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The Next Picture Show

A biweekly roundtable by the former editorial team of The Dissolve examining how classic films inspire and inform modern movies. Episodes take a deep dive into a classic film and its legacy in the fir... Read more

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#189: Hollywood Endings, Pt. 2 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

#189: Hollywood Endings, Pt. 2 - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD looks back at 1969 Hollywood from a 2019 vantage point, where Hal Ashb... Read more

20 Aug 2019

1hr 6mins

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#082: (Pt. 1) It Comes At Night / The Thing

#082: (Pt. 1) It Comes At Night / The Thing

Trey Edward Shults’ new IT COMES AS NIGHT takes as one of its influences John Carpenter’s 1982 bloody masterpiece THE TH... Read more

27 Jun 2017

49mins

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#098: (Pt. 1) Blade Runner 2049 / Blade Runner (1982)

#098: (Pt. 1) Blade Runner 2049 / Blade Runner (1982)

Denis Villeneuve’s new sequel BLADE RUNNER 2049 made an inauspicious debut with audiences and critics alike when it open... Read more

17 Oct 2017

1hr 1min

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#148: Robert Redford, Pt. 1 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

#148: Robert Redford, Pt. 1 - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

David Lowery’s new THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN draws purposely and purposefully on the legacy of Robert Redford, which makes... Read more

16 Oct 2018

51mins

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#142: (Pt. 1) Jaws / The Meg

#142: (Pt. 1) Jaws / The Meg

The new Jason Statham late-summer vehicle THE MEG, like so many middling shark movies before it, can trace its lineage d... Read more

21 Aug 2018

51mins

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#099: (Pt. 2) Blade Runner 2049 / Blade Runner (1982)

#099: (Pt. 2) Blade Runner 2049 / Blade Runner (1982)

Our consideration of Blade Running through the decades continues with a discussion of Denis Villeneuve’s new BLADE RUNNE... Read more

19 Oct 2017

1hr 9mins

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#054: (Pt. 2) Contact / Arrival

#054: (Pt. 2) Contact / Arrival

Our conversation about movies about talking to aliens moves to the present with Denis Villeneuve’s new ARRIVAL, which hi... Read more

1 Dec 2016

58mins

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#174: Twisty Mysteries, Pt. 1 - Chinatown

#174: Twisty Mysteries, Pt. 1 - Chinatown

In David Robert Mitchell’s new UNDER THE SILVER LAKE, every clue leads deeper down a rabbit hole toward an endpoint that... Read more

30 Apr 2019

59mins

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#009: Star Wars: A New Hope / The Force Awakens (Pt. 1)

#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 u... Read more

5 Jan 2016

53mins

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#070: (Pt. 1) Alien (1979) / Life (2017)

#070: (Pt. 1) Alien (1979) / Life (2017)

The new LIFE has come in for some pointed comparisons to Ridley Scott’s ALIEN, which seems like as good an excuse as any... Read more

4 Apr 2017

51mins

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#206: Rian Johnson's Mystery Master, Pt. 2 - Knives Out

#206: Rian Johnson's Mystery Master, Pt. 2 - Knives Out

Rian Johnson’s new KNIVES OUT is much broader and goofier than the writer-director’s first foray into a murder-mystery g... Read more

24 Dec 2019

1hr 17mins

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#186: Man Up, Pt. 1 - Fight Club

#186: Man Up, Pt. 1 - Fight Club

We’re looking at two films featuring underground fight clubs, secret identities, and male protagonists trying to reclaim... Read more

31 Jul 2019

59mins

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#083: (Pt. 2) It Comes At Night / The Thing

#083: (Pt. 2) It Comes At Night / The Thing

We return to matters of isolation and paranoia in the second half of our comparison of John Carpenter’s THE THING with T... Read more

29 Jun 2017

1hr

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#010: Star Wars: A New Hope / The Force Awakens (Pt. 2)

#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 AWAK... Read more

7 Jan 2016

1hr 10mins

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#196: The Man Who Laughs, Pt. 1 - The Dark Knight

#196: The Man Who Laughs, Pt. 1 - The Dark Knight

The narrative and tone of Todd Phillips’ latest is heavily inspired by TAXI DRIVER and KING OF COMEDY, but given the att... Read more

15 Oct 2019

1hr 9mins

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#072: (Pt. 1) The Matrix / Ghost in the Shell (2017)

#072: (Pt. 1) The Matrix / Ghost in the Shell (2017)

The poorly received new live-action GHOST IN THE SHELL draws inspiration from a lot of different sources — including one... Read more

18 Apr 2017

59mins

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#171: Double Troubles, Pt. 2 - Us

#171: Double Troubles, Pt. 2 - Us

Our pairing of devious doppelgängers arrives at Jordan Peele’s new US, which brings into 2019 some of the same themes of... Read more

9 Apr 2019

1hr 6mins

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#027: Iron Man / Captain America: Civil War (Pt. 1)

#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... Read more

17 May 2016

52mins

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#066: (Pt. 1) Get Out / People Under The Stairs

#066: (Pt. 1) Get Out / People Under The Stairs

Inspired by Jordan Peele’s excellent new writing-directing debut GET OUT, we’re looking at another horror film that open... Read more

7 Mar 2017

52mins

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#021: Psycho (1960) / 10 Cloverfield Lane (Pt. 1)

#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 ho... Read more

29 Mar 2016

54mins

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