The Next Best Picture Podcast

For this week's main podcast review, Katie Johnson, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and Amy Kim join me to discuss the feature directorial debut of Jordan Firstman, "Club Kid," starring Firstman, Reggie Absolom, Cara Delevingne, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Colleen Camp, Vicki Pepperdine, Nigil Whyte, Eldar Isgandarov, Saturn Risin9, Miss Benny, Alaska Riley, and Diego Calva. The A24 LGBTQ coming-of-age story had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival and has since become one of the most beloved films of the year. What did we think of it? Please tune in, either on video or audio only, as we discuss Jordan's writing, direction, performance, the casting and representation of New York City queer nightlife, the discovery of Reggie Absolom, its Oscar prospects, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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"Misty Green" is a 2026 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Chris Rock. Starring Rosalind Eleazar, Adam Driver, Daniel Kaluuya, Anna Kendrick, Topher Grace, and Rock, the film follows a fading award-winning actress (Eleazar) who revisits her past and plans a comeback while reconnecting with her former talent agent. The A24 film had its world premiere at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received mixed reviews from critics. Eleazar was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about her 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 available to stream on Netflix. Thank you, and enjoy!

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"Club Kid" is a 2026 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Jordan Firstman, who also stars in his feature directorial debut. The film follows the life of a washed-up underground party promoter named Peter (Firstman), whose life takes an unexpected turn when he is forced to care for Arlo, a 10-year-old son (Reggie Absolom) he never knew he had. It also stars Cara Delevingne, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Colleen Camp, Vicki Pepperdine, Nigil Whyte, Eldar Isgandarov, Saturn Risin9, Miss Benny, Alaska Riley, and Diego Calva. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Caméra d'Or and the Queer Palm and received widespread critical praise. Absolom was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his work and experience making the film, which you can watch or listen below. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now playing in theaters from A24. Thank you, and enjoy!

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“Being Heumann” is a 2026 American biographical drama film directed by Sian Heder, adapted from Judith Heumann’s memoir “Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist.” It stars Ruth Madeley as disability rights activist Judith Heumann and Mark Ruffalo as Joseph A. Califano Jr., the U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, who opposed the movement led by Heumann to secure federal civil rights protections for people with disabilities. The film had its world premiere as the opening film of the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received positive reviews from critics. Madeley, Heder, and casting directors Adam Caldwell and Bernie Telsey were all kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about their work and experiences making the film. You can watch or listen below to Ema Sasic’s interview with Madeley, Nadia Dalimonte’s interview with Heder, and Dan Bayer’s interview with Caldwell and Telsey. Please be sure to check out the film, which is now available to stream on Apple TV+. Thank you, and enjoy!

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"Victorian Psycho" is a 2026 horror thriller film directed by Zachary Wigon, written by Virginia Feito and based on her 2025 novel of the same name. It stars Maika Monroe as Winifred Notty (Monroe), an eccentric young governess who arrives in 1858 at the remote gothic manor Ensor House. As Winifred settles in, staff begin to inexplicably disappear, and the owners wonder if something is amiss with the new governess. Thomasin McKenzie, Ruth Wilson and Jason Isaacs also star. The film had its world premiere in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where critics praised its wacky, committed performances, subversion of Victorian-era tropes, and Wigon's kinetic filmmaking. Monroe, Isaacs, and Wigon (who was interviewed by Nadia Dalimonte) were all kind enough to spend some time speaking with us 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 opens in theaters on November 13th from Bleecker Street. Thank you, and enjoy!

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