By Nicole Ackman 
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Adaptations of books are a large part of each year’s new films, and 2020’s new releases are certainly no different. I’ve rounded up all of the book to film adaptations that have been announced for this year. Though all of these dates are subject to change – especially with coronavirus shutting down film sets – the films below should be eligible for Best Adapted Screenplay. Last year, we saw “Little Women” and “Jojo Rabbit” battle it out for the award, but right now, we can only make wild guesses as to what will take the 2020 prize. 
 
There have already been a selection of book to film adaptations released this year: “Dolittle,” “The Rhythm Section,” “The Turning” (an adaption of “The Turn of the Screw”), “P.S. I Still Love You,” “The Call of the Wild,” “Minamata,” “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made,” “The Invisible Man,” “The Last Thing He Wanted,” “Emma.,” “All the Bright Places,” and “Lost Girls.”

By Nicole Ackman 

It's been two years but with renewed interest, we are finally bringing back Next Best Adaptation, where we review the source material of the year's potential Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar contenders. We hope that this podcast will be a good use of your time while we sit in quarantine with little to do. So join us, pick up a book, particularly "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier and join our virtual book club here on the podcast! We not only discuss the novel but also our thoughts on any previous adaptations and our expectations for the upcoming film adaptation later this year (hopefully). Joining me for this podcast I have Will Mavity and Dan Bayer.

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 Lauren LaMagna 
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As March nears a close, with an international pandemic and the film industry coming to a sudden halt, as well as with the rest of the major cities around the world, it can be hard to take your mind off of these crazy events. But March, no matter the events, is still Women's History Month and can be perfectly celebrated by watching your favorite female-centric films during self-isolation. I asked the Next Best Picture staff to list some of their favorites. In no particular order, here are some of Next Best Picture's favorite female-centric films.

By Matt Neglia 

For Episode 187, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien. This week we are trying to liven things up a bit with some games (including Cinephile: A Card Game), fun and fan questions from the community. We also discuss our favorite pandemic movies, the polls and more! It doesn't need to be all doom and gloom out there. Come and celebrate the end of the oddest Q1 we've ever seen. Stay healthy and safe out there and enjoy!

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, you enjoy what you hear and want to hear more, please help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.

By Matt Neglia 

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Bianca Garner, Josh Parham & Dan Bayer to discuss Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 sci-fi action thriller "Children Of Men." Incredibly detailed, dense and prophetic in its vision of a bleak future where women can no longer bear children, the film has been on people's minds a lot recently due to the spread of the coronavirus. How has the film aged since its original release? What do we think of the film's technical accomplishments? Its performances? Themes? We discuss all of these things and more in our review!

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 support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.

By Daniel Howat 

​In light of the COVID-19 shutdown of movie theaters, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced a new, adjusted period of eligibility for the Golden Globe Awards. From March 15 until April 30, films may qualify without the typical required theatrical release. Films may premiere on a nontheatrical platform such as a streaming service or even broadcast television as long as the distributor provides an official screening link for the members of the HFPA during this time. They also said that the time period will be subject to review, provided theaters remain closed into May as many expect.

By Danilo Castro 

Fictional pandemics have always been a fertile source of inspiration for Hollywood. They tap into primal fears like death and isolation, while simultaneously bringing out the best and worst that mankind has to offer. Coronavirus has manifested some of these fears in real life, and while it hasn’t wrought the damage of a Hollywood pandemic (thankfully), it has inspired many to sit down and watch films that speak to the current climate. 

We've been reviewing pandemic movies on the podcast every week starting with "28 Days Later," then "Contagion" and soon to follow with more! So, with an indefinite amount of quarantine time ahead, we decided to snap on some rubber gloves, sift through the case files, and compile a list of the ten best pandemic thrillers and infection-based films ever made. ​

By Matt Neglia 

For this month's second Patreon throwback podcast review we were going to review Disney's animated 1998 version of "Mulan" in anticipation for the live-action remake which was supposed to hit theaters this week. Due to the coronavirus, that film's release has sadly been pushed back to an unknown date but that didn't stop us from opening up Disney+ during our quarantine to re-watch the 1998 Oscar-nominated film. Joining me for this podcast review I have Nicole Ackman, Lauren LaMagna, Rebecca Daniel, Danilo Castro, Tom O'Brien and Patreon contributor Kiiva Williams. Together, we discuss the film's themes, its characters, story, songs and more! Please bring honor to us by giving us a listen!
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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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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.

By Dan Bayer 

For this month, the Next Best Theatre team is celebrating the legendary composer, Stephen Sondheim. Winner of 8 Tony Awards and the brilliant mind behind "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1962), "Company" (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), he also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) & Gypsy (1959). His resume speaks for itself and a few days ago, he celebrated his 90th birthday. Here to celebrate him and his work with me are Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman, Casey Lee Clark & Cody Dericks.

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.

Thank you so much for listening. You can subscribe to the Next Best Theatre 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 support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.

By Matt Neglia 

As heard yesterday on the podcast, we announced the NBP Film Community Award Winners for the 2010s. For those who did not hear the winners read live on the show, we have provided a full list down below for you to check out.

We had over 1400 people contribute towards these final votes and we look forward to your participation on our upcoming 2014 retrospective which will begin next month! Thank you all for voting. Click below to see the winners.

By Kenzie Vanunu 

When I first saw the trailer for the remake of “The Invisible Man” and realized it was going to be covering the subject of domestic abuse, I won’t lie, my heart did sink a little. As long as I can remember, I have gravitated towards horror films to distract myself from anything going on in my personal life for a few hours at most. Obstacles in my personal life felt small in comparison when watching most horror films, as I was never facing anything like a madman with a chainsaw, a demon haunting my home or being staged in a ritual to stop an apocalypse from happening. However, Leigh Whannell's “The Invisible Man” remake takes this in a different direction for me and now that more people than ever are watching the film, previously at the theaters and now at home, I felt it was time for me to share my connection to this terrifying film.

By Matt Neglia 

For Episode 186, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman, Josh Parham, Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer & Amanda Spears. This week we continue to discuss how the Coronavirus is impacting the entertainment industry. We also, after a month of intense voting, reveal the winners of the NBP Film Community Awards for the 2010s. We go over the polls which asks "What Was The Best Movie Of 2020 Before The Theaters Closed?" And after the positive feedback we received last week, we are continuing to have our listeners call in with their fan questions for this week so that we can all remain connected during this time of isolation. We hope your quarantine is going well and that our show is helping you all on a weekly basis. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for how we can make things better. Stay healthy. Stay safe. Enjoy!

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, you enjoy what you hear and want to hear more, please help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.

By Matt Neglia 

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat & Cody Dericks to discuss not a new film (due to all of the theaters being closed) but a film from 2011 that eerily predicted exactly what it is we are going through today. Steven Soderbergh's pandemic thriller "Contagion," starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard & Jude Law. For this review we discuss the parallels to the coronavirus, the film's multiple characters and storylines, the science and procedural elements plus its filmmaking. Join us and try not to get too paranoid. We hope you enjoy! Be healthy. Be safe out there and wash your hands!

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 support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.

By Josh Parham 

​​With everything happening in the world right now, escaping into cinema feels more important than ever. However, with movie theaters across the planet closing their doors in the hopes of limiting the spread of this pandemic, many of us have been forced to stay in and be comforted by films that have already come out and can be viewed in our own living spaces. That fits perfectly with the NBP Film Community Nominations for the 2010s. Voting is still happening until March 21. To honor the community’s celebration of an entire decade of film, I’ve decided to share my top ten favorite movies of the previous ten years.

By Cody Dericks 

​​Any avid movie watcher knows that consuming films sometimes involves performing a unique type of triage. We separate movies into “watch in theaters”, “watch at home” and “watch one day when I have a ton of free time”. Well, with a lot of us stuck at home in self-isolation, whether voluntary or not, it’s finally a good time to watch those movies we were saving for wisdom teeth recovery or an extreme blizzard. I’m here to help you narrow down your selection by showcasing some underseen movies from the last decade that you can stream at home. These movies won’t necessarily serve as a distraction from everything going on today; the only thing that unites them is that they are all readily available on streaming and are all excellent.

By Michael Schwart

*Just as we were planning to post this preview of new musicals for the 2019/2020 Tony season, Broadway announced that it would shut down until at least April 13th due to concerns over COVID-19. While the theatre may currently be dark, let us take a look at what we can expect to enjoy in the coming months when society returns to a sense of normalcy.*

Just as Oscar season tends to wait until the end of the calendar year to show off its finest offerings, the world of theater also waits until the end of their year to showcase the best of the best. Though in Broadway culture, the final rush happens to be March and April of every year. This season is no different as we see a barrage of new plays and musicals competing for Tony glory. As the American Theatre Wing prepares to release their Tony nominations ahead of the 74th annual ceremony, let’s take a look at the top offerings on the musical side.​

By Matt Neglia 

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Casey Lee Clark to talk about what is probably going to be our last new release for the forseeable future due to the Coronavirus pandemic (which has caused many movie theaters to close down across the country) and that is Eliza Hittman's "Never Rarely Sometimes Always." The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, has played at the Berlin International Film Festival and received a limited release this past weekend before everything in Hollywood got shut down. So, there are some who have seen it and we feel it deserves to be seen by others at some point, which is why we wanted to get our thoughts out there on this really remarkable movie for you all to hear. Hopefully soon, the rest of you can check it out for yourselves. Stay healthy and safe out there!

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 support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.

By Matt Neglia 

The Razzie Awards were supposed to be held on March 14th but the show was cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak. However, that did not stop the Razzies from announcing their winners representing the worst in 2019.

Click below to see the winners.

By Matt Neglia 

For Episode 185, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Bianca Garner, Dan Bayer, Rebecca Daniel, Cody Dericks & Tom O'Brien. This week we continue the conversation on how the Coronavirus continues to not only impact the world of entertainment but the world entirely. We recommend movies that you can watch at home while you're self quarantining in this week poll and for the first time ever, we have our fans call into the show live to ask us questions in the hope of bringing everyone together more during these difficult and uncertain times. We hope you enjoy! Wash your hands and stay safe out there!

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, you enjoy what you hear and want to hear more, please help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.

By Matt Neglia 

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Dan Bayer and for the first time ever as a guest here on the show we have Luke Hicks from Film School Rejects to discuss the much talked about film "The Hunt." Delayed from its original September release due to controversy, the film is now out in theaters and stars "GLOW's" Betty Gilpin in the leading role. What did we think of her? The film's violence? Its political message? We discuss all of this and more on this week's review. We hope you enjoy!

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 support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.

By Matt Neglia 
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Eliza Hittman has been making a name for herself in the independent film worldstarting with her 2013 debut "It Felt Like Love," followed by her 2017 film "Beach Rats" and now she is  back with her third film, the much acclaimed "Never Rarely Sometimes Always." The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize and then it screened a few days later at the Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. Eliza was kind enough to spend a few moments talking about her experience making the film, discovering the film's breakout star Sidney Flanigan, her writing and shooting process and more! Please give it a listen and be sure to check out the film, now playing in limited release from Focus Features.

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 support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.

By Bianca Garner 
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On Monday we lost one of cinema’s most iconic actors, Max von Sydow. This was the man who took on the demon Pazuzu, who played chess with Death, gave advice to Bran Stark as the three-eyed raven, aided Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jr. on their journey into hell, and even crossed paths with Kylo Ren and the First Order. No role was too big or too small for von Sydow. And even when he was on screen for the briefest of moments, he would leave a lasting impression.

By Matt Neglia 

For this month's Patreon throwback podcast review we are looking back at the 2003 post-apocalyptic horror film "28 Days Later" written by Alex Garland and directed by Danny Boyle. With the coronavirus all over the news and the upcoming release of "A Quiet Place Part 2" which also stars Cillian Murphy, we thought this would be the appropriate time to revist this British "zombie" classic. How does it hold up? How are the performances and the crafts? Here to join me in this month's throwback review is Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham & Dan Bayer.
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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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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.

By Bianca Garner 

Cinema has always been an experimental art form and one which has seen creatives constantly pushing the boundaries of storytelling and embracing new technologies. The flavor of the month seems to be the one-shot film; whether it be Sam Mendes’s “1917” and Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s “Birdman,” which were edited to appear to be one continuous shot, or Sebastian Schipper’s “Victoria” and Erik Poppe’s “Utøya: July 22,” which actually were shot in a single continuous take. However, this hasn’t been a recent obsession of filmmakers. In fact, the master of suspense himself, Alfred Hitchcock, utilized the technique with his crime drama, “Rope,” way back in 1948.

By Matt Neglia 

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Amanda Spears & Dan Bayer to discuss and review the latest film from Gavin O'Connor starring Ben Affleck as you've never seen him before. "The Way Back" is a sports drama and meta personal story for the film's star dealing with alcoholism. What did we think of the story? How is Ben Affleck? Find out our thoughts and more in our review.

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 support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month and you'll receive some exclusive podcast content.