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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#320: Bye, Robot Pt. 1 — A.I. Artificial Intell...
Revisiting 2001's Spielberg/Kubrick hybrid.
67 min
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#319: No Time to Dye, Pt. 2 — Kimi
Spare, simple and stylish, Steven Soderbergh's latest is pure entertainment.
76 min
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#318: No Time to Dye, Pt. 1 — Run Lola Run
Time, choice, fate - and that hair - in Tom Tykwer's 1998 international breakout.
62 min
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#317: Star Crossed Pt. 2 — Marry Me
Jennifer Lopez and Owen Wilson in an old-fashioned - but modern - romcom.
3 min
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#316: Star Crossed, Pt. 1 — Notting Hill
The new "Marry Me" sends us back to the rom-com heyday of the late 90s.
54 min
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#315: Toil and Trouble Pt. 2 — The Tragedy of M...
The Scottish Play fits surprisingly well in the Coen filmography.
71 min
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#314: Toil and Trouble Pt. 1 — Throne of Blood
Akira Kurosawa's 1957 "Macbeth" adaptation eerie, unnerving and unexpectedly funny.
53 min
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#313: Tales as Old as Time, Pt. 2 — Belle (2021)
Mamoru Hosoda's lush anime update of "Beauty and the Beast."
76 min
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#312: Tales as Old as Time, Pt. 1 — Beauty and ...
The new anime feature "Belle" invites a return to Disney's late-20th century renaissance.
65 min
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#311: Our 2021 Top 10s, Part 2
Top 5s and honorable mentions.
67 min
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#310: Our 2021 Top 10s, Part 1
Scott, Tasha and Keith share their 10-6 picks.
54 min
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#309: Carnival Games, Pt. 2 — Nightmare Alley (...
Even without supernatural or fantasy elements, there is never any doubt this is a Guillermo del Toro film.
80 min
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#308: Carnival Games, Pt. 1 — Nightmare Alley (...
Guillermo del Toro's "Nightmare Alley" uses the same source material as Edmund Goulding's '47 noir.
56 min
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#307: Model Males, Pt. 2 — The Power of the Dog
Jane Campion's acclaimed new film in conversation with John Boorman's "Deliverance."
74 min
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#306: Model Males, Pt. 1 — Deliverance
Dueling banjos - and dueling male archetypes - in John Boorman's '72 classic.
57 min
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#305: White Lies, Pt. 2 — Passing
Racial identity and the rejection thereof in Rebecca Hall's new film and in Douglas Sirk's "Imitation of Life."
81 min
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#304: White Lies, Pt. 1 — Imitation of Life
Douglas Sirk's 1959 melodrama explores race and class in the director's trademark heightened style.
67 min
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#303: Dual Duels Pt. 2 — Last Night In Soho
Edgar Wright wears his influences on his (mod, swinging 60s-era) sleeves.
76 min
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#302: Dual Duels Pt. 1 — Persona
Bergman's 1966 film is considered the "Mount Everest of cinematic analysis."
55 min
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#301: Just Deserts Pt. 2 — Dune (2021)
Desert Power.
87 min
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#300: Just Deserts Pt. 1 — Lawrence of Arabia
Frank Herbert's 1965 sci-fi classic drew inspiration from the subject of David Lean's Oscar-winning epic.
72 min
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#299: Family History, Pt. 2 – The Many Saints o...
Blame the Corleones for the new Sopranos sequel.
59 min
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#298: Family History, Pt. 1 – The Godfather, Pa...
Coppola's followup to his career-making smash embeds an origin story in its ambitious dual narrative.
64 min
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#297: Bet Your Life Pt. 2: The Card Counter
Paul Schrader's "God's Lonely Man" takes the form of Oscar Isaac.
80 min
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#296: Bet Your Life Pt. 1: Hard Eight
Gambling, redemption and surrogate dads in Paul Thomas Anderson's '96 debut.
69 min