The Next Best Picture Podcast

Composer Michael Abels has had a fruitful collaboration with Academy Award-winner Jordan Peele, having created the scores for all three of his films, "Get Out," "Us," and now, "Nope." Each has been released to critical acclaim, but "Nope" may be the composer's most ambitious work yet, combining elements from the horror, sci-fi, and western genres to create a soundscape that is unshakable as it lea...

For Episode 304, I am joined by Josh Parham. Last week we did a deep-dive preview into what we thought would be announced for TIFF this week, but that announcement was moved to early August (except for one shockingly big addition to the lineup this week). So, today, we're doing one final preview for Venezia 79, discussing what went down at San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC), including a ton of trailers sh...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Eve O'Dea, Daniel Howat & guest Destiny Jackson. Together, we're reviewing the latest film from Jordan Peele, "Nope," starring Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer, Steven Yeun, Brandon Perea & Michael Wincott. Following the success of his last two films, "Get Out" and "Us," Academy Award-winner Jordan Peele is now setting his sight towards t...

For Episode 303, I am joined by Amy Smith, Josh Parham, ​Dan Bayer & ​Nadia Dalimonte. With already a few titles announced for the Toronto International Film Festival, including Rian Johnson's "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," Clement Virgo's "Brother," Sanaa Lathan's On the Come Up, and Nicholas Stoller's "Bros," we suspect we'll get a lot more this week so we're going to give our predictions...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham & guest Aaron White from the Feelin' Film Podcast. Together, we're reviewing the latest film from the Russo Brothers, "The Gray Man," starring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jessica Henwick, Regé-Jean Page, Wagner Moura, Julia Butters, Dhanush, Alfre Woodard & Billy Bob Thornton. With one of the largest budgets ever assemble...

In what will surely go down as one of the most purely delightful films of 2022, "Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris," based on the beloved 1958 novel "Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris" by Paul Gallico, is now playing in theaters from Focus Features. It tells the story of how a widowed cleaning lady in 1950s London, travels to France to purchase a Dior dress. We were lucky enough to get the chance to interview the...

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 2012 retrospective continues with David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Tucker, Anupam Kher, John Ortiz & Julia Stiles. Following the...

The 2022 Emmy Nominations were announced yesterday morning, and as always, there were surprises and shocking omissions to be found amongst the inclusions of some of our favorites. Nadia Dalimonte & Will Mavity joined me yesterday evening to discuss our reactions to the nominations from earlier that morning. Please tune in as we discuss the nominations for the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards, along with...

For Episode 302, I am joined by Josh Parham & Tom O'Brien. With the Emmy nominations set to be announced this week, we discuss the impact television has been having on the box office and audience viewer habits. We also give our reactions to the trailers for "The Woman King," "Amsterdam," "Luck," go over the polls, answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! We hope you enjoy this week's show. P...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham, Amy Smith & Daniel Howat. Together, we're reviewing the latest film from director Taika Waititi, "Thor: Love And Thunder," starring Chris Hemsworth, Natalie Portman, Christian Bale, Tessa Thompson, Taika Waititi & Russell Crowe. His second directorial effort in the MCU after "Thor: Ragnarok," the latest standalone Tho...

"Fire Of Love" premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received an enthusiastic response, winning the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award in the U.S. Documentary category. National Geographic Documentary Films later picked it up with NEON co-distributing for theatrical release. Director, writer, and producer Sara Dosa was kind enough to spend a few minutes of her time talk...

"Black Bird" is a true-crime miniseries on AppleTV+, with two episodes coming out July 8th and the rest debuting on the streaming platform weekly). It stars Taron Egerton as Jimmy Keene, a young convict who is transferred to a maximum-security prison so he can get close to Larry Hall (Paul Walter Hauser) to determine if he's the one behind a series of murders. With his ten-year prison sentence on...

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 It's been a long time since our review of "Stranger Things" Season 3 on the podcast three years ago. Finally, we are back to discuss the entirety of Season 4 (both Vol I and Vol II) of Netflix's hottest show. Shattering record...

For Episode 301, I am joined by Josh Parham & Will Mavity. After discussing the Oscar contenders and best films from the first half of 2022, today, we're looking ahead to give our predictions for the Oscar contenders to come throughout the rest of 2022. Which films do we think are currently in the frontrunner positions (sight unseen) as we prepare for the fall film festival programming announcemen...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Ema Sasic, Josh Parham & Will Mavity. Together, we're reviewing the latest film from director John Michael McDonagh, "The Forgiven," starring Ralph Fiennes, Jessica Chastain, Matt Smith & Christopher Abbott. The film premiered at last year's Toronto International Film Festival and played earlier this year at the Tribeca Film Festival, where it re...

The Next Best Series Podcast is back this month with a free full-length episode for all listeners as we discuss "Stranger Things: Vol I," "The Boys," the end of "Obi Wan Kenobi," the return of "Westworld," and more! However, the real meat of this over two-hour-long episode is our Emmy Nomination predictions for the 74th annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Here to join me this month, I have Nadia Dalimon...

Zawe Ashton has been starring in more high-profile projects over the last few years, with her biggest to date next year in the form of "The Marvels." For now, she's playing Julia Thistlewaite in the new period drama "Mr. Malcolm's List," co-starring Freida Pinto, Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Ashley Park & Theo James. The film's diverse cast is unique for a period costume drama, and the end...

"Our Flag Means Death" has been one of the breakout new comedy shows of 2022. Created by David Jenkins with Taikia Waititi directing the pilot, this period romantic comedy about Pirates finding love in unexpected places during the Golden Age of Piracy has received critical acclaim for its writing, performances, costuming, and LGBTQ+ representation. It was recently announced that the show had been...

It's a very special podcast as I'm joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Will Mavity, and Tom O'Brien to celebrate 300 episodes of the Next Best Picture Podcast. On top of going over some news in the movie world from this week, we also reminisce on the show's best moments and our fondest memories as we cross this milestone episode. We also go over the polls, answer your fan-submitted questions, and mo...

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Eve O'Dea, Dan Bayer & Will Mavity. Together, we're reviewing the latest film from director Bay Luhrmann, "Elvis," starring Austin Butler and Tom Hanks. The film is your typical musical biopic but with the glamour, style, and bombastic filmmaking from Luhrmann with a breakout performance from Butler and a polarizing performance from...

Jeremy Podeswa has been working in television for over twenty years now, working on hit shows such as "Broadwalk Empire, "Game Of Thrones," and "The Handmaid's Tale." This year he directed three episodes of the HBO Miniseries "Station Eleven," including the final two episodes. Based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Emily St. John Mandel, the show stars Mackenzie Davis, Himesh Patel, Matilda L...

If you ask most people which television series from 2022 was the breakout new show of the year, they will probably say Dan Erickson's "Severance." Sean one premiered on AppleTV+ on February 18th with the week-to-week episodes directed by Ben Stiller and Aoife McArdle. It received critical acclaim for its writing, performances by the ensemble, and immersion into its world and concept. Many talented...

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 2012 retrospective continues with Quentin Tarantino's Oscar-winning film "Django Unchained" starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington & Samuel L. Jackson. A massive hit at the box office and...

"Cha Cha Real Smooth" premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival, where it received a warm reception and was later picked up by Apple. It is now streaming on AppleTV+ where thousands of people are getting the opportunity to see the acclaimed follow-up film from Cooper Raiff, co-starring Dakota Johnson in what many are calling her best performance to date. Like his directorial debut...

For our second review this week, Ema Sasic, Dan Bayer, Sara Clements, Daniel Howat & Zoe Rose Bryant joined me to discuss the second feature film from Cooper Raiff, "Cha Cha Real Smooth," starring him, Dakota Johnson, Vanessa Burghardt, Leslie Mann, Brad Garrett & Raúl Castillo. The follow-up to his directorial debut "Shithouse," Raiff's latest premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to enthusiast...