We talk about Hit Man, we are all excited.  Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jcpglickwebber (edited)

As is tradition, we've recorded a commentary on our Palme d'Ollie winner. We mostly discuss how good Asteroid City is, but also get into Indian Paintbrush's recent exploits, the possibility of Andy running for president, and not knowing most of the cast of The Phoenician Scheme. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts...

We break down the award winners from this years Cannes Film Festival, Emilio saw some movies from there, and we all saw Furiosa.  Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jcpglickwebber

Cannes 2024 is winding down, all but a few titles have premiered and many critics are already on their way out. Andy and Emilio check in on what's getting distributed, what the general reactions have been, and why Andy has an association with liking Diane Kruger. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts...

As crowds gather in France and it seems like there have been blessedly few notable headlines (as of recording this episode, anyways) we discuss the opening press conference of Cannes and Meryl Streep's honorary Palme presentation. We also catch up on a good bit of news from Venice and others, and have a nice chat about Kevin Costner's Deadline interview. And to top it all off, Bertrand Bonello's COMA is getting something of a theatrical rollout in America on the heels of THE BEAST, and we've...

Another mixed pouch this week. The gang looks at news out of San Sebastian and a potential looming strike that could affect Cannes, before we dig into festival favorite Park Chan-wook's new HBO series THE SYMPATHIZER starring Hoa Xuande and Robert Downey Jr. going full Klumps, and recent indie sensation HUNDREDS OF BEAVERS, a silly slapstick cult-hit in the making. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few...

First things first. This episode is NOT a gr*bag. However, we do have a wide range of topics to discuss. What's happening with Sundance and Slamdance? Who is on the Cannes Jury? What do we think of recent new releases CHALLENGERS and THE BEAST? What's happening with the organization of TIFF? For that last question, Emilio is joined by Soraya Roberts to discuss her recent article How Did TIFF’s Lightbox Become Its Money Pit? . All other questions are handled by the panel. Follow Soraya on...

Food glorious food! 2023 Cannes Charmer THE TASTE OF THINGS has made its way to digital release and so we put our napkins in collars and dig into the sumptuous feast from Tran Anh Hung. We also look back to an earlier food movie, 1987 Un Certain Regard title BABETTE'S FEAST from Gabriel Axel. Our relationship to food on film, what we can learn about a character from how they eat and how they cook, and the nature of art and pleasure, we get into all of it. Plus, up top we have a look at the...

We talk about Alice Rohrwacher's latest film La Chimera!  Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jcpglickwebber

It's a classic Emilio and Andy mess around as we discuss the recently announced Cannes Lineup. We then discuss Louis Malle's Vanya on 42nd Street for its 30th Anniversary. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jcpglickwebber

April isn't too late to look back right? Of course it isn't! It's time for us to finally come to consensus on the best of 2023 in film, to find out who will take home the coveted Palme D'Ollie! We get into the performances, the writing, and our philosophy on what we want out of film! Goodbye to 2023, we hope you enjoy! Eligibility list is here Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on...

We had a conversation about The Conversation. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jcpglickwebber

This week on the podcast we cover Hometown Prison, directed by Richard Linklater. This is episode 1 of God Save Texas, a documentary TV series that premiered at this year's Sundance. We discuss how this documentary shapes our understanding of Linklater's work in terms of biographical background and his conversational/curious style. We discuss our favorite moments from the doc and our general admiration for Linklater's work. Our Twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our Instagram is @CIKIPod Our...

The time has come around again for us to take an early look at what this year's Cannes competition might look like. It may not feel quite so early anymore as the trades scramble to catch up with us, but nonetheless Jesse has put together another barely informed set of potential entrants from which her co-hosts will crown an early Palme d'Or favorite. Do we think Terrence Malick will finally release a new film? Do we expect Neon to continue their streak? Will our listeners send us twenty...

Every year, Cannes I Kick It? does a commentary episode, reserved for the winner of our annual and prestigious Palme D'Ollie. This year, we threw out that precedent and decided to do a live commentary investigation into the question "What's Cat Person?" That's right we check out the 2023 Sundance flop, now streaming on Hulu. None of us have read the story! Not all of us will last until the end of the movie! Join us on our journey! Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our...

Sometimes you have to look ahead. And this is one of those times. Please enjoy a live commentary of a trailers playlist, in addition to some brief discussion of what is happening at Berlin. Attempt to follow along with the trailers here! Referenced links Here, Here, and Here. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts...

For TOO LONG, Valentine's Day has been focused on a narrow, and dare we say, Hallmark Approved, definition of Romantic Love. Well, we here at Cannes I Kick It have some questions about that. What about the steady love of friendship? Or the love that forms from the artistic collaboration between director and actor? Or the most unique love of all, the love between a distributor and a festival title it has acquired? We are here to investigate these questions with a series of games designed to...

We wrap up our coverage of Slamdance 2024 with an exclusive interview with some of the team behind I'M GEORGE LUCAS: A CONNOR RATLIFF STORY, specifically Director and Producer RYAN JACOBI and Co-Producer and Co-Star (and returning guest) PATRICK COTNOIR! We get the inside scoop on the making of the film and the Slamdance premiere experience. We also have a lot of news to catch up on, including some Rotterdam titles Jesse has seen and a SxSW lineup that's been out there for a minute. Interview...

It's official: 2024 will not be a year without festivals! Slamdance and Sundance are in the books, and we've seen a handful of the films available on digital platforms throughout these festivals, so we check in on some titles like THE ACCIDENT, A REAL PAIN, SUNCOAST, BETWEEN THE TEMPLES, GOOD ONE, and IN THE SUMMERS. We also discuss the winners and the deals. Plus: news! Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Maybe you'd better...

Winter Festival season is in full swing and we bring you talk of some of the earliest Sundance buzz and the announced lineups of the Competition and Encounters section of the 2024 Berlinale! A classic "we talk about a press conference only Jesse has seen" episode. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts...

New year new yearly preview format! That's right, we're back for 2024 and it's time for us to look ahead, this time by borrowing from the podcast Effectively Wild and making UNLIKELY PREDICTIONS! That's right, we are predicting things with a very low possibility of happening and we're depending on YOU the listener to help us be accountable to each other. Visit the link below to vote in the poll about what will and will not happen, so we can tally up the points at the end of the...

A Tacular comes but once a year, and what a year it has been. We've Taculared non festival films (Mank once or twice) and Cannes premieres (France and The French Dispatch), but never before has a trailer so solidified the need for a Tacular. And this Tacular comes to us all the way from the opening night of Berlin. Rebecca Miller's She Came to Me is the subject. Our many thought and some thoughts from our listeners is the meat of the thing. Enjoy the She Came to Me-Tacular! Thank you for...

Palme D'Ollie Recipient Todd Haynes is back! MAY DECEMBER is taking the world by storm, and we are here to get into this tonally complicated, big performance Cannes premiere! Also, we have some BIG news from Berlin and Cannes, and Jesse has seen a lot of things at the AFI EU SHOWCASE including ZONE OF INTEREST, FALLEN LEAVES, LA CHIMERA, and more! Joining us for this is our friend JACKSON KIM MURPHY of VARIETY! Follow Jackson on Twitter @cheaperby12film Submit a 2-minute voice memo with your...

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 sections, discuss the accessibility of the festival, and take a small peak at Slamdance as well. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few bucks our way on Ko-fi. Thanks to Tree Related for our theme song Our hosts...