The Next Best Picture Podcast

The 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards will be held this Sunday, capping off what has been not only a phenomenal year of television but also one of the most unique years we've ever experienced. COVID-19 forced us and Emmy voters to stay in-doors and watch more shows than ever before. What impact will that have on the winners? What are we predicting? Here to join me I have Amanda Spears, Michael Schwartz,...

For Episode 211, I am joined by Nicole Ackman, Dan Bayer, Josh Parham & Tom O'Brien. Phase one of the Awards Season kicked off this past week with the Venice Film Festival and TIFF overlapping, and we still have NYFF set to start later this week! We also received some big news from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences as they implemented new rules for diversity and inclusion pertaining to...

For this week's main review, I am joined by Lauren LaMagna, Ryan C. Showers, Dan Bayer, Josh Parham & Daniel Howat. Together, we are finally reviewing Charlie Kaufman's latest film, "I'm Thinking Of Ending Things." Currently streaming on Netflix, we wanted to give this one a week to settle in before we hopped on the podcast to discuss because it's an incredibly layered piece of work from the brill...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture As previously announced, we are diving back into the year 2016 with a few missing podcast reviews which we did not complete the year the site launched. This will culminate in NBP Film Community Awards and awards voted on by the staff...

"The Broken Hearts Gallery" is a delightful romantic comedy from feature debut writer/director Natalie Krinsky, which releases this weekend in cinemas from Sony Pictures Releasing. Editor Shawn Paper was kind enough to sit down with us and provide some key insight into the making of the film, its many montages, music selection and much more! Do give it a listen and be sure to check out the film st...

Jay Wadley, the Brooklyn NY based film composer responsible for the score for "I'm Thinking Of Ending Things" and the upcoming Sundance hit "I Carry You With Me" sat down with us to discuss his work on Charlie Kaufman's latest. Filled with many fun facts, hidden surprises and subliminal meaning, every decision made for this movie has been well-thought out by all involved and Wadley is no exception...

For Episode 210, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer, Josh Parham & Cody Dericks. Phase one is finally here! Despite a global pandemic, the film festivals have officially kicked off with the Venice International Film Festival. Toronto will begin later this week while New York will start next week. We preview all three including what we're most looking forward to and whether...

For this week's main review, I am joined by Ryan C. Showers, Dan Bayer, Cody Dericks & guest Kevin Lee. Together, we are discussing the 2020 Disney live-action remake of "Mulan" (1998) also titled "Mulan." The film was supposed to come out earlier this spring but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic and has now been made available on Disney+ for $29.99. We discuss the differences between th...

It's finally here. After months of delays and anticipation, the newest Christopher Nolan film is here for (most) people to see in the cinema on the largest screen possible with a sound system so loud, it threatens to drown out all of the dialogue. Let the discourse begin! This is our review of "Tenet" starring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki & Kenneth Branagh. For this r...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture On the latest episode of Next Best Theatre, we discuss stage musical adaptations of films like “Hairspray,” “Beetlejuice,” and “The Producers.” These screen to stage adaptations have been popular for many years and often seem to dom...

For Episode 209, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Dan Bayer & Josh Parham. This week we are celebrating four years of Next Best Picture but due to unfortunate tragedy we are also reflecting on the life, career and legacy of Chadwick Boseman who passed away this past Friday. We also reveal the winners for the 2014 NBP Film Community Awards (alongside the staff voted NBP Film Awards for our 2014 ret...

For this week's main podcast review I'm joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & Daniel Howat. Together we're reviewing the latest from Armando Iannucci, "The Personal History Of David Copperfield." With a color-blind and utterly delightful cast led by Dev Patel, Iannucci takes many risks with his Charles Dickens adaptation. How do they pay off? What did we think of the performances? The film's tone and...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture It's been a fun ride. With our review of "Gone Girl" on the Next Best Picture Podcast, we have come to the end of our 2014 retrospective. The NBP Film Award Nominations are out as are the NBP Film Community Award Nominations (Winners...

Danny Wolf's documentary "Skin: A History Of Nudity In The Movies" is a film buff's dream. Not only do you get a behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of cinema through its depiction of nudity but you also hear from those who were on set, involved in the process or experts on the topic, providing a historical overview of one of cinema's most controversial topics. Danny Wolf was kind enough to si...

For Episode 208, I am joined by Bianca Garner, Michael Schwartz, Dan Bayer & Josh Parham. This week we are discussing the first reviews for Christopher Nolan's "Tenet," the trailers for "The Batman," "On The Rocks" and "Death On The Nile." We also go over various news stories which broke this week, the poll results from last week, answer your fan questions and announce the nominations for the 2014...

For this week's main podcast review I don't have my regular podcasting crew. Instead, I am joined by guests Rafael Motamayor & Nate Adams. Together, we are reviewing the film that was supposed to be the first movie audiences see in a theater (and for some, it still is), "Unhinged" starring Russell Crowe. What do we think of the first offering from Solstice Studios? Are people ready to go back to m...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture We have come to the Best Picture winner of 2014 in our retrospective. "Birdman" led the Oscar nominations with a tying 9 nominations and also tied for the amount of wins, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Be...

For Episode 207, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman & Josh Parham. This week we are announcing the nominations for the 2014 NBP Film Community Awards, voted on by all of you! We received more votes this year than last year for 2015, so we really appreciate that and hope you will partake in voting on the winners (which will go up tomorrow and last until August 29th). We also discuss var...

For this week's main podcast review I am joined by Josh Parham & returning guest Isaiah Washington. Together, we are reviewing Netflix's second blockbuster action film of the summer (see our previous review of "The Old Guard") with "Project Power" starring Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt & Dominique Fishback. What did we think of this action film? It's unique super-power concept? The action set p...

"Boys State" premiered earlier this year the Sundance Film Festival where it won U.S. Documentary Competition Grand Jury Prize. An A24 production, it got picked up by Apple and is now streaming exclusively on Apple TV+. The documentary follows a thousand teenage boys attending the Boys/Girls State program in Texas. Their goal is to put their political differences aside and come together to build a...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture The 2014 retrospective is coming to an end. We have now come to Richard Linklater's 12-year- long opus "Boyhood" starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, and Ethan Hawke. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014 to universa...

For Episode 206, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Dan Bayer, Lauren LaMagna, Cody Dericks & Tom O'Brien. We have so much to discuss this week. We found out that Steve McQueen's "Small Axe” Anthology would open up this year's New York Festival. Disney announced that "Mulan" will be heading to Disney+ in September. The Paramount Decrees ended. Movies got their release dates moved and some were even...

For this week's main podcast review I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien. Together, we are reviewing our first ever HBO Max exclusive release: "An American Pickle" starring Seth Rogen in a dual role and also what might be his finest performance yet. What did we think of the film's premise? Its comedy? And its themes? Find out all of this and more in our review down below. Check out...

"She Dies Tomorrow" is a psychologically terrifying new film from writer/director Amy Seimetz that was meant to premiere at this year's South By Southwest film festival. The movie is now available to stream digitally this weekend on VOD and has already gained a lot of critical acclaim for its intriguing premise, the creative vision from Seimetz and the performances of the ensemble. Seimetz and two...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Next Best Adaptation is back where we review the source material of the year's potential Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar contenders. Last time, we looked at "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier, and this time we are taking a look at Agatha Ch...