Ep. 180: Cannes #8 with Jonathan Romney on Victor Erice’s Close Your Eyes, Joanna Arnow, and Pedro Costa + Wang Bing

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw. I’m your host, Nicolas Rapold. The 2023 Cannes film festival series continues, recorded live in Cannes! This episode I talk with critic Jonathan Romney about Victor Erice’s long-awaited new film Close Your Eyes and the curious controversy surrounding its presentation; Joanna Arnow’s debut fiction feature The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed; and the incredible double bill of Pedro Costa’s short Les Filles du Feu and Wang Bing’s Man in Black. Stay tuned for more episodes with a delightful array of brilliant critics.

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Music: “Monserrate” by The Minarets, courtesy of The Minarets

Photo by Steve Snodgrass