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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 6d

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.

Josh Gondelman @joshgondelman.bsky.social · 6d

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.

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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · 6d

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · 11d

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · 11d

Also ICYMI I talked with the great and fearless Jafar Panahi about the implications of his latest film, IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (now playing @filmforumnyc.bsky.social and @filmlinc.bsky.social) 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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · 11d

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

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Barb McQuade @barbmcquade.bsky.social · 18d

Pope Leo calls on journalists to report facts and expose disinformation.
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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · 20d

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · 20d

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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Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com · 21d

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

Play Ep. 354: Robert Daniels on Good News, Anemone, Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere, The Love That Remains by The Last Thing I Saw on desktop and mobile. Play over 320 million tracks for free on ...

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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · 27d

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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Seth Cotlar @sethcotlar.bsky.social · Oct 5

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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Monica Maalouf, MD @maaloufmd.bsky.social · Oct 3

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
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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · Oct 2

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · Oct 2

At first read this as "Trump determined to strike in U.S."

Charlie Savage @charliesavage.bsky.social · Oct 2

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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Trump ‘Determined’ the U.S. Is Now in a War With Drug Cartels, Congress Is Told

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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · Oct 1

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

IFC Center @ifccenter.bsky.social · Sep 29

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.

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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IFC Center @ifccenter.bsky.social · Sep 29

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.

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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R. Emmet Sweeney @robert-emmet.bsky.social · Sep 24

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · Sep 23

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · Sep 17

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · Sep 19

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · Sep 17

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · Sep 14

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · Sep 14

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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Nicolas Rapold @nicolasrapold.bsky.social · Sep 10

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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Sight and Sound magazine @sightsoundmag.bsky.social · Sep 8

“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...

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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