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Bikeriders, Kinds of Kindness and Daves
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This time, the gang really is all here. We promise. And we have an important question for our audience. In the midst of us talking about some Venice, TIFF and Berlin news, we come to a query: who is the Dave you would most want to meet? We hope to hear from you soon on this important matter. Also, we talk about THE BIKERIDERS and KINDS OF KINDNESS …
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The 21st Century Cannes Draft with JJ Bersch
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JJ Bersch returns to discuss the first year of the 21st Century, liking every movie, and Fortnite. 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 @jcpglickw…
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Can you believe it's time to Consider the Fall already? That's right, we've heard the first bit of news out of TIFF 2024, 6 world premiere titles and a couple of tribute awards! And the gang's all here to break it down. Will Elton John perform in the streets of Toronto like Nickleback? Who has the authority to decide whether a film is an act of cre…
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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)…
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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…
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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 @clat…
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Cannes 2024 Week 1 News and Reactions
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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 Enjo…
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COMA, News and the Start of Cannes 2024
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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 inte…
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The Sympathizer, Hundreds of Beavers, and MORE Cannes Predictions
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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-h…
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Challengers, The Beast and TIFF Turmoil (with Soraya Roberts)
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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 Robert…
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2024 Cannes Lineup Additions, The Taste of Things and Babette's Feast
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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 abou…
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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…
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Cannes 2024 Lineup and Vanya on 30th Anniversary
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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 ou…
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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 …
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The "The Conversation" Conversation
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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…
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Richard Linklater's Sundance Doc, Hometown Prison
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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 f…
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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 favorit…
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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 th…
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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…
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The Cannes I Kick It? Matchmaker Extravaganza
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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, th…
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SXSW, Rotterdam and I'M GEORGE LUCAS with Ryan Jacobi and Patrick Cotnoir
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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 als…
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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…
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The 2024 Berlin Lineup and Sundance Begins
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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 Enj…
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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 …
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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 i…
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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! …
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2024 Sundance and Slamdance Lineups
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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 letter…
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2023 Cannes I Kick It Film Festival
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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 festival. Thrill as we debate settings, sponsors, and just how many live podcast recordings we can bank at this year's edition. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Ou…
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SHORTSGIVING SHADESGIVING NUMBER THREE
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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 picked by each co-host. This year's crop: THE GAG (2023, Dir. Larry Owens), (tourism studies) (2019, Dir. Joshua Gen Solondz), LAST DAYS IN A LONELY PLACE (…
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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 the various online Broadway discussion forums of the late aughts. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoyin…
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Killers of the Flower Moon, Priscilla, and Anatomy of a Fall New Release Round Up
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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 more high profile ones. Martin Scorsese's Cannes premiere KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Justine Triet's Palme D'Or winner ANATOMY OF A FALL, and Sofia Coppola'…
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We talk about the new leadership in Venice and draft festival films without distribution. See you at the movies! 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 @imlaughal…
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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. We wanted some more context before MAESTRO makes its way across America, so we turned to America's preeminent MAESTRO authority, FRAN HOEPFNER! Together we …
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NYFF Recap, Landscape with an Invisible Hand and Other Nonsense
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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 Landscape with Invisible Hand. Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is CIKIPod Enjoying the show? Feel free to send a few b…
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NYFF Reactions and Annie Baker’s THE ANTIPODES
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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, and then turn to look at an earlier work from JANET PLANET director ANNIE BAKER, her 2017 play THE ANTIPODES. We discuss the world Baker creates in the play, …
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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 CATCHER, and POISON, and discuss what unites them, what we responded to, and how the release and platform suits or does not suit the work Anderson is doing …
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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! Follow Gabrus on twitter @Gabrus 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 f…
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One Last Bonus Episode on TIFF with C.J. Prince
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We're not done yet, Jesse is finally back from Vermont and has wrapped up a few of her loose ends from TIFF, along with critic and programmer C.J. Prince. Discussions on the Wavelengths shorts, Mambar Pierrette, Close Your Eyes, Hit Man, The Royal Hotel, Aggro Dr1ft, and more! Follow C.J. on twitter @cj_prin Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instag…
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Wrapping Up the Toronto Film Festival
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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 POOR THINGS and AMERICAN FICTION), break down the balance of our TIFF slates, and generally gas on about the state of theatrical distribution and managing …
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Everyone is in different locations but we still managed to get some TIFF thoughts out there. Special guest appearance by J. Kim Murphy. Follow Jackson on twitter @jkimmurphy 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 …
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Cullen calls Jesse at TIFF to see what everyone has watched so far! 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…
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Pre-Tiff Check In: 2023 Trailers and More
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It's TIFF traveling time! As this episode is released we are in or making our way to Toronto, so of course it is the natural time for a loose episode of different things. Definitely not a grabbag and if you suggest otherwise we'll see you in court. First up, news on Currents and more, then our annual look at some of the big trailers of the year ava…
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While Jesse's away, the boys play. See the CIKI Immaculate Grid 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 are @andytgerm @clatchley @imlaughalone @jcpglickwebber…
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New York Film Festival Opening Night Jury with David Sims
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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 competition and conflict into their whole affair. The slate? Films that played in the opening slot of NYFF in the new millennium so far. Returning to join us a…
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We’ve Got a TIFF Schedule! Here’s Some Questions!
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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 hour ago and were pretty loopy then, so imagine how loopy I am now. Description Our twitter is @CannesIKickIt Our instagram is @CIKIPod Our letterboxd is C…
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Steven Soderbergh’s 2023 and More TIFF Programs - Featuring an Interview with Associate Curator of Wavelengths Jesse Cumming
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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 Wavelengths at TIFF, Jesse Cumming, about the JUST ANNOUNCED TIFF Wavelengths program for this year (34:10). And as if that is not enough, we reconvene to discus…
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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 only the last question is addressed in this attempt to think about this year's Venice Jury. Also, more TIFF announcements! The list we are pulling from is …
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The 2023 TIFF & Venice News Bonanza
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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! 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 hos…
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Barbie and Oppenheimer’s Festival Origins with Cassidy Olsen
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The trendiest film weekend in recent history deserves some context, and Cannes I Kick It is here to provide it. Upon the simultaneous release of Greta Gerwig's BARBIE and Christopher Nolan's OPPENHEIMER, we look back to their earlier festival days, taking a peak at INSOMNIA and MISTRESS AMERICA. Joining us is writer and filmmaker CASSIDY OLSEN! We …
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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 into a whole dang draft. That's right, we're drafting the Venice Lineup! We met before (almost) any major fall announcements, and we're going to keep tabs on …
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