The Next Picture Show
Looking at cinema's present via its past. The Next Picture Show is a biweekly roundtable by the former editorial team of The Dissolve examining how classic films inspire and inform modern movies. Episodes take a deep dive into a classic film and its legacy in the first half, then compare and contrast that film with a modern successor in the second. Hosted and produced by Genevieve Koski, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson and Scott Tobias.
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#230: The House That Shirley Built, Pt. 2 — Shi...
Director Josephine Decker ("Madeline's Madeline") brings her expressive style to the life of writer Shirley Jackson.
60 min
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#229: The House That Shirley Built, Pt. 1 — The...
Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel "The Haunting of Hill House" inspired one of the scariest films of all time.
45 min
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#228: I'm With The Band, Pt. 2. - How To Build ...
Beanie Feldstein is a teen music journalist in the new film from Coky Giedroyc.
60 min
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#227: I'm With The Band, Pt. 1 — Almost Famous
They are not your friends.
68 min
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#226: Career Women, Pt. 2 — The Assistant
A split on Kitty Green's acclaimed new day-in-the-life drama.
79 min
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#225: Career Women, Pt. 1 — Working Girl
Gender and power dynamics in Mike Nichols' 1988 hit workplace comedy.
59 min
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#224: High School Confidential, Pt. 2 — Bad Edu...
Hugh Jackman is a corrupt Long Island superintendent in the new HBO film from director Cory Finley.
57 min
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#223: High School Confidential, Pt. 1 — Election
Reese Witherspoon is the iconic Tracy Flick in Alexander Payne's '99 high-school-set satire.
63 min
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#222: Home Sickness, Pt. 2 — Swallow
Carlo Mirabella-Davis' provocative feature debut has a lot on its mind.
79 min
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#221: Home Sickness, Pt. 1 — Safe (1995)
A mysterious illness strikes Julianne Moore in Todd Haynes '95 film.
61 min
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#220: Infection Point Pt. 2 - Contagion
Steven Soderbergh's 2011 film has never felt more timely.
68 min
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#219: Infection Point Pt. 1 - Panic In the Streets
The plague strikes New Orleans in Elia Kazan's 1950 crime drama.
56 min
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#218: Believe It Or Not, Pt. 2 - The Invisible ...
Director Leigh Whannell gaslights the classic H.G. Wells tale.
63 min
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#217: Believe It Or Not, Pt. 1 - Gaslight (1944)
Ingrid Bergman is the original gaslighting victim in the George Cukor-directed classic.
56 min
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#216: Bad Girls Club, Pt. 2 - Birds of Prey (An...
The superhero movie as emancipator.
66 min
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#215: Bad Girls Club, Pt. 1 - Thelma & Louise
Ridley Scott's 1991 hit brought female-empowerment to the big screen.
52 min
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#214: Fantasy Islands, Pt. 2 - Portrait of a La...
Repressed desires in repressed times in Céline Sciamma's award-winning 2019 film.
65 min
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#213: Fantasy Islands, Pt. 1 - The Piano
Irrepressible desires and complicated relationships in Jane Campion's 1993 film.
56 min
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#212: Men of War, Pt. 2 - 1917
Sam Mendes' long take through the trenches.
76 min
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#211: Men of War, Pt. 1 — Gallipoli (1981)
Oscar favorite "1917" has us looking back to Peter Weir's WWI drama starring Mel Gibson.
59 min
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#210: March Madness, Pt. 2 - Little Women (2019)
Greta Gerwig's new adpatation is bold, non-traditional—and faithful.
76 min
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#209: March Madness, Pt. 1 - Little Women (1994)
A quintessentially 90s adaptation of the Alcott classic from director Gillian Armstrong.
63 min
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#208: Betting Men. Pt. 2 - Uncut Gems
Finding connections to Cassavettes in the latest from the Safdie Brothers.
60 min
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#207: Betting Men, Pt. 1 - The Killing of a Chi...
The Safdie Brothers' "Uncut Gems" inspires a look back at John Cassavettes unconventional thriller.
57 min
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#206: Rian Johnson's Mystery Master, Pt. 2 - Kn...
Johnson's follow up to "The Last Jedi" is a crowd-pleasing, deconstructed whodunit.
73 min