The Next Best Picture Podcast

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 "Roald Dahl's Matilda" or "Matilda The Musical" was released in 2010 and went on to win five Tony Awards in 2013. Based on the 1988 novel "Matilda" by Roald Dahl, the stage musical has been adapted into a feature film that i...

"She Said" tells one of the most powerful and influential stories of our time. As the catalyst for the #MeToo movement, which sent shockwaves throughout every industry, director Maria Schrader's film follows the two New York Times journalists who uncovered years of abuse and sexual assault committed by disgraced and convicted former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein. Maria was able to spend some...

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Dan Bayer & Brendan Hodges. Today we're reviewing the latest film from Academy Award-nominee Noah Baumbach ("Marriage Story") as he adapts someone else's material for the first time, Don DeLillo's "White Noise." Starring Adam Driver, Greta Gerwig, Don Cheadle, Raffey Cassidy, Jodie Turner-Smith, André L. Benjamin & Lars Eidinger, the film is a...

Academy Award-winning actor Eddie Redmayne has been nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Tobias Lindholm's "The Good Nurse." Redmayne plays Charles Cullen, an experienced nurse convicted of killing over 40 people over 16 years at various hospitals. It's one of the most against-type, chilling performances the actor has ever done. Redmayne was kind enough t...

For Episode 326, I am joined by Dan Bayer, Lauren Cohen, Brendan Hodges, Giovanni Lago, Alyssa Christian & Isaiah Washington. In our final podcast for 2022, we recap what we felt were the best movies the year had to offer. Join us for this special over three-hour-long episode where we discuss everything from "Everything Everywhere All At Once" to "Ambulance" and many, many more! The year gave us p...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Zoe Rose Bryant, Josh Parham, Lauren Cohen, Dan Bayer & Nadia Dalimonte. This week we're reviewing the latest film from actress turned director Sarah Polley, "Women Talking" starring Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, Judith Ivey, Sheila McCarthy, Michelle McLeod, Kate Hallett, Liv McNeil, August Winter, Ben Whishaw & Frances McDormand. Wit...

"Alice, Darling" had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival and is now being released in Los Angeles with a 2022 awards qualifying run before expanding into AMC Theaters nationwide on January 20th, 2023. The film features one of Academy Award-nominee Anna Kendrick's best performances to date as a woman looking to spend time with her closest friends on a weekend vacation but...

Much has been written about "Decision To Leave's" direction by Park Chan-wook, but a lot of what makes his work stand out is the collaboration with cinematographer Kim Ji-yong. Some of the year's most vivid compositions and haunting images have come from South Korea's official submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film this year. Kim Ji-yong was kind enough to spend a few...

"Living" has had one of the most extended lives of any film this awards season, premiering all the way back at Sundance and then going on to also screen at Venice, Telluride and TIFF before opening in limited release a few days ago from Sony Pictures Classics. A remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic film "Ikiru," the film stars Bill Nighy in a rare showcase leading role for the respected British acto...

World-renowned director Hirokazu Kore-eda's ("Shoplifters") latest film "Broker" had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where actor Song Hang-ho ("Parasite") won the festival's Best Actor prize. The South Korean film was later picked up by NEON and is now playing in New York and will be opening in Los Angeles on December 28th. Both director/writer Hirokazu Kore-eda and actor Song Kang...

"Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths" had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it initially had a nearly three-hour runtime. The film was re-edited after its Telluride screening and received a critical bump from the initial negative reviews, and is now available to stream on Netflix. Academy Award-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu ("The Revenant") co-w...

For Episode 325, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Meredith Loftus & Alyssa Christian. For this week, we talk about the Oscar shortlists, give our reactions to the trailer for Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer," answer fan-submitted questions, and give each other the Christmas gift of a movie recommendation! We also have some exciting news to announce at the top of the show! We hope whether yo...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Eve O'Dea, Dan Bayer, and guest Nathaniel Rogers from The Film Experience. This week we're reviewing the latest film from Damien Chazelle, "Babylon," starring Margot Robbie, Diego Calva, Brad Pitt, Jean Smart, Jovan Adepo, Li Jun Li & Tobey Maguire. A mammoth three-hour-long film about Hollywood's transition from silent films to talkies, the movi...

Like the 2019 original film that came before it, the latest Benoit Blanc murder mystery from director/writer Rian Johnson, "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it tore the roof off the building, providing audiences with another clever, entertaining and bitingly relevant whodunnit. The film had a one-week limited run in theate...

"Matilda The Musical" had its world premiere at the London Film Festival and is now coming to Netflix on December 25th. Based on the 2011 stage musical of the same name, which is based on the 1988 novel by Roald Dahl (which was turned into the popular 1996 film by Danny DeVito), the film has drawn a positive response for its musical numbers, performances from breakout star Alisha Weir, Emma Thomps...

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Ema Sasic, Eve O'Dea, Josh Parham, Tom O'Brien and guest Ryan McQuade to talk about the latest film from Academy Award-winning director Alejandro G. Iñárritu, "Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths," starring Daniel Giménez Cacho, Griselda Siciliani, Ximena Lamadrid, Iker Sanchez Solano, Andrés Almeida & Francisco Rubio. Described as a...

"The Whale" had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it drew praise for Brendan Fraser's comeback performance, the rest of the ensemble's performances, and Samuel D. Hunter's adaptation of his own stage play, also titled "The Whale." Samuel was kind enough to spend some time talking about his now Critics Choice-nominated work on what he believes the film's central th...

"Nanny" had its world premiere almost a year ago at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize, becoming the first horror movie to win the award. The film made its way through several other festivals before coming to theaters last month and is now available to stream on Prime Video. The film's lead actress, Anna Diop, was kind enough to spend some time talking about her per...

For Episode 324, I am joined by Josh Parham, Lauren Cohen, Alyssa Christian & Isaiah Washington. We have so much to talk about as we received the Golden Globe, Critics Choice, and Hollywood Critics Association nominations this week, along with the Los Angeles Film Critics Association winners. We also give our reactions to the trailers for Greta Gerwig's "Barbie," "65" starring Adam Driver, "Spider...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Amy Smith, Cody Dericks, Daniel Howat & Brendan Hodges. This week we're reviewing what can only be described as the biggest film of the year, "Avatar: The Way Of Water," starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Stephen Lang & Kate Winslet. The film has been 13 years in the making since the original film, "Avatar," shattered box of...

"Empire Of Light" may be the most personal story Academy Award-winning director Sam Mendes has ever made and receiving award nominations for its leading star Olivia Colman and its cinematography by Roger Deakins. Still, one of the film's best assets is its breakout star, BAFTA Rising Star Award winner Micheal Ward ("Blue Story"). The young 25-year-old actor has a bright future ahead of him, and in...

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 our next throwback review, it's the 20th anniversary of the second part in Academy Award-winner Peter Jackson's epic, masterful trilogy, "The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers," starring Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyle...

"All Quiet On The Western Front" had its world premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, where it received praise for its adaptation of the famous anti-war novel, the technical craft of its battle sequences, and depicting the horrors of war in a frighteningly realistic and brutal manner. Director Edward Berger's film has been nominated for the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awa...

Based on the memoir "Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies" by entertainment journalist Michael Ausiello, director Michael Showalter's "Spoiler Alert" depicts the modern-day relationship of Ausiello (played by Jim Parsons) and his late husband Kit Cowan (played by Ben Aldridge). Ausiello, Showalter, and Aldridge were all kind enough to spend some time talking with us about their respective roles in the fil...

"The Territory" had its world premiere at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, where critics hailed it for its sound design, cinematography, and enveloping look at the Uru-eu-wau-wau people in Brazil. With Darren Aronofsky as one of the producers, the film was eventually picked up by National Geographic and has been making the rounds at various other festivals, where it has won other prizes. Director...