The Next Reel Film Podcast
Big Eyes
We close True Lies with Big Eyes: Burton’s restraint disappoints, Waltz’s choices divide us, Adams shines, and domestic coercion gets bland treatment.
February 26, 2026
For all you proper film enthusiasts who would like to peruse the films of TruStory FM’s entertainment podcasts by release decade. Get ready for a firehose of film history in these here stacks.
We close True Lies with Big Eyes: Burton’s restraint disappoints, Waltz’s choices divide us, Adams shines, and domestic coercion gets bland treatment.
We unpack Marielle Heller’s Can You Ever Forgive Me? in our True Lies series—how stolen voices, forged letters, and desperation collide—powered by Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant.
We wrap up our John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with his 2016 film Sing Street, a wonderful story that’s a bit of wish fulfillment for Carney’s own childhood that delivers on all counts, even if it’s full of tropes.
We continue our John Carney’s Streetwise Musicals series with Carney’s first experience working with a bigger budget and Hollywood actors, specifically Kiera Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. Tune in to hear us chat about Begin Again!
We wrap up our Car Racing series—and our 14th season!—with a movie that’s more a dog movie than a car racing movie, but either way is a saccharine movie. It’s Simon Curtis’ The Art of Racing in the Rain.
We continue our Car Racing series with a story of an intense rivalry that was the predominant focus of the Grand Prix in 1976 between James Hunt and Niki Lauda. It’s Ron Howard’s 2013 film Rush.
We return for a one-film dip back into our Found Footage series with a horror offshoot of Mumblecore, aka Mumblegore, starring Mark Duplass and Patrick Brice. It’s the start of their Creep-iverse, Brice’s 2014 film “Creep.”
We wrap up our Ghost Stories series with a conversation about Jayro Bustamante’s 2019 film ‘La Llorona,’ one of three films about the legendary Latin American ghost. This one, however, uses it in context of a political drama and it’s fantastic.
We continue our Ghost Stories series with Babak Anvari’s 2016 film ‘Under the Shadow.’ How well does the film tackle social issues and war time in this story about a mother and daughter confronting malicious spirits? Quite well.
We sit down with hair and makeup designer Frances Hounsom to talk about her career, including her recent work on Peacock’s The Tattooist of Auschwitz, as well as one of her favorite films, Damien Chazelle’s 2014 film Whiplash.