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.
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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
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#396: Outback Outsiders, Pt. 1 — Wake In Fright
Week one of a fortnight journey to the fringes of civilization.
58 min
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#395: Alien Nation Pt. 2 — No One Will Save You
Is director Brian Duffield's dialogue-free story subversive or merely shocking?
59 min
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#394: Alien Nation, Pt. 1 — Under the Skin
Scarlett Johansson is not from around here.
63 min
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#393: Larrain's Pinochet Pt. 2 — El Conde
Augusto Pinochet is a vampire.
66 min
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#392: Larraín's Pinochet Pt. 1 — No (2012)
The marketing campaign that brought and an end to Pinochet's rule.
62 min
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#391: Clique, Clique, Boom Pt. 2 — Bottoms
When meaninglessness is the point.
56 min
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#390: Clique, Clique, Boom Pt. 1 — Heathers
Satire and violence make a potent cocktail in the dark 1989 comedy.
60 min
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#389: Throupling, Pt. 2 — Passages
Franz Rogowski, Ben Whishaw, and Adèle Exarchopoulos in Ira Sachs' love triangle.
74 min
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#388: Throupling, Pt. 1 — Sunday Bloody Sunday
The love triangle in the new "Passages" sends us back to an acclaimed 1971 British drama.
58 min
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#387: Fantasy Women, Pt. 2 — Barbie
Did ENCHANTED walk so that BARBIE could fly?
78 min
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#386: Fantasy Women, Pt. 1 — Enchanted
The 2007 live-action fractured fairy tale is a pre-"Barbie" sendup - and loving tribute to - the Disney Princess.
67 min
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#385: Play Time, Pt. 2 — Theater Camp
Self-satirizing baffoonery in the service of sincere love of theater weirdos everywhere.
66 min
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#384: Play Time, Pt. 1 — Waiting For Guffman
Christopher Guest's '96 cult comedy directly inspired the new "Theater Camp."
48 min
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#383: Separate Ways, Pt. 2 — Past Lives
Celine Song's acclaimed debut film is more than just an unrequited love story.
60 min
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#382: Separate Ways, Pt. 1: Once
The possibility of romance in John Carney's lo-fi 2007 musical.
65 min
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#381: Heavy Meta, Pt. 2 — Asteroid City
Sprawling cast, sprawling ideas in Wes Anderson's latest.
54 min
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#380: Heavy Meta, Pt. 1 — Synecdoche, New York
Meta hijinks in Charlie Kaufman's immersive, shapeless, and bleak directorial debut.
55 min
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#379: Film Criticism, Pt. 2 — You Hurt My Feelings
Self-esteem takes it on the chin in Nicole Holofcener's latest.
64 min
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#378: Film Criticism, Pt. 1 — Lovely & Amazing
Nicole Holofcener's 2001 multigenerational study in love self-esteem.
64 min
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#377: Rocket Manimal, Pt. 2 — Guardians of the ...
The debt James Gunn's trilogy-ender owes H.G. Wells and his Dr. Moreau.
75 min
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#376: Rocket Manimal, Pt. 1 — Island of Lost So...
James Gunn looked to the Island of Dr. Moreau as inspiration for "Guardians 3."
56 min
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#375: Pre-Teen Sensations, Pt. 2—Are You There ...
Kelly Fremon Craig’s winning new adaptation of the Judy Blume classic.
67 min