl, When Tomorrow Comes, Bellissima, and much more
Chris LeMaire
Director of Programming at the American Cinematheque and co-founder of Bleak Week
American Cinematheque
Episode: Ep. 409: Chris LeMaire on Bleak Week + John Wilson on Beak Week 2026
John Wilson
Guest who discusses Bleak Week at Low Cinema Ridgewood
Low Cinema Ridgewood
Episode: Ep. 409: Chris LeMaire on Bleak Week + John Wilson on Beak Week 2026
Ryan Lavallette
Senior Manager of Content Program
Tubi
Episode: Ep. 408: Tubi programmer Ryan Lavalette on The In-Laws, Magic, 20 Questions, Arlington Road, Scorpio, Captain Ron, Report to the Commissioner, Skinamarink
Manohla Dargis
Chief Film Critic of The New York Times
The New York Times
Episode: Ep. 406: Manohla Dargis on Cannes 2026
Justin Chang
The New Yorker film critic
Episode: Ep. 405: Justin Chang on Cannes 2026: All of a Sudden, The Samurai and the Prisoner, Coward, Fjord Redux
Nick Davis
Professor at Northwestern University; critic and programmer
Northwestern University
Episode: Ep. 403: Nick Davis on Cannes 2026: The Dreamed Adventure, Red Rocks, A Man of His Time, Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building, Flesh and Fuel
Guy Lodge
Critic for Variety
Episode: Ep. 399: Guy Lodge on Cannes 2026: The Man I Love, Bitter Christmas, A Woman’s Life

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Nicolas Rapold
Host of The Last Thing I Saw

Reviews

4.9 out of 5 stars from 156 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 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
  • The best to ever do it!

    And one of the first to do it too!

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Leo Beam
    United States3 years ago

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Listeners praise the host's calm, knowledgeable delivery and easy rapport with high-caliber guests.
Regulars note the production quality and practical usefulness for understanding how festival decisions shape releases.
The show is a reliable, thoughtful source for festival-context and film criticism.
Guests are consistently expert critics and filmmakers providing rich insights into cinema.

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Apple Podcasts
#21
New Zealand/TV & Film
Apple Podcasts
#81
Colombia/TV & Film
Apple Podcasts
#104
Netherlands/TV & Film
Apple Podcasts
#176
South Korea/TV & Film

Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

Ep. 412: Pierre Coffin on Minions and Monsters
Q: Do you have a favorite Miyazaki film, and how does that influence the Minions' portrayal?
Totoro remains my ultimate favorite because its restraint and warmth show how to tell a story with kids at the center; it informs how the Minions can be perceived as childlike yet distinct and soulful, guiding their behavior and animation style.
Ep. 412: Pierre Coffin on Minions and Monsters
Q: What inspired you to set the Minions' story in the 1920s, during the early days of Hollywood?
The idea grew from a pitch about Minions making a film during a period of cinematic invention, when sound and color were just arriving, and I wanted a fresh setting that would let the Minions interact with a new era of filmmaking and visual possibilities.
Ep. 410: Caroline Golum on The Nitrate Picture Show 2026: Midnight, The Little Match Girl, When Tomorrow Comes, Bellissima, and much more
Q: How does the festival balance educational value with entertainment?
The hosts describe the mix of scholarly context, hands-on print handling details, and the sheer enjoyment of watching rare films together, which allows audiences to engage critically while still being swept up in the spectacle of nitrate cinema.
Ep. 410: Caroline Golum on The Nitrate Picture Show 2026: Midnight, The Little Match Girl, When Tomorrow Comes, Bellissima, and much more
Q: Which performances stood out for you, and why?
The discussion highlights Garbo in Camille for her sensuality and range, and also notes Greta Garbo's evolution across roles, illustrating how star performance can redefine a director's film in a historical context.
Ep. 410: Caroline Golum on The Nitrate Picture Show 2026: Midnight, The Little Match Girl, When Tomorrow Comes, Bellissima, and much more
Q: What makes the Nitrate Picture Show unique among film festivals?
Caroline explains that its durational format, live screening context, and preservation of nitrate prints create a festival experience that feels like a communal, almost ritual engagement with cinema history, where audience dynamics and print conditions shape the viewing.

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A thoughtful film-criticism show where host Nicolas Rapold conversations with critics, filmmakers, and festival observers about recent viewing, festival circuits, and the economics and politics shaping cinema today. Episodes frequently center on major festivals (notably Cannes), with deep dives into program choices, distribution shifts, and how money, funding, and global markets influence what reaches audiences. The tone is warm, informed, and cinephile-leaning, featuring lucid analyses of individual titles, performance, form, and the interplay between festival politics and art. A standout pattern is the mix of high-level festival context with granular, title-by-title critique from predominantly industry-insider guests, making it valuable f... more

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