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"Sentimental Value" Nov 15, 2025

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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 third podcast review, Ema Sasic, Josh Parham, and Giovanni Lago join me to review and discuss the latest film from Joachim Trier, "Sentimental Value," starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it received widespread acclaim and won the Grand Prix. It has been selected as the Norwegian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. What did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss the performances, writing, and direction from Trier (co-written with Eskil Vogt), the themes, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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Interviews With "Nouvelle Vague" Director Richard Linklater & Stars Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch & Aubry Dullin Nov 14, 2025

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"Nouvelle Vague" is a black and white comedy-drama film directed by Richard Linklater starring Guillaume Marbeck as Jean-Luc Godard, Zoey Deutch as Jean Seberg, and Aubry Dullin as Jean-Paul Belmondo. It follows the shooting of "Breathless," one of the first feature films of the Nouvelle Vague era of French cinema, in 1959. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its casting, performances, writing, and direction from Linklater, who was working in the French language for the first time in his career. Linklater, Marbeck, Deutch, and Dullin were all kind enough to spend a few minutes speaking with us about their work and experiences making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in limited release and will be available to stream on Netflix on November 14th. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Sirāt" Filmmaker Óliver Laxe Nov 13, 2025

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"Sirāt" is a drama film directed by Óliver Laxe, co-written by Santiago Fillol and Laxe. It follows Luis (Sergi López), a father in search of his missing daughter in the deserts of southern Morocco. The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 78th Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize. It's since been selected as the Spanish submission for the Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. It has also been nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Director and a British Independent Film Award for Best International Independent Film. Laxe was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is set for a limited one-week qualifying release on November 14th, before it expands wide in January 2026 from NEON. Thank you, and enjoy!

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"Die My Love" Nov 12, 2025

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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, Ema Sasic, Dan Bayer, and Nadia Dalimonte join me to review and discuss the latest film from Lynne Ramsay, "Die My Love," starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Pattinson, Sissy Spacek, LaKeith Stanfield & Nick Nolte. The film follows Grace (Lawrence), a young mother who develops postpartum depression and, alongside her partner, Jackson (Pattinson), enters into psychosis. It had its world premiere in competition at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it received generally positive reviews with many citing Lawrence's work as a career-best, highlighting her chemistry with Pattinson and Ramsay's hypnotic direction. What did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss Ramsay's directorial choices, interpretations of Grace's descent into depression, the performances, the haunting ending, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Left- Handed Girl" Filmmaker Shih-Ching Tsou Nov 11, 2025

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"Left-Handed Girl" is an international indie drama written, directed, and produced by Shih-Ching Tsou, starring Janel Tsai, Shih-Yuan Ma, Nina Ye, Brando Huang, Akio Chen, and Xin-Yan Chao. Multi Academy Award-winner Sean Baker served as co-writer, producer, and editor. The film had its world premiere at the Critics' Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for its direction, writing, and performances. It has been selected as the Taiwanese entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Shih-Ching Tsou was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about her work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is set for a limited release on November 14th, before it streams on Netflix on November 28th. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Now You See Me: Now You Don't" Director Ruben Fleischer Nov 11, 2025

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"Now You See Me: Now You Don't" is an American heist film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Michael Lesslie, the writing duo of Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, and Seth Grahame-Smith, based on a story by Eric Warren Singer and Lesslie. The film is the sequel to "Now You See Me 2" (2016) and the third installment in the "Now You See Me" film series. The cast includes returning actors Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, and Morgan Freeman, as well as new cast members Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, and Rosamund Pike. Fleischer was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is set to be released in theaters on November 14th by Lionsgate. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Come See Me In The Good Light" Filmmaker Ryan White Nov 10, 2025

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"Come See Me In The Good Light" is a documentary film directed by Ryan White, following poet/activist Andrea Gibson and Megan Falley as they navigate an examination of love and mortality after Gibson is diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. This tearjerking film on love and loss had its world premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews and the Festival Favorite Award. White was kind enough to spend a few minutes speaking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is set to be released on November 14th on Apple TV by Apple. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Episode 465 - Awards Season Preview, "The Testament Of Ann Lee," "Michael," "Five Nights At Freddy's 2," "100 Nights Of Hero" & "Rosemead" Trailers Nov 09, 2025

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For Episode 465, Megan Lachinski, Cody Dericks, Daniel Howat, Tom O'Brien, and I are here to preview what's to come over the next several weeks for the 2025-2026 awards season as more nominations roll in from groups such as the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) and Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA). For this week's poll, we're revisiting our famous question, "Which Film Do You Think Is Going To Be The Next Best Picture Oscar Winner?" We also reveal the winner of last week's poll, for the wide and limited releases of "Predator: Badlands" and "Sentimental Value" respectively, "Which Is Your Favorite Film Starring Elle Fanning?" We also share our reactions to the trailers for "The Testament Of Ann Lee," "Michael," "Five Nights At Freddy's 2," "100 Nights Of Hero" and "Rosemead," answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Thank you all for listening, supporting, subscribing, and voting. Enjoy!

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"Christy" Nov 08, 2025

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For this week's main podcast review, Katie Johnson, Josh Parham, Joselyn Safadi, Dan Bayer & Daniel Howat join me to discuss the latest film from David Michôd, "Christy," starring Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merritt Wever, and Katy O'Brian. Based on former professional boxer Christy Martin, the film chronicles Martin's rise to becoming America's most well-known female boxer in the 1990s, and later her abusive relationship with her husband/trainer. The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival to positive reviews for Sweeney and Foster's performances, but what did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss that, the direction, writing, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Belén" Filmmaker & Star Dolores Fonzi Nov 07, 2025

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"Belén" is an Argentine historical legal drama film directed by and starring Dolores Fonzi from a screenplay she co-wrote with Laura Paredes, Agustina San Martín, and Nicolás Britos. It is based on the non-fiction book Somos Belén by Ana Correa, which follows a lawyer's quest for justice when her client is falsely imprisoned for committing an illegal abortion. The film has been selected as the Argentine entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. Fonzi was kind enough to spend time speaking with us about her work and experience making the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in select theaters and will be available to stream on November 14th on Prime Video. Thank you, and enjoy!

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