The Next Picture Show
Looking at cinema's present via its past. From the former editorial team of The Dissolve, The Next Picture Show examines how classic films inspire and inform modern movies. Episodes take a deep dive into a classic film and its legacy, then compare and contrast that film with a modern successor. Hosted and produced by Genevieve Koski, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson, and Scott Tobias.
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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
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#205: Rian Johnson's Mystery Mastery, Pt. 1 - B...
Rian Johnson has been unending expectations since his 2005 debut.
61 min
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#204: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Pt. 2 - Marria...
Is Noah Baumbach's new divorce drama a stealth feel-good movie?
59 min
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#203: Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Pt. 1 - Kramer...
Before Baumbach's "Marriage Story" there was the '79 Oscar-winner starring Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman.
53 min
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#202: Hitler Heil-arity, Pt. 2: Jojo Rabbit
Walking the tricky tonal tightrope with Taika Waititi.
68 min
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#201: Hitler Heil-arity, Pt 1 - The Producers (...
With "Jojo Rabbit" currently mining Nazis for laughs, a look back at the Mel Brooks classic.
56 min
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#200: Family Matters, Pt. 2 - Parasite
The only monsters in the Bong Joon-ho Palme d'Or-winner are inequality and greed.
71 min
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#199: Family Matters, Pt. 1 - The Host (2006)
Bong Joon-ho's '06 monster movie is an early riff on themes in his new "Parasite."
43 min
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#198: Watching Watchmen
Considering HBO's new "remix" of the classic Alan Moore/David Gibbon graphic novel in the age of "Joker."
54 min
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#197: The Man Who Laughs, Pt. 2 - Joker
Becoming the clown.
68 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.
54 min
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#194: Vice Principles, Pt. 1 - Casino
The new Hustlers recalls Scorsese's '95 gangster epic.
56 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.
53 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.
57 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.
52 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.
61 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."
39 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.
50 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