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The Next Picture Show
Looking at cinema's present via its past. The Next Picture Show is 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 first half, then compare and contras...
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#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 function than the other half of this pairing, RUNNING ON EMPTY,...
#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 new ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER, and it’s not difficult to see th...
#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 trudge its way into theaters, and now that it has, we’re of s...
#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 Stephen King novel on which it’s based is so unrelentingly grim —...
#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 LOW, but the “interpretation” of Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 crime-...
#490: Kings' Ransoms, Pt. 1 — High and Low (1963)
The new HIGHEST 2 LOWEST includes an onscreen credit for “the master” Akira Kurosawa as inspiration for a film that has the same basic shape and mista...
#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 narrative setup — a town grapples with the sudden disappearan...
#488: The Kids Aren't Alright, Pt. 1 — The Sweet Hereafter
As a story about a community shattered by the disappearance of its children, Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS lured us, Pied Piper-like, toward Atom Egoyan’s 19...
#487: Double Drebin, Pt. 2 — The Naked Gun (2025)
Akiva Schaffer’s new take on THE NAKED GUN sends up both the cop-story cliches that inspired the 1988 Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker original and the modern a...
#486: Double Drebin, Pt. 1 — The Naked Gun (1988)
While technically a sequel, Akiva Schaffer’s new THE NAKED GUN is more accurately a reboot of the 1988 Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker cop-show spoof, which wa...
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485: Men of Steel, Pt. 2 — Superman (2025)
By skipping the origin story and dropping viewers right into the action, James Gunn’s SUPERMAN avoids feeling like the franchise reset it is, and allo...
#484: Men of Steel, Pt. 1 — Superman (1978)
James Gunn’s new SUPERMAN begins from the assumption that audiences already have a working knowledge of the Man of Steel’s origin story, his super-ski...
#483: Kings of the Road, Pt. 2 — F1
On the one hand, the IMAX-driven spectacle of F1 is undeniably satisfying to watch on the big screen; on the other hand, we all walked out of Joseph K...
#482: Kings of the Road, Pt. 1 — Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
The new F1 brings even more attention to a sport/brand that’s becoming as popular in the U.S. as it is internationally, but its application of sports-...
#481: For Love or Money, Pt. 2 — Materialists
Celine Song’s new MATERIALISTS feints at being a romcom, but it’s far too interested in the economic realities and calculated compromise of modern dat...
#480: For Love or Money, Pt. 1 — Pride & Prejudice (2005)
Celine Song’s new not-quite-a-rom-com MATERIALISTS openly evokes Jane Austen in its focus on the rituals and codes of courtship, as well as its frankn...
#479: Musical Not-obiography, Pt. 2 — Pavements
Like I’M NOT THERE, Alex Ross Perry’s new docu-like feature PAVEMENTS takes a “print the legend” approach to its subject, blurring reality and fiction...
#478: Musical Not-obiography, Pt. 1 — I'm Not There
Alex Ross Perry’s new hybrid documentary PAVEMENTS rejects convention in a way that’s both in keeping with the spirit of the ’90s indie-rock band at i...
#477: Pain Pals, Pt. 2 — Friendship
We were admittedly a bit dubious going into this pairing, which was spoken into existence by writer-director Andrew DeYoung invoking THE MASTER when d...
#476: Pain Pals, Pt. 1 — The Master
We can’t say that it would have occurred to us to pair the new Tim Robinson/Paul Rudd comedy FRIENDSHIP with THE MASTER if writer-director Andrew DeYo...
#475: Less Than Hero, Pt. 2 — Thunderbolts*
The new THUNDERBOLTS* assembles a group of leftovers from various MCU stories to face off against their personal failings in a way that’s broadly remi...
#474: Less Than Hero, Pt. 1 — Mystery Men
The new THUNDERBOLTS* assembles some leftovers from the Marvel Cinematic Universe who are tough to describe as superheroes but nonetheless step up to...
#473: The Dead of Night, Pt. 2 — Sinners
Intro: 00:00:00-00:02:03
Sinners Discussion: 00:02:04-00:28:46
Connections: 00:28:47-1:02:37
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#472: The Dead of Night, Pt. 1 — From Dusk Till Dawn
Comparing 1996's FROM DUSK TILL DAWN to the new SINNERS can feel a bit like, as Scott puts it, comparing “Chopsticks” to Beethoven’s Fifth. But Robert...
#471: Body By Cronenberg, Pt. 2 — The Shrouds
Over the decades, David Cronenberg has carved a distinctive and provocative filmography out of his interest in human decay and death, up to and includ...
#470: Body By Cronenberg, Pt. 1 — The Fly (1986)
The way David Cronenberg’s new THE SHROUDS splices together unsettling ideas about technology and bodily transformation made us think of… well, a lot...
#469: Mr. and Mrs. Mystery, Pt. 2 — Black Bag
BLACK BAG, Steven Soderbergh’s latest 90-minute collaboration with writer David Koepp, is in theory a sprawling international spy thriller, but in pra...
#468: Mr. and Mrs. Mystery, Pt. 1 — The Thin Man
Steven Soderbergh’s new BLACK BAG is a spy thriller, sure, but it’s also the story of a marriage, and watching its sophisticated central couple banter...
#467: Kill 'Em All, Pt. 2 — Mickey 17
Bong Joon Ho’s new MICKEY 17 takes a lot of big swings, from star Robert Pattinson’s vocal affectation to a comedic fixation on “sauce,” all of it in...
#466: Kill 'Em All, Pt. 1 — Starship Troopers
This week’s pairing is brought to you by: space bugs! Specifically, space bugs as a metaphor for a fascistic society’s disregard for any perceived-to-...
#465: Late Innings, Pt. 2 — Eephus
Carson Lund’s feature debut EEPHUS moves at the same deliberate pace as the trick pitch for which it’s named, leisurely unfolding over the course of a...
#464: Late Innings, Pt. 1 — Bull Durham
Quietly observing as a small-town recreation league plays out their last game of the season, and likely ever, the new EEPHUS is a feature-length subve...
#463: War Bonds, Pt. 2 — No Other Land
The story of two journalists reporting on a common cause despite their vastly different backgrounds is what gives NO OTHER LAND its narrative shape —...
#462: War Bonds, Pt. 1 — The Killing Fields
Intro & Oscars Chitchat: 00:00:00-00:08:52
Keynote: 00:08:53-00:13:50
The Killing Fields Discussion: 00:13:51-44:37
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#461: House Haunters, Pt. 2 — Presence
Steven Soderbergh’s new PRESENCE flips the typical haunted house narrative inside out, but unlike the other film in this pairing, THE OTHERS, it makes...
#460: House Haunters, Pt. 1 — The Others
Steven Soderbergh’s new PRESENCE is an unconventional haunted house story with a twist that reminded us of 2001’s THE OTHERS, though to say exactly wh...
#459: Fanged Attraction Pt. 2 — Nosferatu (2024)
Given their shared source material, Robert Eggers’ NOSFERATU and Francis Ford Coppola’s BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA understandably have a lot overlap in ter...
#458: Fanged Attraction, Pt. 1 — Bram Stoker's Dracula
The heightened gothic sensibility of Robert Eggers’ new NOSFERATU recalls — in its intensity if not its precise contours — BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA, Fran...
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