The Next Best Picture Podcast

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 For this month's first throwback podcast review, I was joined by Danilo Castro and Tom O'Brien to discuss the first collaboration between Academy Award-winning filmmaker Alexander Payne and Academy Award-nominated actor Paul G...

"The Delinquents" had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in the Un Certain Regard section, where it received positive reviews for taking the crime-heist genre and putting a unique spin on it. Argentina has chosen the film as its official selection for Best International Feature at the 96th Academy Awards. Director/Writer Rodrigo Moreno was kind enough to spend some time talking wi...

For Episode 364, I am joined by Nadia Dalimonte, Josh Parham & Giovanni Lago. For this week, we're discussing the end of the 2023 New York Film Festival (NYFF), including the North American Premieres of "Ferrari" & "The Killer." We also go over the polls, give our reactions to the trailer for "The Iron Claw," discuss other news and updates within the industry and awards season, answer your fan-sub...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Dan Bayer. We are reviewing the latest film from Justine Triet, "Anatomy Of A Fall" starring Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth, Saadia Bentaieb, Camille Rutherford, Anne Rotger & Sophie Fillières. Winner of the Palme d'Or from this year's Cannes Film Festival, it's one of the most acclai...

"The Mission" had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and is the follow-up film from co-directing duo Amanda McBaine & Jesse Moss following their work on "Boys State." The documentary follows the story of John Allen Chau, an American missionary who attempted to make contact with one of the world's most isolated Indigenous peoples, the Sentinelese. The film has received positive revie...

"Anatomy Of A Fall" had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Palme d'Or for best film. It received rave reviews for director/writer Justine Triet's tight direction, riveting writing, and Sandra Hüller's commanding performance that straddled a fine line of ambiguity throughout, keeping audiences on the edge of their seats as to whether or not her character co...

For Episode 363, I am joined by Ema Sasic, Lauren Cohen & Dan Bayer. For this week, we're discussing the continuation of the 2023 New York Film Festival (NYFF), including the North American Premieres of "Maestro" and "Priscilla." We also go over the polls, give our reactions to the trailers for "Leave The World Behind," "The Beekeeper," "Thanksgiving," and "Silent Night," answer your fan-submitted...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Dan Bayer, Giovanni Lago & Tom O'Brien. We are reviewing the latest film from Garth Davis, "Foe" starring Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal & Aaron Pierre. Adapting his own novel by the same name, writer Ian Reid makes his screenwriting debut wit this chamber-piece sci-fi drama which had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival and received most...

"Cat Person" had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it received a strong emotional response from some viewers who were familiar with the wildly bizarre 2017 true dating story that inspired it and some who were not. Starring Emilia Jones, Nicholas Braun, Geraldine Viswanathan, Hope Davis, Fred Melamed, and Isabella Rossellini, the film found a US distributor in Rialto Pict...

"Dicks: The Musical" had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where it opened the Midnight Madness section with an audacious, raunchy, over-the-top presentation marking A24's first movie musical to date. With an all-star cast that includes Megan Mullally, Megan Thee Stallion, Bowen Yang, and Nathan Lane and directed by "Borat" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm" director Larr...

"The Creator" is now playing in theaters and contains one of the most fascinating behind-the-scenes production stories of 2023. Shot with a budget of only $80 million, the original sci-fi film from "Godzilla" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" director Gareth Edwards has turned quite a few heads in the industry regarding how a blockbuster film can be shot, and its visual effects work be produced e...

For Episode 362, I am joined by Josh Parham & Tom O'Brien. For this week, we're discussing the Golden Globes' decision to add two new categories to their awards show, the beginning of the 2023 New York Film Festival (NYFF) and the 2023 AFI Film Festival lineup. We also go over the polls, give our reactions to the trailers for "May December" & "Fingernails," answer your fan-submitted questions and...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Ema Sasic, Daniel Howat, Isaiah Washington & Will Mavity to discuss the latest film from Gareth Edwards, "The Creator" starring John David Washington, Gemma Chan, Ken Watanabe, Sturgill Simpson, Allison Janney & Madeleine Yuna Voyles. An original sci-fi film made for under $100 million but made to look like it cost a lot more, Edwards and his tea...

"Fair Play" had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it received strong reviews for its two lead performances from Phoebe Dynevor and Alden Ehrenreich and Chloe Domont's direction and writing. The film makes the feature directorial debut for Domont, who is no stranger to being behind the camera as she's taken all her experience working in short films and television to this...

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 For this month's second throwback podcast review, I was joined by Lauren LaMagna, Danilo Castro, and Isaiah Washington to discuss the first collaboration between Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and Academy Award...

"Cassandro" had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for Gael García Bernal's lead performance. Academy Award-winning documentarian director Roger Ross Williams ("Life Animated") made his narrative feature debut with this film and also received warm notices for his direction of an openly gay wrestler in the world of Lucha Libre wrestling. Ross W...

For Episode 361, I am joined by Alyssa Christian, Dan Bayer, Will Mavity, Cody Dericks & Tom O'Brien. For this week, we're discussing the latest developments in the awards season race and giving our final preview of the 2023 New York Film Festival (NYFF) and what impact it might have on the Oscar race. We also go over the polls, give our reactions to the trailers for "Dream Scenario" & "All Of Us...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Lauren Cohen, Josh Parham & Dan Bayer to discuss the latest film from Craig Gillespie, "Dumb Money" starring Paul Dano, Pete Davidson, Vincent D'Onofrio, America Ferrera, Nick Offerman, Anthony Ramos, Sebastian Stan, Shailene Woodley & Seth Rogen. Telling the 2021 story of the Gamestop short squeeze, which rocked Wall Street and made a lot of peo...

"Flora And Son" had its world premiere at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its breakout performance by Eve Hewson, the songwriting, and for giving the expected but welcome warm feelings a John Carney film can provide. The film recently screened again at the Toronto International Film Festival ahead of its limited theatrical release and global launch on Apple...

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 For this month's first throwback podcast review, I was joined by Giovanni Lago, Danilo Castro, and guest Larry Fried to discuss the first collaboration between Academy Award-winning director Martin Scorsese and Academy Award-w...

For Episode 360, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Giovanni Lago & Daniel Howat. After taking a week off to cover the Venice and Toronto International Film Festivals, we are back with a mammoth episode recapping the end of Venice and the entirety of TIFF as we break down each movie we saw at the film festivals. We also go over the polls, give our reactions to the trailers for "The Boy And The...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Giovanni Lago & Brendan Hodges to discuss the latest film from Kenneth Branagh, his third Agatha Christie adaptation, "A Haunting In Venice" starring Branagh, Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Kelly Reilly, Camille Cotton, Jude Hill & Riccardo Scmarcio. With a gothic horror twist on the whodunnit genre, Branagh reprises his role as Hercule P...

"A Haunting In Venice" is now playing in theaters and marks the third Agatha Christie adaptation by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kenneth Branagh, who returns for the third time as the world's greatest detective, Hercule Poirot. With an all-star cast that includes Tina Fey, Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Dornan, Kelly Reilly, Camille Cotton, Jude Hill & Riccardo Scmarcio, the film cleverly takes Christie'...

"Aristotle And Dante Discover The Secrets Of The Universe" had its world premiere at last year's Toronto International Film Festival and finally had its theatrical premiere last weekend in limited release. An adaptation of the 2012 novel of the same name by Benjamin Alire Sáenz, the source material and film has a dedicated following who have connected with the story, its characters, and themes cen...

For Episode 359, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and guest Jorge Don Birnam. As per tradition, Jorge and I recorded our conversations on our way to the Telluride Film Festival in the car and coming home from the festival. In between our conversations about the lineup and the Oscar contenders that emerged from the Labor Day weekend festival, I connected with Josh Parham at the Venice Interna...