The Next Reel Film Podcast
1) La Cage Aux Folles • The Next Reel
When asked to adapt the hit stage show "La Cage Aux Folles" to the big screen, director Édouard Molinaro knew he had to get comedy writer/director Francis Veber involved to not only get the story out ...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) The Phantom of the Opera
Cast your vote for The Next Reel as Best TV & Film Podcast today!“I can not leave the opera now. There is a strange force that drives me on.”From Stage to Screen: Universal's Monster Legacy BeginsThe ...Show More
3) The Big Parade
“I came to fight—not to wait and rot in a lousy hole while they murder my pal!”World War I Through 1925's Eyes: The Big Parade Marches OnKing Vidor's The Big Parade, released in 1925, represented a wa...Show More
4) Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ • Member Bonus
“I will ride you down—wrench off your wheels—trample you into the sand! You shall race—to your death!”Epic Biblical Tale Celebrates CentennialBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) stands as MGM's most ...Show More
5) Battleship Potemkin
“The land is ours. Tomorrow is ours!”Revolutionary Cinema: Battleship Potemkin Turns 100Sergei Eisenstein's landmark 1925 Soviet silent film Battleship Potemkin revolutionized cinema through its innov...Show More
6) Sunset Blvd.
“We didn’t need dialogue. We had faces.”Hollywood's Dark Mirror: Sunset Boulevard (1950)Billy Wilder's noir masterpiece Sunset Boulevard stands as both a scathing critique of Hollywood and a haunting ...Show More
7) Caged
“What I’d give for a sink full of dirty dishes.”Women Behind Bars: A Groundbreaking Prison DramaCaged (1950), directed by John Cromwell, established the template for women's prison films while earning...Show More
8) Born Yesterday
“I want everybody to be smart. I want 'em to be as smart as they can be. A world full of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.”A Comedy of Intelligence: Breaking Down Born YesterdayGeorge Cukor...Show More
9) The Gunfighter • Member Bonus
“How come I've got to run into a squirt like you nearly every place I go these days? What are you trying to do? Show off for your friends?”A Thoughtful Western About Fame's Heavy BurdenThe Gunfighter ...Show More
10) The Aura
“I know when they're going to come because a few seconds earlier, I feel something. The doctors call it ‘aura’.”Into the Mind of a Taxidermist: Exploring The AuraFabián Bielinsky's final film The Aura...Show More