The Next Best Picture Podcast

Oscar Producer Will Packer promised us an unforgettable 94th Academy Awards ceremony, which certainly was, but not for the reasons he intended. Nicole Ackman, Josh Parham, Zoe Rose Bryant, Dan Bayer, Eve O'Dea & Daniel Howat all joined me to discuss the predictable winners for what was an unpredictable evening. We go over the musical numbers, the controversial decision to hand out eight categories before the live ceremony, the hosts, the slap heard around the world, and more. Please take a listen down below, and a huge shoutout to all of the fans who have supported us through another awards season. Thank you, and enjoy!Check out more on NextBestPicture.comPlease subscribe on...SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcastiTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jTAnd be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our main podcast review this week, I am joined by Dan Bayer, Will Mavity & guest Kevin Lee. Today, we're discussing the newest film from Dan Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (otherwise known as "Daniels"), "Everything Everywhere All At Once," starring Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr. & Jamie Lee Curtis. A highly original, truly bizarre multiverse movie with action, comedy, and a surprisingly emotional thoughtful rumination on life, relationships, and our unlimited potential, there's so much to talk about with this one. Tune in below to find out what we thought of it in our SPOILER-FILLED review, and enjoy!Check out more on NextBestPicture.comPlease subscribe on...SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcastiTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jTAnd be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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/NextBestPictureAcademy Award-winner Jane Campion is set to have a big weekend as her latest film, "The Power Of The Dog," is heading into Oscar Sunday with a leading twelve nominations, and many are expecting the New Zealand-born director to win her first Oscar for Best Director. However, back in 1993, she made a huge splash with her beautifully haunting film "The Piano," starring Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill & Anna Paquin. Becoming the first woman ever to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival and winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, the film would also earn two additional Academy Awards for Best Actress (Holly Hunter) and Best Supporting Actress (Anna Paquin, who was only eleven at the time). What did we think of the film, revisiting it all of these years later? What did we think of the themes, characters, music, cinematography, and its awards season run? Nicole Ackman, Casey Lee Clark & Danilo Castro join me to discuss all of these points and more in our review down below. Please check out the Criterion Collection's recent gorgeous 4K UHD restoration of the film; listen down below and enjoy!Check out more on NextBestPicture.comPlease subscribe on...SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcastiTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jTAnd be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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/NextBestPictureAfter a bit of a hiatus during the film awards season, the Next Best Theatre team is back to reflect on the 2021 film year and all of the movie musicals it brought us. We discuss eight films in total, ranging from very poor to near-masterpiece levels of greatness. Joining me for this wholesome discussion are Nicole Ackman, Dan Bayer, Lauren LaMagna, and Casey Lee Clark. We hope you enjoy it!Check out more on NextBestPicture.comPlease subscribe on...SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcastiTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jTAnd be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The wait is over. After numerous podcasts, discussions, and debates, the time has come for the NBP Team to reveal their final Oscar winner predictions for the 94th Academy Awards. I am joined by Amy Smith, Cody Dericks, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat, Josh Parham, Tom O'Brien & Will Mavity for this super-sized all-important episode. Together, we leave no stone unturned as we explore everything we know up until this point (we did not know the ASC & WGA Winners at the time of recording), from stats to general feelings in the air of how voters are feeling about the nominees, all in an effort to try and see all possible outcomes for what might go down one week from today. We also go over the polls, answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Please sit back, relax and enjoy!Check out more on NextBestPicture.comPlease subscribe on...SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcastiTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jTAnd be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our main podcast review this week, Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer, Tom O'Brien & Will Mavity all join me to discuss the first film from Academy Award-nominee Adrian Lyne in over twenty years, "Deep Water," starring Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas, Tracy Letts, Lil Rel Howery, Dash Mihok, Finn Wittrock, Kristen Connolly, Jacob Elordi & Rachel Blanchard. What did we think of this new erotic thriller? Did we enjoy the performances, the writing, the sex, the murder, the intrigue, and how about that sometimes intentional but mostly unintentional comedy? We discuss all of these points and more in our review down below. Please take a listen and enjoy!Check out more on NextBestPicture.comPlease subscribe on...SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcastiTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jTAnd be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Graham Moore is a name you may remember from 2014 when he won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for "The Imitation Game." Now, he's back, and this time he's writing and stepping behind the camera for the first time with his directorial debut "The Outfit," starring Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, Johnny Flynn, Dylan O'Brien, Nikki Amuka-Bird & Simon Russell Beale. A sophisticated single location crime thriller with more than enough twists to fill ten movies, the film opens in theaters from Focus Features this weekend. Graham was kind enough to spend some time talking with me about the screenplay, the twists and turns it takes, working with Mark Rylance, and more. Click below to take a listen and enjoy!Check out more on NextBestPicture.comPlease subscribe on...SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcastiTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jTAnd be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Chastain has been a powerhouse both in front and behind the camera as an actress and producer since she exploded onto the film scene with her breakout year in 2011, which resulted in her first Oscar nomination for "The Help." A decade later, here she is now, with her third Oscar nomination, this time for Best Actress in a film she produced and developed for ten years, "The Eyes Of Tammy Faye." Following her Screen Actors Guild win for Best Actress (and as of today, Critics Choice winner now as well), Jessica was kind enough to take the time to talk with me about her career, how it feels like it's culminated in this moment of recognition for her, her thoughts on the current status of female-led stories in the industry today, working with her co-star Andrew Garfield, and more! Be sure to please take a listen down below and enjoy! Thank you.Check out more on NextBestPicture.comPlease subscribe on...SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcastiTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jTAnd be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Episode 285, it's the calm before the storm (aka. our Final Oscar Predictions episode next week). While we're recording this week's episode before the BAFTA and Critics Choice Award winners are revealed (we'll go over those next week), there's still plenty to talk about, including the DGA, CDG, and VES winners, our predictions for what we think will win the PGA, and the trailer for Richard Linklater's "Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood." We also go over the polls, announce the staff-voted 2021 NBP Film Awards winners, answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Here to join me this week, I have Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and as a guest from Awards Watch, Erik Anderson. Thank you all so very much for your support, and enjoy! Next week is the big one...Check out more on NextBestPicture.comPlease subscribe on...SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcastiTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jTAnd be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our main podcast review this week, Nicole Ackman, Josh Parham & guest Katie Smith-Wong all join me to discuss the latest film from Disney-Pixar, "Turning Red," starring Rosalie Chiang, Sandra Oh, Ava Morse, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Hyein Park, Orion Lee, Wai Ching Ho & James Hong. Currently streaming on Disney+, the coming-of-age story tackles subjects rarely explored in animated films but does so with wit, insight, and a superb grasp of storytelling as only the wonderful artists at Pixar can deliver. What did we think of the voice-acting, music, writing, and animation? Tune in below to listen to our thoughts on these topics and more in our review. Enjoy!Check out more on NextBestPicture.comPlease subscribe on...SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcastiTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jTAnd be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices