"Kiss Of The Spider Woman"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this week's second podcast review, Ema Sasic, Josh Parham, Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer, and Cody Dericks join me to review and discuss the latest film from Bill Condon, "Kiss Of The Spider Woman," starring Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, and Jennifer Lopez. It is an American musical drama that is a film adaptation of the 1992 stage musical, itself based on the 1976 novel. It is the second film adaptation, following the Oscar-winning 1985 adaptation. It premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews for its performances, craftsmanship, and musical fantasy sequences. But what did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss these elements, the themes, songs, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Next Best Picture podcast, and this is our review of Kiss of the Spider-Woman.
0:06.1	There go the lights.
0:09.3	It's in glorious technicata.
0:13.4	Wait.
0:14.4	He throws us right in.
0:15.8	We know nothing about the story or the characters.
0:18.1	Don't you like to dream?
0:19.5	At least a little?
0:20.1	When you feel you've gone to hell in a handbasket.
0:25.1	When I first went to prison, I thought my life was over.
0:27.8	I had a world in which you dwells no paradise.
0:32.2	It was just beginning.
0:33.8	I can't be here.
0:35.2	Why don't we go to the movies?
0:38.3	One of them, I'll never forget.
0:40.3	Soon or later, you're certain to me.
0:43.3	Kiss of the Spider Woman, starred the great La Luna.
0:47.3	No matter how hard Hollywood try to make her seem all American,
0:51.3	Cheers. She never stopped being Latin.
0:57.6	I'm sorry to break the news.
1:01.3	Nobody sings in real life.
1:03.1	Well, maybe they should.
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