The Next Picture Show podcast

The Next Picture Show

Looking at cinema's present via its past. From the former editorial team of The Dissolve, The Next Picture Show examines how classic films inspire and inform modern movies. Episodes take a deep dive into a classic film and its legacy, then compare and contrast that film with a modern successor. Hosted and produced by Genevieve Koski, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson, and Scott Tobias.

Looking at cinema's present via its past. From the former editorial team of The Dissolve, The Next Picture Show examines how classic films inspire and inform modern movies. Episodes take a deep dive into a classic film and its legacy, then compare and contrast that film with a modern successor. Hosted and produced by Genevieve Koski, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson, and Scott Tobias.

 

#135

#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... more

09 Dec 2025

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:25

09 Dec 2025


#134

#502: Human/Nature, Pt. 2 — Train Dreams

Clint Bentley’s Train Dreams uses gorgeous imagery of the natural world, combined with an ... more

02 Dec 2025

53 MINS

53:22

02 Dec 2025


#133

#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 rela... more

25 Nov 2025

58 MINS

58:54

25 Nov 2025


#132

#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 episod... more

18 Nov 2025

1 HR 30 MINS

1:30:10

18 Nov 2025


#131

#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’... more

11 Nov 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:45

11 Nov 2025


#130

#498: Impaired Visions, Pt. 1 — 8 1/2

Radu Jude’s DRACULA is, technically speaking, yet another movie about one of the most depi... more

04 Nov 2025

1 HR 01 MINS

1:01:25

04 Nov 2025


#129

#497: First Strikes, Pt. 2 — A House of Dynamite

A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE is built on an undeniably hooky premise — a nuclear missile originatin... more

28 Oct 2025

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:01

28 Oct 2025


#128

#496: First Strikes, Pt. 1 — Fail Safe

Kathryn Bigelow’s new A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE games out a scenario that filmmakers have been g... more

21 Oct 2025

58 MINS

58:17

21 Oct 2025


#127

#495: Revolutionary Roads, Pt. 2 — One Battle After Another

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a very different film in form and funct... more

14 Oct 2025

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:25

14 Oct 2025


#126

#494: Revolutionary Roads, Pt. 1 — Running on Empty (1988)

Paul Thomas Anderson himself cited 1988’s RUNNING ON EMPTY as a direct influence on the ne... more

07 Oct 2025

58 MINS

58:27

07 Oct 2025


#125

#493: 'Til You Drop, Pt. 2 — The Long Walk

It took decades in development hell for an adaptation of Stephen King’s THE LONG WALK to t... more

30 Sep 2025

1 HR 17 MINS

1:17:29

30 Sep 2025


#124

#492: 'Til You Drop, Pt. 1 — They Shoot Horses, Don't They?

It took decades for THE LONG WALK to make it to the big screen, in part because the Stephe... more

23 Sep 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:44

23 Sep 2025


#123

#491: Kings' Ransoms, Pt. 2 — Highest 2 Lowest

Spike Lee’s HIGHEST 2 LOWEST is built on the rock-solid narrative foundation of HIGH AND L... more

16 Sep 2025

1 HR 24 MINS

1:24:15

16 Sep 2025


#122

#490: Kings' Ransoms, Pt. 1 — High and Low (1963)

The new HIGHEST 2 LOWEST includes an onscreen credit for “the master” Akira Kurosawa as in... more

09 Sep 2025

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:58

09 Sep 2025


#121

#489: The Kids Aren't Alright, Pt. 2 — Weapons

Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS overlaps with Atom Egoyan’s THE SWEET HEREAFTER in both its broad n... more

02 Sep 2025

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:30

02 Sep 2025