The Next Best Picture Podcast

Following our 504th episode of The Next Best Picture Podcast, we're back with a new episode of Mailbag Monday. Katie Johnson, Josh Parham, 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 movie news, awards season, and Oscar predictions to filmmaking, industry trends, and whatever else is on your mind, Mailbag Monday allows us to engage more directly with all of you every week. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions for this episode, whether on our X account or on our Discord (Patreon members get a private link to chat with other members of NBP and me). If you'd like to be featured on a future edition of Mailbag Monday, be sure to leave your questions in the comments or submit them through our social media channels every Sunday morning when prompted on our X account. We hope you'll join us every Monday as we continue the conversation beyond our weekly Sunday podcast. Thank you, as always, for listening, subscribing, and supporting Next Best Picture, and helping us build such an incredible film community. Enjoy!

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For Episode 504 of the Next Best Picture Podcast, I am joined by Katie Johnson, Josh Parham, and Giovanni Lago. For this week's main topic, we're discussing the 64th New York Film Festival (NYFF) Main Slate, including the Spotlight Gala announcement for the world premiere of "Godzilla Minus Zero," and what we think will be announced for the Spotlight section this week. We also discuss the recent additions to the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) lineup including the Centerpiece and Midnight Madness sections and what we think will be the final additions this week when the schedule gets announced. For this week's NBP poll question, we're asking everyone, "Which Films Are You Most Looking Forward To From The NYFF64 Main Slate?" and we reveal the winner of last week's NBP poll, for the release of "The Odyssey" and "Spider-Man: Brand New Day," where we asked everyone, "Which Is Your Favorite Tom Holland Performance?" We also share our reactions to the trailers for "Primetime," "Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother," "The Only Living Pick Pocket In New York" and "Violent Night 2." We are still answering your fan-submitted questions, but our answers will now be released separately the day after, in a new show called Mailbag Monday! So stay tuned for that and many other updates from Next Best Picture as this year's awards season continues. Thank you all for listening, subscribing, and supporting us. Enjoy!

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For this week's main podcast review, Ema Sasic, Dan Bayer, Megan Lachinski, and Will Mavity join me to review and discuss the sex purge romantic comedy film "One Night Only," starring Monica Barbaro, Callum Turner, Maya Hawke, Julia Fox, King Princess, Ziwe, Ben Marshall, Ella Loudon, Molly Ringwald & Levar Burton. The film follows two attractive single people on the one night of the year when premarital sex is no longer outlawed, but does it invite more questions with its central premise than escapist fun? What did we think of it? Please tune in either on video or audio only as we discuss the film's story, its performances, humor, politics (or lack thereof), its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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"The Last House" is a 2026 American science fiction thriller film directed by Louis Leterrier and written by Matthew Robinson. It stars Greta Lee and Wagner Moura as the heads of the Delgado family who are inexplicably sealed inside their home by an invisible force during a torrential, never-ending downpour. As the days stretch into years, they struggle to survive on dwindling resources while adapting to their confinement. Leterrier was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can watch or listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on Netflix. Thank you, and enjoy!

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"Hadestown: The Musical" is a 2026 musical film presenting a live stage recording of the Tony Award-winning musical of the same name. It tells two versions of the ancient Greek myths, Orpheus and Eurydice and Hades and Persephone, to explore enduring and contemporary themes such as poverty. Brett Sullivan directed the film, which features five principal cast members of the original Broadway production: Reeve Carney, André De Shields, Amber Gray, Eva Noblezada, and Patrick Page. Recorded at the Lyric Theatre, London, the remainder of the cast are performers in the West End production. Bleecker Street division Crosswalk launched a limited release for North American cinemas after the film premiered at the Tribeca Festival to rave reviews. What did we think of it? Please tune in as Cody Dericks, Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and Tom O'Brien talk about the pro-shot version compared to the stage version and other pro-shot films such as "Hamilton," their favorite musical numbers, the performances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our review!

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