Podcasts by Cannes I Kick It

2024 Sundance and Slamdance Lineups from 2023-12-08T05:00

A new festival year approaches, and so with the first lineup of Festival Director Eugene Hernandez announced we look at the highlights of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. We touch on all section...

2023 Cannes I Kick It Film Festival from 2023-12-01T01:23:55

If we had unlimited resources, we could truly put on a hell of a film festival. It's time for us to prove it once again, all four hosts sit down and put together a weekend lineup for a 2023 fest...

SHORTSGIVING SHADESGIVING NUMBER THREE from 2023-11-23T23:41:17

As the holidays begin we turn to our Thanksgiving Time Tradition-Shortsgiving! Donning sunglasses to protect our eyes from the brightness of our generosity, we discuss a new crop of shorts, one ...

More Fun and Games Than Ever... from 2023-11-17T00:26:19

We’re playing some old and new festival related games this week. A few rounds of Ratings Guessing, a new Festivordle and a new Immaculate Grid. Also, we begin to scratch the surface of unpacking...

Killers of the Flower Moon, Priscilla, and Anatomy of a Fall New Release Round Up from 2023-11-10T05:00

With the major fall fests in the rearview and awards season coming down the pike, we're getting a lot of interesting movies in theaters right now, so we thought it was time to look at 3 of the m...

The Distribution Draft from 2023-11-03T02:00

We talk about the new leadership in Venice and draft festival films without distribution. See you at the movies!

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Maestro’s Music with Fran Hoepfner from 2023-10-27T01:01

Leonard Bernstein is one of the most important musical figures of the 20th century. He is also the Maestro, as explored in the upcoming film MAESTRO, directed by noted weird guy Bradley Cooper. ...

NYFF Recap, Landscape with an Invisible Hand and Other Nonsense from 2023-10-20T01:33:55

This week Jesse tells us about her trip to the Big Apple for the last weekend of the New York Film Festival. Then Andy and Cullen catch up with a title from this year's Sundance, Cory Finley's L...

NYFF Reactions and Annie Baker’s THE ANTIPODES from 2023-10-13T05:00

NYFF is close to wrapping up, so we've gotten a good idea of how New York has reacted to all sorts of things. We discuss that, the rest of the fall festival landscape, some AFI odds and ends, an...

Wes Anderson’s Roald Dahl Suite from 2023-10-06T18:31:30

Wes Anderson has been busy and we are ON IT. Back with 4 shorts based on Roald Dahl short stories, all streaming now on Netflix, we look at THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR, THE SWAN, THE RAT ...

Inherent Vice with Jon Gabrus from 2023-09-29T02:00

Special guest Jon Gabrus joins us to talk about going to Sundance, who owns the most unread books, and the NYFF 2014 Centerpiece INHERENT VICE!

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Wrapping Up the Toronto Film Festival from 2023-09-22T00:30

TIFF concluded, Venice has long ago handed out it's Lions and Cups, and most of the CIKI crew is back at home. We get together to go over the big winners of the 2 awardsy Fall Fests (congrats to...

More TIFF 2023 Discussions from 2023-09-15T02:31:13

Everyone is in different locations but we still managed to get some TIFF thoughts out there. Special guest appearance by J. Kim Murphy. 

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Festivordle from 2023-09-01T02:03:50

While Jesse's away, the boys play.

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New York Film Festival Opening Night Jury with David Sims from 2023-08-25T01:08:10

Cannes Blockbusters are not the only unjuried film festival slate in the world. So having exhausted this avenue, we turn to New York Film Festival, famously uncompetitive, to inject a little com...

We’ve Got a TIFF Schedule! Here’s Some Questions! from 2023-08-18T02:48:33

We talk about our plans for TIFF, other recent and upcoming festivals, and sabermetrics. That list is backwards chronologically but descending in terms of time devoted. We recorded this about an...

Steven Soderbergh’s 2023 and More TIFF Programs - Featuring an Interview with Associate Curator of Wavelengths Jesse Cumming from 2023-08-11T11:00

We have never been more in the thick of fall festival announcement season! After we discuss the NYFF Main Slate and some TIFF announcements, our Jesse speaks to the Associate Programmer of Wavel...

Drafting a Cool Venice Jury from 2023-08-04T05:00

Once again, we have turned to our listeners. This time we have asked you to be the namers of COOL. What is COOL? What does it get us? How would it apply in a film festival jury situation? Really...

The 2023 TIFF&Venice News Bonanza from 2023-07-28T02:23

What we have here is a news segment that went so long it ended up being its own episode. TIFF Special Presentations & Galas! The entire Venice line-up!

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Venice Predictions Draft from 2023-07-14T02:03

We are well known for our famous segment "Predictions" here on Cannes I Kick It, so we thought it was well past time to expand that beyond a single prediction per film festival and blow it up in...

Showing Up with Fran Hoepfner from 2023-07-07T00:05

Following up the first competition title from Cannes 2023 to be released with one of the last competition titles to be released from Cannes 2022, we welcome back FRAN HOEPFNER to discuss Kelly R...

Asteroid City with Jack Read from 2023-06-30T02:00

Our first wide release out of Cannes Competition is here and it's got everyone going out to the theater over and over again. Our good friend JACK READ joins us to unpack the many layers of Wes A...

WGA On Strike and Norma Rae with Emily Kaczmarek from 2023-06-23T06:00

The most important out of Hollywood right now is the growing fight on behalf of the makers to get a fair deal so they can keep their lives as working artists and craftspeople. To help us examine...

We Messed Up... (An Episode About the 2014 Film Frank) from 2023-06-16T01:10:49

We are making amends. Last month we released a great episode on Frankie (2019) with guest Chris Feil, which you should listen to if you have not, but a rogue social media post led many of our li...

Cannes (and Tribeca?) Odds, Ends, Sidebars and Sibyls from 2023-06-09T12:05:47

The biggest announcement of the year so far is here, that's right, we finally know who will be on the Tribeca Jur(ies?)! After thoroughly analyzing how this will impact the year ahead, we wrap u...

Wrapping Up the 2023 Cannes Film Festival from 2023-06-02T05:00

After months of speculation, we finally have a new Palme winner! Congratulations to Justine Triet and ANATOMY OF A FALL! With Emilio back from the croisette we get into the the line up of the wi...

First Week of Cannes 2023 and After Hours from 2023-05-26T02:00

It's prime Cannes I Kick It time baby! The 76th Annual Cannes Film Festival is in high gear and we are here to break it down. We talk Thierry, the critical reactions to the competition, and the ...

Frankie with Chris Feil from 2023-05-19T02:25

The people have been clamoring and clamoring for us to finally pull the trigger on Sachs Month, and we have heard those calls, and we will continue to ignore them. But in the hopes of giving som...

2023 Cannes Rewind: Wes Anderson from 2023-05-12T05:19:20

Cannes continues approaching so we are looking back at some movies from directors with highly anticipated festival films, and this week we are digging into WES ANDERSON! Specifically his third f...

Little Joe with Dizzy from 2023-05-05T04:00

We talk about the 2023 Cannes Jury and are joined by special guest Dizzy to finally discuss Little Joe!

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Infinite Football with Ryan Nanni from 2023-04-28T07:00

Finally Cannes I Kick It? discusses RULES AND THEIR PLACE. Joined by RYAN NANNI of the SHUTDOWN FULLCAST we get into the Romanian New Wave through the lens of Corneliu Porumboiu's INFINITE FOOTB...

The Man Who Wasn’t There and Mulholland Drive with Jordan Fish and Ray Tintori from 2023-04-21T11:44:27

We do love our ties here at Cannes I Kick It. We've examined a few in our day and we finally felt called to examine one Cannes tie that really says a lot: the BEST DIRECTOR tie between Joel and ...

Big Questions for 2023 Cannes Film Festival Lineup from 2023-04-14T01:44:15

Cannes line up is here! Cannes line up is here! We get together to run the numbers and ask and answer the questions. What missing movies is Jesse thinking Venice for? Which Italian should Fremau...

We Pitch A24 Merch to Ben Hosley from 2023-04-07T03:44

For too long, we have focused on the actual films of the film industry: when they will open, where they will be programmed, who will see them. But now, we turn our work to something more importa...

Cannes 2023 March Madness Bracket Breakdown from 2023-03-31T05:00

It's the question on everyone's lips every March... Who will win the Palme D'Or this year? Well, we decided to apply the typical madness of March to this question, and have Andy, Cullen, and Emi...

SXSW 2023 with Ethan Brundeen from 2023-03-23T04:00

Hot off triumphing on the Oscar Stage South by Southwest has returned with another mix of buzzy premieres and movies we will never hear from again. We turn to friend of the show and native Texan...

Fabelmans Commentary from 2023-03-17T01:31

Once again the gang gets together to commentate our declared best movie of the year. Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans gets the full CIKI treatment, including discussions about bodily functions p...

Annapurna Video Games with JJ Bersch from 2023-03-09T04:43

This week, Blank Check Researcher and self-proclaimed "King Gamer" JJ Bersch joins us to talk about video games released by former(?) film production studio ANNAPURNA. We discuss Solar Ash, The ...

2023 Berlin Awards and Wrap Up from 2023-03-03T05:00

There's a new Golden Bear winner out there, and we are ON IT. We go over all the winners and the remainder of the lineup from the newly concluded Berlinale, as well as discussing a few of the mo...

Berlin 2023 and Another Jury Draft from 2023-02-24T00:22

Berlin has rolled around again! As has our solicitation of names from our audience! And so, before drafting more juries from those names, we discuss the movies that have premiered so far in this...

Too Early Cannes Predictions 2023 from 2023-02-17T02:53

Sure Berlin is just getting started, but we haven't heard anything notable enough to report by press time so that means we're doing our annual TOO EARLY CANNES PREDICTIONS. Who will be competing...

2022 Cannes I Kick It Awards from 2023-02-10T06:00

Once again finding it time to put our film year to bed, we convene for a jury to determine the consensus Best of the Best. There will be laughs, there will be curses, there will be boos, there w...

Sundance 2023 and La pecera with Glorimar Marrero Sánchez from 2023-02-03T04:01

Park City was buzzing once again this year, as artists, journalists, and movie lovers once again returned to an in-person SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL. Taking a hybrid approach this year, many films w...

Berlinale Lineup and the Beginning of Slamdance from 2023-01-27T02:00

Winter Festival Season is in full gear. Sundance acquisitions are happening! Slamdance is available to all for a low fee! And Berlin has filled in their line up for the year! We take a peek at t...

The 2023 Preview Newlywed Game from 2023-01-20T03:00

We're back! And we're ready to look ahead! Always ready to switch up our annual preview format we look ahead at the year in movies and see how well we know each other! Spoiler Alert, no points a...

The Second Manktacular from 2022-12-23T04:00

You've all been begging for it, and so finally here it is The Second Manktacular. Two years ago, the Twelve Guests of Mankmas helped us to explore every nook and cranny of David Fincher's brand ...

The Cannes I Kick It Film Festival 2022 from 2022-12-16T06:00

Cullen, Emilio, and Jesse, joined this time by Andy, once again come together to plan out a theoretical film festival for the end of the year. Where will we host it? How many days will it take p...

My Winnipeg and the 2023 Sundance Lineup from 2022-12-09T01:19:56

We've got our first festival lineup for 2023! Next year's Sundance lineup gives us high profile premieres, a look at the avant-garde, and our most exciting cast rundown yet! Then, our last donor...

There There and La Ronde from 2022-12-02T06:00

Andrew Bujalski has a new movie out. Were you aware? Having premiered quietly at Tribeca and then coming out even move quietly on VOD, THERE THERE is ambitious both structurally and in its produ...

Shortsgiving 2 from 2022-11-25T04:00

Tradition keeps us centered. We need things to return to year after year, cycle after cycle. It is our light in the darkness. But sometimes, the light in the darkness is a little too bright. Hen...

Armageddon Time and Liberation Day from 2022-11-18T04:00

In the past, when reading a book has been suggested as something the hosts of the show could do to provide fodder for an episode's destruction, there was yelling and gnashing of teeth. But now, ...

Some Good News from 2022-11-11T04:10

It's been months since we checked the papers and read the news, so we spend a lot of time catching up on what's been happening. Distributors are distributing! Michael Chernus is maybe getting wo...

NYFF Currents and Acropolis Cinema with Jordan Cronk from 2022-11-04T06:00

We may not have made it to the New York Film Festival, but we still saw a number of the films from the Currents section, so Jesse and Emilio are joined by Jordan Cronk to talk about some of them...

Spooktacular 3:The Final Chapter from 2022-10-28T04:00

What's scarier than staying up past your bedtime for no good reason? Perhaps only a serial killer! The gang braves the elements to record at midnight eastern and take a look at Midnight Madness ...

Both Sides of the Blade and Stars at Noon from 2022-10-21T08:00

Denis Month? Denis Year? Denis LIFE. Claire's back with 2 festival movies this year which have now been released to the general public. We take a look at Berlin Directing Winner BOTH SIDES OF TH...

Lena Dunham with Fran Hoepfner from 2022-10-14T04:00

Lena is back! Fresh off the Amazon release of her TIFF Debut CATHERINE CALLED BIRDY we look to none other than fan favorite FRAN HOEPFNER to join us to talk about the Year of Lena. Sundance's SH...

Emilio’s TIFF Catch Up from 2022-10-07T06:00

We all went to TIFF and had a great time and then Emilio returned and his home was hit by a hurricane. Power finally restored, he catches our listeners up with his thoughts on all the movies he ...

Venice Film Festival 2022 Awards from 2022-09-30T04:00

We talk about the award winners from the 2022 Venice Film Festival.

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TIFF 2022 Dispatch #4 with Concrete Valley Director Antoine Bourges from 2022-09-23T06:00

It's been a week since we've returned from TIFF and we still have so much more to unpack! We look at a lot more titles including CAUSEWAY, WOMEN TALKING, WALK UP, FALCON LAKE, HORSE OPERA, UNRES...

TIFF 2022 Dispatch #3 with Anna Swanson and Meg Shields from 2022-09-21T06:00

More TIFF! Cullen, Jesse, Anna Swanson, and Meg Shields discuss The Fabelmans, Glass Onion, The Banshees of Inisherin, One Fine Morning, highlights from Midnight Madness, and more! More to come ...

TIFF 2022 Dispatch #2 with C.J. Prince from 2022-09-20T06:00

Here we are again! On today's TIFF Dispatch, Jesse, Andy, and guest C.J. Prince discuss a panoply of titles including EO, One Fine Morning, The Maiden, Until Branches Bend, Baby Ruby, and Mantic...

TIFF 2022 Dispatch #1 with Jackson Kim Murphy from 2022-09-19T06:00

We are back from TIFF, and ready to tell you all about it! Today we are joined by our friend and yours, Variety's Jackson Kim Murphy! We discuss Pacifiction, De Humani Corporis Fabrica, The Fabe...

Calvary from 2022-09-16T04:00

As TIFF wraps up and we travel home, we once again turn to our reliable recurring donors to solicit a movie for us to examine. And here we are assigned John Michael McDonagh's 2014 Sundance and ...

Taylor Swift at TIFF and Festival Games from 2022-09-09T04:00

Venice and Telluride are happening and TIFF is imminent, so what better time to pause and take stock of our film festival knowledge with a game? After taking a look at some last minute switches ...

The Cannes I Kick It Festival Trailer Extravaganza 2 from 2022-09-02T04:00

It was a huge hit when we did it a year ago and we kind of need to bank up quick episodes so once again we turn to TRAILERS. Festival movies are happening and many have begun their marketing pus...

Locarno 2022 and the TIFF Schedule from 2022-08-26T14:29:48

Locarno! It's in Switzerland! And it has recently finished its film festival! We take a look at 2 competition titles we were able to see: HUMAN FLOWERS OF FLESH and MATTER OF OUT PLACE. We also ...

The 2022 Fall Festival Preview Blowout Goes On and Love and Mercy from 2022-08-19T01:00

Have we mentioned that there is a lot of festival news in August? In the last week we've gotten two NYFF sections (Spotlight and Currents) and three full TIFF sections (Documentaries, Contempora...

NYFF 2022 Main Slate and Killing Them Softly from 2022-08-12T04:00

August Announcements continue as the Fall Festival Landscape continues to take shape. A few minor TIFF announcements are followed by a deep dive into the NYFF Main Slate, from the 60th anniversa...

22 Films to See at TIFF 2022 and Take This Waltz from 2022-08-05T04:00

The Festival Line Up Announcements just keep coming, and we wouldn't have it any other way. This week, we touch on some early NYFF news before digging deep into the first big announcement from T...

Some Questions for the 2022 Venice Lineup from 2022-07-29T04:01

Fall Festival Announcement Season is upon us, and this week we turn our analysis to the newly announced 2022 Venice line up. What Oscar Buzz is there? Who will win the Golden Lion? What movie ha...

20 Directors for Allison Williams from 2022-07-22T12:28:16

This week on the podcast after getting into some brief news stories we bring back friend of the show Jack Read to come up with 20 directors that Allison Williams should work with. What direction...

Goodbye Dragon Inn and Dragon Inn with Chris Mello from 2022-07-15T04:00

Today we are joined by returning guest Chris Mello to talk about the classic double feature pairing of King Hu's 1967 wuxia classic DRAGON INN and Tsai Ming-liang's 2003 Venice Competition film ...

Flux Gourmet and Elvis from 2022-07-08T04:00

Thank you... thankyouverymuch... that's right it's time to discuss two new releases that are fresh off some festival showings, Peter Strickland's latest FLUX GOURMET from Berlin's Encounters sec...

THE EVERY CANNES I KICK IT MOVIE DRAFT from 2022-07-01T04:00

IN HONOR of our 125th episode we do a draft where we each pick our 10 favorite movies we have covered on the podcast! SO much talk of how great these movies are! A walk down memory lane! Thanks ...

Irma Vep from 2022-06-24T04:00

IRMA VEP... it's an anagram for Vampire, but what else is there to discover about Olivier Assayas's 1996 film and his recent Cannes approved effort that's currently airing on HBO? We get into th...

Early Venice Predictions and La Cérémonie from 2022-06-17T04:00

We are back this week with some classic early Venice predictions, news of release dates for Cannes movies, and Claude Chabrol’s LA CÉRÉMONIE! This is part of our “Listener Picks” where one of ou...

1980’s Cannes Blockbusters with David Sims from 2022-06-10T04:00

In the 2010's George Miller's MAD MAX FURY ROAD reigned supreme. In the 2000's i...

Cannes 2022 Week 2 from 2022-06-03T04:00

The glitz and glamor of Cannes 2022 has ended, and a new set of prize winners have been announced. And, most importantly of all, Emilio is BACK from CANNES! We go over the back half of the festi...

Cannes 2022 Week 1 from 2022-05-27T08:00

As Emilio got settled in his AirBnB at Cannes, Andy, Cullen and Jesse convened to discuss the latest news from the world of festivals, as well as all the competition titles premiered to date (as...

Cannes News Along the Coast from 2022-05-20T07:00

Cannes has officially started its 75th edition, and we are here to break down all the last-minute news and notes as the proceedings get underway! The pomp! The circumstance! The future AMC+ Excl...

2022 Cannes Jury Draft from 2022-05-13T07:00

This week we're competing against each other once again, but this time it's to see which of us can craft the best jury to take over the honors for this years Cannes competition lineup? Andy, Emi...

Apollo 10 1/2 and Waking Life from 2022-05-06T07:00

If life is but a dream, what if you had to draw over every single frame of it in order to make a movie? A nonsensical question to be sure, but on those lines this week we are looking at recent S...

All That Jazz and Kagemusha from 2022-04-29T04:00

We're back! This week we're discussing 1980 co-Palme d'Or winners All That Jazz and Kagemusha. A rollicking discussion on two classics of the cinema opens itself up to a myriad of topics. Plus C...

8 Questions for the 2022 Cannes Lineup from 2022-04-22T07:00

The Cannes Film Festival has announced it's 75th lineup and what better way to probe and ponder it than to welcome back Returning Champion JESSE CATHERINE WEBBER to look at the highlights, the l...

Mike Leigh at Cannes with Fran Hoepfner from 2022-04-15T08:00

The great Fran Hoepfner returns to chat with us about king baby face Mike Leigh! We get into his Palme d'Or winning film SECRETS & LIES and all of the stress we feel watching Brenda Blethyn as w...

Barton Fink from 2022-04-08T09:00

The Life of the Mind! It’s what John Goodman promises/threatens to show us near the end of the Coen Brothers exceptional Cannes favorite BARTON FINK. We’ve talked in the past about how the volum...

Annette Commentary from 2022-04-01T09:00

We honor the third Palme d'Ollie winner, Leos Carax's ANNETTE, by talking about a bunch of other stuff(ALINE, Gary Trudeau, movies where old guys are trying to rob banks, CYRANO) over it! Don't ...

SXSW Awards and Strange Days from 2022-03-25T08:00

South by Southwest has come and gone, so we start off this week looking at the many many many winners from the film side of Austin’s big fest. After a thorough look at those naming rights, we ta...

The Archers with Daniel Foster from 2022-03-18T08:00

This week we take aim at The Archers! Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, masters of technicolor, had some significant play at early festivals, so we took a look at 2 of their biggest 1948's ...

Contemporary Color and David Byrne with JJ Bersch from 2022-03-11T11:48:01

Concert Documentaries get the spotlight as we turn to three movies heavily featuring David Byrne. In addition to enduring classic STOP MAKING SENSE and recent pandemic hit AMERICAN UTOPIA we zer...

Jukebox Musicals with KT Jean from 2022-03-04T12:35:20

Spectacular Spectacular! When 2 visual masters turn to their own takes on jukebox musicals the festival world takes notice, and soon CIKI will be on the case. We’re joined by returning favorite ...

Berlin Awards and Summer 1993 from 2022-02-24T23:00

With another Berlinale in the rearview we look at the prizes given out at the German Fest this year. Will Hong ever win the big prize? What did M. Night contribute to the jury process? All given...

Rotterdam and News from 2022-02-18T13:00

There's a lot going on in a small package this week with Jesse's thoughts on the films she saw at Rotterdam as well as virtual festivals in general, and also we talk some early Berlinale reactio...

Way Way Too Early Cannes Predictions from 2022-02-11T13:00

Our prediction powers are here to amaze and astonish as we look ahead to some titles that Jesse thinks might figure into the upcoming Cannes lineup. Who will be in? Who will be out? It’s all cau...

Sundance 2022 Wrap-Up from 2022-02-04T10:02:48

Park City tourism was once again down, but that didn’t stop the power of the movies as "The Dance"(Sundance) has come and gone with another All Virtual edition of the festival. We talk the films...

2021 Cannes I Kick It Awards from 2022-01-28T13:00

We convened as a jury to award the films of 2021! 

HERE is the list of films tha...

2022 Preview and Berlin International Film Festival Lineup from 2022-01-21T13:00

It’s that time of year, where we look ahead to the END of the year!. Passions flare, truces are made, concessions are granted as we come to a consensus on our Most Anticipated Film of 2022 and o...

A Year in Festivals: A Cannes I Kick It Primer from 2022-01-14T13:00

CIKI is back! We're kicking off a new year with a new user's guide to film festivals. The gang talks through the major (and a bit of the minor) festivals of each year, looking at their early his...

The Francetacular from 2021-12-24T13:00

100 episodes! What a long strange road it’s been and we have, of course, no choice but to celebrate by following up last years 12 GUESTS OF MANKMAS with a brand new TACULAR, the FRANCETACULAR! O...

Christmas Movies and Sundance Line-up with Lawrence Garcia from 2021-12-17T13:00

We preview the Sundance 2022 line-up and expose some scammers and then are joined by writer Lawrence Garcia to get into some Christmas movies that played festivals with Metropolitan and A Christ...

The Cannes I Kick It Film Festival from 2021-12-10T13:00

Jesse, Cullen, and Emilio plan out a theoretical film festival for the end of year.

The Power of the Dog with Jack Read from 2021-12-03T13:00

Returning friend of the show and fan favorite Jack Read joins us to discuss Jane Campion's latest film THE POWER OF THE DOG! Jack had a lot to talk about but the only thing you really need to kn...

The Cannes I Kick It? Short Film Festival from 2021-11-26T13:00

Sometimes planning and recording a podcast every week gets so daunting that you decide its Shorts Week so you and your co-hosts don’t have too much homework to do! We all brought some short film...

Spencer and AFI with Clare Rey from 2021-11-19T13:00

Everyone is seeing things these days so to tie up a few loose ends Jesse talks about Tsai Ming Liang's Days and Andy gets into some of AFI's virtual offerings with Petite Maman and Hit the Road!...

The New Release Roundup from 2021-11-12T13:00

YEEEE-HAW! It’s NEW RELEASE ROUNDUP TIME! That’s right a bunch of festival movies have made their way to the masses, and it’s time for us to weigh in! Does Berlin’s THE BETA TEST hit on its targ...

Red Road and The Lives of Others with C. Howson-Jan from 2021-11-05T13:00

Ever feel like somebody’s watching you? We return to Cannes 2006 to visit Andrea Arnold’s debut feature, the CCTV featuring RED ROAD, and the wonderfully named Florian Henckle von Donnersmarck’s...

The James Wan Spooktacular with Chris Mello from 2021-10-29T13:00

Its time for the Spooktacular! Spooky Month once again comes to an end with a look at the festival run of JAMES WAN. We’re joined by CHRIS MELLO to give a look at franchise starters SAW, INSIDIO...

Velvet Underground and News from 2021-10-22T13:00

It's hard to believe that Berlin is right around the corner, but we kick off this week by looking at the Euro fest's announced Jury President, M. Night Shyamalan, and what movies might be in the...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa with J. Kim Murphy from 2021-10-15T13:00

Spooky month will not be stopped, we're checking out the freaky world of Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Variety's J. KIM MURPHY joins us to look at three (roughly) consecutive offerings from the turn of the ...

The Final NYFF Dispatch from 2021-10-14T20:41:07

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NYFF59 Wrap Up and An van. Diendren from 2021-10-08T13:00

We wrap up this years New York Film Festival with some of our final thoughts on movies like Titane, The Souvenir Part 2, and Il Buco! PLUS Jesse sits down with one of the directors of Prism, An ...

Peter Strickland with Ben Hosley from 2021-10-01T13:00

Spooky Month! We’re kicking it off with a shriek! By visiting the weird world of Peter Strickland and his fascinating aesthetic. We are joined by Congratulations CEO, Blank Check Producer, and S...

Live From New York! It‘s NYFF Dispatch 1! from 2021-09-27T13:46:36

The CIKI crew is together in person for the first time 3 years, and we've been seeing the stars and films of the 59th New York Film Festival! Listen for our initial reactions to THE TRAGEDY OF M...

The New York Film Festival Preview Blowout 2021 with Sam Herbst from 2021-09-24T13:00

New York baby! The greatest in the world! And CIKI, as this episode is released, is descending upon it to take in the NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL in all its glory! As such, we thought it appropriate ...

The TIFF Dispatch 2 with Anna Swanson and Meg Shields from 2021-09-19T18:46:19

Jesse is joined by friends of the show Anna Swanson and Meg Shields to tie up the loose ends on TIFF 2021 and then the entire crew shows up to talk the prestigious TIFF award ceremony! 

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The Card Counter from 2021-09-17T12:03:34

Venice and TIFF are over/ending so we discuss what won big at Venice and how close we all were with our predictions and then we go deep on the few movies that Andy and Cullen saw at TIFF as well...

The TIFF Dispatch with C.J. Prince and Nico Pereda from 2021-09-16T20:21:35

After a week at the Toronto International Film Festival, Jesse has finally prepared some coverage. First, she is joined by C.J. Prince to discuss this year's strong Wavelengths section, as well ...

Pablo Larraín with Clare Rey from 2021-09-10T12:59:11

Fall Festival season is in full swing, so we kick off this week with a look at Telluride and Venice reactions and the briefest of previews of Jesse’s TIFF plans. We are then joined by CLARE REY ...

Mike White with Joe Reid from 2021-09-03T13:00

THE WHITE LOTUS was the hottest show of the summer, and writer/director Mike White is enjoying what may be the biggest success of his career. He's, of course, an indie darling and a festival fav...

Annette with Griffin Newman from 2021-08-27T13:00

We love Baby Annette! We’ve been talking about Leos Carax’s musical Cannes prizewinner essentially since our inception, and so now that it’s available for everyone to see, we gave it a real red ...

Green Knight, Excalibur, and NYFF News with Ethan Brundeen from 2021-08-20T11:54:06

Swords and armor are the name of the game for our main discussion this week. We take a look at 80s Cannes player EXCALIBUR, John Boorman’s telling of, well, the whole Arthur story, as well as ne...

Bruno Dumont and NYFF News with Will Hines from 2021-08-13T12:55:59

Slowly but surely we are getting to the bottom of what exactly happened at Cannes 2006, this week we take a look at what is perhaps the bleakest film of all time, Bruno Dumont’s FLANDERS. We pai...

The Cannes I Kick It Festival Trailer Extravaganza from 2021-08-06T13:00

We decided to watch a bunch of trailers for movies that are playing/have played festivals and we talk over them for YOU! YOU are welcome! This is a bit of an active listen so the way it works is...

Venice News and the Films of Bi Gan with Eric Allen Hatch from 2021-07-30T13:00

Fall Festival season gets closer and closer and with it comes those sweet sweet lineups baybee! We're talking Venice full line up, more TIFF additions, and the NYFF Centerpiece film that will be...

The Big Raw Festival Wrap Up&Preview Blow Out from 2021-07-23T12:42:59

Festival season is in full flush as we start with a look at the announced line up of two of TIFF’s most high profile sections, Galas and Special Presentations. Our coverage of CLIFFORD THE BIG R...

Cannes Reactions and F9 with Emma Stefansky from 2021-07-16T13:00

Its a plus sized episode this week and we are talking Cannes so far!  How are people reacting to the films? Do we regret our predictions? Which of us is which in the French Dispatch red carpet m...

Zola and No Sudden Move with William Taylor (Narrator/El Soderbergho) from 2021-07-09T13:07:13

We've got a week to cool our heels before reacting to full Cannes madness so we have decided to invite the foremost Steven Soderbergh expert, William Taylor ( Listen

Nicole Holofcener At TIFF with Kat from 2021-06-25T12:41:47

Nicole Holofcener is a festival favorite, so we brought in superfan Kat to discuss 3 of her films, which all played TIFF. We talk Telluride premiere LOVELY & AMAZING, and TIFF premieres ENOUGH S...

Sofia Coppola with KT Jean and Simon Sweeney from 2021-06-18T11:24:42

We return to Cannes Competition 2006 to talk about Sofia Coppola's MARIE ANTOINETTE as well as her 2 other Cannes titles we have not yet discussed, her debut THE VIRGIN SUICIDES and later entry ...

The Final Grab Bag of Tidbits from 2021-06-11T12:52:52

Extra! Extra! There’s news aplenty this week and so we return to Andy’s Grab Bag of Tidbits to cover it all. The full Cannes lineup (although not the recent additions because we recorded this be...

Undine and the Films of Christian Petzold with Daniel Foster from 2021-06-04T12:31:47

European Fest Favorite Christian Petzold’s new movie UNDINE is released today in US, so we got one of the biggest Petzold fans around, Jesse’s Best Friend Daniel Foster, to talk the new release ...

Denis Month Part 4 with David Carter from 2021-05-28T13:44:17

Denis Month meets Grab Bag when Andy and Emilio look at some of the remaining titles in Claire Denis's filmography with returning Mankmas guest David Carter! We go back to the beginning to discu...

Denis Month Part 3 with Chris Feil from 2021-05-21T14:38:12

Denis month rolls on! Looking at two of her collaborations with higher profile international stars, the Isabelle Huppert starrer WHITE MATERIAL and Robert Pattinson lead HIGH LIFE. Joining us is...

Denis Month Part 2 with Anna Swanson and Meg Shields from 2021-05-14T13:12:18

Its the second week of Denis Month and we are back to skip around her filmography with returning guests Anna Swanson and Meg Shields of Film School Rejects. We talk U.S. GO HOME, L'INTRUS, and L...

Denis Month Part 1 with Bilge Ebiri from 2021-05-07T13:08:21

All May long we’ll be diving into the uniquely cinematic world of Claire Denis. First up to discuss one of her most well known films and the two that followed it, we have returning favorite Bilg...

About Endlessness and Malmkrog with Eva Anderson from 2021-04-30T13:49:15

Looking at some recent festival movies with new releases we visit the world of Roy Andersson’s latest ABOUT ENDLESSNESS and Cristi Puiu’s MALMKROG. The former is now available on digital release...

The Frannes Film Festival with Fran Hoepfner from 2021-04-23T13:19:36

We reconvened our Jury, to discuss a selection of movies that premiered at Cannes between 2015 and 2019, this time with a returning favorite as our Special Guest President, Fran Hoepfner! Check ...

Il Caimano and The Beginning with Patrick Cotnoir from 2021-04-16T12:57:10

What does it take to get a movie made? This is question we explore through our return to Cannes 2006 with Nanni Moretti’s story of a down on his luck Italian film producer, IL CAIMANO. Joining u...

1998 Birthday Bash from 2021-04-09T13:55:04

Its the final birthday episode you all know the drill, 4 movies, enter the contest, happy birthday Jesse!

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Way Too Early NYFF Predictions from 2021-04-02T14:24:30

Jesse predicts the main slate for this years New York Film Festival and Andy coordinates some fun.

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Wong Kar-wai from 2021-03-26T13:49:12

With a shiny new Criterion Box Set getting released and on the heels of the “theatrical” runs of some new restorations, we look at Wong Kar-Wai’s film festival run and his work more generally. W...

Berlinale 2021 Wrap Up and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy with Ryusuke Hamaguchi from 2021-03-19T13:40:39

Berlinale 2021 is in the books, so we talk over the winners and the buzz from this year’s festival. We’ve seen a few of the movies, and go most in-depth on Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE A...

Wasp Network and Demonlover with Josh Murray from 2021-03-12T23:14:03

We talk about a couple Assayas movies thanks Josh

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The Salt of Tears with Jordan Cronk from 2021-02-26T11:37:55

Philippe Garrel’s THE SALT OF TEARS has departed the festival circuit and is now playing in virtual cinemas, so we took this opportunity to welcome back film writer and curator Jordan Cronk to t...

The March Festival Preview Blowout and Asako I&II from 2021-02-19T08:31:19

Its time again for a festival preview blowout, this time we are talking SXSW and Berlinale where we bring back our famous predictions segment! Also, to celebrate Ryusuke Hamaguchi's new film pre...

The Forty Year Old Version and Promising Young Woman with Caroline Siede from 2021-02-12T10:44:29

With Sundance 2021 in the rearview, we take it back to look at two of the major releases from Sundance 2020 that are also writer/director first films, Radha Blank’s THE FOURTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION (...

Sundance 2021 Wrap Up with Jack Read and Strawberry Mansion with Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney from 2021-02-05T09:31:58

Friend of the show Jack Read returns to talk about everything we saw "at" Sundance 2021 and then at (1:54:17) Jesse chats with filmmakers Kentucker Audley and Albert Birney about their new film ...

The 2020 Cannes I Kick It Awards from 2021-01-29T12:05:52

We award the films of 2020! 

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Sundance 2021 Preview with Mike Finnerty from 2021-01-22T10:13:54

Andy, Emilio, and Jesse preview the 2021 Sundance Film Festival and talk about some of the movies that they will be seeing and then Cullen and former guest/Entourage expert Mike Finnerty join in...

2021 Preview from 2021-01-15T09:58:52

Happy New Year CIKI Fans, we’re back and looking both backwards and ahead this week. After touching on the status of our most anticipated movies from last year (would you believe many of them di...

Andy's Grab Bag of Tidbits Holiday Edition from 2020-12-25T10:35:55

HO HO HO and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to our loyal CIKI listeners! What better way to end our first year but by once again going to the Grab Bag for a Holiday/End of Year edition full of the Tid Bits you ...

1989 Birthday Bash from 2020-12-18T12:48:40

Well folks its that time of year again.

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1994 Birthday Bash from 2020-11-27T08:54:46

In keeping with tradition, when its one of our hosts birthdays we talk 4 movies that played across the Big 3 euro festivals, this time its Peter Weir's Fearless, Joel and Ethan Coen's The Hudsuc...

Almodóvar! with Inkoo Kang from 2020-11-20T10:36:10

Television critic for The Hollywood Reporter and host of the All About Almodóvar podcast Inkoo Kang joins us as we once again return to the 2006 Cannes lineup with one of our favorites, Pedro Al...

Climates and Marriage Story with Bilge Ebiri from 2020-11-13T12:35:22

NY Magazine Film Critic Bilge Ebiri joins us to continue our 2006 Cannes series and delve into Nuri Bilge Ceylan's self-starring relationship drama Climates. We paired this with another relation...

Italians! with Angela Ferraguto from 2020-11-06T09:22:42

Producer of the Blank Check podcast Angela Ferraguto joins us for a return to Cannes 2006 to talk Paolo Sorrentino's The Family Friend and in the spirit of keeping things Italian we also discuss...

The Spooktacular! with Meg Shields from 2020-10-30T12:00

Film writer and horror expert Meg Shields joins us to wrap up Spooky Month with a slate of spooky movies and some horror themed awards, its the Spooktacular! 

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Witches! with KT Jean from 2020-10-16T11:13:58

We talk some of the witchiest movies that have played film festivals with host of the Vaulting the Walt podcast KT Jean, The Blair Witch Project (02:33), The VVItch (29:00), and The Love Witch(5...

NYFF58 Currents Features with Jordan Cronk from 2020-10-15T17:40:33

We finally wrap up our coverage of the 58th New York Film Festival, discussing many of the features that played in the Currents section with critic and programmer Jordan Cronk.

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NYFF58 Week 3 with Audrey Fox and Morris Yang from 2020-10-14T19:34:49

We wrap up the NYFF Main Slate with Audrey Fox and Morris Yang

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NYFF Currents Shorts with Michael Sicinski from 2020-10-11T11:05:11

Jesse and Emilio are joined by Michael Sicinski to talk the eight programs of shorts in the new Currents section of this year's New York Film Festival.

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from 2020-10-02T10:01:03

In the first of our "Spooky Month" episodes, writer Emma Stefansky joins us to return to the 2006 Cannes Competion and discuss Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth (00:09:20) as well as his 2015...

NYFF58 Week 1 with Fran Hoepfner from 2020-09-28T17:18:50

Fran Hoepfner rejoins us to talk about the first week and a little bit of this year's New York Film Festival. Films discussed include Lovers Rock, The Human Voice, Malmkrog, and Night of Kings.<...

The 2002 Golden Bear with Kambole Campbell from 2020-09-25T12:15:12

In 2002 Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away tied for Berlinale's highest honor with Paul Greengrass's Bloody Sunday, we had writer Kambole Campbell on to discuss the two films as well as the after-pa...

Bonus Episode - TIFF 2020 with Chris Howson-Jan and Kenny Sage from 2020-09-22T17:44:38

Jesse and Emilio are joined by a couple Canadians to talk TIFF.

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Mr Bean's Colossal Youth with Fran Hoepfner from 2020-09-18T09:31:26

We had writer Fran Hoepfner on to discuss the meeting of the cinematic minds that happened when Mr Bean's Holiday "crashed" the premiere of Pedro Costa's Colossal Youth at Cannes 2006

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Bonus Episode - Venice Wrap Up from 2020-09-14T16:35:53

We discuss the awards of the Venice Film Festival.

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The Big Fall Festival Preview Blowout from 2020-09-04T13:21:16

We wrap up our preview of the upcoming Fall Festivals with a discussion of the NYFF line-up and bring back the famous segment "predictions"!

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Cannesime with Peter Bushman from 2020-08-21T15:45:33

We talk about all the Japanese animation that has played at Cannes.

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We Reopen Andy's Grab Bag of Tidbits with Jack Read featuring Sam Herbst from 2020-07-31T16:41:53

What it says on the tin.

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Entourage Goes to Cannes and The Wind That Shakes the Barley with Mike Finnerty from 2020-07-24T15:54:30

Font of knowledge Mike Finnerty joins us to talk Ken Loach and Entourage.

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Venice 2018 Draft with Joe Reid from 2020-07-10T20:07:12

It is a miracle this episode is out given all the technical issues surrounding its creation. It is nonetheless extremely fun.

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2010s Cannes Blockbusters with David Sims from 2020-07-03T15:08:49

We've got David Sims as our jury president to award the blockbusters that premiered at Cannes during the 2010s!

Next week we'll be returning to the draft format for the 2018 Venice Film F...

Andy's Grab Bag of Tidbits from 2020-06-26T16:30:30

Andy and co reach into his grab bag and emerge with some tidbits

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AFI Docs Preview, The Vast of Night, Fourteen, and Shirley from 2020-06-12T18:29:11

I was sick while recording this episode but I think it's still good. Watch Fourteen.

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Maryland Film Festival Preview and Fake Cannes from 2020-06-05T16:37:45

Abolish the police.

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Dark Waters Commentary from 2020-05-30T18:12:17

This is a commentary for Todd Haynes' 2019 Palme d'Ollie winning film Dark Waters.

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Cannes 2009 Directors' Fortnight from 2020-05-24T16:44:57

We do bad

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Bad Education and Other Stuff from 2020-05-15T19:38:14

Cullen says it doesn't matter what we say about movies.

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SXSW and Southland Tales with Ben Claflin and Nathan Rhys from 2020-05-01T20:58:43

We talk SXSW movies on Amazon (don't cross picket lines) and then talk about the entirely non-controversial Southland Tales, Richard Kelly's 2006 Cannes Competition entry.

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Cannes 2009 Un Certain Regard Awards with Alec Montiel from 2020-04-24T18:51

We return to the 2009 Cannes Film Festival to award the films of the Un Certain Regard Section with our guest jury president Alec Montiel! We also fail to explain what Un Certain Regard is. It's...

Bacurau, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and Other New Releases from 2020-04-17T15:48:23

We talk about some new movies.

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Three Days in Cannes with Peter Bushman from 2020-04-11T17:18:44

We have our first guest!

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Cannes 2009 Competition Awards from 2020-04-04T17:22:44

We circle around the same few topics for a long time before ending roughly where we started

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Top 10s of the 2010s (Part 2) from 2020-03-28T18:13:34

We finish up counting down our top films of the previous decade and everyone heartily enjoys Jesse's number one pick.

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Top 10 of the 2010s (Part 1) from 2020-03-21T00:00:57

I didn't pick the intro song this week

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Berlin Wrapup and Synonyms from 2020-03-07T17:57:45

We go over the now completed Berlin Film Festival and then fight about Synonyms. Recorded prior to the cancellation of SXSW.

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Cannes 2016 Draft from 2020-02-29T17:47:33

We draft our awards from the 2016 Cannes Film Festival and it gets heated!

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SXSW and Beach Rats from 2020-02-21T16:02:43

In which Jesse of the sometimes approaching 2 hour podcast has the balls to say a 98 minute movie might be too long.

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Too Early Cannes Predictions from 2020-02-14T19:18:03

Jesse has predicted what will be in competition for the Palme d'Or at Cannes this year, and you will be the first to hear!

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Berlin Preview from 2020-02-08T23:06:38

In this episode we preview the Berlin Film Festival, which will happen later in February.

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Sundance Wrapup from 2020-01-31T18:02:10

Now that the festival is mostly over, we wrap up the 2020 edition of the Sundance Film Festival.

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2020 Preview from 2020-01-24T21:46:56

After an early Sundance preview, we provide a few updates and then backtrack to preview the whole of 2020.

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Episode 1 - Sundance 2020 Preview from 2020-01-15T20:31:56

This is our first episode! We spend the entire run time previewing the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

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