Ep. 407: K.J. Relth-Miller on Cannes Classics 2026: La Dérive, The Devils, Report to Mother, Moonlighting, Tilai, The Pelechian Project

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. Every year at the Cannes Film Festival I always make sure to scrutinize the Cannes Classics line-up of restorations, and for the 2026 edition, I was happy once again to catch up with K.J. Relth-Miller of the Academy Museum in Los Angeles and chat about a few titles. Among the films discussed were an absolute discovery, La Dérive (1964, directed by Paula Delsol), Ken Russell’s one and only The Devils (1971), another discovery Report to Mother (1986, John Abraham), Moonlighting (1982, Jerzy Skolimowski), and Tilai (1990, Idrissa Ouédraogo), with shout-outs to The Pelechian Project (1966-1975, a collection of shorts by Armenia’s Artavazd Peleshian) and Taiwanese classic The Dull Ice Flower (1989, Li Kao Yang).

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Ep. 406: Manohla Dargis on Cannes 2026

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. As the 2026 Cannes Film Festival drew to a close, I was fortunate again to sit down with Manohla Dargis, chief film critic of The New York Times, for our annual Cannes finale. The films discussed included titles that hadn’t been addressed yet on the podcast, as well as some that had. Throughout, Dargis shares her thoughts on this year’s edition of the festival in a historical context. Please note that the episode was recorded before the awards ceremony.

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Ep. 405: Justin Chang on Cannes 2026: All of a Sudden, The Samurai and the Prisoner, Coward, Fjord Redux

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. At the 2026 Cannes Film Festival I sat down with Justin Chang of The New Yorker for a chat about a few films we had missed to talk about. Among the titles discussed are All of a Sudden (directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi), The Samurai and the Prisoner (Kiyoshi Kurosawa), Coward (Lukas Dhont), and Fjord (Cristian Mungiu), which at the time of recording had not yet won the Palme d’Or.

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Ep. 404: Jessica Kiang on Cannes 2026: Sheep in the Box, The Dreamed Adventure, Too Many Beasts, The Unknown, La Perra, Colony

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. At the 2026 Cannes Film Festival I sat down with Jessica Kiang of Variety and the Berlinale for our customary epic pod by the light of French Riviera sun. Among the films discussed were Sheep in the Box (directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda), The Dreamed Adventure (Valeska Grisebach), Too Many Beasts (Sarah Arnold), The Unknown (Arthur Harari), La Perra (Dominga Sotomayor), and Colony (Yeon Sang-ho), plus a final word on her levitatingly good absolute favorite of the festival.

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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

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. At the 2026 Cannes Film Festival I joyfully reunited with Nick Davis, a professor in the Department of English at Northwestern, an associate programmer with the Chicago International Film Festival, and longtime critical colleague. Among the films discussed at a late but alert hour: The Dreamed Adventure (directed by Valeska Grisebach), Red Rocks (Bruno Dumont), A Man of His Time (Emmanuel Marre), Six Months in a Pink and Blue Building (Bruno Santamaría Razo), and Flesh and Fuel (Pierre Le Gall).

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Ep. 402: Keva York on Cannes 2026: The Unknown, Everytime, Libertad Doble

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. At the 2026 Cannes Film Festival I chatted with Keva York, a past guest on the podcast who was filing pieces from Cannes for Filmmaker and n+1 magazine. We discussed a few differently entrancing films from this year’s edition: The Unknown (directed by Arthur Harari, starring Léa Seydoux), Everytime (Sandra Wollner), and Libertad Doble (Lisandro Alonso).

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Ep. 401: Robert Daniels on Cannes 2026: Ben’Imana, A Man of His Time, I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning, Clarissa Redux

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. At the 2026 Cannes Film Festival I caught Robert Daniels, New York Times critic and associate editor of RogerEbert.Com, just before he was wrapping up his festival visit. Among the films discussed were later Camera d’Or winner Ben’Imana (directed by Marie Clémentine Dusabejambo), A Man of His Time (Emmanuel Marré, winner of Best Screenplay), I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning (Clio Barnard), and festival sensation Clarissa (Arie Esiri and Chuko Esiri).

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Ep. 400: Eric Hynes on Cannes 2026: Paper Tiger, Bola Negra, 9 Temples to Heaven, Thank You for Coming

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. With the 2026 Cannes Film Festival underway, I was happy to chat once again with Eric Hynes of the Jacob Burns Film Center. Among the films discussed were Paper Tiger (directed by James Gray, discussed with perhaps evident New York homesickness?), Bola Negra (Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi), 9 Temples to Heaven (Sompot Chidgasornpongse), and Thank You for Coming (Alain Cavalier), plus an additional pick by Mr Hynes.

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Ep. 399: Guy Lodge on Cannes 2026: The Man I Love, Bitter Christmas, A Woman’s Life

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. With the 2026 Cannes Film Festival underway, I was delighted to sit down with Guy Lodge of Variety. Among the latest premieres discussed were a trio of Competition titles: The Man I Love (directed by Ira Sachs), Bitter Christmas (Pedro Almodóvar), and A Woman’s Life (Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet), plus a couple of shout-outs to films in the sidebar programs.

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Ep. 398: Chloe Lizotte on Cannes 2026: Minotaur, Fjord, Full Phil and Tim Heidecker, Hope

Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. With the 2026 Cannes Film Festival underway, I was delighted to sit down with Chloe Lizotte, Filmmaker Magazine’s Content Director. Among the latest premieres discussed were, oddly enough, a succession of mostly one-word titles: Minotaur (directed by Andrei Zvyagintsev), Fjord (Cristian Mungiu), Full Phil (Quentin Dupieux), and Hope (Na Hong-jin).

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