The Next Picture Show

Looking at cinema's present via its past. The Next Picture Show is a biweekly roundtable by the former editorial team of The Dissolve examining how classic films inspire and inform modern movies. Episodes take a deep dive into a classic film and its legacy in the first half, then compare and contrast that film with a modern successor in the second. Hosted and produced by Genevieve Koski, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson and Scott Tobias.

TV & Film
Film History
Film Reviews
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#421: Alex Garland's Catastrophic Visions, Pt. ...
Garland penned the script for Danny Boyle's 2002 zombie-adjacent horror film.
50 min
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#420: Final Cuts, Pt. 2 — Do Not Expect Too Muc...
The latest from Romania's Radu Jude ("Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn").
73 min
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#419: Final Cuts, Pt. 1 — The Player
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65 min
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#418: Crimes of Passion, Pt. 2 — Love Lies Blee...
Kristen Stewart in Rose Glass's new lesbian crime thriller.
57 min
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#417: Crimes of Passion, Pt. 1 — Bound
The new lesbian crime thriller "Love Lies Bleeding" inspires a look back at the Wachowskis' '96 neo-noir.
55 min
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#416: Ethan Coen Co-Capers, Pt. 2 — Drive-Away ...
Coen's solo effort is a crime caper in theory that acts more like a sex romp in practice.
47 min
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#415: Ethan Coen Co-Capers, Pt. 1 — Raising Ari...
MacGuffin-chasing madcap escapades in the Coen Brothers' comedy breakout.
42 min
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#414: Beach Bummers, Pt. 2 — How to Have Sex
Teens on holiday in the insightful debut feature from UK director Molly Manning walker
68 min
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#413: Beach Bummers, Pt. 1 — Where the Boys Are...
The new UK indie "How To Have Sex" is only the latest in a long line of movie about bad spring breaks.
61 min
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#412: Road Trip Trios, Pt. 1 — The Holdovers
Alexander Payne's Oscar-nominated film and one of its 70s influences.
65 min
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#411: Road Trip Trios, Pt. 1 — The Last Detail
Hal Ashby's 1973 film informed the look and feel - and the narrative - of Alexander Payne's "The Holdovers."
58 min
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#410: Hunting Games, Pt. 2 — Self Reliance
Deathsport as comedy in Jake Johnson's directing debut.
60 min
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#409: Hunting Games, Pt. 1 — The 10th Victim
Jake Johnson's new "Self Reliance" recalls the 1965 cult oddity from director Elio Petri.
56 min
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#408: Succession, Pt. 2 — The Iron Claw
"The Godfather," but wrestling.
59 min
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#407: Succession, Pt. 1 — The Godfather
The new "Iron Claw" charts a very similar narrative to Coppola's mafia epic.
53 min
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#406: Our Top 10 Films of 2023
Every year is a good year for movies and 2023 especially so.
63 min
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#405: She's Alive! Pt. 2 — Poor Things
James Whale's 30s Frankenstein movies get reanimated in the latest for Yorgos Lanthimos.
69 min
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#404: She's Alive! Pt. 1 — Frankenstein (1931) ...
The new "Poor Things" has a lot on its mind, including James Whale's pair of "Frankenstein" films.
54 min
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#403: Miyazaki in Wonderland, Pt. 2 — The Boy a...
A coming-of-age journey like only Miyazaki could make.
65 min
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#402: Miyazaki in Wonderland, Pt. 1 — Spirited ...
The Japanese animator's 2001 crossover success.
56 min
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#401: Coppola's Queens, Pt. 2 — Priscilla
Power and identity in Sofia Coppola's Priscilla Presley biopic.
76 min
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#400: Coppola's Queens, Pt. 1 — Marie Antoinette
Time has been kind to Sofia Coppola's third feature.
63 min
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#399: True West, Pt. 2 — Killers of the Flower ...
Scorsese and the limitations of Indigenous stories from a non-Indigenous perspective.
62 min
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#398: True West, Pt. 1 — Broken Arrow
The 1950 western stars James Stewart as a peace-broker in Apache country.
50 min
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#397: Outback Outsiders, Pt. 2 — Royal Hotel
Kitty Green's Aussie-set follow-up to "The Assistant."
53 min