For Episode 453, no members of Next Best Picture were available today to join me for this week's episode so I looked in my contacts and called the one very special person who I felt would be most suitable to guest and discuss the announcement of the Closing Night film for the New York Film Festival (NYFF), Bradley Cooper's "Is This Thing On?," and what we believe will be announced for the Main Slate and Spotlight sections later this week. We reveal the winners of last week's poll, for the upcoming Venice Film Festival, where we asked, "Which Film From The 2025 Venice Film Festival (Venezia 82) Are You Most Looking Forward To?" And for last week's poll, for the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), we ask, "Which World Premiere From The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival Are You Most Looking Forward To Seeing?" We also share our reactions to the trailers for "Avatar: Fire And Ash," "Eternity," "Zootopia 2," "Blue Moon," "Twinless," "The Threesome," answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Voting for the 2009 NBP Film Community Awards is underway and will run until August 16th. Please share to cast your vote if you haven't already. Thank you all for listening, supporting, subscribing, and voting. We will see you all again next week!

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Episode 453 - The 2025 New York Film Festival Lineup Predictions, "Avatar: Fire And Ash," "Zootopia 2," "Eternity" & "Twinless" Trailers

We discuss the new AMPAS President before reacting to the full NYFF63 lineup, the TIFF additions and tributes, and by deduction, we work out some of the Telluride slate. Plus we review Cloud, Sorry Baby & Together while also discussing new trailers for Rental Family, One Battle After Another, etc. 

ACADEMY NEWS:
Lynette Howell Taylor is our new President - 1:29 
Will the Oscars remain on ABC after Disney makes moves? - 3:52 

FILM FESTIVAL NEWS:
The NYFF Closes with Bradley Cooper’s latest + a Jim Jarmusch Centerpiece - 8:50 
NYFF63 Main Slate is loaded + That Jay Kelly Trailer - 11:26 
NY Spotlights The Boss, DDL & double Linklater + Blue Moon Trailer - 17:15 
TIFF Tributes are discussed + that Rental Family trailer is working well, maybe too well - 29:30 
TIFF Lineup Additions + that Left-Handed Girl Trailer - 34:05
Deducing Likely Telluride Lineup - 41:02  

MORE TRAILER BREAKDOWNS:
One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio & Tom Cruise jokes - 43:24 
Highest 2 Lowest, starring Denzel Washington & Jeffrey Wright - 48:45 
Ella McCay is one Mike’s dream and another Mike’s nightmare - 52:15 
Train Dreams, starring Joel Edgerton is another huge schism betwixt us - 54:49 
The Choral, starring Ralph Fiennes would win every Oscar in 1994 - 57:53 
Shelby Oaks from Chris Stuckman could be just our speed - 1:0015 

NON-SPOILER REVIEWS:
Cloud & Folktales at IFC Center + AlsoMike’s Burger Day in NYC - 1:02:29 
M1 reviews Sorry, Baby, The General’s Daughter + Quickies on Together & Oh, Hi! - 1:08:01 

OUTRO: We try to avoid jinxing Mike1’s health and fail. But if he survives, you can enjoy more Oscar Race Checkpoints in the future. As always, we appreciate all your support. Please follow us on social media, like & subscribe, rate & review - all that good stuff… and you can find a tree of all our links here. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

NYFF63 is STACKED, Brendan Fraser's Doing It Again & In Lynette We Trust - ORC 8/12/25

EP: Illuminate the Path

Track 2: Blue Moon
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composed by DK
Lyrics by DK
instruments by DK
vocals by RB & DK

produced by DK

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Lyrics:

Verse 1:

tonight...
I get a feeling something is wrong
and I don't know why...
don't you never feel afraid in the dark
tonight....
I see the blue moon shining at you
and it's turning me cold as ice
tell me
I'm gonna be alright


Chorus:
 
when the sun is going down
my fear will take the crown
of sorrow and regret 
I am upset
you put your faith in me 
you want to believe
Promise we will meet soon
kiss under the blue moon  
 
       
Verse 2:

benight...
as darkness fades away 
and it clears my mind
you should never feel afraid in the dark
alight...
a sea of stars inside a sunless heart
burning bright
tell me
I'm gonna be alright


Chorus:

when the sun is going down
my fear will take the crown
of sorrow and regret 
I am upset
you put your faith in me 
you want to believe
Promise we will meet soon
kiss under the blue moon

Blue Moon

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance.

Ian is joined by members of the Forever Blue squad and City fan and former referee Scott Mathieson to look back on the 2-0 home defeat by Spurs and at the current state of refereeing. 

To buy a "It's Great to be a Blue" TShirt go via this linkbuytickets.at/itsgreattobeablue/storeIf you'd like to support Ian's work you can message him by DM on twitter @iancheeseman

Defeat by Spurs, James Trafford, referring etc with former ref and City fan Scott Mathieson

Try-outs late at night with a mic. Lyrics are approximate sometimes.

Diverse vocals - tryouts

The Musical Poemwriter

Whiskey Trains Mines

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance.

Ian is joined by members of the Forever Blue squad to assess the start to the season and look ahead to what's come.

To buy a "It's Great to be a Blue" TShirt go via this linkbuytickets.at/itsgreattobeablue/storeIf you'd like to support Ian's work you can message him by DM on twitter @iancheeseman

Man City's start to the season, Donnarumma, hopes for the season

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Zara Larsson - Blue Moon (Dario Xavier Club Remix) *OUT NOW*

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance.

Ian is joined by former Manchester City player & director Dennis Tueart to look back on the win at Brentford and the phenominal Erling Haaland. Dennis also talks about wingers like Jeremy Doku, his proudest moment at City and lots more. Dennis is joined by Amy and Adam from the Forever Blue squad.

To buy a "It's Great to be a Blue" TShirt go via this linkbuytickets.at/itsgreattobeablue/storeIf you'd like to support Ian's work you can message him by DM on twitter @iancheeseman

Dennis Tueart on Haaland, Doku, his proudest moment as a director & much more

"Blue Moon" is an American biographical comedy-drama film directed by Richard Linklater and written by Robert Kaplow. The film follows songwriter Lorenz Hart (Ethan Hawke) as he reflects on himself and his work on the opening night of "Oklahoma!," the iconic musical by his former colleague Richard Rodgers (Andrew Scott). It also stars Margaret Qualley, Bobby Cannavale, and Jonah Lees. The film had its world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it won the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance for Scott and received positive reviews for Kaplow's writing, Linklater's focused direction, and Hawke's multi-layered performance, with many calling it one of the best of his career. Hawke was kind enough to spend some time speaking with us about his experience working on the film, which you can listen to below. Please be sure to check out the film, which will be released in theaters on October 17th from Sony Pictures Classics. Thank you, and enjoy!

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Interview With "Blue Moon" Star Ethan Hawke

효린 HYOLYN , 창모 CHANGMO - BLUE MOON Prod. GroovyRoom (cover)

On this episode, JD and Brendan discuss Richard Linklater's new film BLUE MOON, starring an incredible Ethan Hawke!

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Review: Blue Moon

Gotham Nominations show particular strength for One Battle After Another. Plus, we discuss potential winners in each category and review a few of the nominees like Blue Moon & Familiar Touch.

Film by Film Nomination Tallies: One Battle After Another stays super strong - 1:10 
Blue Moon Review Part 1, underperformers + The Tribute Effect - 4:47 
The Gotham Best Feature 10 and the categories Oscars Crossover History - 7:19 
Review of Familiar Touch - 12:06 
Best Director and more Obaa BOBO talk - 13:35 
Breakthrough Director - 17:24 
Original and Adapted Screenplay - 19:04 
International Feature and an odd omission of Sentimental Value - 22:27 
The Lead Performance winner could be chalk - 24:30 
Blue Moon Review Part 2 - 27:41 
The Supporting Performance Category is loaded with contenders - 28:42 
Best Breakthrough Performer - 32:01 
(Snubs? or) Contenders NOT Nominated / Submitted at the Gothams - 34:14 

DOC NYC Shortlist & Gotham’s Best Doc Feature Category - 36:00 

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Gotham Noms '25: Does One Battle Start Sweeping Already? - ORC 10/30/25

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance.

Ian talks to former City players Rodney Marsh and Willie Donachie about theit time together at Manchester City, they compare their coach Malcolm Allison and Pep Guardiola. They're also joined by Willie's son Dan who is a Sports Psychologist at Burnley and works with top names like Carlo Ancellotti.   

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Rodney Marsh, Willie & Dan Donachie, on Allison v Guardiola, sports psychology etc

Ian Cheeseman was the BBC's Manchester City correspondent for nearly 25 years and has been a fan all of his life. Here he hosts his weekly podcast, Forever Blue, where all things Man City are discussed. Sponsored by Counting King, experts in business finance.

Ian talks to former City player Keith Curle plus Paul and James from the Forever Blue Squad about Manchester City's three impressive wins in a week against Bournemouth, Dortmund and Liverpool. They discuss Doku, Pep & Haaland and how and when Rodri should return.   

To buy a "It's Great to be a Blue" TShirt go via this linkbuytickets.at/itsgreattobeablue/storeIf you'd like to support Ian's work you can message him by DM on twitter @iancheeseman

Keith Curle on Doku, how to stop Haaland and the brilliance of Manchester City

Monday's at Blue Moon are traditionally Grateful Dead Night with the amazing Andy Coe band! When the band is unable to play, I have been asked to fill in by spinning all vinyl Grateful Dead records from my collection! This is my live set from Monday Oct 27, 2025. Enjoy!

Live at Blue Moon - All Vinyl Grateful Dead Set - Oct 27, 2025

When Italian TV sold dreams and scandals glittered like sequins. “Berlusconi Balla” — a tongue-in-cheek vapor/retrowave tribute. AI-made. Keep it sarcastic.

Berlusconi Balla (Blue Moon Vaporwave Edit)

Broadcasting straight from the ghost of Italian commercial TV.
AI Retrowave, Sytnhwave, Vaporwave, Darkwave, Italo-Trashwave: the soundtrack of a generation raised by commercials and promises of a shining future that never arrived.
Synth nostalgia, cheap glamour, random 80s 90s early 00s glitchy memories.
Enjoy the Mike Bongiorno and Pippo Baudo

official soundcloud account for the band Hidden Justice.

Hidden Justice is a new band which was formed in 2024. 
Genre: Dark Rock; Rock; Synth-Rock

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Legendary Manchester City broadcaster Ian Cheeseman has three MCFC fans in to the studio to discuss the major events of the past week's football. Expect debate, famous faces and plenty of laughs.

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