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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#197: The Man Who Laughs, Pt. 2 - Joker
Becoming the clown.
69 min
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#196: The Man Who Laughs, Pt. 1 - The Dark Knight
Considering Heath Ledger's Oscar-winning performance in light of the new "Joker."
65 min
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#195: Vice Principles, Pt. 2 - Hustlers
The art of seduction in Lorene Scafaria's new strip club drama.
55 min
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#194: Vice Principles, Pt. 1 - Casino
The new Hustlers recalls Scorsese's '95 gangster epic.
57 min
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#193: Most Dangerous Games, Pt. 2 - Ready or Not
It's all fun and games until someone gets murdered.
53 min
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#192: Most Dangerous Games, Pt. 1 - Clue
The 1985 comedy bombed on release, but has become a beloved cult classic.
54 min
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#191: Which Side Are You On? Pt. 2 - American F...
Unions, globalism and the American Dream in the new Netflix documentary.
58 min
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#190: Which Side Are You On? Pt. 1 - Harlan Cou...
Barbara Kopple's landmark 1976 doc kicks off a pairing of films devoted to labor struggles past and present.
53 min
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#189: Hollywood Endings, Pt. 2 - Once Upon a Ti...
Tinsel Town circa '69 comes to vivid life in the Tarantino epic.
62 min
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#188: Hollywood Endings, Pt. 1 - Shampoo
Hal Ashby's '75 satire shares its late 60s Hollywood setting with Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood."
40 min
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#187: Man Up, Pt. 2 - The Art of Self-Defense
Jesse Eisenberg and Alessandro Nivola bring Fight Club to the dojo in the new black comedy from director Riley Stearn ("Faults"s.
58 min
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#186: Man Up, Pt. 1 - Fight Club
Fincher's film was divisive in '99, but looks prescient today.
55 min
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#185: Print the Legend, Pt. 2 - Rolling Thunder...
Fact and fiction tangle up in Scorsese's new Dylan doc.
51 min
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#184: Print the Legend, Pt. 1 - Velvet Goldmine
Bowie fact and Bowie fiction in Todd Haynes' cult film.
49 min
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#183: Galaxy Defenders, Pt. 2 - Men in Black: I...
What went wrong with F. Gary Gray’s attempt to revive a franchise?
63 min
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#182: Galaxy Defenders, Pt. 1 – Men In Black (1...
The NPS agents don their black suits and black ray bans.
53 min
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#181: King of Monster Movies, Pt. 2 - Godzilla:...
Frustratingly incoherent, the new Godzilla still shows reverence for the Ishiro Honda original.
62 min
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#180: King of Monster Movies, Pt, 1 - Godzilla ...
The longest running film franchise in history starts here.
54 min
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#179: Escapes From New York, Pt. 2 - John Wick:...
John Wick doesn't horse around.
53 min
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#178: Escapes From New York, Pt. 1 - The Warriors
Walter Hill's 1979 cult classic anticipates John Wick 3's perilous NYC streets by 40 years.
49 min
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#177: Political Affairs, Pt. 2 - Long Shot
Charlize Theron and Seth Rogan in Jonathan Levine's DC-set rom-com.
71 min
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#176: Political Affairs, Pt. 1 - The American P...
Clinton-era populism - and romance in the White House - in the 1993 Aaron Sorkin/Rob Reiner collaboration.
54 min
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#175: Twisty Mysteries, Pt. 2 - Under the Silve...
The latest from "It Follows" director David Robert Mitchell is an L.A.-based mystery that is as referential as it is impenetrable.
60 min
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#174: Twisty Mysteries, Pt. 1 - Chinatown
Going down the rabbit hole with Jake Gittes in Polanski's '74 neo-noir.
55 min
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#173: Big Little Guys, Pt. 2 - Shazam!
The new entry in the DCEU is charming and funny and owes a debt to a certain 1988 comedy starring Tom Hanks.
53 min