The Next Picture Show

#030: (Pt. 2) L.A. Confidential / The Nice Guys

We bring our discussion of L.A. noir into the modern era by connecting L.A. CONFIDENTIAL with the slick new buddy action-comedy from Shane Black, THE NICE GUYS. The two films are playing on very different sandboxes, and decades, but we find connective tissue in their central ideas of justice, their period settings, and their view of L.A.'s secrets. Plus, Your Next Picture Show, where we share recent filmgoing experiences in hopes of putting something new on your cinematic radar.
Please share your comments, thoughts, and questions about L.A. CONFIDENTIAL, THE NICE GUYS, or both by sending an email to comments@nextpictureshow.net, or leaving a short voicemail at (773) 234-9730. 
TIME CODES
 Intro: 00:00-02:19 
Main Discussion: 02:20-48:33 
Your Next Picture Show: 48:34-59:17 
-Keith: Kaneto Shindo's THE NAKED ISLAND
 -Tasha: Jodie Foster's MONEY MONSTER and Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg's WEINER
-Genevieve: Patton Oswalt's TALKING FOR CLAPPING
-Scott: Arthur Penn's NIGHT MOVES
Next Show Announcement/Goodbyes: 59:18-1:02:30
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Looking at cinema's present via its past. The Next Picture Show is a biweekly roundtable by the former editorial team of The Dissolve examining how classic films inspire and inform modern movies. Episodes take a deep dive into a classic film and its legacy in the first half, then compare and contrast that film with a modern successor in the second. Hosted and produced by Genevieve Koski, Keith Phipps, Tasha Robinson and Scott Tobias.