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Episode 187 - End Of Q1 2020 & The Best Pandemic Movies Mar 29, 2020

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For Episode 187, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien. This week we are trying to liven things up a bit with some games (including Cinephile: A Card Game), fun and fan questions from the community. We also discuss our favorite pandemic movies, the polls and more! It doesn't need to be all doom and gloom out there. Come and celebrate the end of the oddest Q1 we've ever seen. Stay healthy and safe out there and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

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"Children Of Men" Mar 28, 2020

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For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Bianca Garner, Josh Parham & Dan Bayer to discuss Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 sci-fi action thriller "Children Of Men." Incredibly detailed, dense and prophetic in its vision of a bleak future where women can no longer bear children, the film has been on people's minds a lot recently due to the spread of the coronavirus. How has the film aged since its original release? What do we think of the film's technical accomplishments? Its performances? Themes? We discuss all of these things and more in our review! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

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"Mulan" (1998) Mar 26, 2020

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this month's second Patreon throwback podcast review we were going to review Disney's animated 1998 version of "Mulan" in anticipation for the live-action remake which was supposed to hit theaters this week. Due to the coronavirus, that film's release has sadly been pushed back to an unknown date but that didn't stop us from opening up Disney+ during our quarantine to re-watch the 1998 Oscar nominated film. Joining me for this podcast review I have Nicole Ackman, Lauren LaMagna, Rebecca Daniel, Danilo Castro, Tom O'Brien and Patreon contributer Kiiva Williams. Together, we discuss the film's themes, its characters, story, songs and more! Please bring honor to us by giving us a listen! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

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The Next Best Theatre Podcast: Episode 27 - "Celebrating Stephen Sondheim" Mar 25, 2020

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this month, the Next Best Theatre team is celebrating the legendary composer, Stephen Sondheim. Winner of 8 Tony Awards and the brilliant mind behind "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1962), "Company" (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), he also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) & Gypsy (1959). His resume speaks for itself and a few days ago, he celebrated his 90th birthday. Here to celebrate him and his work with me are Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman, Casey Lee Clark & Cody Dericks. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

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Episode 186 - The Best Movie Of 2020 & The NBP Film Community Award Winners For The 2010s Mar 22, 2020

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For Episode 186, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman, Josh Parham, Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer & Amanda Spears. This week we continue to discuss how the Coronavirus is impacting the entertainment industry. We also, after a month of intense voting, reveal the winners of the NBP Film Community Awards for the 2010s. We go over the polls which asks "What Was The Best Movie Of 2020 Before The Theaters Closed?" And after the positive feedback we received last week, we are continuing to have our listeners call in with their fan questions for this week so that we can all remain connected during this time of isolation. We hope your quarantine is going well and that our show is helping you all on a weekly basis. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for how we can make things better. Stay healthy. Stay safe. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

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"Contagion" Mar 21, 2020

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For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat & Cody Dericks to discuss not a new film (due to all of the theaters being closed) but a film from 2011 that eerily predicted exactly what it is we are going through today. Steven Soderbergh's pandemic thriller "Contagion," starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard & Jude Law. For this review, we discuss the parallels to the coronavirus, the film's multiple characters, and storylines, the science and procedural elements plus its filmmaking. Join us and try not to get too paranoid. We hope you enjoy! Be healthy. Be safe out there and wash your hands!

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"Never Rarely Sometimes Always" Mar 18, 2020

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For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Casey Lee Clark to talk about what is probably going to be our last new release for the forseeable future due to the Coronavirus pandemic (which has caused many movie theaters to close down across the country) and that is Eliza Hittman's "Never Rarely Sometimes Always." The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, has played at the Berlin International Film Festival and received a limited release this past weekend before everything in Hollywood got shut down. So, there are some who have seen it and we feel it deserves to be seen by others at some point, which is why we wanted to get our thoughts out there on this really remarkable movie for you all to hear. Hopefully soon, the rest of you can check it out for yourselves. Stay healthy and safe out there! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

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Episode 185 - How Coronavirus Is Impacting Entertainment & Movies To Watch During Self-Quarantine Mar 15, 2020

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For Episode 185, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Bianca Garner, Dan Bayer, Rebecca Daniel, Cody Dericks & Tom O'Brien. This week we continue the conversation on how the Coronavirus continues to not only impact the world of entertainment but the world entirely. We recommend movies that you can watch at home while you're self quarantining in this week poll and for the first time ever, we have our fans call into the show live to ask us questions in the hope of bringing everyone together more during these difficult and uncertain times. We hope you enjoy! Wash your hands and stay safe out there! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

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"The Hunt" Mar 14, 2020

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For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Dan Bayer and for the first time ever as a guest here on the show we have Luke Hicks from Film School Rejects to discuss the much talked about film "The Hunt." Delayed from its original September release due to controversy, the film is now out in theaters and stars "GLOW's" Betty Gilpin in the leading role. What did we think of her? The film's violence? Its political message? We discuss all of this and more on this week's review. We hope you enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

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Interview With "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" Writer/Director, Eliza Hittman Mar 13, 2020

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Eliza Hittman has been making a name for herself in the independent film worldstarting with her 2013 debut "It Felt Like Love," followed by her 2017 film "Beach Rats" and now she is back with her third film, the much acclaimed "Never Rarely Sometimes Always." The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize and then it screened a few days later at the Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. Eliza was kind enough to spend a few moments talking about her experience making the film, discovering the film's breakout star Sidney Flanigan, her writing and shooting process and more! Please give it a listen and be sure to check out the film, now playing in limited release from Focus Features. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

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