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.

TV & Film
Film History
Film Reviews
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#432: Pixar's Girl Story, Pt. 2 — Inside Out 2
Riley grows up.
73 min
77
#431: Pixar's Girl Story, Pt. 1 — Brave
The studio's first attempt to tell the story about a teenager trying to define her identity.
68 min
78
#430: Road Warriors, Pt. 2: Furiosa
Hope, despair, grief, and revenge. Processing "Furiosa" (and its failure at the box office).
59 min
79
#429: Road Warriors, Pt. 1: Mad Max (1979)
Ground zero of the "Mad Max" franchise.
58 min
80
#428: Teenage Dreams, Pt. 2 — I Saw the TV Glow
Television is a drug in Jane Schoenbrun's tale of teenage alienation.
67 min
81
#427: Teenage Dreams, Pt. 1 — Donnie Darko
Jake Gyllenhaal struggles to maintain his grip on reality.
76 min
82
#426: Playing the Hits, Pt. 2 — The Fall Guy
The good, the bad, and the ugly of David Leitch's film set action comedy.
70 min
83
#425: Playing the Hits, Pt. 1 — The Stunt Man
Richard Rush's 1980 genre oddity in conversation with David Leitch's "The Fall Guy"
65 min
84
#424: Mixed Doubles, Pt. 2 — Challengers
Luca Guadagnino's tennis world love triangle.
58 min
85
#423: Mixed Doubles, Pt. 1 — Y Tu Mamá También
Gael Garcia Berna and Diego Luna in Alfonso Cuarón's sexy 2001 indie hit.
59 min
86
#422: Alex Garland's Catastrophic Visions, Pt. ...
Muddy politics and unsettling violence in Alex Garland's latest.
60 min
87
#421: Alex Garland's Catastrophic Visions, Pt. ...
Garland penned the script for Danny Boyle's 2002 zombie-adjacent horror film.
50 min
88
#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
89
#419: Final Cuts, Pt. 1 — The Player
https://www.filmspotting.net/nextpictureshow
65 min
90
#418: Crimes of Passion, Pt. 2 — Love Lies Blee...
Kristen Stewart in Rose Glass's new lesbian crime thriller.
57 min
91
#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
92
#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
93
#415: Ethan Coen Co-Capers, Pt. 1 — Raising Ari...
MacGuffin-chasing madcap escapades in the Coen Brothers' comedy breakout.
42 min
94
#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
95
#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
96
#412: Road Trip Trios, Pt. 1 — The Holdovers
Alexander Payne's Oscar-nominated film and one of its 70s influences.
65 min
97
#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
98
#410: Hunting Games, Pt. 2 — Self Reliance
Deathsport as comedy in Jake Johnson's directing debut.
60 min
99
#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
100
#408: Succession, Pt. 2 — The Iron Claw
"The Godfather," but wrestling.
59 min