The Next Reel Film Podcast

TruStory FM

4.7 (88)
Film Reviews
Weekly

A show about movies and how they connect. We love movies. We’ve been talking about them, one movie a week, since 2011. It’s a lot of movies, that’s true, but we’re passionate about origins and performance, directors and actors, themes and genres, and so much more. So join the community, and let’s hear about your favorite movies, too. When the movie ends, our conversation begins.

14h ago

High-Rise

Tom Hiddleston moves into a tower block where every floor ranks its tenants. Pete and Andy open the Luxury Is a Trap series with “High-Rise,” British director Ben Wheatley’s take on J.G. Ballard’s novel, with Jeremy Irons as the architect and Luke Evans as a documentary maker. Andy says you must accept pure allegory, since nothing explains why the building works this way. Pete sees middle class fighting middle class. Pete and Andy get into the British social history behind the book, a producer’s decades-long push to make it, and two pop covers Pete hears as a sonic metaphor. Neither host hides where the film frustrates, and they’re candid about who it will work for. We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in—The Next Reel on TruStory FM, when the movie ends, our conversation begins! Want more Wheatley? Listen to “Kill List” and “Free Fire”, or try “Shivers”, the apartment-block story Pete and Andy point to instead. 📝 See Full Show Notes and Resources 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🔓 The movie ends. The conversation goes further. Become a member. 🎧 Members get this episode early and ad-free in their private feed—plus every show in The Next Reel family. The Next Reel Family of Film Shows: Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements | The Film Board | Movies We Like | The Next Reel | Sitting in the DarkConnect With Us: Web | Letterboxd | Flickchart | Instagram | Bluesky | YouTube | DiscordYour Hosts: Andy | PeteMerch Store | Audible
Oct 22

The Order

Jude Law hunts Nicholas Hoult’s violent white supremacist group in “The Order,” the true-story crime thriller from Australian director Justin Kurzel. Law plays FBI agent Terry Husk, Hoult plays group leader Bob Mathews, and Tye Sheridan co-stars in this early-1980s Pacific Northwest story, adapted from the nonfiction book “The Silent Brotherhood.” It closes the Radicalized series that began with “American History X” and “Get Out.” Pete and Andy dig into the real split inside the movement between patience and action, and the debate over whether a story with two steadfast leads can keep its momentum. If you want a conversation that pairs great performances with honest doubts about the structure, this is it. We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in—The Next Reel on TruStory FM, when the movie ends, our conversation begins! Keep going with Talk Radio, the other Alan Berg-adjacent movie on The Next Reel, and Cinematographer Jayson Crothers on Heat on Movies We Like. 📝 See Full Show Notes and Resources 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🔒 This episode includes member-only bonus content. The movie ends. The conversation goes further—and there’s more of it in the member feed. Become a member. 🎧 Members get this episode early and ad-free in their private feed—plus every show in The Next Reel family. The Next Reel Family of Film Shows: Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements | The Film Board | Movies We Like | The Next Reel | Sitting in the DarkConnect With Us: Web | Letterboxd | Flickchart | Instagram | Bluesky | YouTube | DiscordYour Hosts: Andy | PeteMerch Store | Audible
Oct 15

Get Out

"Get Out" is the subject this week on The Next Reel, as Jordan Peele's Oscar-winning directorial debut gets a second look in the Radicalized series. Daniel Kaluuya stars as a young Black photographer meeting his white girlfriend's parents for the first time, with Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford, Catherine Keener, and Caleb Landry Jones rounding out the family at the center of a weekend gone wrong. Pete and Andy dig into how the film's horror doubles as a modern-slavery allegory and how Chris's arc from inaction to action anchors the whole conversation. If you've only seen it once, this makes a strong case for a rewatch. We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in—The Next Reel on TruStory FM, when the movie ends, our conversation begins! The Film Board's original, full-spoiler take on this film, recorded opening weekend back in 2017, is worth a listen next. 📝 See Full Show Notes and Resources 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🔒 This episode includes member-only bonus content. The movie ends. The conversation goes further—and there's more of it in the member feed. Become a member. 🎧 Members get this episode early and ad-free in their private feed—plus every show in The Next Reel family. The Next Reel Family of Film Shows: Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements | The Film Board | Movies We Like | The Next Reel | Sitting in the DarkConnect With Us: Web | Letterboxd | Flickchart | Instagram | Bluesky | YouTube | DiscordYour Hosts: Andy | PeteMerch Store | Audible
Oct 8

American History X

"American History X" opens Radicalized, a new series about how people get pulled into extremist movements. Edward Norton stars as a former neo-Nazi skinhead trying to keep his younger brother, played by Edward Furlong, from following the same path, with Beverly D'Angelo and Avery Brooks rounding out the family and mentor figures around them. Pete and Andy dig into the black-and-white vs. color cinematography and the compressed 24-hour timeline, plus whether redemption is possible for someone who's done this much damage. It's a tough, messy film that still hits hard—a fitting way to kick off a series about how ordinary people end up here. We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in—The Next Reel on TruStory FM, when the movie ends, our conversation begins! Next up, The Film Board already tackled Get Out—the next stop in our Radicalized series—so get a head start before we get there. 📝See Full Show Notes and Resources 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🔓 The movie ends. The conversation goes further. Become a member. 🎧 Members get this episode early and ad-free in their private feed—plus every show in The Next Reel family. The Next Reel Family of Film Shows: Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements | The Film Board | Movies We Like | The Next Reel | Sitting in the DarkConnect With Us: Web | Letterboxd | Flickchart | Instagram | Bluesky | YouTube | DiscordYour Hosts: Andy | PeteMerch Store | Audible
Oct 1

The Personal History of David Copperfield

"The Personal History of David Copperfield" reimagines Charles Dickens' classic as a fast-paced, visually inventive romp through Victorian England. Armando Iannucci directs, with Dev Patel as the title character, Tilda Swinton as his formidable aunt Betsey Trotwood, and Hugh Laurie as the gentle, troubled Mr. Dick. It's the third and final film in Pete and Andy's Institutions Eating Themselves series. Pete and Andy dig into how Iannucci compresses a sprawling, centuries-old novel into two hours without losing its emotional core, and debate whether the film's color-conscious casting changes what the story means. If you love inventive, funny literary adaptations, this is essential listening (and viewing!). We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in—The Next Reel on TruStory FM, when the movie ends, our conversation begins! For more on institutions grinding down the people inside them, follow up with Oliver! or Cinema Scope's British New Wave: Kitchen Sink Realism. 📝 See Full Show Notes and Resources 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🔓 The movie ends. The conversation goes further. Become a member. 🎧 Members get this episode early and ad-free in their private feed—plus every show in The Next Reel family. The Next Reel Family of Film Shows: Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements | The Film Board | Movies We Like | The Next Reel | Sitting in the DarkConnect With Us: Web | Letterboxd | Flickchart | Instagram | Bluesky | YouTube | DiscordYour Hosts: Andy | PeteMerch Store | Audible
Sep 24

The Death of Stalin

Steve Buscemi stars as Nikita Khrushchev in "The Death of Stalin," Armando Iannucci's dark satire about the scramble for power after the Soviet dictator's sudden death in 1953. Simon Russell Beale plays the ruthless secret police chief Lavrenti Beria, and Jason Isaacs steals scenes as the blustering Field Marshal Zhukov. It's the second film in The Next Reel's Institutions Eating Themselves series. Pete and Andy dig into the film's choice to let its British and American cast use natural accents instead of Russian ones, and wrestle with how far dark comedy can go against real historical horror. If satire can survive Stalin, this conversation makes the case. We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in—The Next Reel on TruStory FM, when the movie ends, our conversation begins! If you want to see where this series started, listen to our episode on "In the Loop," Iannucci's bureaucratic scramble toward war. 📝 See Full Show Notes and Resources 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🔓 The movie ends. The conversation goes further. Become a member. 🎧 Members get this episode early and ad-free in their private feed—plus every show in The Next Reel family. The Next Reel Family of Film Shows: Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements | The Film Board | Movies We Like | The Next Reel | Sitting in the DarkConnect With Us: Web | Letterboxd | Flickchart | Instagram | Bluesky | YouTube | DiscordYour Hosts: Andy | PeteMerch Store | Audible
Sep 17

In the Loop

James Gandolfini plays a U.S. general trying to talk sense into two governments hurtling toward a war nobody actually wants, in Armando Iannucci's "In the Loop." Pete and Andy kick off their Institutions Eating Themselves series—a run built around Iannucci's career—alongside Peter Capaldi's foul-mouthed communications chief and Tom Hollander's hapless government minister. Pete and Andy dig into how the film's rapid-fire, improvised-feeling dialogue was actually mostly scripted, and debate whether its American characters get satirized as sharply as its British ones. It's a sharp, quotable entry point into Iannucci's larger body of work. We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in—The Next Reel on TruStory FM, when the movie ends, our conversation begins! If you liked the ensemble political chaos here, keep going with our Smoke and Mirrors series—the same satirical muscle, different targets. 📝 See Full Show Notes and Resources 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🔓 The movie ends. The conversation goes further. Become a member. 🎧 Members get this episode early and ad-free in their private feed—plus every show in The Next Reel family. The Next Reel Family of Film Shows: Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements | The Film Board | Movies We Like | The Next Reel | Sitting in the DarkConnect With Us: Web | Letterboxd | Flickchart | Instagram | Bluesky | YouTube | DiscordYour Hosts: Andy | PeteMerch Store | Audible
Sep 10

Bulworth

A senator hires his own assassin, then can't stop telling the truth—with Halle Berry as his conscience. "Bulworth" closes out our Smoke and Mirrors series, written and directed by Warren Beatty, who also stars as the title character, alongside Don Cheadle as a neighborhood figure pulled into his orbit and Oliver Platt as his increasingly frazzled chief of staff. Pete and Andy dig into how much narrative weight falls on Halle Berry's character, and debate whether the film's white-savior framing undercuts its own satire. They also spend time on Vittorio Storaro's cinematography and just how far Warren Beatty went to make the rap sequences work. We have a great time talking about it, so check it out then tune in—The Next Reel on TruStory FM, when the movie ends, our conversation begins! Keep going with "The Parallax View" for more Beatty against the system, or "Being There" for another look at who gets believed and why. 📝 See Full Show Notes and Resources 🎥 Watch on YouTube 🔒 This episode includes member-only bonus content. The movie ends. The conversation goes further—and there's more of it in the member feed. Become a member. 🎧 Members get this episode early and ad-free in their private feed—plus every show in The Next Reel family. The Next Reel Family of Film Shows: Cinema Scope: Bridging Genres, Subgenres, and Movements | The Film Board | Movies We Like | The Next Reel | Sitting in the DarkConnect With Us: Web | Letterboxd | Flickchart | Instagram | Bluesky | YouTube | DiscordYour Hosts: Andy | PeteMerch Store | Audible

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4.7

out of 5

88 Ratings

10/10

08/05/2024

Dark Soups

10/10 one of the best podcasts I’ve listened to in a while
Best film podcast

07/27/2021

cdubbub

I had lost interest in films a few years ago, and Pete and Andy single handedly (double handedly?) revived that love. Going through their library of shows, I have watched films I never would have checked out otherwise. Plus there's the added treat to hear their discourse on films I know backward and forward (even if we don't always agree). If you love film, check this one out!
Best Film Podcast

02/16/2021

Jerry5967

I love this program. They talk about movies I’m actually interested in hearing people talk about. So many episodes on my list.
Wasted tome but good review

09/21/2020

Merrimack-Kid

It seems every episode has about 20 minutes of wasted time at the beginning before you get to the actual review. More critical the wasted time is not about the movie. It’s mostly wasted talking about nothing at all. Once you get to the movie it does get better. And the review is worthwhile to hear. So I recommend to all listeners to just skip ahead and not waste your time on their useless conversation.

A show about movies and how they connect. We love movies. We’ve been talking about them, one movie a week, since 2011. It’s a lot of movies, that’s true, but we’re passionate about origins and performance, directors and actors, themes and genres, and so much more. So join the community, and let’s hear about your favorite movies, too. When the movie ends, our conversation begins.