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.
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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
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#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
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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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#339: Close Encounters, Pt. 2 — Nope
Untangling the web of ideas in Jordan Peele's thematically dense and bracingly cinematic new film.
73 min