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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile” Filmmaker Julia Loktev
“My Undesirable Friends: Part II – Exile” is a 2026 American documentary film produced and directed by Julia Loktev. A sequel to the 2024 film “My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow,” it follows several independent Russian journalists as they flee the country into exile, following Vladimir Putin government’s repression of free…
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“MAKING MARIE ANTOINETTE”
THE STORY – Culled from more than 80 hours of footage shot by Eleanor Coppola, this doc takes us behind the scenes of her daughter Sofia’s third film, 2006’s “Marie Antoinette,” capturing the enormous challenge of making an expensive period film while still exploring the theme of wealth amid isolation so present in Sofia’s previous works.…
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Is “Artificial” The Oscar Contender NEON & Luca Guadagnino Have Been Waiting For?
The New York Film Festival has traditionally not been a place for studios to launch one of their big awards contenders. The event has served more as a curation of the best films from previous festivals than as a first stop for something major. This narrative obviously got a major asterisk when “Marty Supreme” exploded…
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“THE SOCIAL RECKONING”
THE STORY – Frances Haugen (Madison), a young Facebook engineer, enlists the help of Jeff Horwitz (White), a Wall Street Journal reporter, to go on a dangerous journey that ends up blowing the whistle on the social network’s most guarded secrets. THE CAST – Mikey Madison, Jeremy Allen White, Wunmi Mosaku, Betty Gilpin, Billy Magnussen, Bill…
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Can “Michael” And “Digger” Overcome Their Reviews To Become Best Picture Nominees?
The only consolation for “Digger” right now, when it comes to the Oscar race, is that it is somehow not the lowest-reviewed film still considered to have a shot at major nominations. That position still belongs to “Michael,” to the point that if something with a 39 Metacritic score and a 4.9 Rotten Tomatoes average…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interviews With “East Of Eden” Star Hoon Lee & Director Garth Davis
“East of Eden” is a 2026 American historical drama limited television series created by Zoe Kazan and starring Florence Pugh as Cathy Ames. It is adapted from John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel of the same name and premiered on Netflix on October 1st to positive reviews for its adaptation, direction by Davis (episodes 1-4) and Laure…
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Can “Rose” Ride Off Of Sandra Hüller’s Best Actress Buzz And Become A Dark Horse Oscar Contender For More Categories?
Sandra Hüller has had a memorable year, from standout supporting turns in “Project Hail Mary” and “Digger” to leading the contemplative “Fatherland.” But her indisputable best performance of 2026 is in “Rose,” where she plays the titular character. In this transformative role, Hüller assumes the guise and mannerisms of a man to forge an independent…
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“ARTIFICIAL”
THE STORY – Follows the confusing firing and rehiring cycle of Sam Altman at OpenAI, where the board gained control of the company and removed him, but Altman still returned. THE CAST – Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzman, Chris O’Dowd, Ike Barinholtz & Mark Rylance THE TEAM – Luca Guadagnino (Director)…
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