The Next Best Picture Podcast

Following our 512th episode of The Next Best Picture Podcast, we're back with a new episode of Mailbag Monday. Lauren LaMagna and Giovanni Lago join me in this new series dedicated entirely to answering your fan-submitted questions from the NBP Film Community. Covering everything from the latest movie news, awards season, and Oscar predictions to filmmaking, industry trends, and whatever else is on your mind, Mailbag Monday allows us to engage more directly with all of you every week. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions for this episode, whether on our X account or on our Discord (Patreon members get a private link to chat with other members of NBP and me). If you'd like to be featured on a future edition of Mailbag Monday, be sure to leave your questions in the comments or submit them through our social media channels every Sunday morning when prompted on our X account. We hope you'll join us every Monday as we continue the conversation beyond our weekly Sunday podcast. Thank you, as always, for listening, subscribing, and supporting Next Best Picture, and helping us build such an incredible film community. Enjoy!

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For Episode 512 of the Next Best Picture Podcast, I am joined by Lauren LaMagna and Giovanni Lago. This week, we're previewing the AFI Film Festival (AFI), which kicks off this week, featuring screenings of "I Play Rocky," "Being Heumann," "Ray Gunn," "Behemoth!," "Elsinore," "Josephine," "Tangles," "Wild Horse Nine," and many more! We also have an in-depth look at the trailer for Greta Gerwig's upcoming "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew," which will surely be one of 2027's biggest releases! For this week's NBP poll question for the release of "Wildwood," we're asking everyone, "Which Is Your Favorite Film Featuring Stop-Motion Animation?" And we reveal the winner of last week's NBP poll, where we asked everyone, after the "big four" film festivals (Venice, Telluride, TIFF, and NYFF), "Which Film Do You Think Will Be The Next Best Picture Oscar Winner?" We also share our reactions to other trailers, including "The Beekeeper 2," "A Long Winter," "The Mosquito Bowl," "Josephine," and "River." We are still answering your fan-submitted questions, but we'll now release our answers separately the next day in a new show called Mailbag Monday. So stay tuned for that and many other updates from Next Best Picture as this year's awards season continues. Thank you all for listening, subscribing, and supporting us. Enjoy!

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For this week's main podcast review, Nadia Dalimonte, Josh Parham, and Dan Bayer join me to discuss Georgia Oakley's latest film, "Sense And Sensibility," starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Caitríona Balfe, Frank Dillane, Herbert Nordrum, George MacKay, and Fiona Shaw. Based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel (written for the screen this time by Diana Reid), the story follows three sisters who experience love and heartbreak after they're forced to leave their family estate with their widowed mother and move to a humble cottage. Ang Lee's 1995 Academy Award-winning adaptation of "Sense And Sensibility" remains beloved all these years later, so what did we think of this new version for a new generation? Please tune in, either on video or audio only, as we discuss the story, performances, craftsmanship, Oakley's direction, Reid's adaptation choices, its Oscar prospects, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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"Sense And Sensibility" is a 2026 period romantic drama film directed by Georgia Oakley from a screenplay by Diana Reid. It is based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel that follows three sisters' experiences of love and heartbreak after they're forced to leave their family estate with their widowed mother and move to a humble cottage. The film stars Daisy Edgar-Jones as Elinor Dashwood, Esmé Creed-Miles as Marianne Dashwood, Caitríona Balfe as Mrs. Dashwood, Frank Dillane as John Willoughby, Herbert Nordrum as Colonel Brandon, George MacKay as Edward Ferrars, and Fiona Shaw as Mrs. Jennings. Daisy Edgar-Jones was kind enough to spend some time talking with me while Nadia Dalimonte spoke with Oakley about their work and experiences making the film, which you can watch or listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Focus Features. Thank you, and enjoy!

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"Once Upon A Time In Harlem" is a 2026 American documentary film directed by William Greaves and his son, David Greaves, and produced by Liani Greaves and Anne de Mare. It follows a gathering of the surviving members of the Harlem Renaissance. Shot in 1972, it remained unfinished for fifty years, until David revisited the footage following his father's death. The film premiered in the Premieres section of the 2026 Sundance Film Festival, where it received universal acclaim. It was also screened at the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the L'Œil d'or, and later at the Telluride, Toronto, and New York Film Festivals. Greaves was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can watch or listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from NEON. Thank you, and enjoy!

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