The Next Best Picture Podcast

"Saturday Night" had its world premiere at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for Jason Reitman and Gil Keenan's screenplay, the real-time editing of the film's narrative, and the performances from the ensemble cast, which consists of primarily young and up and coming talent in Hollywood. Director and co-writer Jason Reitman, along with members of the film's crew,...

"Saturday Night" had its world premiere at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for Jason Reitman and Gil Keenan's screenplay, the real-time editing of the film's narrative, and the performances from the ensemble cast, which consists of primarily young and up and coming talent in Hollywood. Three of the film's stars, Gabriel LaBelle (Lorne Michaels), Cory Michael Sm...

For this week's third podcast review, I am joined by Nadia Dalimonte & Josh Parham to review and discuss the feature directorial debut from Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Rachel Morrison, "The Fire Inside," starring Ryan Destiny & Brian Tyree Henry. The film tells the true underdog story of Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, a boxer from Flint, Michigan, who trained to become the first woman in he...

"The Fire Inside" had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for Rachel Morrison's direction, Barry Jenkins's screenplay, and the performances from Ryan Destiny and Brian Tyree Henry. The film is about the early boxing career of Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, a fighter from Flint, Michigan, including her competing at the 2012 Summer Olympi...

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Ema Sasic, Josh Parham & Dan Bayer to review and discuss the latest film from Halina Reijn, "Babygirl," starring Nicole Kidman, Harris Dickinson, Sophie Wilde & Antonio Banderas. Following the success of "Bodies Bodies Bodies," Reijn's latest film had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Volpi Cup for B...

For Episode 423, Sara Clements, Dan Bayer, Cody Dericks, Daniel Howat, Tom O'Brien & Will Mavity all join me for a special end of the year episode as we say goodbye to 2024 by recapping some of our favorite movies of the year, our best theater experiences, and yes, even some of our worst disappointments. We also give our winner predictions for the 87th Golden Globe Awards, reveal the winner of las...

"A Complete Unknown" is the latest music biopic by director James Mangold after he had previously given audiences "Walk The Line" in 2005. This one covers Bob Dylan (Timothée Chalamet) through his folk music success in the early 1960s until his controversial decision to switch from acoustic to electric instruments at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The Next Best Picture team was lucky enough to sp...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Alyssa Christian, Josh Parham, Cody Dericks & Giovanni Lago to review and discuss the latest film from director James Mangold, "A Complete Unknown," starring Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Boyd Holbrook, Scoot McNairy & Dan Fogler. A music biopic of one of the world's most renowned and enigmatic stars, Bob Dylan,...

For this week's third podcast review, I am joined by Ema Sasic, Dan Bayer, Nadia Dalimonte & Brendan Hodges to review and discuss the latest film from Robert Eggers, "Nosferatu," starring Bill Skarsgård, Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Emma Corrin & Willem Dafoe. A remake of the 1922 silent film of the same name, which was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 nove...

Robert Eggers's "Nosferatu" has now been unleashed unto the world, and we're here to bring you behind the scenes of this gothic re-telling of the 1922 silent film of the same name, which was an unauthorized adaptation of Bram Stoker's 1897 novel "Dracula." First up, we have Matt Neglia's interview with Director/Writer Robert Eggers, then we have Ema Sasic'sinterview with two of the film's stars, L...

"Babygirl" had its world premiere at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its smart writing and slick direction from Halina Reijn and Nicole Kidman's bold performance as a high-powered CEO who puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with a much younger intern, which won her the Volpi Cup for Best Actress. Reijn was kind...

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Dan Bayer, Giovanni Lago & Brendan Hodges to review and discuss the latest film from Brady Corbet, "The Brutalist," starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Emma Laird, Isaach de Bankolé & Alessandro Nivola. The three-and-a-half-hour film (with an overture, 15-minute intermission, and epilogue)...

"The Brutalist" had its world premiere at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival, where it received enthusiastic reviews for its direction from Brady Corbet (which won him the Silver Lion for Best Director), the tremendous performances from its cast consisting of Adrien Brody, Guy Pearce, and Felicity Jones, and the film's monumental scope on such a small budget. The Next Best Picture team wa...

For Episode 422, Dan Bayer, Giovanni Lago, and I are celebrating the holidays and going over the Oscar Shortlists for the 97th Academy Awards. We also go over some other awards season topics, reveal the winner of last week's poll, asking, "Which Best Picture Oscar Nominee With A Runtime Over 3 Hours Is Your Favorite?" and ask this week's poll question, "Which Film Do You Think Will Be The Next Bes...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Nadia Dalimonte, Josh Parham & Tom O'Brien to review and discuss the latest film from director Barry Jenkins, "Mufasa: The Lion King," starring Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, Tiffany Boone, Donald Glover, Mads Mikkelsen, Thandiwe Newton, Lennie James, Anika Noni Rose, Blue Ivy Carter & Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. We say...

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham & Tom O'Brien to review and discuss "September 5," starring Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin & Leonie Benesch. Directed and co-written by Swiss director Tim Fehlbaum, the film had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival and has gone on to receive positive reviews, a Golden Globe nomination for Best Pict...

"Maria" had its world premiere at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for Angelina Jolie's breathtaking performance as Maria Callas, one of the world's most renowned Opera singers, Pablo Larraín's gorgeous direction, Ed Lachman's sumptuous cinematography and the detailed production design from Guy Hendrix Dyas. The Next Best Picture team was lucky enough...

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Alyssa Christian, Josh Parham, Giovanni Lago & Cody Dericks to review and discuss the latest film from Academy Award-nominee RaMell Ross, "Nickel Boys," starring Ethan Herisse, Brandon Wilson, Hamish Linklater, Fred Hechinger, Daveed Diggs & Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. Adapted from Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize Award-winning novel, the story fol...

"Nickel Boys" had its world premiere at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival, where it received enthusiastic reviews from critics who praised writer and director RaMell Ross's adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, the cinematography by Jomo Fray, the score by Alex Somers and Scott Alario and the performances from the entire cast. The film has gone on to be nominated for the In...

"Vermiglio" had its world premiere at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its writing and direction from Maura Delpero as she tells the story of a remote mountain village family's life in 1944, Vermiglio. The film competed for the Golden Lion and was awarded the Grand Jury Prize. It has been chosen as Italy's entry for Best International Feature Film...

"The Girl With The Needle" had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it competed for the Palme d'Or and received strong reviews for its dark true story, striking black and white cinematography, and haunting performances from Vic Carmen Sonne and Trine Dyrholm. The film has been chosen as the Danish entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards and has be...

"Queer" had its world premiere at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival, where it received polarizing reviews but has continued to fascinate audiences since as it expands to more theaters from A24. Screenwriter Justin Kuritzkes, who also worked with director Luca Guadagnino earlier this year on "Challengers," was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about adapting William S. Burrou...

For Episode 421, Josh Parham, Giovanni Lago, and I have a packed episode of more awards season updates this week. We go over the winners from the 2024 Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), discuss the nominations from the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards (CCA), American Cinema Editors (ACE), Costume Designer Guild (CDG), and Makeup & Hairstylist Guild (MUAHS). We also give some predict...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Alyssa Christian, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Giovanni Lago & Brendan Hodges to review and discuss the latest film from Luca Guadagnino, "Queer," starring Daniel Craig, Drew Starkey, Jason Schwartzman, Henrique Zaga & Lesley Manville. The film received polarizing reviews after its world premiere at the 2024 Venice International Film Festival. However...

"The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim" is an anime fantasy film directed by Kenji Kamiyama set 183 years before Peter Jackson's "The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy" (2001–2003) and tells the story of Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox), a legendary king of Rohan, and his family as they defend their kingdom against an army of Dunlendings. Kamiyama and Producer Philippa Boyens were both kind enough to...