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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#368: Revenge Tour, Pt. 2 — John Wick Chapter 4
Will number four be the end of the tour?
60 min
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#367: Revenge Tour, Pt. 1 — Point Blank (1967)
Lee Marvin in John Boorman's bleak, brutal cult classic.
48 min
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#366: Round Three, Pt. 2 — Creed III
When you need to return to your roots in order to triumph in the ring.
75 min
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#365: Round Three, Pt. 1 — Rocky III
Screencrush critic Matt Singer joins the roundtable to talk "Rocky"'s underestimated second sequel.
74 min
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#364: Dance With the One That Bought You, Pt. 2...
Power dynamics and climatic dance sequences in the "Magic Mike" finale.
73 min
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#363: Dance With the One That Bought You, Pt. 1...
Gene Kelly in Vincente Minnelli's Best Picture-winning musical.
73 min
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#362: A New Hope, Pt. 2 — The Last of Us
The influence of Alfonso Cúaron's "Children of Men" on HBO's new dystopian drama.
64 min
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#361: A New Hope, Pt. 1 — Children of Men
Alfonso Cuarón's dystopian thriller was among the inspirations for the hit video game - now HBO limited series - "The Last of Us."
56 min
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#360: A Crime to Remember, Pt. 2 — Saint Omer
The emotional complexity and cool remove of Alice Diop's acclaimed courtroom drama.
52 min
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#359: A Crime to Remember, Pt. 1 — In Cold Bloo...
Richard Brooks' adaptation of the Truman Capote non-fiction novel helped shape the true-crime genre - for better and worse.
51 min
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#358: Friends 'Til the End, Pt. 2 — M3GAN
Is the new tech horror film the perfect January movie?
74 min
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#357: Friends 'Til the End, Pt. 1: Child's Play
Considering the '88 killer doll classic as a model for the new "M3gan."
57 min
63
#356: Top 10 Films of 2022
Simply the best.
73 min
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#355: With Friends Like These, Pt. 2 — Glass On...
The return of Benoit Blanc.
65 min
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#354: With Friends Like These, Pt. 1 — The Last...
A key inspiration point for the new "Glass Onion" is this '73 whodunnit co-written by Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins.
59 min
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#353: Love Kills, Pt. 2 — Bones and All
Timothée Chalamet in Luca Guadagnino's cannibals on the run tale.
69 min
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#352: Love Kills, Pt. 1 — Badlands
Love on the run in Terrence Malick's 1973 feature debut.
55 min
68
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