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Ep. 337: Keva York on Locarno 2025: Dracula, Legend of the Happy Worker, plus The Seasons
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Ep. 337: Keva York on Locarno 2025: Dracula, Legend of the Happy Worker, plus The Seasons Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I’m reporting from the Locarno film festival, which annually rolls out an adventuresome sale of films. For my latest episode I’m joined by Keva York, a critic and an editor of the festival’s Pardo publication. Titles discussed include the highly anticipated Dracula (directed by Radu Jude), Legend of the Happy Worker (Duwayne Dunham), and The Seasons (Maureen Fazendeiro). Ambient sound is courtesy of our recording location, the lounge of the GranRex cinema, one of the festival’s venues. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass
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Ep. 337: Keva York on Locarno 2025: Dracula, Legend of the Happy Worker, plus The Seasons Welcome to The Last Thing I Saw, with your host, Nicolas Rapold. This week I’m reporting from the Locarno film festival, which annually rolls out an adventuresome sale of films. For my latest episode I’m joined by Keva York, a critic and an editor of the festival’s Pardo publication. Titles discussed include the highly anticipated Dracula (directed by Radu Jude), Legend of the Happy Worker (Duwayne Dunham), and The Seasons (Maureen Fazendeiro). Ambient sound is courtesy of our recording location, the lounge of the GranRex cinema, one of the festival’s venues. Please support the production of this podcast by signing up at: rapold.substack.com Photo by Steve Snodgrass
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