The Next Best Picture Podcast

"Expats" was the much-anticipated miniseries from director Lulu Wang following her excellent feature film "The Farewell." It premiered on Amazon Prime Video on January 26th and received critical acclaim for Wang's direction and the performances. Critics particularly singled out Actress Sarayu Blue for her powerful breakout role, which stole the show from the top-billed Nicole Kidman. Blue was kind...

Ahead of the June 14th release of "Inside Out 2," Next Best Picture got an early look at the film, including its first 30 minutes. Check out our conversation with director Kelsey Mann and producer Mark Nielsen about making the film and why they're excited for audiences to finally see it. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpictur...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full podcast episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture On Episode 42 of the Next Best Series Podcast, I'm joined by guests Shadan Larki from InSession Film and Joey Moser from Awards Daily. Together, we go over random thoughts about the current state of the Emmy Awards race, dis...

For Episode 394, Josh Parham and I are back home from the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, and we have much to discuss. Please join us, along with Sara Clements, Nadia Dalimonte, and Dan Bayer, as they hang on our every word about the films we saw, our reactions to the 2024 award winners, including Sean Baker's "Anora" winning the coveted Palme d'Or and more! Tune in as we touch on "The Substance," "The...

For this week's main podcast review, Josh Parham and I recorded our review for George Miller's "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" shortly after watching the film at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere. Because this was such a large film and we didn't want to leave other members of the NBP team out, we asked those who wanted to contribute their thoughts to record themselves separa...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Our 2010 retrospective continues with Danny Boyle's "127 Hours" starring James Franco, Amber Tamblyn & Kate Mara. Based on the incredible true story of Aaron Ralston, the film was Boyle's anticipated follow-up to his Oscar-win...

For Episode 393, I am joined by Josh Parham on the Croisette in France for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. In this week's episode, we take a break from the film festival at the midway point to discuss the various films we've been watching, including "Megalopolis," "Emilia Perez," "Kinds Of Kindness," "Oh Canada," "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga," "Bird," "Rumours," "The Girl With The Needle," and more! Th...

For this week's main podcast review, because I'm in Cannes, Daniel Howat takes over hosting duties along with Giovanni Lago to discuss John Krasinski's new film "IF," starring himself, Cailey Fleming, Ryan Reynolds, Fiona Shaw, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Louis Gossett Jr. & Steve Carell. What do these two think of this family film? Tune in as they discuss the story, performances, visual effects, Krasin...

"Thelma The Unicorn" is the new animated Netflix film written by Jared and Jerusha Hess ("Napoleon Dynamite" & "Naco Libre") and directed by Jared Hess and Lynn Wang. Based on the children's book series of the same name by Aaron Blabey, the children's animated musical stars the voice talents of Brittany Howard, Will Forte, Jemaine Clement, Edi Patterson, Fred Armisen, Zach Galifianakis, Jon Heder,...

"Babes" had its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its writing, direction, performances, and comedy from Ilana Glazer & Michelle Buteau. Director Pamela Adlon was kind enough to spend a few minutes talking with us about her feature directorial film. Please be sure to check out the film, which will be released in limited release in the U.S. by NEON...

"Power" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its direction and exploration of policing in America from Yance Ford, the Academy Award-winning filmmaker of "Strong Island." Ford was kind enough to spend a few minutes talking with us about his film, his thoughts on working with Netflix, what he hopes for regarding the future of the Sundance...

For Episode 392, I am joined by Dan Bayer & Giovanni Lago. In this week's episode, we are delivering our final preview for the 2024 Cannes Film Festival (hours before I actually leave on my flight to go to France), give our reactions to the trailers for "Thelma, "Treasure," "Handling The Undead," "Good One," "Firebrand," "Fancy Dance," "Mother, Couch," "Ghostlight" & "Green Border," go over the we...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Cody Dericks, Brendan Hodges, Tom O'Brien & Will Mavity. Today, we are reviewing the latest film from "The Maze Runner" director Wes Ball, "Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes," starring Owen Teague, Freya Allan, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon & William H. Macy. Set many generations after the events of "War For The Planet Of The Apes," this...

"3 Body Problem" is the new Netflix television series adaptation created by "Game Of Thrones" showrunners David Benioff and D. B. Weiss, along with Alexander Woo. Based on the Hugo Award-winning Chinese novel "The Three-Body Problem" by Liu Cixin, the show is a dense, ambitious, and highly impressive piece of sci-fi. Emmy Award nominee Jovan Adepo ("Watchmen"), who plays Dr. Saul Durand in the sho...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Our 2010 retrospective is continuing with Derek Cianfrance's devastating, emotional relationship drama, "Blue Valentine," starring Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling. A small indie film that garnered massive critical acclaim f...

"Loki" was a huge success for Marvel and Disney+ when it was released in 2021. Not many expected to get a second season since it was initially billed as a limited series. However, Season 2 was eventually announced, and with it came a whole new chapter in the character's journey. However, one of the newest characters introduced nearly stole the spotlight from everyone's favorite Asgardian god, and...

"Fellow Travelers" is a historical romance political thriller miniseries that has garnered a pretty devoted following since its premiere in October 2023. Based on the 2007 novel by Thomas Mallon, the show has received critical acclaim for its writing, craftsmanship, and performances from Matt Bomer and Critics Choice Award winner Jonathan Bailey. Costume Designer Joseph La Corte and Production Des...

"Evil Does Not Exist" had its world premiere at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its direction and writing from Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, and score by Japanese singer-songwriter and musician Eiko Ishibashi. Following their collaboration on the Oscar-winning film, "Drive My Car," the two intended to make a 30-minute short film accompanied by a live score....

For Episode 391, I am joined by Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham, and Dan Bayer. In this week's episode, we preview which films we're most looking forward to seeing during the 2024 Summer movie season. We also go over the weekly polls, give our reactions to the trailers for Mufasa: The Lion King and Lee, answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Thank you, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPict...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Cody Dericks & Giovanni Lago. Today, we are reviewing the latest film from stuntman turned director David Leitch, "The Fall Guy," starring Ryan Gosling, Emily Blunt, Winston Duke, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Waddingham & Stephanie Hsu. After its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival, this love letter to the stunt commu...

The nominations for the 77th annual Tony Awards were announced earlier this week and were led by "Hell's Kitchen" and "Stereophonic," with 13 nominations each. "The Outsiders" followed closely behind with 12 nominations. What did Cody Dericks, Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien think of this year's nominees? Which nominations surprised them, made them happy, and left them feeling the most dis...

"I Saw The TV Glow" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it received some of the best reviews of the festival for its striking directorial vision from Jane Schoenbrun ("We're All Going To The World's Fair"), haunting soundscape, unforgettable images, and captivating performances from Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine. Schoenbrun and Lundy-Paine were kind enough to...

"The Idea Of You" had its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for the chemistry between stars Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine and its mature writing and commentary on age-gap relationships, self-worth, prejudice towards middle-aged women, and more. Director and co-writer Michael Showalter ("Spoiler Alert") returned to the podcast and was kind enou...

SIGN UP FOR REGAL UNLIMITED W/ PROMO CODE - REGALNBP24 - https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/q4j9urzs "Evil Does Not Exist" had its world premiere at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its direction, writing, ambiguous ending, and commentary on climate change. Academy Award-nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi ("Wheel Of Fortune And Fantasy") became a hous...

SIGN UP FOR REGAL UNLIMITED W/ PROMO CODE - REGALNBP24 - https://regmovies.onelink.me/4207629222/q4j9urzs "The Fall Guy" had its world premiere at the 2024 SXSW Film Festival, where it received positive reactions for its practical action, reverence for stunts, and the humor and chemistry between the film's stars, Emily Blunt and Ryan Gosling. Director David Leitch has had a successful career as a...