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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#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.
52 min
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#153: Lost Films Found, Pt . 2 - Shirkers
A landmark first feature shot in the 90s but never seen until now.
45 min
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#152: Lost Films Found, Pt. 1 - The Other Side...
Orson Welles' final film is finally finished.
48 min
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#151: A Star Is Born, Pt. 2 - Bradley Cooper (2...
Transcendent musical performance and messy gender dynamics in Cooper's new take on the old tale.
77 min
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#150: A Star Is Born, Pt. 1 - George Cukor (1954)
The '54 musical spin on the old Hollywood fable starring Judy Garland and James Mason set the stage for Bradley Cooper's latest take.
61 min
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#149: Robert Redford, Pt. 2 - The Old Man and t...
Redford's farewell to acting is a perfect bookend with his iconic turn as The Sundance Kid.
53 min
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#148: Robert Redford, Pt. 1 - Butch Cassidy and...
With Robert Redford's latest and possibly last film currently in theaters, a look back at his classic pairing with Paul Newman from 1969.
46 min
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#147: (Pt. 2) Fahrenheit 11/9 / Roger & Me
How does the Michael Moore's approach play in 2018's heightened political climate?
52 min
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#146: (Pt. 1) Fahrenheit 11/9 / Roger & Me
Revisiting liberal gadfly Michael Moore's cinematic origins.
46 min
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#145: (Pt. 2) BlackKklansman / Malcolm X
When Spike Lee makes a film about the past, he's actually making a film about the present.
68 min
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#144: (Pt. 1) BlackKklansman / Malcolm X
In part 1 of this Spike Lee pairing, a consideration of the rare cradle-to-grave biopic that gets it right.
56 min
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#143: (Pt. 2) Jaws / The Meg
How the shark movie has progressed - and not - from Spielberg's '75 masterpiece to this summer's The Meg.
59 min
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#142: (Pt. 1) Jaws / The Meg
With a new killer shark movie menacing moviegoers this summer, a consideration of the first and best of them, Spielberg's '75 masterpiece.
47 min
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#141: (Pt. 2) Mission: Impossible - Fallout / M...
After two decades, the Mission Impossible franchise is still finding a way to raise the stakes.
62 min
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#140: (Pt. 1) Mission: Impossible - Fallout / M...
How Brian De Palma helped shape the Mission: Impossible franchise, while exerting his own iconoclastic style.
52 min
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#139: (Pt. 2) Sorry To Bother You / Putney Swop...
A look at the anti-capitalist philosophy that unites Boots Riley's and Robert Downey Sr.'s work.
59 min
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#138: (Pt. 1) Sorry To Bother You / Putney Swop...
Capitalism, race, and what it takes to burn down an unjust system.
48 min
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#137: (Pt. 2) Hereditary / Don't Look Now
Visceral reactions to the new Toni Collette-starring horror film.
57 min
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#136: (Pt. 1) Hereditary / Don't Look Now
Grief and psychic distress are the ties that bind the new Toni Collette-starring horror film and Nicholas Roeg's 1973 thriller.
44 min
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#135: (Pt. 2) Incredibles 2 / Goldfinger
Superhero vs Superspy: two versions of 60s-set heroism.
62 min
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#134: (Pt. 1) Incredibles 2 / Goldfinger
With its supervillains, secretive heroes, and secretive schemes, Bond '64 has plenty on common with Pixar's latest blockbuster.
51 min
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#133: (Pt. 2) First Reformed / Taxi Driver
Writer/director Paul Schrader's new film might just be his best - and it shares a lot in common with his screenplay for the Scorsese classic.
55 min
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#132: (Pt. 1) First Reformed / Taxi Driver
Writer/director Paul Schrader's latest is about a despairing pastor (Ethan Hawke), a "God's Lonely Man" in the tradition of Taxi Driver's Travis Bickle.
51 min