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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With The “Power Ballad” Filmmaker John Carney
“Power Ballad” is a 2026 musical comedy-drama film directed and co-written by John Carney, starring Paul Rudd, Nick Jonas, Havana Rose Liu, and Jack Reynor. The film tells the story of Rick Power (Rudd), a wedding singer, who meets washed-up former boy band singer Danny Wilson (Jonas) at a wedding one night and bonds over…
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“SIX MONTHS IN A PINK AND BLUE BUILDING”
THE STORY – Mexico, early 90s. Bruno grows up in a happy, carefree family. On his eleventh birthday, as he learns his father is ill, this zest for life takes over. Everyone keeps on singing and dancing to ward off fate, like in a salsa song. Thirty years later, Bruno films and revisits the memories he couldn’t…
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“A SECRET HEART”
THE STORY – Over the last 4 years, Lilou left her secret life behind, becoming a 64-year-old woman who enjoys DIY, gardening, cycling and looking after her grandchildren. Tom Fontenille films a family healing its wounds and reinventing a place for everyone. THE CAST – N/A THE TEAM – Tom Fontenille (Director/Writer) & Valentine Bonnaz (Writer)…
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“WOMEN ON TRIAL”
THE STORY – 1972. A landmark trial shakes France as young Marie-Claire is prosecuted for having an illegal abortion with the help of her mother and two other defendants. In a courtroom governed by men, the verdict seems inevitable: prison for the women, while the rapist goes unpunished. Their last hope lies with Gisèle Halimi, a…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Revolutionary Road”
Our 2008 retrospective continues with “Revolutionary Road,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Michael Shannon, Kathryn Hahn, David Harbour, and Kathy Bates. Directed by Winslet’s real-life husband at the time, Academy Award winner Sam Mendes, and adapted by Justin Haythe from the award-winning novel by Richard Yates, this was considered a huge Oscar contender on paper…
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“LA GRADIVA”
THE STORY – A group of French high-school students travel to Naples on a school trip to discover the ruins of Pompeii and the bodies petrified by Vesuvius. There, they are drawn into a dizzying descent. One by one, they are swept up in desire and anger, until they surrender to them completely. THE CAST –…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Abbott Elementary” Star Tyler James Williams
“Abbott Elementary” is an American mockumentary sitcom television series created by Quinta Brunson for ABC. It stars Brunson as Janine Teagues, a perpetually optimistic second-grade teacher at the underfunded Abbott Elementary, a fictional, predominantly black public school in West Philadelphia. The ensemble cast includes Tyler James Williams, Janelle James, Lisa Ann Walter, Chris Perfetti, William…
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“INTO THE JAWS OF THE OGRE”
THE STORY – Filmmaker Mahsa Karampour reflects on the experiences of her musician brother Siavash, as they make different lives for themselves far from their native Iran. THE CAST – Mahsa Karampour & Siavash Karampour THE TEAM – Mahsa Karampour (Director/Writer) & Maya Haffar (Writer) THE RUNNING TIME – 86 Minutes Iranian musician Siavash Karampour drives…
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