​By Matt Neglia 

​I know. I know. Is anything truly a lock on Oscar night? Shockers happen all the time. Contenders sweep the entire season, winning every award possible, like Jason Reitman's "Up In The Air" for Best Adapted Screenplay in 2009, and then out of the blue "Precious" wins on Oscar night. Since these posts are more rooted in stats than gut feeling (though, that sometimes plays a role as well), I think it's very fair to call certain categories locked and loaded for Oscar night on February 24th. There's not many but they do exist this year and while we wait for some of the final guilds to chime in for those categories, let's take a look at these.

Click below to see my in-depth analysis on the categories I deem to be locks for the 91st Academy Awards and be sure to check out my previous article on the acting categories.

By Ryan C. Showers ​​
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Best Supporting Actress has been a clustered mess this year. This has mostly been due to the fact that the critical favorite, Regina King in “If Beale Street Could Talk,” failed to achieve nominations from two of the big precursor groups – Screen Actors Guild and BAFTA. Amy Adams and her six career nominations without a win seemed like the case-closed frontrunner for “Vice” months ago, but it never materialized. Even though she gained a firewall of nominations for the film, associations have been hesitant to make this the role for which she finally wins. After maintaining a consistent buzz all season long, hitting all the necessary precursors (Critics Choice, Golden Globe, SAG, BAFTA, AMPAS), and recently winning the BAFTA, I have decided to predict Rachel Weisz in “The Favourite” to win the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

By Will Mavity

Sundance 2019 was the “slowest movie festival ever” for sales according to Variety. This year, something different was in the air. Perhaps it was the success of Sundance sales from last year like “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” and “Three Identical Strangers.” Perhaps it was the fact that Amazon got out of the gate quickly and everyone felt compelled to catch up.

Whatever the reason, studios threw money around liberally this year. Whereas the 2019 Sundance audience award winner still remains without a distributor, the majority of this year’s hits, narrative and documentary alike went home with a distributor.​

By Matt Neglia 
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Josh Parham and I are back to continue discussing the latest season of "True Detective" and where we feel the show has gone after 3 initially strong episodes that left us intrigued and filled with anticipation. How do the latest three episodes fare? Are we optimistic about the final two episodes? What do we think of Mahershala Ali's multi-timeline performance? We answer all of this and more on our latest discussion.

This is a preview of the podcast, the full version of which is only available to those who subscribe to us on Patreon. For the small price of $1 a month, you can receive this review along with other exclusive podcast content, so be sure to subscribe here.
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By Matt Neglia 

We have heard from the Critics Choice Awards, the Golden Globes, the Screen Actor's Guild Awards and most recently, the BAFTAs. Now, all that's left are the Academy Awards. As I've done the past couple of years, I will be doing a deep dive into each category to analyze who I think might win the Academy Award on February 24th using a combination of stats from the creation of the SAG Awards in 1994 to today along with gut instinct and intuition (which this year certainly requires). First up are the acting categories which have thrown us a few curveballs this season. Let's take a look.

Click below to see my in-depth analysis on each of the four acting categories.

By Daniel Howat 

We’re less than two short weeks away from the Academy Awards, and almost all of the precursors are behind us. Plenty of categories are still up in the air, even this close to the ceremony. Yesterday, the BAFTAs were awarded, giving us some last minute insight into how the Oscar winners might turn out. A few frontrunners were solidified, some races remain unclear, and even one or two dark horses kept their chances alive. Let’s take a look at how the BAFTAs might’ve impacted the Oscar race.

By Matt Neglia 

The 2018 NBP Film Community Awards are currently in their final week of voting. And now, after weeks of Top 10 lists, the 18 members of Next Best Picture have their own awards to share with you all: the 2018 NBP Film Award Nominations.

​Our winners will be voted on starting now and the winners will be revealed after the 91st Academy Awards. A huge thank you to the entire team at Next Best Picture for their tireless dedication, hard work and love of movies.

​Click below to see our nominations for the best in 2018.

By Matt Neglia 

For this week's episode we discuss the BAFTA, ASC, VES & USC Scripter winners, the polls and announce the 2018 NBP Film Award Nominations. Joining me for this podcast episode I have Ryan C. Showers, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien. Next week, we will give you all our final Oscar winner predictions!

Thank you so much for listening. You can subscribe to the Next Best Picture Podcast on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, GooglePlay, Tunein, PlayerFM, Acast & Castbox or you can listen down below. Please take a moment to review us on Apple Podcasts here. And if you're feeling generous and you enjoy what you hear and want more, please help to support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.

By Matt Neglia 

​The EE British Academy Of Film & Television Arts (BAFTA) have their winners representing the best in film for 2018.

Click below to see the winners below.

By Michael Schwartz 

I am the last one. Tonight, the NBP Film Awards Nominations will be revealed by the entire Next Best Picture staff. We've been unveiling our Top 10's of 2018 to give you a bit of a preview and up to this point, you've heard from Matt, Danilo, Kt, Josh Parham, Jacey, Celia, Cody, Josh Williams, Nicole Ackman, Daniel Howat, Ryan C. Showers, Beatrice Loayza & Tom O'Brien. And now, it all comes down to my final 10. So please take a moment, check out everyone's favorite films of 2018 and enjoy my top 10 favorite films from last year.

By Matt Neglia 

The American Society Of Cinematographers (ASC) have announced their winners representing the best in cinematography for 2018.

Click below to see the winners.

By Tom O'Brien 

Wow, this has been a tough year to narrow a list down to just ten films. We've had some great films about life in eighth grade, leaving no trace in the woods, becoming the first man on the moon and life in Wakanda. But these ten spoke the most to me and will be what I would love most to revisit in the years to come. You've seen the wonderful Top 10 lists from my NBP colleagues Matt, Danilo, Kt, Josh Parham, Jacey, Celia, Cody, Josh Williams, Nicole Ackman, Daniel Howat, Ryan C. Showers & Beatrice Loayza.

​So let me join them and add my ten cents.

By Matt Neglia 

The 2019 USC Scripter Winner honoring the best in Adapted Screenplays and their source material for 2018 has been announced.
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Click below to see the winner.

By Beatrice Loayza ​

Before I get into my top ten, I have to recognize "BlacKkKlansman" as my #11 pick of the year, as well as give a general shoutout to some honorable mentions in no particular order: "Mandy," "The Third Murder," "Revenge," "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," "Dogman," "Happy as Lazzaro," and "Widows."

As another disclaimer, I had the distinct pleasure of attending TIFF and a local mini-festival at the Silver Spring AFI, which allowed me to preview some titles with a 2019 release date. I’ve restricted my list to 2018 releases, otherwise Christian Petzold’s “Transit”, Radu Jude’s “I Do Not Care If We Go Down In History As Barbarians,” Isabella Eklöf’s “Holiday,” and Claire Denis’ “High Life” would be serious contenders to make my ten. Maybe next year. 

You've seen the Top 10 lists from Matt, Danilo, Kt, Josh Parham, Jacey, Celia, Cody, Josh Williams, Nicole Ackman, Daniel Howat & Ryan C. Showers but without further ado, I present to you, my own top ten of 2018.

By Matt Neglia 

The much anticipated direct sequel to 2014's "The Lego Movie" is finally here. How does "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part" stack up to the original without Phil Lord and Chris Miller in the director's chair? Josh Parham and myself take a dive into the world of legos once again to find out if everything is still awesome.

Thank you so much for listening. You can subscribe to the Next Best Picture Podcast on SoundCloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, GooglePlay, Tunein, PlayerFM, Acast & Castbox or you can listen down below. Please take a moment to review us on Apple Podcasts here. And if you're feeling generous and you enjoy what you hear and want more, please help to support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.