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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#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
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#131: (Pt. 2) Deadpool 2 / Gremlins 2: The New ...
How to break the fourth wall without losing the audience.
55 min
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#130: (Pt. 1) Deadpool 2 / Gremlins 2: The New ...
What happens when self-awareness becomes self-immolation? Joe Dante knows.
52 min
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#129: (Pt. 2) Avengers: Infinity War / X2: X-Me...
The culmination of a decade of Marvel moviemaking can be traced even further back, to what was once the biggest team-up of the modern superhero era.
66 min
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#128: (Pt. 1) Avengers: Infinity War / X2: X-Me...
How does X2’s superteam dynamics look after 15 years of subsequent superhero-movie evolution?
53 min
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#127: (Pt 2) The Rider / Close-Up
One of the best films of 2018 shares an approach to storytelling with one of the best films of the 20th century.
44 min
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#126: (Pt. 1) The Rider / Close-Up
Like Abbas Kiarostami's 1990 masterpiece, the acclaimed new film from Chloe Zhao is neither documentary nor fiction, but something in between.
38 min
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#125: (Pt. 2) Isle of Dogs / Chicken Run
Stop-Motion Animals Conspiring to Escape Captivity, Part Deux
62 min
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#124: (Pt. 1) Isle of Dogs / Chicken Run
Is there such a thing as "auteurist animation"? Also: Chicken puppets. Silicone or plasticine?
56 min
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#123: (Pt. 2) Ready Player One / Tron (1982)
Though it goes un-referenced in the new Spielberg film, Disney's live-action "Tron" makes up a good part of "Ready Player One"'s source code.
61 min
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#122: (Pt. 1) Ready Player One / Tron (1982)
Spielberg's immersive videogame world recalls 1982's glow-y, live action oddity from Disney.
57 min
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#121: (Pt. 2) Thoroughbreds / Diabolique (1955)
Director Cory Finley's stylish debut shares more than just a murder plot with H.G. Clouzot's 1955 thriller.
48 min
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#120: (Pt. 1) Thoroughbreds / Diabolique (1955)
Director Cory Finley's stylish debut gets paired with H.G. Clouzot's '55 shocker women offing a domineering man in their life.
43 min
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#119: (Pt. 2) Annihilation / Stalker (1979)
Puzzled and delighted by Alex Garland's Tarkovsky-inspired journey into the unknown.
55 min
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#118: (Pt. 1) Annihilation / Stalker (1979)
Having survived the trip to Annihilation's "The Shimmer," the roundtable books a trip to Andrei Tarkovsky's "The Zone."
51 min
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#117: (Pt. 2) The Shape of Water / The Creature...
What did Guillermo Del Toro see in Jack Arnold's horror-sci-fi classic that inspired him to make his own fish-man movie?
51 min
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#116: (Pt. 1) The Shape of Water / The Creature...
Guillermo Del Toro's Best Picture nominee is "Black Lagoon" fan fiction.
45 min
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#115: (Pt 2) A Futile and Stupid Gesture / Wet ...
A discussion of how David Wain's latest works together with his cult comedy classic "Wet Hot American Summer."
49 min
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#114: (Pt. 1) A Futile and Stupid Gesture / Wet...
Does David Wain's new biopic spoof have a chance of developing the cult following of his 2001 comedy classic?
48 min
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#113: (Pt. 2) Phantom Thread / Rebecca (1940)
The ghost of Hitchcock's Best Picture winner haunts PTA's latest.
65 min
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#112: (Pt. 1) Phantom Thread / Rebecca (1940)
The new PTA is a purposeful riff on the Hitchcock Best Picture winner.
46 min
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#111: (Pt. 2) I, Tonya / To Die For (1995)
True-life stories rarely come with the bold, satirical edge that the new Tonya Harding biopic does. Just one thing it shares with Van Sant's "To Die For."
68 min
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#110: (Pt. 1) I, Tonya / To Die For (1995)
The new Margot Robbie-starring true-crime tragi-comedy shares some DNA with Gus Van Sant's 1995 satire.
58 min
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#109: (Pt. 2) Call Me By Your Name / The Talent...
Back to sunny Italy for part two of this week's in-depth look at a pair of films about Americans abroad, in love and in over their heads.
56 min
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#108: (Pt. 1) Call Me By Your Name / The Talent...
Italian summers, sun-kissed actors and repressed desire are the themes for this week's pairing.
47 min