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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#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.
70 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.
59 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.
61 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.
64 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.
57 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.
63 min
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#158: Great Power, Great Responsibility, Pt. 1 ...
Go get 'em, Tiger.
50 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