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CannesversationsCannes 78: Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or It was just an Accident, Joachim Trier's Sentimental Value, Nadav Lapid's Yes!, Kelly Reichardt's The Mastermind & End Festival ThoughtsIt's a wrap!In the final episode of this year's Cannes Film Festival, Eliana and Patrick are once again joined by Öykü Sofuoğlu. Together, they discuss: Jafar Panahi's Palme d'Or-winning It Was Just an Accident | یک تصادف سادهJoachim Trier's Grand Jury Prize-winner Sentimental Value | AffeksjonsverdiNadav Lapid's Yes or Yes! | כןKelly Reichardt's The Mastermind (which, alas, did not win any award)Kristen Stewart's The Chronology of WaterSimón Mesa Soto's A Poet | Un PoetaDiego Céspedes | Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo | La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamencoand in passing : Alice Douard's Love Letters | Les preuves d'amours, Anna Cazenave Cambet's...2025-06-171h 49
CannesversationsCannes 78: Renoir | Left-Handed Girl | A Useful Ghost | Brand New Landscape | Love on Trial | Bi Gan's ResurrectionWelcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival!For episode five, Łukasz Mańkowski join us (Patrick and Eliana) to discuss programming for Five Flavors film festival and the following films on day eleven of twelve:Renoir ルノワール by Chie Hayakawa 早川千絵 (Competition)Left-Handed Girl 左撇子女孩 by Shih-Ching Tsou 鄒時擎 (Semaine)A Useful Ghost ผีใช้ได้ค่ะ by Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke รัชฏ์ภูมิ บุญบัญชาโชค (Semaine de la Critique * Winner)Brand New Landscape 見はらし世代 by Yuiga Danzuka 団塚唯我 (Quinzaine)Love on Trial 恋愛裁判 by Kōji Fukada 深田晃司 (Cannes Première)Resurrection 狂野时代 by Bi Gan 畢贛 (Competition)Łukasz Mańkowski is a film scholar, film critic, and film programmer for the annual Five Flavours Asian Film Festival which will be taking place in November this year in Warsaw. You can follow him on Twi...2025-05-271h 21
CannesversationsCannes 78: The History of Sound | Sterne | Magellan | Only I Rest in the Storm | RenoirWelcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival!For episode four, Maja Korbecka and Jakob Jurisch join us (Patrick and Eliana) to discuss the following films on day nine of twelve:The History of Sound by Oliver Hermanus (Competition)Sterne by Konrad Wolf (Cannes Classics)Magellan (Drifting Laurent) by Lav Diaz (Cannes Première)O Riso e a Faca (Only I Rest in the Storm) by Pedro Pinho (Un Certain Regard)Renoir ルノワール by Chie Hayakawa 早川千絵 (Competition)Maja Korbecka is a film studies researcher and film critic who focuses on Sinophone and Southeast Asian cinemas. She...2025-05-2535 min
CannesversationsCannes 78: Imago - Interview with Déni Oumar PitsaevWelcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival episode three!This is the first time that we have had the chance to sit down with a director at Cannes. The film, Imago, featured in the Semaine de la Critique side section and picked up two prizes this past week: The French Touch and the Golden Eye.We talk to director Déni Oumar Pitsaev about some of the themes in this highly personal hybrid documentary film about the filmmaker's empathetic exploration and confrontation with a foreign yet familial place where culture, tradition, a...2025-05-2415 min
CannesversationsCannes 78: Drunken Noodles | Nino | Laurent dans le vent (Drifting Laurent)Welcome back to our coverage of the 78th Cannes Film Festival!We (Patrick and Eliana) share our first reactions and give a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events.Join us on day eight of twelve, episode two, as we rewind to a pre-festival recording to discuss the following films:Drunken Noodles by Lucio Castro (ACID)Nino by Pauline Loquès (Semaine de la Critique)Laurent dans le vent (Drifting Laurent) by Anton Balekdjian, Léo Couture et Mattéo Eustachon (ACID)For those who are German speakers, you can also fin...2025-05-2038 min
CannesversationsCannes 78: Opening & The Sound of Falling by Mascha Schilinski | Two Prosecutors by Sergei Loznitsa | Sirat by Óliver LaxeWelcome back to our coverage of the Cannes Film Festival!We (Patrick and Eliana) look forward to sharing our first reactions and giving a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events.Join us on day four of twelve to discuss the festival's opening days:Partir un Jour by Amélie BonninGold Rush by Charlie ChaplinThe Sound of Falling by Mascha SchilinskiTwo Prosecutors by Sergei LoznitsaSirat by Óliver LaxeComing soon:Drunken Noodles by Lucio Castro (ACID)Nino by Pauline Loquès (Semaine de la Critique)Laurent dans le vent (Drifting Lau...2025-05-1852 min
CannesversationsOur Top Ten Films of 2024 - Part 2For the second part of the first episodes of Cannesversations this year, Eliana and Patrick (X | LB) are joined by critic friends Öykü Sofuoğlu and Lawrence Garcia to look back at their favorite films of 2024.Follow Öykü (X | LB) & Lawrence (X | LB) on Twitter/X or LetterboxdOur Part 2 Top 10 Films discussion begins withLawrence's #5 to 1 - 00:26#4 - 23:30#3 - 48:35#2 - 1:08:10#1 - 1:27:45# 1:43:38 - Yay or Nay? Patrick reads a list of films that will come out in 2025.LawrenceThe Damned | Roberto MinerviniKottukali (The Adamant Girl) | PS Vinoth RajThe Perip...2025-02-041h 54
CannesversationsOur Top Ten Films of 2024 - Part 1For the first episode of Cannesversations this year, Eliana and Patrick (X | LB) are joined by critic friends Öykü Sofuoğlu and Lawrence Garcia for the second year to look back at their favorite films of 2024.Follow Öykü (X | LB) & Lawrence (X | LB) on Twitter/X or LetterboxdOur Part 1 Top 10 Films discussion begins with#10 - 33:35#9 - 43:00#8 - 59:12#7 - 1:17:18#6 - 1:19:50#5 - 1:28:24ÖyküThe Periphery of the Base | Zhou TaoLes Reines du Drames | Alexis LangloisBy the Stream | Hong Sang SooMiséricorde | Alain Guiraudie100,000,000,000 (Cent mille milliards) | Virgil VernierEat the Night | Caroline Poggi, J...2025-01-271h 39
CannesversationsCannes 77 Finale: Palme d'or Winner Anora (Sean Baker) & All we Imagine as Light (Payal Kapadia) & Grand Tour (Miguel Gomes)On this episode, we (Eliana & Patrick) catch up one week after the festivities to wrap up our Cannesversations coverage of the 77th edition of the Cannes Film Festival.In this episode, we are joined by Öykü Sofuoğlu, independent film critic and podcast guest regular, to discuss:Post-festival impressions and the following films:Grand Tour by Miguel Gomes(Competion) - Best Director Award@ ~32 min 00All We Imagine As Light by Payal Kapadia(Competion) - Grand Jury Prize@ ~51 min 10Anora by Sean BakerPalme d'or Competition Winner@ ~ 51 min 25You can find all of Öykü's trilingual work on Li...2024-06-061h 33
CannesversationsCannes 77 : Desert of Namibia |ナミビアの砂 (山中瑶子 | Yamanaka Yoko) & Caught by the Tides | 风流一代 (賈樟柯 Jiǎ Zhāngkē) & An Unfinished Film | 一部未完成的电影 (婁燁 Lóu Yè)Welcome back to our coverage of the 77e of the Cannes Film Festival! Episode 4!We (Eliana & Patrick) look forward to sharing our first reactions and giving a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events.In this episode, we are joined by Łukasz Mańkowski, an independent film critic and programmer for the annual Five Flavours Asian Film Festival, which will take place this year between November 11-20 in Warsaw, Poland. Check it out!We catch up on day nine of twelve to discuss the following films:Desert of Namibia |ナミビアの砂 by 山中瑶子 Yamanaka Yoko (Quinzai...2024-05-231h 05
CannesversationsCannes 77: Une Langue Universelle (Matthew Rankin) & It Doesn't Matter (Josh Mond) & The Other Way Around (Jonás Trueba) & Armand (Halfdan Olav Ullmann Tøndel) & Apprendre (Claire Simon)Welcome back to our coverage of the 77e of the Cannes Film Festival! Episode 3!We (Eliana & Patrick) look forward to sharing our first reactions and giving a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events.In this episode, we catch up on day eight of twelve to discuss the following films:Une Langue Universelle | Universal Language by Matthew Rankin (Quinzaine des Cinéastes)@ ~2 min 50It Doesn't Matter by Josh Mond (acid)@ ~16 min 10The Other Way Around by Jonás Trueba@ ~29 minArmand by Halfdan Olav Ullmann Tøndel (Un Certain Regard)@ ~44 min 40App...2024-05-231h 02
CannesversationsCannes 77 : Ma Vie Ma Gueule | This Life of Mine (Sophie Fillières) & Bird (Andrea Arnold)Welcome back to our coverage of the Cannes Film Festival! Episode 2!We (Patrick and Eliana) look forward to sharing our first reactions and giving a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events.In this episode, we talk on day four of twelve to discuss the festival's Quinzaine de Cinéastes opening film, Ma Vie Ma Gueule | This Life of Mine by Sophie Fillières & competition film Bird by Andrea Arnold.Coming soon:Ma vie Ma gueule | This Life of Mine by Sophie Fillières (Quinzaine des Cinéastes)It Doesn't Matt...2024-05-181h 02
CannesversationsCannes 77 : Opening Remarks + Le Deuxième acte | The Second Act (Quentin Dupieux)Welcome back to our coverage of the Cannes Film Festival!We (Patrick and Eliana) look forward to sharing our first reactions and giving a sneak peek at the festival's ongoing films and events.In this episode, Jakob Jurisch joins us on day two of twelve to discuss the festival's opening film, Le Deuxième Acte | The Second Act (Quentin Dupieux), other festival controversies, and film anticipations.Coming soon:Ma vie Ma gueule | This Life of Mine by Sophie Fillières (Quinzaine des Cinéastes)Bird by Andrea Arnold (Competition)and more...2024-05-1637 min
CannesversationsLes Enfants du Paradis | Children of Paradise (1945) by Marcel CarnéThis week, Patrick and Eliana discuss Marcel Carné’s 1945 film Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise), which appeared in the 2011 Cannes Classics section. Filmed during the Nazi Occupation of France and released as the first film following its liberation, the film has continued to charm audiences in France and abroad with its gorgeous set design, iconic actors, and wit-infused characters, a result of the core collaboration between set designer Alexandre Trauner, screenwriter Jacques Prevert, and composer Joseph Kosma.Spectatorship and performance are at the heart of this farcical and bittersweet film, where four men vie...2024-04-042h 08
CannesversationsOur Top Ten of 2023 - Part 2 : #5 to #1For the last episode of Cannesversations this year, Eliana, and Patrick are joined by critic friends Öykü Sofuoğlu (this marks Öykü’s second time on the podcast; check out our Cannes episode on About Dry Grasses and May December) and Lawrence Garcia to look back at their favorite films of 2023.Follow Öykü & Lawrence on Twitter/XBelow, you'll find our Top 5 films.Top 5Öykü5 The Human Surge 3 (Eduardo 'Teddy' Williams)4 Afire (Christian Petzold)3 Los delincuentes (Rodrigo Moreno)2 May December (Todd Haynes)1 Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the Worl...2024-01-041h 27
CannesversationsOur Top Ten of 2023 - Part 1 : #10 to #6For the last episode of Cannesversations this year, Eliana, and Patrick are joined by critic friends Öykü Sofuoğlu (this marks Öykü’s second time on the podcast; check out our Cannes episode on About Dry Grasses and May December) and Lawrence Garcia to look back at their favorite films of 2023.Follow Öykü & Lawrence on Twitter/XBelow, you first find all our honorable mentions, followed by our individual Top 10-6 films.Honorable MentionsÖyküEvil Does Not Exist (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi)Killers of the Flower Moon (Martin Scorcese)Poor Things (Yorg...2023-12-311h 33
CannesversationsWorking Girls (1986) by Lizzie BordenThis week Eliana and Patrick delve into Lizzie Borden's 1986 dramedy Working Girls about a day in the life of a group of young sex workers in a middle-class brothel in 1980s Manhattan.A milieu rarely ever depicted on the big screen in American cinema (in their Criterion essay So Meyer stresses that it was not until Sean Baker's Tangerine in 2015—three decades later—that the lived reality of sex workers would take center stage of a major US feature film again), Borden, with her observational eye and collaborative filmmaking process, circumvents the common dichotomous portrayal of prostitutes as e...2023-10-181h 48
CannesversationsVisage [臉 | Face] (2009) by 蔡明亮 Tsai Ming-LiangOn this episode of Cannesversations Patrick and Eliana discuss Tsai Ming-Liang's 2009 in-competition Cannes film, Visage (臉 | Face). Commissioned by the Louvre Museum and sprinkled with the ghosts of Nouvelle Vague and Truffaut's own muses, the Taiwanese director's own muse, Lee Kang Sheng, wades through halls of grief and desire while directing a film based on the incandescent and timeless biblical Salomé.Through long durational takes, absurd situations, and a composed acumen of transience, Tsai's cinema captivates with just one face, leaving behind a body of work that lends itself in equal parts to theatrical and institutional dissemination.R...2023-09-021h 32
CannesversationsWestern (2017) by Valeska GrisebachThis week on Cannesversations, Eliana and Patrick discuss Valeska Grisebach’s self-described "dance with the Western genre," the 2017 Cannes Un Certain Regard film Western. Considered by some to be part of the second generation of the Berlin School and by others to be one of the distinct voices of the New Austrian Cinema, Grisebach distinguishes herself through her filmmaking approach by favoring a collaborative process with her actors in the conceptualization of scenes.Strangely enough, this does not take away from her directorial signature style, yet rather establishes her as one of the leading filmmakers of world ci...2023-08-181h 29
CannesversationsFesten (1998) by Thomas VinterbergThis week Patrick and Eliana discuss Thomas Vinterberg’s 1998 Cannes Jury Prize winner, Festen (The Celebration). The inaugural Dogme 95 film is filled with frenetic energy that put Denmark back on the filmmaking landscape as it attempted to break free from that which was mainstream and conventional.Resources:C. Claire Thomson. Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen. University of Washington Press, 2013.Liliana Pedrón de Martín. “Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen (1998). An Attempt to Avoid Madness through Denunciation.”The Couch and the Silver Screen. Psychoanalytic Reflections on European Cinema, edited by Andrea Sabbadini, Brunner-Rutledge, 2003, pp. 94-99.Götsch, Dietmar: „Schimmer des Ve...2023-08-041h 22
CannesversationsAll That Jazz (1979) by Bob FosseEliana and Patrick have decided to keep Cannesversations afloat by riffling through the abundance of films historically screened at the Cannes Film Festival. This week we discuss Bob Fosse and his 1979 Palme d'Or winning All that Jazz and give our take on the legacy of the unapologetically frank choreographer whose personal and professional brilliance gave us this timeless spectacle.Resources:Jenai Kutcher: Bob Fosse. The Rosen Publishing Group, 2006.Dara Milovanovic: “The Fosse Woman. Analysis of Femininity, Aesthetics, and Corporeality.” www.eprints.kingston.ac.uk/id/eprint/42587/1/Milovanovic-D.pdfVincent Canby: www.nytimes.com/1979/12/20/archives/the-screen-roy-scheider-stars-in-all-that-jazzpeter-pan-syndrome.htmlMartin Gottfried: All...2023-07-271h 17
CannesversationsCannes 76: Palme d'Or Anatomy of a Fall, L'été Dernier & La Chimera - Festival FinalePatrick and Eliana wrap up our coverage of the 76th Cannes Film Festival and discuss the closing ceremony, Justine Triet's Palme d'Or winner- Anatomie d'une Chute (Anatomy of a Fall), Catherine Breillat's L'été Dernier (Last Summer), and Alice Rohrwacher's La Chimera.Palme d'Or winning Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet) & L'été Dernier (Catherine Breillat) and La Chimera (Alice Rohrwacher)0:00 Intro End of Cannes + Closing Ceremony13:26- Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall36:46 - Catherine Breillat’s L’été Dernier58:46 - Alice Rohrwacher’s La ChimeraYou can follow Patrick and Eliana on Letterboxd!2023-06-031h 24
CannesversationsCannes 76 : The Zone of Interest & Close your Eyes (Cerrar los Ojos) & Inside the Yellow Cocoon ShellPatrick and Eliana are joined by Giancarlo to talk about films on day eleven of the Cannes Film Festival: Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest, Victor Erice's Close your Eyes (Cerrar los Ojos), and Pham Thien An's Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell.Jonathan Glazers' The Zone of Interest, Victor Erice's Close your Eyes (Cerrar los Ojos), Pham Thien An's Inside the Yellow Cocoon ShellJonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest -00:04:26 - 00:27:18Victor Erice's Close Your Eyes 00:27:19 - 00:38:48Pham Thien An's Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell - 00:38:48 - 01:02:38You can follow Patrick , Eliana or GC...2023-05-291h 05
CannesversationsCannes 76: "About Dry Grasses", "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed", "May December"Patrick and Eliana are joined by Öykü to talk about films on day nine of the Cannes Film Festival: Nuri Bilge Ceylan's About Dry Grasses, Joanna Arnow's The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed, and Todd Haynes' May December.Cannes 76: "About Dry Grasses", "The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed", "May December"Nuri Bilge Ceylan - About Dry Grasses 00:04:10 - 00:21:03Joanna Arnow- The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed 00:21:03- 00:27:30Todd Haynes - May December 00:27:30 - 00:45:00You can follow Patrick , Eliana or Öykü on Letterboxd!2023-05-2445 min
CannesversationsCannes 76: "Occupied City", "Anselm", "Youth (Spring) 春" & "Monster"Patrick and Eliana talk about films on day four of the 76th Cannes Film Festival: Steve McQueen's Occupied City, Wim Wender's Anselm, Wang Bing's Youth (Spring) 春 and Hirokazu Kore-eda's Monster. Excuses for uploading this much later than we had hoped!Cannes 76: "Occupied City", "Anselm", "Youth (Spring) 春" & "Monster"Steve McQueen's Occupied City 00:02:04 - 00:10:19Wim Wender's Anselm 00:10:20 - 00:16:06Wang Bing's Youth (Spring) 00:16:07 - 00:28:35Hirokazu Kore-eda's Monster 00:28:35 - 00:45:25You can follow Patrick and Eliana on Letterboxd!2023-05-2248 min
CannesversationsCannes 76: Rivette's "L'Amour Fou" & Maïwenn's "Jeanne du Barry"Patrick and Eliana talk about expectations and films on day two of the 76th Cannes Film Festival and Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou and Maïwenn's Jeanne du Barry. We still need a jingle!Rundown of the Festival and Expectations 00:00Jacques Rivette's L'Amour Fou 00:27:46Maïwenn's Jeanne du Barry 00:31:53You can follow Patrick and Eliana on Letterboxd!2023-05-1738 min