The Next Picture Show Podcast
1) #078: (Pt. 1) Baywatch / The Brady Bunch Movie
Inspired by the less-than-inspiring new BAYWATCH movie, we consider the strange alchemy that is the cheesy-TV-show-to-feature-film adaptation, via one of the genre’s standout entries: Betty Thomas’ 19...Show More
2) #505: Lose to Win, Pt. 1 – The Hustler
The new Marty Supreme follows a table-tennis phenom with the talent necessary to beat the best players in the world, if only he can keep his self-destructive tendencies from getting in the way. Swap o...Show More
3) #504: The Eternal Question, Pt. 2 — Eternity
David Freyne’s new Eternity shoves a thematically rich afterlife scenario into a romcom-shaped container, resulting in an above-average example of the genre that nonetheless feels like it’s only scrat...Show More
4) #503: The Eternal Question, Pt. 1 — After Life (1998)
The new fantasy romcom Eternity turns on a scenario familiar from any number of films that imagine life after death as a bureaucratic process, but its focus on characters forced to make big, symbolic ...Show More
5) #502: Human/Nature, Pt. 2 — Train Dreams
Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams uses gorgeous imagery of the natural world, combined with an omniscient narrator quoting from the Denis Johnson novella the film adapts, to speak for a taciturn protagonis...Show More
6) #501: Human/Nature, Pt. 1 — Days of Heaven
Clint Bentley’s new Train Dreams uses the vast canvas of the natural world to frame a relatively tiny story of a single human life, a juxtaposition of story and visuals that’s reminiscent of the work ...Show More
7) #500: What's In a Name — The Last Picture Show
Don’t be alarmed by the title of this week’s movie selection, this is not our final episode — in fact, it’s our 500th, a milestone none of us expected to hit when we started this podcast a decade ago....Show More
8) #499: Impaired Visions, Pt. 2 — Radu Jude's Dracula
From its nearly three-hour runtime to its deployment of some of the most deranged CGI you’ve ever seen committed to screen, Radu Jude’s DRACULA often feels like an extended act of trolling, but is it ...Show More
9) #498: Impaired Visions, Pt. 1 — 8 1/2
Radu Jude’s DRACULA is, technically speaking, yet another movie about one of the most depicted antagonists in all of cinema, but in actuality it’s about a different beast that has fascinated filmmaker...Show More
10) #497: First Strikes, Pt. 2 — A House of Dynamite
A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is built on an undeniably hooky premise — a nuclear missile originating from an unknown source is heading right for us — but is that premise enough to support a successful movie? W...Show More