French film director, screenwriter and film critic
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Vertice dei 27 sulla competitività, venerdì in Belgio. "Il contesto economico peggiora: è urgente agire", avverte l'ex capo della Bce Draghi. Meloni assicura che "il motore italo-tedesco" non è contro qualcun altro, ma Madrid protesta formalmente con Roma per la riunione ristretta convocata con Berlino prima del summit. Nella seconda parte di Europa Europa, condotto da Gigi Donelli e in onda domenica alle 11,30. il nostro ospite Olivier Assayas, regista de "Il Mago del Cremlino", trasposizione cinematografica dell'omonimo romanzo di Giuliano da Empoli sull'ascesa politica di Vladimir Putin, raccontata dal punto di vista del suo spin doctor.
Il regista Michelangelo Gelormini presenta il suo "La gioia" con Valeria Golino, Saul Nanni e Jasmine Trinca."Il mago del Cremlino" è un film tratto dal libro di Nicola da Empoli e diretto da Olivier Assayas, con Jude Law, Paul Dano e Alicia Vikander. Ne parliamo con il regista Olivier Assayas.Apriamo con il nostro Boris Sollazzo che ci parla di "Pillion" diretto da Harry Lighton, con Alexander Skarsgård, Harry Melling e Brian Martin e del remake "Cime tempestose" diretto da Emerald Fennell, con Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi e Owen Cooper."Due procuratori" è un film diretto da Sergei Loznitsa, con Alexander Kuznetsov, Anatoliy Belyy e Aleksandr Filippenko. Lo ha visto per noi Chiara Pizzimenti.
Présenté par Théo Ribeton avec Murielle Joudet, Yal Sadat et notre invité Louis Séguin, critique et cinéaste.- Father Mother Sister Brother de Jim Jarmusch (à partir de 02'13)- Hamnet de Chloe Zhao (à partir de 21'49)- Le Mage du Kremlin d'Olivier Assayas (à partir de 36'04)Enregistré le 22 janvier 2026 à Paris.
De Michel Delage an d'Valerija Berdi beschwätzen: "Nuremberg" (James Vanderbilt), "Grand ciel" (Akihiro Hata), "La Grazia" (Paolo Sorrentino) a "Le Mage du Kremlin" (Olivier Assayas).
durée : 00:07:19 - Le Masque et la Plume - par : Jérôme Garcin - Olivier Assayas adapte “Le Mage du Kremlin, le best-seller de Giuliano da Empoli, En un peu moins de 2h30, le film revient sur 30 ans d'histoire de la Russie et sur l'ascension de Vladimir Poutine, de l'effondrement de l'URSS jusqu'en 2019. Qu'en ont pensé les critiques du "Masque et la Plume" ? Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.
Bertrand Lesguillons vous propose un choc cinématographique entre l''intimité mystique de Chloé Zhao dans " Hamnet " et les coulisses glaciales du pouvoir russe filmées par Olivier Assayas. Portés par les performances habitées de Paul Dano, Jessie Buckley et d'un Jude Law méconnaissable.
Cette semaine je reçois le réalisateur Olivier Assayas afin de parler d'un de ses films préférés : Van Gogh de Maurice Pialat (1991). Hébergé par Acast. Visitez acast.com/privacy pour plus d'informations.
durée : 00:02:56 - Capture d'écrans - par : Dorothée Barba - L'ascension de Vladimir Poutine racontée par son homme de l'ombre. Olivier Assayas adapte le best-seller de Giuliano Da Empoli, "Le Mage du Kremlin", porté par un Jude Law très convaincant dans le rôle de Vladimir Poutine. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.
"Il faut être scout avant d'aimer les robes." Jürgen Doering a commencé sa carrière dans la mode, travaillant aux côtés de Karl Lagarfeld et d'Yves Saint Laurent, avant de bifurquer vers le cinéma.Il a costumé la femme la plus riche du monde, Catherine Deneuve, Poutine et Louis XV.Il raconte sa carrière passionnante, de la mode au costume, au micro de Profession : Costumière. Retrouvez Profession : costumière sur Instagram Un podcast signé Céleste Touboul Durante Logo : agence Silenzio Montage : RomainHébergé par Ausha. Visitez ausha.co/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
durée : 00:46:50 - La 20e heure - par : Eva Bester - Le réalisateur Olivier Assayas est l'invité à l'occasion de la sortie de son film "Le Mage du Kremlin", l'adaptation du best-seller de Giuliano da Empoli publié en 2022 qui raconte le parcours d'un metteur en scène russe qui va devenir conseiller du futur "tsar" Vladimir Poutine. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.
durée : 01:00:07 - Olivier Assayas, réalisateur - par : Priscille Lafitte - Réalisateur de cinéma à la filmographie fournie - dernier film en date "Le Mage du Kremlin" - Olivier Assayas a longtemps privilégié le rock, avant d'assumer une prédilection pour les musiques anciennes, de Bingen à Haendel en passant par Monteverdi, qui s'immiscent dans les bande-sons de ses films. - réalisé par : Claire Lagarde Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.
durée : 00:20:22 - L'invité de 8h20 : le grand entretien - par : Benjamin Duhamel, Florence Paracuellos - Avec Giuliano Da Empoli, essayiste, romancier et conseiller politique, auteur du roman "Le Mage du Kremlin", finaliste du prix Goncourt en 2022 et Olivier Assayas, réalisateur et scénariste pour le film : “Le Mage du Kremlin”, en salle le 21/01. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.
A world-cinema fixture who's earned the support of Martin Scorsese, M. Night Shyamalan, Olivier Assayas, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Béla Tarr, Claire Denis, Christian Petzold, Tilda Swinton, and Ryusuke Hamaguchi––among many others––Carlo Chatrian reshaped the festival landscape with his work as artistic director of the Locarno Film Festival and Berlinale, his influence such that an abdication of his position at the latter in 2023 caused an honest-to-God outcry. He is now serving as director of the National Cinema Museum in Turin and, for the last couple weeks, also acted as head of the international competition jury at the Tokyo International Film Festival. While we were both there, I sought the opportunity to ask him about these responsibilities, and found myself engaged in a rigorous serious conversation about where he sees cinema culture at the moment, where it might be headed, and––amidst all this––reasons to be hopeful.
Daniel wraps up the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival with a final dive into three premieres that defined the festival's bold spirit. From intimate character studies to gripping thrillers, these films close out TIFF's showcase of cinematic voices that linger long after the credits roll. Train Dreams, directed by Clint Bentley, adapts Denis Johnson's novella about a laborer's solitary life in the early 20th-century American West, weaving themes of grief and resilience through a stark, poetic lens. The Wizard of the Kremlin, directed by Olivier Assayas, explores the shadowy world of a political strategist in modern Russia, blending thriller elements with sharp commentary on power. The Last One for the Road, directed by Francesco Sossai, follows a young man's journey through rural Italy, confronting personal loss and unexpected bonds; includes an interview with director Francesco Sossai on crafting the film's intimate tone. This concludes our coverage of the 50th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival. Many thanks to TIFF for inviting us and we're already counting down the days until next year! If you have any questions or comments, or would like to recommend a movie we cover next please reach out to us on social media. We're on Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter) and Instagram.
Agradece a este podcast tantas horas de entretenimiento y disfruta de episodios exclusivos como éste. ¡Apóyale en iVoox! Acceso anticipado para Fans - Esta semana llega una de las que dicen que puede ser la mejor película del año, la nueva de Paul Thomas Anderson: Una batalla tras otra. Olivier Assayas presenta El mago del Kremlin, los Moriarti Maspalomas, tras su paso por San Sebastián ,y llega también una de acción Ya no quedan junglas. Para acabar, os cuento qué me han parecido Sirat, la película de Oliver Laxe, y Romería la tercera película de Carla Simón.Escucha este episodio completo y accede a todo el contenido exclusivo de El Octavo Pasajero. Descubre antes que nadie los nuevos episodios, y participa en la comunidad exclusiva de oyentes en https://go.ivoox.com/sq/4315
Primer podcast especial des del Festival de Donosti en el que l'Héctor i la Teresa Beitia analitzen el bo i millor del certamen. Per començar la cobertura tenim les esperadíssimes 'Sentimental Value' de Joachim Trier o la 'Nouvelle Vague' de Richard Linklater. També hem vist 'Los Tigres', la nova proposta d'Alberto Rodríguez o 'El mago del Kremlin', el biopic sobre l'home que va crear Vladimir Putin dirigit per Olivier Assayas. Altres títols a esmentar són la sorprenent 'Bad Apples' o 'The Fence', la nova obra d'un clàssic del festival com la Claire Denis.
In questo episodio Leo e Sacco vi portano alla 82esima Mostra d'Arte Cinematografica di Venezia raccontandovi alcuni film presentati dal festival.00:00:00 - Inizio puntata e introduzione a Venezia 8200:13:28 - Frankenstein di Gulliermo Del Toro & In The Hand Of Dante di Julian Schnabel00:24:24 - Bugonia di Yorgos Lanthimos00:32:39 - No Other Choice di Park Chan-work00:37:24 - After The Hunt di Luca Gadagnino00:45:08 - Mother Father Sister Brother di Jim Jarmush00:48:21 - Remake di Ross McElwee00:51:29 - La Grazia di Paolo Sorrentino00:58:28 - L'Etranger di Francois Ozon01:02:14 - Jay Kelly di Noah Baumbach01:08:22 - Mother di Teona Strugar Mitevska & (di nuovo) In The Hand Of Dante di Julian Schnabel01:10:54 - The Testament of Ann Lee di Mona Fastvold01:13:42 - Un Anno di Scuola di Laura Samani01:14:52 - La Valle Dei Sorrisi di Paolo Strippoli01:16:02 - Orfeo di Virgilio Villoresi01:16:56 - Agon di Giulio Bertelli01:17:45 - Carrellata di titoli: Barrio Triste, il nuovo di Herzog (bellissimo), il nuovo di Laszlo Nemes (deludentissimo), Di Costanzo e Marsco ne parliamo nella prossima puntata01:18:51 - Il Mago del Cremlino di Olivier Assayas
The Wizard of the Kremlin by Olivier Assayas in the 82° Venice competition marks the collaboration between actors Paul Dano and Jude Law The post “The Wizard of the Kremlin”, interview with actors Paul Dano and Jude Law appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
The Wizard of the Kremlin by Olivier Assayas in the 82° Venice competition marks the collaboration between actors Paul Dano and Jude Law The post “The Wizard of the Kremlin”, interview with actors Paul Dano and Jude Law appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
The Wizard of the Kremlin by Olivier Assayas in the 82° Venice competition marks the collaboration between actors Paul Dano and Jude Law The post “The Wizard of the Kremlin”, interview with actors Paul Dano and Jude Law appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
The Wizard of the Kremlin by Olivier Assayas in the 82° Venice competition marks the collaboration between actors Paul Dano and Jude Law The post “The Wizard of the Kremlin”, interview with actors Paul Dano and Jude Law appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
The Wizard of the Kremlin by Olivier Assayas in the 82° Venice competition marks the collaboration between actors Paul Dano and Jude Law The post “The Wizard of the Kremlin”, interview with actors Paul Dano and Jude Law appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
The Wizard of the Kremlin by Olivier Assayas in the 82° Venice competition marks the collaboration between actors Paul Dano and Jude Law The post “The Wizard of the Kremlin”, interview with actors Paul Dano and Jude Law appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Vu politeschen Analyse vun eiser Welt bis zu engem minimalistische Familljen-Triptychon: De Marc Trappendreher ass weider fir eis zu Venedeg a verréit, wéi sech déi nei Filmer vum Olivier Assayas, der Kathryn Bigelow a vum Jim Jarmusch an der Competitioun schloen. Am Jarmusch sengem "Father Mother Sister Brother" spillt ënner anerem och d'Vicky Krieps mat.
This week, Film Comment is reporting from the picturesque shores of the Lido, where the Venice Film Festival takes place each year. This year's edition features new films by many major auteurs, including Noah Baumbach, Luca Guadagnino, Yorgos Lanthimos, Laura Poitras, and more. For our fifth episode from the city of canals, Film Comment Editor Devika Girish invited critics Savina Petkova and Jordan Mintzer to discuss Benny Safdie's The Smashing Machine (3:00), Lucrecia Martel's Nuestra Tierra (Landmarks) (18:26), and Olivier Assayas's The Wizard of Kremlin (31:49). Stay tuned for more Venice coverage, providing everything you need to know about the 2025 edition.
One of my favourite film critics Bilge Ebiri from Vulture joins me to talk about Olivier Assayas' The Wizard of the Kremlin, Kathryn Bigelow's A House of Dynamite, and Kaouther ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One of my favourite film critics Bilge Ebiri from Vulture joins me to talk about Olivier Assayas' The Wizard of the Kremlin, Kathryn Bigelow's A House of Dynamite, and Kaouther ben Hania's The Voice of Hind Rajab. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
Llegamos ya al ecuador del Festrival de Venecia y Don Carlos Rollero sigue sin descanso viendo películas para traernos las crónicas más esperadas. Hoy habla de El mago del Kremlin de Olivier Assayas, que cuenta en su reparto con Paul Dano y Jude Law. También de Father, Mother, Sister, Brother de Jim Jarmusch con Tom Waits, Adam Driver, Charlotte Rampling y Cate Blanchett.
Tratto dall'omonimo romanzo di Giuliano da Empoli, sceneggiato da Emmanuel Carrère e diretto da Olivier Assayas, Il mago del Cremlino è un film che racconta l'ascesa al potere di Putin attraverso una riflessione sulla politica moderna.
Rüdiger Suchsland berichtet von zwei ausgezeichneten Filmen im Wettbewerb um den Goldenen Löwen. Olivier Assayas' "Le Mage du Kremlin" ("Der Magier im Kreml") und die "Frankenstein"-Neuverfilmung vom Mexikaner Guillermo del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth") haben bei aller Verschiedenheit eines gemeinsam: Sie handeln vom Monströsen und sie brechen mit konventionellen Erwartungen.
Par Rafael Wolf et Thomas Gerber Pris au piège – Caught Stealing de Darren Aronofsky, avec Austin Butler, Zoë Kravitz, Regina King. Valeur sentimentale de Joachim Trier, avec Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgard, Elle Fanning. Alpha de Julia Ducournau, avec Tahar Rahim, Golshifteh Farahani, Mélissa Boros. Les conseils : La guerre des Rose (1990) de Danny De Vito, avec Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas, Danny De Vito, (en DVD et Blu-ray et sur certaines plateformes.) Sils Maria dʹOlivier Assayas, avec Juliette Binoche, Kristen Stewart, (en DVD et Blu-ray, et sur certaines plateformes.)
A Friss Hús fesztiválos gonzó podcastsorozat negyedik részében beszélgetünk a Cannes-t is megjárt The Spectacle (magyar címe: No. 3) rendezőjével, aki elismeri, hogy amúgy esze ágában sem lenne kisfilmet rendezni, de még az is jobb, mint megőrülni, illetve Zseni Mártonnal, akinek a Majdnem című filmje egyszerre hangolta le és villanyozta fel riporterünket, azaz engem. Bejelentkezik továbbá a fesztiváligazgató Deák Dani is, hogy elmesélje milyen szuper programokról maradtunk le szombaton és milyen szuper programokra mehetünk el még vasárnap.Itt lehet elolvasni Kenyeres Bálint interjúját Tarr Bélával, ez pedig itt az a 19 évvel ezelőtti Olivier Assayas-interjúm, amit valamiért folyton emlegetek mostanában. Cserhalmi Györggyel itt beszélgettem az álombéli repülésről.Készítette: Varga FerencZene: Hegyi OlivérJó szórakozást az adáshoz, és ha tetszik, kérlek támogasd a Filmklub podcastot a Patreonon, egy dollár is nagy segítség! Ha a Patreon túl macerás, támogathatod a podcastot a PayPalon (@ferencv1976) vagy a Revoluton (@ferenc7drh) keresztül is. Nagyon köszönöm!
En 2008, Daniele Kemp avait rencontré Olivier Assayas pour parler de L'heure d'été, un film qui explore avec délicatesse les liens familiaux, la mémoire et la transmission à travers l'art, les objets et la maison comme miroir du temps qui passe.
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. It's a day to celebrate! We discuss the legend Maggie Cheung! Our B-Sides include Lost Romance (a.k.a. Story of Rose), Full Moon in New York, Green Snake, and Sausalito. Our esteemed guest for this episode is Nick Newman, host of the Emulsion podcast for The Film Stage. We talk about the Hong Kong New Wave, Maggie's aborted performance in Inglourious Basterds, the true B-Sidey-Ness of Sausalito, and Maggie Cheung's brief, lovely, recent Sight and Sound interview. There's also Nick's Sight and Sound List, that GQ piece, Julia Ormond's tackling a famous Audrey Hepburn role, and Nick's great interview with filmmaker Olivier Assayas back in 2022. By 2004, at the young age of forty, Cheung retired from acting. Her legacy has only cemented further in the decades since her final films, something we discuss in this episode as well.
Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between. It's a day to celebrate! We discuss the legend Maggie Cheung! Our B-Sides include Lost Romance (a.k.a. Story of Rose), Full Moon in New York, Green Snake, and Sausalito. Our esteemed guest for this episode is Nick Newman, host of the Emulsion podcast for The Film Stage. We talk about the Hong Kong New Wave, Maggie's aborted performance in Inglourious Basterds, the true B-Sidey-Ness of Sausalito, and Maggie Cheung's brief, lovely, recent Sight and Sound interview. There's also Nick's Sight and Sound List, that GQ piece, Julia Ormond's tackling a famous Audrey Hepburn role, and Nick's great interview with filmmaker Olivier Assayas back in 2022. By 2004, at the young age of forty, Cheung retired from acting. Her legacy has only cemented further in the decades since her final films, something we discuss in this episode as well. Be sure to subscribe at thefilmstage.com/pod and give us a follow on Bluesky at @tfsbside.bsky.social. Enjoy!
We finally bring the brilliant, indelible work of Claire Denis to the pod with a discussion of her 1994 TV movie U.S. Go Home. Produced as part of the anthology series Tous les garcons et les filles de leur age… alongside work from other French visionaries like Chantal Akerman, Olivier Assayas and André Téchiné, Denis' film is an elliptical, compassionate coming-of-age story that regularly subverts expectations and never succumbs to the potentially regressive tendencies of its narrative milieu. We begin with some chatter about recent Hit Factory-featured filmmaker Edward Yang and a recent watch of his final work, Yi Yi. Then, we explore Denis' film - its lyrical formalism, its exquisite soundtrack - and how she crafts a work of simultaneously keen observation and hypnotic ambiguity. Watch U.S. Go Home on YouTubeThe Roxie theater in San Francisco is still seeking funds to help buy their building! Be sure to listen to our recent conversation with producer and Roxie board member Henry S. Rosenthal and visit the Roxie website to donate today!Get access to all of our premium episodes and bonus content by becoming a Hit Factory Patron for just $5/month.....Our theme song is "Mirror" by Chris Fish
Ep. 306: Olivier Assayas on his film Suspended Time, personal filmmaking, and recent favorites Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. This weekend, Rendez-Vous with French Cinema presents the latest Olivier Assayas film, Suspended Time—a thoughtful and funny chronicle set in the French countryside during pandemic lockdown. Set in Assayas's parents' house, it's about much more, circling his relationship with his rock critic brother—whom he isolated with, along with their partners—and the feelings of reckoning with mortality and the past that are stirred up. I spoke with Assayas when Suspended Time originally premiered in Berlin about fictionalizing his experience, the introspection of the pandemic, the directors that influenced him, his recent viewing, and where his Irma Vep series fit into all of this. Vincent Macaigne (also in the Irma Vep series) and Micha Lescot co-star as the brothers Assayas. Suspended Time screens March 14 and 16 at Film at Lincoln Center as part of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2025. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass
In this episode, we kick off the month of February with the self-aware indie satire from 1996, "Irma Vep", written and directed by Olivier Assayas and starring Maggie Cheung as herself! Listen now!
Her hafta Canlı Yayında sinema ve televizyon gündemini konuşuyoruz, ilgimizi çeken konuları tartışıyoruz.00:00 | Giriş01:25 | 2025'teyiz08:05 | Squid Game 2. Sezon Beklentiler11:18 | Altın&Bozuk Yoğurt Ödülleri ve Tepkiler19:45 | Kaan Gladyatör 2'ye Sinirlendi22:58 | Wicked25:20 | Mufasa: The Lion King30:50 | A Real Pain35:08 | Rumours 36:55 | Armand 49:15 | En İyi 10 Erotik Gerilim 1:16:40 | Global Netflix, Türkiye'yi Örnek Alıyor!1:19:45 | Fincher'ın Harry Potter Projesi1:23:20 | Metrodaki Squid Game Tanıtımı1:29:16 | Obama ile Hasan'ın Ortak Filmi1:30:45 | Nosferatu'nun Açılış Rakamları1:31:35 | Severance'ın İnanılmaz Bütçesi1:35:00 | Independent: 21. Yüzyılın En İyi 60 Oyuncusu1:41:20 | Olivier Assayas'ın Yeni Filmi1:42:35 | Susan Sontag Biyografisi Geliyor1:49:25 | Ev Köşesi: Sahip Olmaktan Memnun Olduğumuz Şeyler
Steve McQueen es uno de los autores clave del cine del siglo XXI. Con títulos como 'Shame', '12 años de esclavitud' o la serie 'Small Axe', el británico siempre ha tenido una mirada política al cuerpo y la historia. Ahora ambienta en la Segunda Guerra Mundial su nueva película, un drama sobre una madre y un hijo que protagoniza Saoirse Ronan. Es uno de los estrenos destacados de la semana, pero además tenemos el musical 'Wicked', la comedia de Olivier Assayas, el thriller de Gerardo Herrero y nuevas series para un buen maratón.
Steve McQueen es uno de los autores clave del cine del siglo XXI. Con títulos como 'Shame', '12 años de esclavitud' o la serie 'Small Axe', el británico siempre ha tenido una mirada política al cuerpo y la historia. Ahora ambienta en la Segunda Guerra Mundial su nueva película, un drama sobre una madre y un hijo que protagoniza Saoirse Ronan. Es uno de los estrenos destacados de la semana, pero además tenemos el musical 'Wicked', la comedia de Olivier Assayas, el thriller de Gerardo Herrero y nuevas series para un buen maratón.
Nights' resident screen critic Dan Slevin joins Emile Donovan to chat about Irma Vep a television show from show acclaimed French director Olivier Assayas, A Mistake the first feature film in 16 years from New Zealand director Christine Jeffs and a new streaming service containing all the documentary television made by the late John Pilger from 1970 to 2019.
Chad goes full dad in this mini-episode on Richard Linklater's 2014 coming-of-age epic Boyhood. Specifically, the plural meanings of Patricia Arquette's anguished move-out speech, and why raising children to lead their own lives is a bittersweet success. The Bright Wall/Dark Room Podcast is co-hosted by Veronica Fitzpatrick and Chad Perman and produced and edited by Eli Sands. Our theme music is composed by Chad. --- This episode is sponsored by Galerie, where you can join Veronica & Chad for a watch party this Sunday, August 18 at 3pm ET/12pm PT. We'll be hosting a viewing of Olivier Assayas' Clouds of Sils Maria, with live commentary and conversation, and would love to have you stop by and say hello! (BW/DR listeners can currently sign up for three months of free access to Galerie here.)
Two reasons this podcast exist: Film Junk and Patrick Ripoll. So I'm always grateful when Patrick returns since he's the OG co-host of this show. He's always doing killer work with Reg on 96 Greers that I highly recommend. But I vividly recall two moments of the past decade: his love of Clouds of Sils Maria and my love for Personal Shopper. Made a mental note to put French filmmaker Olivier Assayas on the list of potential directors and the time has come to cover him. He will have a movie out later this year but there are plenty of past titles and new discoveries for both of us to discuss even if ultimately, he didn't become an all-time favorite for either of us. We cover the majority of his filmography and have plenty of laughs along the way! Thank you to Patrick for being a consistently smart, insightful guest with plenty to say. No new episode in April but you'll get two special ones in May featuring Bill Ackerman early in the month and then Mitchell Beaupre later in the month! Footnote: The opening comes courtesy of Assayas' Cold Water and a time when Patrick broke some glass recording the podcast. 00:00 - 07:36 - Introduction 07:37 - 27:57 - His early work 27:58 - 01:14:20 - Cold Water, Irma Vep 01:14:21 - 01:43:20 - Demonlover, Boarding Gate, Summer Hours 01:43:21 - 02:20:06 - Carlos, Something In The Air, Clouds of Sils Maria 02:20:07 - 02:43:50 - Personal Shopper, Non-Fiction 02:43:51 - 02:50:52 - Top 3 Assayas / Outro 96 Greers! https://ninetysixgreers.podbean.com/
Do not take your phone off Airplane mode because we're heading to Paris to discuss Olivier Assayas' Personal Shopper (2016). Helping us sift through this fascinating, dense film is Trace's better half (and frequent returning guest) Ari Drew! Join us as we heap all the praise on Kristen Stewart before diving into all things supernatural (and technology!), linking the film to the recent wave of liminal horror films. Plus: Joe "raps" (yes, really), fade-outs galore, the necessity of on-screen nudity, silly conversations about gorillas and one of the scariest scenes to come out of the 2010s. References: > Katie Barnett. Invisible presences: The Elusive Twin and the Empty Screen in Personal Shopper. Revenant: Critical and creative studies of the supernatural. Revenant Journal. Questions? Comments? Snark? Connect with the boys on Twitter, Instagram, Youtube, Letterboxd, Facebook, or join the Facebook Group to get in touch with other listeners > Trace: @tracedthurman > Joe: @bstolemyremote > Rachel: @RachelSafety / @twodykesandamic Be sure to support the boys on Patreon! Theme Music: Alexander Nakarada Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Film Comment is reporting from Berlin, where the 2024 Berlinale kicked off on February 15. Throughout the festival, we'll be sharing daily podcasts, dispatches, and interviews covering all the highlights of this year's selection, including new films by Olivier Assayas, Mati Diop, Bruno Dumont, Hong Sangsoo, and many more. Subscribe to the Film Comment Letter here to stay up-to-date. On today's episode, our fifth from Berlin, FC Editor Devika Girish is joined by critics Ela Bittencourt and Frédéric Jaeger to talk about their recent viewing, with a focus on the German cinema at this year's edition. They discuss Eva Trobisch Ivo, Julia von Heinz's Treasure, and Andreas Dresen's From Hilde, with Love, among others, before turning to a selection of films directed by women, including a retrospective of films by Helke Sander, and new films including Christine Angot's A Family, Nele Wohlatz's Sleep with Your Eyes Open, and Anja Salomonowitz's Sleeping with a Tiger. Stay up to date with all of our Berlinale coverage here: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/category/festivals/berlin/
This week, Film Comment is reporting from Berlin, where the 2024 Berlinale kicked off on February 15. Throughout the festival, we'll be sharing daily podcasts, dispatches, and interviews covering all the highlights of this year's selection, including new films by Olivier Assayas, Mati Diop, Bruno Dumont, Hong Sangsoo, and many more. Subscribe to the Film Comment Letter here to stay up-to-date. On today's episode, our fourth from Berlin, FC Editor Devika Girish is joined by an international cadre of programmers and critics made up of Jonathan Ali, Frédéric Jaeger, and Antoine Thirion to talk about Nelson Carlos De Los Santos Arias's Pepe, Hong Sangsoo's A Traveler's Needs, Malaury Eloi Paisley's L'homme-vertige, Dag Johan Haugerud's Sex, Victor Kossakovsky's Architecton, and Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell's Direct Action. As if that weren't enough! This episode also features a special, short interview by FC Publisher (and President of Film at Lincoln Center) Lesli Klainberg with super-producer Christine Vachon of Killer Films, the production company behind two standout hits of 2023, Past Lives and May December. The two dig into the contemporary and historical importance of the Berlinale for American independent film and how Christine is able to adapt her business to ongoing changes in the industry. Stay up to date with all of our Berlinale 2024 coverage here: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/category/festivals/berlin/berlin-2024/
This week, Film Comment is reporting from Berlin, where the 2024 Berlinale kicked off on February 15. Throughout the festival, we'll be sharing daily podcasts, dispatches, and interviews covering all the highlights of this year's selection, including new films by Olivier Assayas, Mati Diop, Bruno Dumont, Hong Sangsoo, and many more. Subscribe to the Film Comment Letter to stay up-to-date. One of the early and most anticipated premieres of this year's festival was Olivier Assayas's new film Suspended Time. It's a kind of companion piece to his 2008 movie Summer Hours, not to mention his recent TV series Irma Vep, although Suspended Time is the filmmaker's most direct foray yet into autofiction. The film is based on the time that Assayas spent during the pandemic lockdowns of 2020 confining with his brother Etienne—and their two partners—in their childhood home in the French countryside. The film stars Vincent Macaigne as a thinly veiled onscreen surrogate for Assayas (as in Irma Vep) and features dramatized scenes of the two brothers bonding, clashing, and reminiscing on the ways in which this house and home shaped them as artists and as men. Assayas also weaves interludes throughout the film, narrated by the director himself, in which he reflects on the objects and the landscapes of his youth, and how they've influenced his cinema. On today's Podcast, FC Co-Editor Devika Girish interviewed Assayas about the making of the film, his thoughts on the genre of autofiction, and his relationship with his leading man, Vincent Macaigne, who he describes as an “agent of chaos.”
This week, Film Comment is reporting from Berlin, where the 2024 Berlinale kicked off on February 15. Throughout the festival, we'll be sharing daily podcasts, dispatches, and interviews covering all the highlights of this year's selection, including new films by Olivier Assayas, Mati Diop, Bruno Dumont, Hong Sangsoo, and many more. Subscribe to the Film Comment Letter here to stay up-to-date. On today's episode, our second from Berlin, FC Editor Devika Girish is joined by critics Erika Balsom, Giovanni Marchini Camia, and Beatrice Loayza to talk about the political situation in Germany and how it's affecting the festival, before digging into films including Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, and Rachel Szor's No Other Land, Dimitris Athiridis' exergue – on documenta 14, Bruno Dumont's The Empire, Ruth Beckermann's Favoriten, and Diop's Dahomey. Stay up to date with all of our Berlinale coverage here: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/category/festivals/berlin/
This week, Film Comment is reporting from Berlin, where the 2024 Berlinale kicked off on February 15. Throughout the festival, we'll be sharing daily podcasts, dispatches, and interviews covering all the highlights of this year's selection, including new films by Olivier Assayas, Mati Diop, Bruno Dumont, Hong Sangsoo, and many more. Subscribe to the Film Comment Letter to stay up-to-date. On today's episode, FC Editors Devika Girish is joined by critics (and FC stalwarts) Jordan Cronk, Jessica Kiang, and Jonathan Romney to talk about the festival's change in leadership, before turning to the cinematic haul of the first couple days, including Tim Mielants's Small Things Like These, Assayas's Suspended Time, Alonso Ruizpalacios's La Cocina, Nicolas Philibert's At Averroes & Rosa Parks, P. S. Vinothraj's An Adamant Girl, and Ruth Beckermann's Favoriten. Stay up to date with all of our Berlinale coverage here: https://www.filmcomment.com/blog/category/festivals/berlin/