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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 or not it's safe to be holding film festivals during this time. We also go over some news of the week, the weekly poll results, deliver our reactions to the trailers for "The Glorias" and "The Boys In The Band," answer your fan questions and more! Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreo

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 the animated original and this new version, the crafts, the story and more! Take a listen down below and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 review, I am joined by Ryan C. Showers, Daniel Howat and Cody Dericks. We discuss the film's intricate (and sometimes highly confusing) screenplay, Nolan's large-scale ambition, the time-inverted visual effects, the performances and more! Disagree with our takes? Well, in the words of Christopher Nolan...Try not to understand them. Feel them. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT An

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 dominate Broadway. We share our favorites, the ones we think didn’t work, and even discuss the musicals that we prefer to their original movies. Joining me for the episode are Michael Schwartz, Dan Bayer,Casey Lee Clark, Cody Dericks & Lauren LaMagna. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/

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 retrospective), the news of the week, the polls and give our reactions to the trailers for "Ammonite" and "The 40 Year Old Version." Thank you to the community for four magical years. Here's to many more! Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad

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 humor? Find out in our review down below. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 to be announced this Sunday) and David Fincher's film has been a constant presence amongst them as it has been in the public's subconsciousness since its debut in 2014. Grossly overlooked at the Academy Awards (with a lone Best Actress nomination for Rosamund Pike's horrifying and complex performance as Amy), we explore the film's themes, performances, technical merits and more! Joining me for this Patreon podcast review I have Amanda Spears, Dan Bayer, Ryan C. Showers, Danilo Castro & Patreon guests Michael Wachowiak & Cesar Infante. Thank you once again to the Patreon listeners and to the rest of you who gave us so

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 sit down with us to discuss his newest film, the vast history the documentary attempts to tackle, who he wishes he could've interviewed and more! Take a listen down below. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 NBP Film Awards (staff voted). Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 movie theaters? Is this the film to bring them back? Find out our thoughts on the cultural conversation and the movie itself down below. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Best Original Screenplay. How well does the film hold up after such a successful night at the Academy Awards? How have its themes aged? Do the performances still hold up? What do we think of Alejandro G. Inarritu's storytelling and Emmanuel Lubezki's cinematography. Join myself, Nicole Ackman, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer and Patreon guests Charles Bright & Jason Woods as we discuss all of this and more for two and a half hours. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podca

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 various news stories that took place this week, go over the polls, give our reaction to the trailer for Netflix's "The Devil All The Time," answer your fan questions and more! Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/

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 pieces? Find out in our review down below. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"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 representative government from the ground up over the course of a week. The documentary's directors, Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, were kind enough to sit down and chat with us about how they came to the project, working on it and film's reception so far. Take a listen below! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a mon

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 universal critical acclaim, the gigantic independent film (shot over the course of 12 years) could not maintain its momentum until Oscar night where it lost Best Picture and Best Director, only winning one award for Patricia Arquette in the Best Supporting Actress category. Remembered for being a bridesmaid, how does the film hold up today? Was the praise warranted? I am joined by Dan Bayer and Patreon guests Isaiah Washington & Mike Pisa-Kino to discuss. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcas

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 sold off. The Hollywood Foreign Press got sued and more! As always, we go over the polls, answer your fan questions and give our reactions to two trailers this week: "Judas And The Black Messiah" and "I'm Thinking Of Ending Things." Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestP

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 more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"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 of the film's stars, Kate Lyn Shiel and Jane Adams, sat with us to talk about their experience of working on the film. Take a listen below. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Christie's mystery novel "Death On The Nile" which will be released on October 21st by Netflix. Directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh as the returning Hercule Poirot, it serves as a sequel to his 2017 film "Murder On The Orient Express." It will surely not only be compared to the source material but to the 1978 film of the same name. We mostly focus on the book here but also touch on the 1978 adaptation and what we hope for with Branagh's latest. Joining me for this podcast I have Will Mavity and Dan Bayer. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpictu

For Episode 205, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & Ryan C. Showers. This week we are discussing the lineup for the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Searchlight Picture's placement of "Nomadland" at the fall film festivals, the big deal made between AMC & Universal and other various news from the film industry. We also give our reactions to the trailers for "Misbehaviour," "Kajillionaire," go over the polls, answer fan questions, and more! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices