"Heretic" had its world premiere at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received strong reviews for its clever writing and tension-filled direction from Scott Beck & Bryan Woods and Hugh Grant's devilish performance. Beck & Woods were kind enough to spend a few minutes speaking with us about their work on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will be released in theaters on November 8th from A24 and is up for your consideration at this year's Academy Awards in all eligible categories. Thank you, and enjoy!

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"Zurawski v Texas" had its world premiere at the 2024 Telluride Film Festival, where it received overwhelmingly positive reviews for holding a microscope under the women in Texas who have been denied abortions despite life-threatening circumstances and are joining forces with a lawyer to file a lawsuit against the state, aiming to restore reproductive rights for themselves and others. Co-Director Abbie Perrault was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about her work on the documentary, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is making its way through various film festivals and is still seeking U.S. distribution. The film is up for your consideration at this year's Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature. Thank you, and enjoy!

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"No Other Land" had its world premiere at the 2024 Berlin International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews, the Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary Film, and the Berlinale Documentary Film Award. Directors Basel Adra & Yuval Abraham were both kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their work on the documentary, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in limited release and is still seeking U.S. distribution. The film is up for your consideration at this year's Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature. Thank you, and enjoy!

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"Soundtrack To A Coup d'Etat" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Special Jury Award for Cinematic Innovation and received critical acclaim for its unique storytelling of how musicians Abbey Lincoln and Max Roach crashed the UN Security Council in protest against the murder of Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba during the Cold War. Director Johan Grimonprez was kind enough to spend a few minutes speaking with us about his work on the documentary, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from Kino Lorber and is up for your consideration at this year's Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature. Thank you, and enjoy!

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"Music By John Williams" had its world premiere at the 2024 AFI Film Festival, where it received positive reviews for a look at the life and career of the person often regarded as the greatest film composer to have ever lived, John Williams. Director Laurent Bouzereau was kind enough to spend a few minutes speaking with us about his work on the documentary, which is now available to stream on Disney+. The film has been nominated for two Critics Choice Documentary Awards, including Best Documentary Feature, and is up for your consideration at this year's Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature. Thank you, and enjoy!

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For Episode 415, Josh Parham, Cody Dericks, Giovanni Lago, and I are here this week to discuss the 2024 Gotham Award nominations and how they may officially kickstart another awards season narrative as they have these past few years. We reveal the winners of last week's poll, asking, "Which Film Do You Think Will Be The Next Best Picture Oscar Winner?" and ask this week's poll question, "Which Is Your Favorite Hugh Grant Performance?" We also give our reactions to the trailers for "Queer," "Unstoppable," & "Presence," answer your fan-submitted questions and more. Thank you all so very much for listening, supporting, and subscribing. We hope you enjoy this week's episode.

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For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & Daniel Howat to review and discuss Clint Eastwood's latest film "Juror #2," starring Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J. K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Zoey Deutch, Cedric Yarbrough & Kiefer Sutherland. The film had its world premiere at the 2024 AFI Fest last week, where it received solid reviews, but is being unceremoniously dumped in less than 50 theaters by Warner Bros. So what gives? Is this as bad as the studio is making it out to be, or is something else happening here? Tune in as we discuss the acting, writing, direction, awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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"Emilia Pérez" had its world premiere at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize, Soundtrack Award, and Best Actress shared between its ladies, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez, Adriana Paz, and Zoe Saldaña. Stars Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Édgar Ramírez were all kind enough to spend some time talking with me about their characters, reactions to the script, what went into the emotion behind their musical numbers, and more. Please be sure to check out "Emilia Pérez," which is now playing in select theaters and will be available to stream on Netflix on November 13th. The film is up for your consideration in all eligible categories at the 97th Academy Awards. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Happy Halloween, dear NBP listeners!! With the previous release of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis," and the upcoming release of Robert Eggers's "Nosferatu," we decided to take a look at Francis Ford Coppola's own vampire film, his adaptation of the classic "Bram Stoker's Dracula" from 1992 starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Anthony Hopkins, Keanu Reeves, Richard E. Grant, Cary Elwes, Billy Campbell, Sadie Frost & Tom Waits. Both hailed and critically scrutinized for its overblown visual aesthetic, style, and performances, time has been incredibly well to this take on the sexy, gothic vampire story. What did we think of it? Tune in as Lauren LaMagna, Cody Dericks, Dan Bayer, Brendan Hodges, and I share our thoughts on the cinematography, editing, costumes, score, performances, writing, its awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for all your support, and enjoy!

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"The Remarkable Life Of Ibelin" had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the World Cinema Documentary – Audience and Directing Awards. Director Benjamin Ree was kind enough to spend some time talking with us about his work on the film, the tremendous impact Mats Steen has had on the world, the reception the Netflix documentary film has received so far, and more. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on Netflix and is up for your consideration for this year's Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature. Thank you, and enjoy!

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