The Next Best Picture Podcast

For this week's review on the Next Best Picture Podcast, I am joined by Celia Schlekewey, Danilo Castro, Josh Williams, Tom O'Brien & our guest from InSession Film, JD Duran. The movie is Adam McKay's follow up to "The Big Short" called "Vice" and it stars Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Steve Carell & Sam Rockwell. It's proving to be one of the most divisive films of 2018 and we still don't know how i...

For weeks there has been a debate over how much of "The Favourite's" much awarded (and Oscar hopeful) production design was actual production design and how much of it was simply very good location scouting. Here to put the debate to rest is production designer Fiona Crombie who's previous credits include 2016's "Macbeth" and the hit show "Top Of The Lake." Fiona was kind enough to give us a few m...

For this week's second podcast film review, myself, Jacey Aldredge & Danilo Castro review another entry in the DC Extended Universe. After being introduced in the critically and financially disappointing "Justice League," director James Wan now takes the mantle and directs Jason Momoa in "Aquaman." How does this standalone film compare to "Wonder Woman?" How are the visual effects? Is the DCEU bac...

For Episode 122, myself, Will Mavity, Michael Schwartz, Ryan C. Showers, DeAnn Knighton & Jacey Aldredge bring you our 2018 Holiday episode where we discuss the Academy's shortlists, the trailers for "Greta" and "Where'd You Go, Bernadette," the polls, answer your fan questions and more! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - @nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcas...

For this week's podcast film review, myself, Michael Schwartz, Ryan C. Showers & Josh Parham review the much-anticipated sequel to the beloved 1964 film "Mary Poppins," directed by Rob Marshall and starring Emily Blunt in the title role, this is "Mary Poppins Returns." How does it compare to the original? Is it for children or for adults? How will it perform at the Oscars? We explore all of this a...

Justin Hurwitz has in a short amount of time, through his collaborations with Damien Chazelle on "La La Land" and "First Man," made a huge impact on the cinematic landscape with his memorable film scores for both movies. An Oscar-winner for the former and now, recently shortlisted for this year's Oscar for the later, the 33 year old composer was kind enough to chat with us about his work on "First...

For this week's podcast film review, myself, Nicole Ackman, Tom O'Brien & guest Sharronda Williams from PayOrWait.com review Barry Jenkins' follow-up film to his Oscar-winning film "Moonlight," titled "If Beale Street Could Talk." How is the film doing in the awards race? How does it compare to "Moonlight?" Why is Barry Jenkins such a masterful director who should be making movies until the end of...

David Magee has already earned himself a reputation in Hollywood as being a go-to man for adapting stories for the screen receiving an Oscar nomination in 2012 for "Life Of Pi" and now he's back with a new film, a sequel to a movie that is over 50 years old, "Mary Poppins Returns." How did he go about writing the story for the much anticipated sequel? What was it like working with Rob Marshall, Di...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this month's Patreon throwback review on the Next Best Picture Podcast, I am joined by Michael Schwartz and Nicole Ackman. Together, the three of us review the 2013 film "Saving Mr. Banks" to help get us ready for the release of "Mary Pop...

Łukasz Żal earned an Oscar nomination for his first feature length film as the director of photography on Paweł Pawlikowski's Academy Award winning film "Ida." Five years later, the two have re-teamed for another stunning black and white Best Foreign Language Film Oscar contender with "Cold War." The film premiered at Cannes to great acclaim and has been making its way around the fall film festiva...

For Episode 121, myself, Will Mavity, Michael Schwartz, Ryan C. Showers, Josh Parham, Cody Derricks & Tom O'Brien give our reactions to the SAG and Critics Choice Nominations. We also go over our predictions for tomorrow's reveal of the Academy's shortlists for Best Makeup & Hairstyling, Best Visual Effects, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Documentary, Best Original Score and Best Original Song....

For this week's podcast film review, myself, Daniel Howat and guest Kathia Woods from CupOfSoulShow.com review one of the best animated films of 2018: "Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse." How does this superhero film compare to other Spider-Man films? How does it push the genre forward? Will audiences dig the animation style? Will the Academy go for it in Best Animated Feature and possibly other c...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this month's Patreon review on the Next Best Picture Podcast, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Dan Bayer & Cody Derricks. Together, the four of us travel back in time in preparation for the release of "Mary Poppins Returns" with the 1964...

Patrick J. Don Vito is a name in film editing you may not have heard of much but after seeing Peter Farrelly's hit comedy film "Green Book" you will understand that this once assistant editor, now feature length head editor is one to watch out for. With a natural flow, good sense of pacing, economic storytelling and a few other tibits you may not have noticed, Patrick was kind enough to talk to us...

For Episode 120, myself, Michael Schwartz & Josh Parham talk about the Golden Globe Nominations, give our SAG Awards predictions, talk about Kevin Hart's Oscar host fiasco, go over the polls, answer your questions and give our thoughts on the trailers for "All Is True" and "Avengers: Endgame." Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - @nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes...

For this week's podcast film review, myself, Will Mavity and Beatrice Loayza go back into history with Saoirse Ronan & Margot Robbie in the epic and tragic film from director Josie Rourke "Mary Queen Of Scots." What did the Next Best Picture team think of this late-breaking Oscar contender? Listen below to find out! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - @nextbes...

Richard E. Grant is a character actor who has been acting in Hollywood since his debut performance in 1987 for "Withnail And I." He has also starred in "Spice World," "Gosford Park," "Logan" and now most recently, "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" for which we recently won the New York Film Critics Circle award for Best Supporting Actor and this morning received his first Golden Globe Nomination for Best...

Rolfe Kent has composed films for Alexander Payne ("Downsizing" & "Sideways") and Jason Reitman ("Thank You For Smoking" & "Up In The Air"). His latest work might be his best yet as he transports us to the the time of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy with "Stan & Ollie." Rolfe was kind enough to sit down with us and talk about his whimsical work on Jon S. Baird's wonderfully delightful film. Check out...

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Our Patreon exclusive Next Best Theatre, your source for all things Broadway, is back! This time, the group was inspired by the recently-closed new play Bernhardt/Hamlet by Theresa Rebeck, to take a look at modern takes on William Shakespeare...

For Episode 119, myself, Will Mavity, Michael Schwartz, Ryan C. Showers & Josh Parham talk about the Gotham, NBR and NYFCC Winners. We give our Golden Globe Nomination Predictions, answer your fan questions and more! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - @nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-…d1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - open.s...

For this week's review, myself, Beatrice Loayza and guest Jose Solis discuss Alfonso Cuaron's latest masterpiece, the Netflix film "Roma." Does the black and white, foreign language Oscar contender live up to the hype? Find out as we give our thoughts. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - @nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/neg...

Yorgos Lanthimos' latest film "The Favourite" has been lighting up the festival circuit with its trio of winning performances from Emma Stone, Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz, its technical aspects and more. It stands to reason that this will be the director's first full-blown Oscar film. But what did the Next Best Picture team think about it? Please take a listen as myself Josh Parham, Nicole Ackm...

Fresh off its win from the National Board Of Review (NBR) yesterday, our additional film podcast review this week is the crowd pleasing yet divisive Oscar contender "Green Book" starring Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali. Joining me this week for this review is Kt Schaefer and Tom O'Brien. What did we all think? Listen below to find out! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on.....

"The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs" represents the Coen Brothers first foray into the world of Netflix. One of the unsung elements of their latest western are the seamless visual effects overseen by Alex Lemke and Michael Huber. The duo were kind enough to sit down with us to talk about their work on the Coens' six stories and the visual effects contained within each one. Check out more on NextBestPict...

For Episode 118, myself, Michael Schwartz, Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien give our predictions for the winners of the Gotham Awards, the National Board Of Review (NBR) and The New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC), the polls, the trailer for "The Lion King," answer your questions and more! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - @nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - i...