The Next Best Picture Podcast

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Recap Of The 2024 Sundance Film Festival

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/27

It's that time of the year! It's our annual Sundance Film Festival recap podcast. For the 2024 film festival, we gathered a group of people from outside NBP who were in-person at the festival and covered it online. Tomris Laffly, Murtada Elfadl, Jillian Chilingerian & Sydney Volpe are joining me for this packed episode. Please take a listen as we reveal our top favorite films from the festival and give you all a preview of what's to come in 2024. Thank you for listening, as always, and enjoy! Check

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23:26

Our Reactions To The 2024 Oscar Nominations

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/24

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full podcast episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid were up nice and early yesterday to announce the nominations for the 96th annual Academy Awards. As per usual, there were many surprises, shocking omissions, and lots of high emotions from the Next Best Picture Team (Check out our live reactions video to the nominations on our Patreon here). Many of

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24:13

Interview With "Origin" Star Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor

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2024/01/22

"Origin" had its world premiere at the 2023 Venice International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for adapting Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson's book "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents." Academy Award-nominee Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, who plays Wilkerson in the film, was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about her role, working with writer/director Ava DuVernay, what the material means to her, and more. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now

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83:18

"Origin"

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/20

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Ema Sasic, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & Daniel Howat. Today, we are reviewing the latest film from Ava DuVernay, "Origin," starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Vera Farmiga, Audra McDonald, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nick Offerman & Blair Underwood. Making its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it competed for the Golden Lion, the dramatic adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson's life and novel "Caste:

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81:30

Interviews With Jeffrey Wright, Cord Jefferson & A...

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2024/01/19

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49:03

A Behind The Scenes Look At "Napoleon"

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2024/01/18

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38:18

The Next Best Series Podcast: Episode 39 - Our...

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2024/01/16

The 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were held last night after being delayed due to the actors' and writers' strikes from last year. While Matt Neglia could not be present to host due to his traveling schedule, Alyssa Christian, Giovanni Lago, and I were able to watch the show live and hop on the podcast immediately following the show to deliver our instant reactions to the winners and the ceremony. What did we think of "Succession," "The Bear," and "Beef" dominating the evening? Time in to find

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20:22

Interview With "Rustin" Songwriter Lenny Kravitz

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2024/01/15

"Rustin" had its world premiere at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival, where its leading star, Colman Domingo, received the best reviews of his career, bringing the untold story of Bayard Rustin to the screen. Grammy-winning musical artist Lenny Kravitz contributed to the film by writing the end credits song "Road To Freedom," which was nominated for a Critics Choice and Golden Globe Award and is shortlisted at the 96th Academy Awards for Best Original Song. Kravitz was kind enough to spend some time

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19:33

Interview With "Flamin' Hot" Songwriter Diane Warren

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2024/01/15

"Flamin' Hot" premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and was later released on Hulu and Disney+ over the summer. Academy Award-winner Diane Warren has been nominated at the Oscars 14 times in competitive categories. This year, she's shortlisted for writing the song for the film titled "The Fire Inside," performed by Becky G. Nominated already by the Society of Composers and Lyricists and Hollywood Music in Media, she could very well earn her 15th competitive

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238:27

Episode 377 - Our Final Oscar Nomination Predictions...

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/14

For Episode 377, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Cody Dericks, Daniel Howat & Giovanni Lago. It's a massive episode this week! Because Cody and I will be at Sundance starting Wednesday this week, we're delivering our final Oscar nomination predictions earlier than expected to you all following the nominations for PGA, DGA, and SAG, but without the final BAFTA nominations. Hopefully, our over-analysis of each Oscar category is enough to overcome this roadblock, and you'll enjoy listening to us

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42:10

"The Beekeeper"

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/13

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Dan Bayer & Giovanni Lago. Today, we are reviewing the latest film from David Ayer, "The Beekeeper," starring Jason Statham, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Josh Hutcherson, Bobby Naderi, Minnie Driver, Phylicia Rashad & Jeremy Irons. It's another action film led by Jason Statham, released in the month of January, filled with a lot of bee-puns. Were we expecting anything great? Does it need to be? What did we think of it? Tune in as we discuss the action

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56:04

Interview With Director/Writer Greta Gerwig & A...

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2024/01/12

"Barbie" became a cultural phenomenon in 2023, becoming the year's highest-grossing film and the highest-grossing film ever directed by a woman. Greta Gerwig may have already had a devoted fanbase following "Lady Bird" and "Little Women," but her success and impact on the industry truly exploded with her latest film. Gerwig was kind enough to spend some time talking with Ema Sasic about the film. Ema also spoke with the film's costume designer, Jacqueline Durran. Also, Dan Bayer got to interview the

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102:20

A Behind The Scenes Look At "Poor Things"

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2024/01/11

"Poor Things" had its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Lion and received some of the best reviews for a Yorgos Lanthimos film. It's a technical marvel in almost every regard, and throughout this entire awards season, we've conducted several interviews with the team involved in the making of the Golden Globe award-winning film from nearly all aspects of production. First up, we have my interview with the film's producers Ed Guiney and Andrew Lowe, then

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45:31

Interviews With "Air" Screenwriter Alex Convery &...

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/11

"Air" had its world premiere at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, where it received solid reviews for its writing, ensemble cast, and Affleck's smooth direction, making the true story about the development of a sports shoe entertaining. The film has earned three Critics Choice Nominations for Best Ensemble, Editing for Academy Award William Goldenberg (who won an Oscar for editing Ben Affleck's Best Picture-winning "Argo"), and Original Screenplay for Alex Convery. Goldenberg and Convery were kind enough

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30:41

Interview With "Killers Of The Flower Moon" Star Lily...

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2024/01/09

"Killers Of The Flower Moon" had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where its leading star, Lily Gladstone, received universal praise for her portrayal of Mollie Burkhart. She has won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Drama and is currently nominated for a Critics Choice Award for Best Actress. At the time of this recording, Gladstone had just recently learned she had been nominated for the Golden Globe and spoke with us about what the film has meant to her and the Osage

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18:28

Our Immediate Reactions To The 2024 Golden Globe...

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/08

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full podcast episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Following the airing of the 81st annual Golden Globe Awards on CBS, Dan Bayer, Alyssa Christian, Giovanni Lago, and Will Mavity hopped on the podcast to deliver their immediate reactions to the winners from the evening celebrating the best in film and television for 2023. How did the wins and speeches help shape the Oscar

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129:28

Episode 376 - BAFTA Longlists, Critics Choice, SAG,...

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/07

For Episode 376, I am joined by Josh Parham & Dan Bayer. This week, we're reacting to the BAFTA Longlists, giving our predictions on who we think will win at the Critics Choice Awards next Sunday. The predictions don't stop there, though, as we also provide our nomination predictions for PGA, DGA, and SAG, which are all announcing this week. We also discuss more awards season announcements this week, go over the polls, give our reactions to the trailers for "The First Omen" and "Robot Dreams,"

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86:40

"Society Of The Snow"

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/06

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham, Giovanni Lago & Will Mavity. Today, we are reviewing the latest film from J.A. Bayona, "Society Of The Snow," starring a cast of primarily unknown actors and newcomers including Enzo Vogrincic, Agustín Pardella, Matías Recalt, Esteban Bigliardi, Diego Vegezzi, Fernando Contigiani García, Esteban Kukuriczka, Rafael Federman, Francisco Romero, Valentino Alonso, Tomás Wolf, Agustín Della Corte, Felipe Otaño, Andy Pruss,

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30:18

Interview With "Nyad" Star Annette Bening

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/05

"Nyad" had its world premiere at the 2023 Telluride Film Festival, where its leading star, Annette Bening, was meant to receive a tribute award for her career and performance (she will receive this honor tomorrow). It garnered solid reviews for her work as the world-renowned swimmer Diana Nyad, whose 2013 attempt to swim the Straits of Florida at the age of 64 is a record that still gets talked about today. Bening, who is nominated for a Golden Globe Award for her performance, was kind enough to

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105:33

The Next Best Series Podcast: Episode 38 - Our Final...

The Next Best Picture Podcast ·

2024/01/05

For Episode 38 of The Next Best Series Podcast, I'm joined by Alyssa Christian, Giovanni Lago & guest Joey Moser. After a long hiatus, we have returned to deliver our final winner predictions for the 75th annual Primetime Emmy Awards set to take place (finally) on January 15th. We also talk about our favorite television shows from 2023 before we dive into who we think will win in the writing, directing, acting, and series categories. Will it be "The Bear" or "Ted Lasso?" How many Emmys will

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