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Which 2026 First-Time Emmy Nominees Could Win On Their First Try?
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All the talk about the Emmys this year tends to lean toward a few conversations: will “The Pitt” repeat Outstanding Drama Series, can Jean Smart complete her perfect run, will “Hacks” go out on top, and will we finally be...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 502 – Mailbag Monday
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Following our 502nd episode of The Next Best Picture Podcast, we’re back with a new episode of Mailbag Monday. Katie Johnson, Nadia Dalimonte, and Tom O’Brien join me in this new series dedicated entirely to answering your fan-submitted questions from the NBP Film Community. Covering everything...
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San Diego Comic-Con 2026: Composers, Costume Designers, and Brad Bird in Hall H
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Our first report from SDCC 2026 on the stories that aren't being covered everywhere else.
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Exclusive Trailer for Venice Premiere The Cat Wakes Up and Yawns; Then Love Seeks Meaning in Rome
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Premiering as part of Venice’s Giornate degli Autori (aka Venice Days), which takes place September 2 through 12, Federico Francioni and Samuele Sestieri’s Si sveglia e sbadiglia, il gatto; poi l’amore (aka The Cat Wakes Up And Yawns; Then Love) follows...
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A Home Away from Home: Goodbye to the Lake Street Screening Room
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A loving ode to a place that shaped Chicago film criticism.
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“CORPUS”
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THE STORY – It’s the summer of 1998 in New York City; Sayo, a soulful nightlife photographer and small-time drug dealer, is invited to a party upstate by his long-time friend and unrequited love, a movie star on the rise:...
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Fantasia 2026 Review: CORPUS, Languid Queer Thriller Delivers a Killer Horror Payoff
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Sayo photographs New York’s nightlife, dealing drugs to partygoers at clubs and generally stays out of trouble with the owners of those clubs with free samples. Life takes a spin when he learns that Vince, an old friend whose star...
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The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 502 – Venice & TIFF Lineups, Comic-Con, “Avengers: Doomsday,” “Other Mommy,” “Clayface” & “Ebenezer” Trailers
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For Episode 502 of the Next Best Picture Podcast, I am joined by Katie Johnson, Nadia Dalimonte, Lauren LaMagna, and Tom O’Brien. For this week’s main topic, we’re going over the official full lineup from the Venice Film Festival, the Special Presentations and Galas announcement...
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Fantasia 2026 Review: OUR EFFED UP WORLD, Alice Maio Mackay’s Hang Out Movie… With Aliens!
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Australian wunderkind Alice Maio Mackay returns to the director’s chair for her eighth feature film, Our Effed Up World, celebrating its Canadian premiere at this year’s Fantasia. A science-fiction story about a group of young adults fighting off an alien...
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Fantasia 2026 Review: THE LAST TEMPTATION OF BECKY, It’s Nazi Killin’ Time Again
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One of genre cinema’s most unexpected franchises expands beyond its humble roots in Jenn Wexler’s The Last Temptation of Becky. The titular teen with a serious attitude problem is off to Poland this time, when a Nazi scion with dreams...
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