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Is This Finally Martin McDonagh’s Year To Win A Screenplay Oscar?
Last year, both Screenplay Oscar categories were the most lopsided in recent history, at least when it came to the colossal sweeps of “Sinners” and “One Battle After Another.” However, they were at least even, with each category’s two top films dominating Best Picture. But in the early stages of the 2026 season, it looks…
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“TEST”
THE STORY – A closeted small-town Ohio bodybuilder clashes with his devoutly religious mother as he navigates his gay identity and the dark world of performance-enhancing drugs under a renowned coach. THE CAST – Brock Yurich, Tammy Blanchard, Mike Edward, Paloma Garcia-Lee & Matthew Morrison THE TEAM – Sam McConnell (Director) & Brock Yurich (Writer)…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interviews With “Mouse” Stars Katherine Mallen Kupferer, Sophie Okonedo & Filmmakers Kelly O’Sullivan & Alex Thompson
“Mouse” is a 2026 American coming-of-age drama film directed by Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson, and written by O’Sullivan. The film follows Minnie (Katherine Mallen Kupferer), whose relationship with Callie (Chloe Coleman) is upended on the eve of their senior year when Minnie forms a complicated friendship with Callie’s mother (Sophie Okonedo). It also stars Tara…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interviews With “Fjord” Star Renate Reinsve & Filmmaker Cristian Mungiu
“Fjord” is a 2026 legal thriller family drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Cristian Mungiu. A co-production of Romania, France, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden, it stars Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve as a conservative Romanian-Norwegian couple facing scrutiny after moving to the wife’s progressive, remote Norwegian hometown. It is loosely inspired by the…
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Can “The Odyssey” Remain The Oscar Frontrunner While Other Contenders Steal The Spotlight?
At this moment, most Best Picture talk revolves around whether “You Can See Everything” could be the first documentary Best Picture nominee or even winner, whether “La Bola Negra’s” early box office success can help it become Netflix’s first-ever winner and the first LGBTQ+ led winner in 10 years, and whether the anticipation for “Dune:…
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Awards Calendar: The 2026-2027 Awards Season
Here we go! It’s that time of the year again! With the announcement of the Gotham Award nominations last week, and as we start the month of November, we are embarking on the most exciting phase of awards season: the precursors! The team at Next Best Picture is excited to bring you the most fun…
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The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interviews With The “Godzilla Minus Zero” Cast, Director/Writer & Crew
“Godzilla Minus Zero” is a Japanese epic kaiju film written and directed by Takashi Yamazaki, who also supervised its visual effects. A sequel to “Godzilla Minus One” (2023), the film takes place in 1949, as postwar Japan struggles to rebuild and faces a new threat from King Ghidorah, prompting a regenerated Godzilla to resurface and…
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“THE CAT IN THE HAT”
THE STORY – As his last chance to prove himself to his incredibly exasperated boss, and to keep his job, the Cat in the Hat is given his toughest assignment as an agent of the I.I.I.I. (Institute for the Institution of Imagination and Inspiration, LLC): to cheer up siblings Gabby and Sebastian, who are struggling…
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