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Richard Linklater and Amy Taubin in Filmmaker filmmakermagazine.com/132322-long-...
“Long Time Artistic Relations Are Fascinating… And Hard to Maintain”: Rick Linklater on “Nouvelle Vague” and “Blue Moon”
One of our most prolific independent American filmmakers, Richard Linklater, now has two new movies in release. Nouvelle Vague and Blue Moon are both evocations of transformative moments in…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Richard Linklater and Amy Taubin in Filmmaker filmmakermagazine.com/132322-long-...
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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.
I really like how Zohran Mamdani has run a campaign that is so focused on making New York City a safe (including from the fascism of our current federal government) and affordable place for all its residents, and I am really appalled by how racist so much of the opposition to his candidacy has been.
October 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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...
Ep. 357: Radu Jude on his new film Dracula, plus One Battle After Another, shooting his next film, and more
Podcast Episode · The Last Thing I Saw · 10/28/2025 · 29m
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October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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...
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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...
Ep. 356: Alissa Wilkinson on The Perfect Neighbor, Is This Thing On, A House of Dynamite, Diane Keaton, Frankenstein, Sphere
Podcast Episode · The Last Thing I Saw · 10/22/2025 · 42m
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October 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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...
Ep. 356: Alissa Wilkinson on The Perfect Neighbor, Is This Thing On, A House of Dynamite, Diane Keaton, Frankenstein, Sphere
Podcast Episode · The Last Thing I Saw · 10/22/2025 · 42m
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October 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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...
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Pope Leo calls on journalists to report facts and expose disinformation.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Pope Leo calls on journalists to report facts and expose disinformation.
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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...
Ep. 355: Jafar Panahi on It Was Just an Accident
Podcast Episode · The Last Thing I Saw · 10/14/2025 · 29m
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October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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...
Ep. 355: Jafar Panahi on It Was Just an Accident
Podcast Episode · The Last Thing I Saw · 10/14/2025 · 29m
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October 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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...
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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!
Ep. 354: Robert Daniels on Good News, Anemone, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, The Love That Remains
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October 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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...
Ep. 353: Sergei Loznitsa on Two Prosecutors at The New York Film Festival
Podcast Episode · The Last Thing I Saw · 10/07/2025 · 25m
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October 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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...
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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.
October 5, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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.
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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
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
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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
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
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Ep. 352: Kleber Mendonça Filho on The Secret Agent
Podcast Episode · The Last Thing I Saw · 10/02/2025 · 27m
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October 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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
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At first read this as "Trump determined to strike in U.S."
Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”
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A notice calls the people the U.S. military recently killed on suspicion of drug smuggling in the Caribbean Sea “unlawful combatants.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...
Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told
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October 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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.
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.
IFC Center - Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro x The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki
Wednesday, October 1 at 7:00: Conversation and book signing with critic and author Nicolas Rapold (The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki) Join film critic Nicolas Rapold, whose new book The Worlds of Hayao Miy...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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
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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.
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.
IFC Center - Lupin the 3rd: The Castle of Cagliostro x The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki
Wednesday, October 1 at 7:00: Conversation and book signing with critic and author Nicolas Rapold (The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki) Join film critic Nicolas Rapold, whose new book The Worlds of Hayao Miy...
www.ifccenter.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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.
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.
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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-...
Flibberti-Ghibli: Nicolas Rapold on The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki
An interview with Nicolas Rapold on his new Miyazaki book, totalitarian parakeets, and the lonely life of pilots
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September 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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...
Ep. 350: Tim Grierson on One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man: Knives Out 3, The Lost Bus, Hedda
Ep. 350: Tim Grierson on One Battle After Another, Hamnet, Wake Up Dead Man: Knives Out 3, The Lost Bus, Hedda
Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. As we look ahead to the
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September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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...
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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...
Venice Film Festival 2025
The Venice Film Festival sounds like a never-never land, held on a secluded island in an impossible-sounding city graced by celebrities arriving by boat—boat, I tell you!—but you’ll be relieved to kno...
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September 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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...
Venice 2025: Empires and Endings
Venice’s robust nonfiction selection revealed filmmakers grappling with inheritance—of land, literature, trauma, and the weight of documenting lives in progress
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September 19, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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...
Venice Film Festival 2025
The Venice Film Festival sounds like a never-never land, held on a secluded island in an impossible-sounding city graced by celebrities arriving by boat—boat, I tell you!—but you’ll be relieved to kno...
www.screenslate.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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...
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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-...
A New Book Explores Hayao Miyazaki’s Animated Masterpieces
Nicolas Rapold’s "The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki" traces the art, culture, and imagination behind the filmmaker’s beloved Studio Ghibli classics.
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September 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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-...
A New Book Explores Hayao Miyazaki’s Animated Masterpieces
Nicolas Rapold’s "The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki" traces the art, culture, and imagination behind the filmmaker’s beloved Studio Ghibli classics.
airmail.news
September 14, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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...
The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki: The Influences and Inspiration Behind the Iconic Films
Pre-order your copy now!
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September 10, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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...
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“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...
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Golden Lion winner Father Mother Sister Brother #Venezia82 www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...
Father Mother Sister Brother review: family matters
Jarmusch’s surprise Golden Lion winner blends arch humour and awkwardness in a trio of short-form sibling stories with a bittersweet core.
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September 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
“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...
@nicolasrapold.bsky.social reviews Golden Lion winner Father Mother Sister Brother #Venezia82 www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-so...