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“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 alive. CCTV footage taken on the morning of his disappearance shows Krzysztof standing on a bridge, but not whether he jumped or walked away, and Daniel continues to investigate long after the police and local media have stopped searching. The film had its world premiere in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where it received widespread critical praise. Marczak was kind enough to spend some time speaking 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 playing in theaters from 1-2 Special. Thank you, and enjoy!

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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, 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. Thanks 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 NBP members 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 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 John Malkovich Performance?" And we reveal the winner of last week's NBP poll, where we asked everyone, for the release of "The Only Pickpocket In New York," "Which Is Your Favorite Film John Turturro Performance?" We also share our reactions to the trailers for "Dune: Part Three," "Behemoth!," "Hexed," and "Eternal Return." We are still answering your fan-submitted questions, but we'll now release our answers separately the next day 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, 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 independent crime drama, it stars Turturro as an old-school thief trying to survive in a modern, cashless city while scrambling to fix a high-stakes mistake. The film had its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for Segan's direction, writing, and Turturro's performance. What did we think of it, though? Please tune in, either on video or audio only, as we discuss the seemingly simple story, its layers and complexities, performances, Noah's direction, its Oscar prospects, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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"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 Price, Tatiana Maslany, and Steve Buscemi. It had its world premiere at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where critics widely praised the film, particularly Turturro's performance and Segan's writing and direction. Legendary actor John Turturro, who was recently nominated for a Gotham Award for his lead performance in the film, was kind enough to spend some time talking with us in-studio about his work and experience making the film, his career, views on acting, who he'd like to one day work with, and more, which you can watch or listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Sony Pictures Classics. Thank you, and enjoy!

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