The Next Best Picture Podcast
By Evergreen Podcasts
Categories: TV & Film
A podcast by NextBestPicture.com that reviews the latest film and television releases and discusses various topics within the world of the awards season race.
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Recent episodes
- Interview With "Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother" Star Mahershala Ali
“Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother” is a 2026 American action thriller film written and directed by Bassam Tariq, starring Mahershala Ali, John Cho, Giancarlo Esposito, Abubakr Ali, Tramell Tillman, Tiffany Boone, and Laith Nakli. The film follows a devoutly religious widower and hitman (Ali)…
- Interviews With "Fjord" Star Renate Reinsve & Filmmaker Cristian Mungiu
“Fjord” is a 2026 legal thriller family drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Cristian Mungiu. A co-production of Romania, France, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, it stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as a conservative Romanian-Norwegian couple facing scrutiny after moving to…
- Interviews With “Mouse” Stars Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Sophie Okonedo & Filmmakers Kelly O’Sullivan & Alex Thompson
“Mouse" is a 2026 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson, and written by O'Sullivan. The film follows Minnie (Katherine Mallen Kupferer), whose relationship with Callie (Chloe Coleman) is upended on the eve of their senior year when Minnie forms a…
- Interviews With The "Godzilla Minus Zero" Cast, Director/Writer & Crew
“Godzilla Minus Zero” is a Japanese epic kaiju film written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, who also supervised its visual effects. A sequel to “Godzilla Minus One” (2023), the film takes place in 1949, as postwar Japan struggles to rebuild and faces a new threat from King Ghidorah, prompting a…
- Interview With "Closure" Filmmaker Michał Marczak
“Closure” is a 2026 Polish documentary film directed and produced by Michał Marczak. The film follows Daniel Dymiński, who searches Poland's Vistula River after his teenage son, Krzysztof Dymiński, goes missing in May 2023, torn between fear that his son is dead and hope that he may still be…
- Episode 514 - Mailbag Monday
Following our 514th episode of The Next Best Picture Podcast, we're back with a new episode of Mailbag Monday. Giovanni Lago joins me for this new series, dedicated to answering your fan-submitted questions from the NBP Film Community. Covering everything from the latest movie news, awards season…
- Episode 514 - Gotham Nominations, "Dune: Part Three," "Behemoth!," "Hexed" & "Eternal Return" Trailers
For Episode 514 of the Next Best Picture Podcast, I am joined by Giovanni Lago and Larry Fried. This week, we're discussing the Gotham Independent Film Award nominations. For this week's NBP poll question for the release of "Wild Horse Nine," we're asking everyone, "Which Is Your Favorite Film…
- "The Only Living Pickpocket In New York"
For this week's main podcast review, Katie Johnson, and Amy Kim join me to discuss the new feature film written and directed by Noah Segan, "The Only Living Pickpocket in New York," starring John Turturro, Giancarlo Esposito, Will Price, Tatiana Maslany, Steve Buscemi, and Jaime Lee Curtis. An…
- Interview With "The Only Living Pickpocket In New York" Star John Turturro
"The Only Living Pickpocket In New York" is an American crime thriller film written and directed by Noah Segan. It stars John Turturro as an old-school thief trying to survive in a modern, cashless city while scrambling to fix a high-stakes mistake. The film also stars Giancarlo Esposito, Will…
- Interviews With "Wicker" Cast, Filmmakers & Crew
"Wicker" is a romantic fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, based on the short story "The Wicker Husband" by Ursula Wills. The film follows an ostracized fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who commissions the local basketmaker to weave her a husband…
- Interview With "Obsession" Filmmaker Curry Barker
“Obsession” is an American supernatural indie horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker. It stars Michael Johnston as Bear, a shop clerk whose wish for his friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette in a breakout performance) to fall in love with him leads to terrifying consequences. Cooper…
- Interview With "Queen At Sea" Filmmaker Lance Hammer
“Queen at Sea” is a 2026 drama film written and directed by Lance Hammer. A co-production between the United Kingdom and the United States, it stars Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay, and Anna Calder-Marshall. It follows Amanda (Binoche), a middle-aged woman struggling to navigate the emotional…
- Interview With "The Hunger Games: Sunrise On The Reaping" Director Francis Lawrence & Producer Nina Jacobson
"The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping" is an American dystopian film directed by Francis Lawrence from a screenplay by Billy Ray and Michael Lesslie. Based on the 2025 novel Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins, it serves as both a sequel to "The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds &…
- Interview With "Everest: The Other Side" Filmmakers Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin
"Everest: The Other Side" is a 2026 documentary film directed and produced by Academy Award winners Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin ("Free Solo"). A co-production of the United States, China, and Nepal, it follows Jim Morrison and Hilaree Nelson as they fall in love and share a dream of…
- "Wildwood"
THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this week's second podcast review, Nadia Dalimonte, Daniel Howat, and Sara Clements join me to review and discuss the…
- Interview With "One In A Million" Directors Jack MacInness, Itab Azzam & Subject Israa
"One In A Million" is a 2026 British-American documentary film directed by Itab Azzam and Jack MacInnes. It follows a young girl (Israa) over the course of ten years as she travels from Syria to Germany, navigating war, exile, and heartbreak. It had its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film…
- Episode 513 - Mailbag Monday
Following our 513th episode of The Next Best Picture Podcast, we're back with a new episode of Mailbag Monday. Dan Bayer and Tom O’Brien join me for this new series, dedicated to answering your fan-submitted questions from the NBP Film Community. Covering everything from the latest movie news…
- Episode 513 - AFI Fest, "Above The Below," "Bunker," "Slayground," "Tangles," "Coward" & "In Waves" Trailers
For Episode 513 of the Next Best Picture Podcast, I am joined by Dan Bayer and Tom O'Brien. This week, we're discussing the films playing at AFI Film Festival (AFI), including "The Mosquito Bowl," "Wildwood," "Behemoth!," "Elsinore," "I Play Rocky," "The Face Of Horror," "Tangles," and many more!…
- "Clayface"
For this week's main podcast review, Katie Johnson, Cody Dericks, Lauren LaMagna, and Will Mavity join me to discuss James Gunn's latest DC film, "Clayface," starring Tom Rhys Harries, Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, and Eddie Marsan. Directed by James Watkins (The American remake of…
- Interview With "The Only Living Pickpocket In New York" Filmmaker Noah Segan
"The Only Living Pickpocket In New York" is an American crime thriller film written and directed by Noah Segan. It stars John Turturro as an old-school thief trying to survive in a modern, cashless city while scrambling to fix a high-stakes mistake. The film also stars Giancarlo Esposito, Will…
- Interviews With "Wildwood" Cast & Creators
"Wildwood" is a 2026 stop-motion animated fantasy film directed by Travis Knight from a screenplay by Chris Butler. Based on Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis’s 2011 novel, it follows Prue, a teenage girl who ventures into an enchanted forest with her classmate Curtis to find her infant brother…
- Interview With "Wildwood" Director & LAIKA Studios CEO Travis Knight
"Wildwood" is a 2026 American stop-motion animated fantasy film co-produced and directed by Travis Knight and written by Chris Butler, based on Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis's 2011 novel. Produced by LAIKA studios, the film stars Peyton Elizabeth Lee, Jacob Tremblay, Carey Mulligan, Mahershala Ali…
- Interview With "A Talent For Murder" Star Alden Ehrenreich
"A Talent For Murder" is a 2026 thriller film directed by Anton Corbijn and adapted by Joanna Murray-Smith from her 2014 play Switzerland. It stars Alden Ehrenreich as a young man who travels from New York to Switzerland to persuade acclaimed thriller writer Patricia Highsmith (Helen Mirren) to…
- "You Can See Everything"
THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this week's second podcast review, Amy Kim, Josh Parham, Giovanni Lago, Daniel Howat, and Will Mavity join me to review…
- Episode 512 - Mailbag Monday
Following our 512th episode of The Next Best Picture Podcast, we're back with a new episode of Mailbag Monday. Lauren LaMagna and Giovanni Lago join me in this new series dedicated entirely to answering your fan-submitted questions from the NBP Film Community. Covering everything from the latest…
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