TV & Film

The Next Picture Show

Telegraph Road Productions

A biweekly roundtable by the former editorial team of The Dissolve examining how classic films inspire and inform modern movies. Episodes take a deep dive into a classic film and its legacy...

Episodes

20 of 504 episodes

Zuck Dynasty, Pt. 2 — The Social Reckoning

Sorkin's follow-up to "The Social Network" goes astray.

62:54Oct 27, 2026

Zuck Dynasty, Pt. 1 — The Social Network

It's not because you're a nerd.

65:32Oct 20, 2026

Trial By Media, Pt. 2 — Primetime

Primetime is a far-from-straightforward take on a true story, using the mid-aughts TV phenomenon To Catch a Predator and especially its host...

61:23Oct 13, 2026

Trial By Media, Pt. 1 — Sweet Smell of Success

Alexander Mackendrick’s blisteringly cynical 1957 film.

62:53Oct 6, 2026

Hazard Pay, Pt. 2 — The Weight

Deals with the devil.

77:27Oct 1, 2026

Hazard Pay, Pt. 1 — Sorcerer

William Friedkin’s 1977 cult favorite.

64:13Sep 22, 2026

Existential Zones, Pt. 2 — It Ends

Alexander Ullom's It Ends is a daring little piece of microbudget drama about four friends at transition points in their lives, who find the...

62:50Sep 15, 2026

#539: Existential Zones, Pt. 1 — Solaris (1972)

In space, no one can hear you philosophize.

68:27Sep 8, 2026

The Family That’s Prey Together, Pt. 2 — The End of Oak Street

The universal human desire to not get eaten.

61:57Sep 1, 2026

The Family That's Prey Together, Pt. 1 — War of the Worlds (2005)

Spielberg's 9/11 movie.

65:01Aug 25, 2026

Anyone Can Cook, Pt. 2 — Tony

Avoiding the Walk Hard trap.

78:28Aug 18, 2026

#535: Anyone Can Cook, Pt. 1 — Ratatouille

Anyone can cook, but only the fearless can be great.

75:17Aug 11, 2026

Home Sweet Homer, Pt. 2 — The Odyssey

Odyssey by Nolan

74:05Jul 28, 2026

Home Sweet Homer, Pt. 1 — O Brother, Where Art Thou?

The Coen Brothers go on an Odyssey.

75:12Jul 21, 2026

Lady Justice, Pt. 2 — Supergirl

Finding the true grit in the new Supergirl.

61:03Jul 14, 2026

Lady Justice, Pt. 1 — True Grit (2010)

Supergirl and the Coen Brothers' 2010 adaptation of the Charles Portis novel.

67:39Jul 7, 2026

Our Aliens, Ourselves Pt. 2 — Disclosure Day

Forty-four years after his science-fiction classic about the deep connection between a 10-year-old human boy and an alien visitor stranded o...

57:33Jun 30, 2026

Our Aliens, Ourselves Pt. 1 — E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

How Spielberg navigated the sentimentality of a story that’s all about feelings.

56:06Jun 23, 2026

Negative Spaces, Pt. 2 — Backrooms

Kane Parson's unexpected horror hit.

71:51Jun 16, 2026

Negative Spaces, Pt. 1 — Phantasm

Don Coscarelli’s 1979 super-indie horror adventure.

59:32Jun 9, 2026