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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Film Reviews
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#107: (Pt. 2) The Disaster Artist / Ed Wood (1994)
James Franco and Tim Burton celebrate the mad geniuses behind a pair of famously bad movies.
61 min
377
#106: (Pt. 1) The Disaster Artist / Ed Wood (1994)
Movies about bad movies and the good people who make them.
49 min
378
#105: (Pt. 2) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, ...
Small town redemption tales by playwright-turned-directors Martin McDonagh and David Mamet.
60 min
379
#104: (Pt. 1) Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, ...
Playwrights-turned-movie-directors McDonagh and Mamet are the subjects of this week's pairing.
57 min
380
#103: (Pt. 2) Lady Bird / Ghost World (2001)
A deep dive into Greta Gerwig's delightful directing debut and how its nostalgic look back at the early 2000s compares with Zwigoff's '01 effort.
54 min
381
#102: (Pt. 1) Lady Bird / Ghost World (2001)
Greta Gerwig's delightful directing debut gets paired with Thora Birch's iconoclastic Enid from Terry Zwigoff's coming of age comedy.
57 min
382
#101: (Pt. 2) The Graduate (1967) / The Meyerow...
Part two in a pairing of Dustin Hoffman career bookends.
58 min
383
#100: (Pt. 1) The Graduate (1967) / The Meyerow...
Separated by five decades, two tales of neurotics gone wild featuring the great Dustin Hoffman.
52 min
384
#099: (Pt. 2) Blade Runner 2049 / Blade Runner ...
The conversation continues with mixed reactions to 2049 and the many ways the new film is informed by its predecessor.
63 min
385
#098: (Pt. 1) Blade Runner 2049 / Blade Runner ...
Only one of these films is a replicant.
55 min
386
#097: (Pt. 2) Mother! / The Exterminating Angel
In which Bunuel plays the part of Aronofsky's mother.
54 min
387
#096: (Pt. 1) Mother! / The Exterminating Angel
Aronofsky by way of Bunuel.
45 min
388
#095: (Pt. 2) It (2017) / Stand By Me
Teen boys, dead bodies.
54 min
389
#094: (Pt. 1) It (2017) / Stand By Me
Phobia Death Match: Clowns v Leeches
53 min
390
#093: (Pt. 2) Logan Lucky / Oceans 11
Part 2 of the Soderbergh Heist Double Feature
52 min
391
#092: (Pt. 1) Logan Lucky / Oceans 11
A pair Steven Soderbergh heists.
55 min
392
#091: (Pt. 2) Detroit / Battle of Algiers
Separated by a half-century, a pair of intense and controversial films.
50 min
393
#090: (Pt. 1) Detroit / Battle of Algiers
Separated by a half-century, a pair of intense and controversial films.
49 min
394
#089: (Pt. 2) Planet of the Apes ('68) / War fo...
How the stunning final chapter of the new "Apes" trilogy looks ahead to the 50 year-old original installment.
51 min
395
#088: (Pt. 1) Planet of the Apes ('68) / War fo...
An in-depth discussion on the cry of “YOU MANIACS” heard ’round the world, 1968’s PLANET OF THE APES.
42 min
396
#087: (Pt. 2) A Ghost Story / Carnival of Souls...
Time, the afterlife and use of music in David Lowery's genre-defying new film and Herk Harvey's classic cult film.
62 min
397
#086: (Pt. 1) A Ghost Story / Carnival of Souls...
David Lowery's horror-drama gets paired up with the creepy cult film from director Herk Harvey.
48 min
398
#085: (Pt. 2) Okja / Babe (1995)
Bong Joon-ho's odd beast of a movie and what two pig-centric films say about eating meat.
49 min
399
#084: (Pt. 1) Okja / Babe (1995)
Super-pigs and their loyal humans are the subject of this week's porcine pairing.
51 min
400
#083: (Pt. 2) It Comes At Night / The Thing
Paranoia, the apocalypse - and dogs - in part two of this isolation horror pairing.
55 min