#023: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Midnight Special (Pt. 1)

#010: Star Wars: A New Hope / The Force Awakens (Pt. 2): Our conversation linking the very first STAR WARS film with the new sequel (or is it a reboot? a remake?) THE FORCE AWAKENS delves into the myriad ways the two films are connected, and how the cultural impact of A NEW HOPE plays out in the new film. And i by The Next Picture Show

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#009: Star Wars: A New Hope / The Force Awakens (Pt. 1): J.J. Abrams' record-breaking smash THE FORCE AWAKENS consciously reaches back to the very first entry in the STAR WARS universe, 1977's A NEW HOPE, for inspiration, plot points, and design — and offers us an opportunity to look back at how George Lucas by The Next Picture Show

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#003: Battle Royale / Hunger Games Series (Pt. 1): With the final installment of the blockbuster YA series THE HUNGER GAMES hitting theaters, we look back to the material many accused HUNGER GAMES author Suzanne Collins of ripping off: 2000's BATTLE ROYALE, a hyper-violent Japanese film adaptation of a hy by The Next Picture Show

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#019: MASH / Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Pt. 1): Attention. Attention: This week’s movie pairing looks at the communities that spring up in the middle of war, and the odd ways people try to push back against the insanity that surrounds them. Inspired by the new Tina Fey wartime dramedy WHISKEY TANGO F by The Next Picture Show

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#018: The Wicker Man (1973) / The Witch (Pt. 2): Our THE WICKER MAN - THE WITCH conversation goes deeper into the two films' shared qualities, including their portrayals of religion and women, and their canny use of (very different types of) music. We'll also get deeper into the question of "is it horro by The Next Picture Show

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#006: Toy Story / The Good Dinosaur (Pt. 2): Our conversation on Pixar's trajectory from 1995 to today delves into the company's most recent offering, discussing how THE GOOD DINOSAUR fits in with the rest of Pixar's output, including TOY STORY, as well as the modern computer-animated-feature landsc by The Next Picture Show

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#002: All The President's Men / Spotlight (Pt. 2): The Next Picture Show's discussion of All The President's Men and Spotlight continues with the group Forum discussion. In this half, Scott Tobias, Tasha Robinson, and Keith Phipps talk about the films' respective approaches to journalism, the cities of Wa by The Next Picture Show

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#026: Assualt On Precinct 13 (1976) / Green Room (Pt. 2): In this half of our ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13/GREEN ROOM discussion, we bring Jeremy Saulnier's chill-inducing new thriller into the picture, and consider the many ways in which it reflects John Carpenter's earlier work. The two films have a lot to say about by The Next Picture Show

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#004: Battle Royale / The Hunger Games Series (Pt. 2): Our conversation on the many connections between BATTLE ROYALE and THE HUNGER GAMES series continues with the Forum discussion focusing on the films' respective styles, their different approaches to violence and teen angst, and their influence on the YA f by The Next Picture Show

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#017: The Wicker Man (1973) / The Witch (Pt. 1): The buzzy new horror film THE WITCH inspired us to look at another period piece about good, evil, self-righteousness, and murder: Robin Hardy's 1973 cult classic THE WICKER MAN. (No, not the Nicolas Cage one—though it does come up.) In this half of the by The Next Picture Show

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#024: Close Encounters Of The Third Kind / Midnight Special (Pt. 2): Our CLOSE ENCOUNTERS/MIDNIGHT SPECIAL discussion turns toward the newer film, and the ways it reflects its Spielbergian inspiration – and the many more ways it diverts from the earlier film. We'll talk over how the two films explore spirituality and mys by The Next Picture Show

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#016: Barton Fink / Hail, Caesar! (Pt. 2): Our cinematic matchup of Coen brothers past and present continues as we dive deeper into the connections between 1991's BARTON FINK and the new HAIL, CAESAR! In this half of the discussion, we get into the films' shared lineage as "movies about movies," a by The Next Picture Show

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#005: Toy Story / The Good Dinosaur (Pt. 1): The second Pixar film of 2015, THE GOOD DINOSAUR, inspires us to look back at the revered animation company's auspicious beginning: 1995's TOY STORY, the first computer-animated feature film. In the first half of this Pixar-spanning discussion, we discuss by The Next Picture Show

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#001: All The President's Men / Spotlight (Pt. 1): Welcome to The Next Picture Show, a movie of the week podcast devoted to a classic film that has shaped our take on a new release. With director Tom McCarthy's SPOTLIGHT getting lots of acclaim for its treatment of the Boston Globe's investigation into th by The Next Picture Show

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#028: Iron Man / Captain America: Civil War (Pt. 2): We return again to the Marvel Cinematic Universe to see how the armor-plated seed planted in IRON MAN has blossomed into the sprawling new CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR. We discuss how the newer movie carries its added weight, and compare how the two films - by The Next Picture Show

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#021: Psycho (1960) / 10 Cloverfield Lane (Pt. 1): Two women skip town in a hurry and find themselves in an isolated place, overseen by a gentle-toned but temperamental host: You might think us mad to compare PSYCHO and 10 CLOVERFIELD LANE, but we all go a little mad sometimes. There's more than just the by The Next Picture Show

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#023: Close Encounters of the Third Kind / Midnight Special (Pt. 1): Director Jeff Nichols cited the 1977 Steven Spielberg classic CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND as one of his primary inspirations for the new MIDNIGHT SPECIAL. But while the two films work toward a similar ending, they don't necessarily work toward the by The Next Picture Show

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#007: Aguirre, The Wrath of God / The Revenant (Pt. 1): BIRDMAN director Alejandro González Iñárritu is back with THE REVENANT, a half-revenge thriller/half-survival adventure that recalls in many ways the work of cinema’s most intrepid adventurer, Werner Herzog – particularly AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD. by The Next Picture Show

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#027: Iron Man / Captain America: Civil War (Pt. 1): This week, The Next Picture Show is going full-on superhero. Inspired by the Marvel Cinematic Universe's latest offering, CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR, we look back at the movie that serves as the Big Bang for the MCU: 2008's IRON MAN. This half of the disc by The Next Picture Show

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#013: John Carter / The Martian (Pt. 1): This week, we look back to one of last year's biggest blockbusters — and an Oscar frontrunner — for inspiration, and turn up an interesting, misbegotten cinematic comparison point. Ridley Scott's THE MARTIAN is critically and commercially successful i by The Next Picture Show

45 min listen

#040: (Pt. 2) Suicide Squad / The Dirty Dozen: Part 2 of this bad-guys-doing-good pairing has the NPS hosts getting deeper into Suicide Squad, plus 'Your Next Picture Show' recommendations by The Next Picture Show

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#014: John Carter / The Martian (Pt. 2): The second half of our JOHN CARTER/THE MARTIAN comparison looks at the various ways Ridley Scott's film succeeded where Andrew Stanton's failed: its humor, its production design, its approach to adaptation, and its overall simplicity. Plus, Your Next Pict by The Next Picture Show

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#045: (Pt. 1) Don't Breathe / Wait Until Dark: Popular demand has the NPS crew pairing up breakout horror hit "Don't Breathe" with 1967's Audrey Hepburn-starring "Wait Until Dark." by The Next Picture Show

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#020: MASH / Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (Pt. 2): Our MASH - WHISKEY TANGO FOXTROT discussion digs deeper into the two films' many contrasts, finding unexpected connections in the films' depictions of the military, women, and downtime. We also get into the two films' very different strains of black humor by The Next Picture Show

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#030: (Pt. 2) L.A. Confidential / The Nice Guys: We bring our discussion of L.A. noir into the modern era by connecting L.A. CONFIDENTIAL with the slick new buddy action-comedy from Shane Black, THE NICE GUYS. by The Next Picture Show

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#041: (Pt 1) Pete's Dragon / The Black Stallion: In part one of their Pete's Dragon/Black Stallion double feature, NPS discuss Carroll Ballard's 1979 classic children's film. by The Next Picture Show

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#011: Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? / 45 Years (Pt. 1): The release of Andrew Haigh's beautiful 45 YEARS got us thinking about another film about the toxic dynamic between a long-married couple: Mike Nichols' 1966 film debut WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? In this half, we discuss how Nichols brought Edward Al by The Next Picture Show

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#025: Assault On Precinct 13 (1976) / Green Room (Pt. 1): As John Carpenter fans, we were excited to see director Jeremy Saulnier citing Carpenter's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 as a specific influence on his excellent new film GREEN ROOM. Watching the two movies together, it’s hard to miss the connections: Both fea by The Next Picture Show

51 min listen

#008: Aguirre, The Wrath of God / The Revenant (Pt. 2): Our conversation about the links between Werner Herzog's 1972 cult classic AGUIRRE, THE WRATH OF GOD and Alejandro González Iñárritu's new THE REVENANT delves into the way the two films handle the themes of imperialism and madness, and how each is info by The Next Picture Show

51 min listen

#015: Barton Fink / Hail, Caesar! (Pt. 1): This week's pairing seems like an obvious one: Two Coen Brothers films about Hollywood, set at the same fictional studio, during roughly the same time period–what do you need, a roadmap? But Joel and Ethan Coen's 1991 breakout BARTON FINK has very diffe by The Next Picture Show

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