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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#352: Love Kills, Pt. 1 — Badlands
Love on the run in Terrence Malick's 1973 feature debut.
55 min
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BONUS: Let's Talk About Video Stores and the VH...
Misleading box art, unrated oddities and more.
47 min
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#351: McDonagh's Discontented Duos Pt. 2 — The ...
14 years after "In Bruges", Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite with Martin McDonagh for quieter, darker tale.
65 min
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#350: McDonagh's Discontented Duos Pt. 1 — In B...
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleason in Martin McDonagh's violent, profane, and hilarious debut.
64 min
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#349: Conduct Unbecoming, Pt. 2 — TÁR
Sex, power, and manipulation in Todd Field's masterful new film.
75 min
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#348: Conduct Unbecoming, Pt. 1 — Dangerous Lia...
Cruel intentions and no-so-secret affairs in Stephen Frears' Oscar-winning period drama.
61 min
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#347: Internal Affairs, Pt. 2 — Decision to Leave
Park Chan-wook's latest is "Vertigo" by way of David Lean's "Brief Encounter."
61 min
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#346: Internal Affairs, Pt. 1 — Brief Encounter
David Lean and Noel Coward's enduring cinematic reference point inspires the latest from Park Chan-wook.
66 min
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#345: The Unvarnished Sleuth Pt. 2: Confess, Fl...
Jon Hamm is title slacker-detective in Greg Mottola's new comedy.
47 min
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#344: The Unvarnished Sleuth Pt. 1: The Long Go...
Elliott Gould in Robert Altman's classic 1973 shaggy-dog noir.
51 min
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#343: Talkin' Tolkien, Pt. 2: The Lord of the R...
63 min
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#342: Talkin' Tolkien, Pt. 1: The Lord of the R...
The best-case scenario for large-scale screen adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth saga.
53 min
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#341: Djinn Expression, Pt. 2 — Three Thousand ...
George Miller's fantastically odd romance.
61 min
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#340: Djinn Expression, Pt. 1 — The Thief of Ba...
Alexander Korda's hugely ambitious - and influential - fantasy.
61 min
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NPS: The Return (Our Next Pairing)
We're baaaack....
1 min
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#339: Close Encounters, Pt. 2 — Nope
Untangling the web of ideas in Jordan Peele's thematically dense and bracingly cinematic new film.
73 min
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#338: Close Encounters, Pt. 1 — The War of the ...
Director Byron Haskin's influential adaptation of H.G. Wells' sci-fi classic.
61 min
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#337: Human/Nature, Pt. 2 — Fire of Love
Sara Dosa's Herzogian new doc about volcano obsessives Katia and Maurice Kraft.
64 min
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#336: Human/Nature, Pt. 1 — Grizzly Man
Werner Herzog's fascinating and troubling account of wild bear activist Timothy Treadwell.
58 min
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#335: In Baz Taste, Pt. 2 — Elvis
A biopic as only Baz Luhrman could make one.
58 min
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#334: In Baz Taste, Pt. 1 — Moulin Rouge!
Baz Luhrmann's feverishly stylized and irreverently ahistorical Best Picture nominee gets a revisit.
60 min
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#333: Life Finds a Way, Pt. 2 — Jurassic World ...
The dinosaurs have left the island.
73 min
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#332: Life Finds a Way, Pt. 1 — Jurassic Park
Hold on to your butts.
57 min
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#331: Once Upon a Toon In Hollywood, Pt. 2 – Ch...
A spiritual sequel to the groundbreaking "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"
73 min
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#330: Once Upon a Toon in Hollywood Pt. 1 — Who...
Robert Zemeckis' groundbreaking 1988 hit comedy is the guiding spirit behind the new "Chip 'N Dale: Rescue Rangers."
65 min