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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#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
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#172: Big Little Guys, Pt. 1 - Big (1988)
The horror lurking beneath the Tom Hanks body-swapping comedy.
58 min
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#171: Double Troubles, Pt. 2 - Us
It's close to midnight. Something evil's lurking from the dark.
62 min
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#170: Double Troubles, Pt. 1 - Invasion of the ...
Leonard Nimoy and the pod people.
54 min
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#169: Muscled Memories, Pt. 2 - Captain Marvel
Suppressed memories and superpowers in Marvel's latest.
62 min
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#168: Muscled Memories, Pt. 1 - Total Recall (1...
Paul Verhoven's '90 blockbuster traffics in some heady notions of memory and identity - not unlike the new 90s-set "Captain Marvel."
44 min
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#167: The Hustle Play, Pt, 2 - High Flying Bird
Baller life off the court and in the boardroom in Soderbergh's latest.
65 min
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#166: The Hustle Play, Pt. 1 - White Men Can't ...
Friendship, race and money in Ron Shelton's 1992 street-ball comedy.
58 min
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#165: The Bloody Act of Creation, Pt. 2 - Velve...
The latest from "Nightcrawler" director Dan Gilroy is an art-world satire wrapped around the bones of a horror movie.
59 min
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#164: The Bloody Act of Creation, Pt. 1 - A Buc...
Roger Corman's 1959 cheapie skewers the world of high art - and makes it bleed.
46 min
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#163: Chris Smith's Charismatic Dreamers, Pt. 2...
The "American Movie" director with another charismatic leader who overpromised and under-delivered.
58 min
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#162: Chris Smith's Charismatic Dreamers, Pt. 1...
It's pronounced COE-ven, man.
46 min
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#161: Enter the Shyamalaniverse, Pt. 2 - Glass
The evolution of a divisive auteur.
67 min
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#160: Enter The Shyamalaniverse, Pt. 1 - Unbrea...
The divisive director’s bold and brooding first entry in the "Eastrail 177" trilogy.
52 min
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#159: Great Power, Great Responsibility, Pt. 2 ...
The new Spidey film is an eye-popping marvel.
64 min
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#158: Great Power, Great Responsibility, Pt. 1 ...
Go get 'em, Tiger.
51 min
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#157: Girl World, Pt. 2 - The Favourite
Battling for social advantage is bloodsport in the latest from Yorgos Lanthimos.
60 min
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#156: Girl World, Pt. 1 - Mean Girls
Power plays and back-biting in the 2004 Tina Fey-penned comedy.
48 min
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#155: The Chicago Way, Pt. 2 - Steve McQueen's ...
Crime and corruption Chicago style.
65 min
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#154: The Chicago Way, Pt. 1 - Michael Mann's "...
Crime and corruption Chicago style.
53 min