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This week's Intermission focuses on the history of method acting. We talk about those who created and expanded upon it (Stanislavski, Strasberg and Adler) and we talk about those actors today dedicated to the craft and method (DeNiro, Pacino, DiCaprio).

We're back with a look at the 75th Academy Awards! We talk about how the Invasion of Iraq played a big part in the ceremony, continue our love-fest for Daniel Day-Lewis, and discuss the big separation of the art from its creators in times of controversy.

We head back to the 70s this week! We talk about about Sly Stallone's big night taking home Best Picture, Network's Aaron Sorkin-esque script, and our confusion with Martin Scorcese and Robert DeNiro.

Alfred Hitchcock graces the scene! This week, we talk about Rebecca starring our boy Laurence Olivier, being ever swoon-worthy. Find out what beloved Disney film was inspired by Thief of Baghdad, which two Best Actor nominees were roommates, and why it took Chaplin so long to finally make a "talkie."  

With the Oscars quickly approaching, we talk about our picks to take home the big awards! Join us for a quick conversation about what we hope to see happen at this year's ceremony. 

Old Blue Eyes is back at it again in the Academy Awards celebrating the films of 1953. We talk about making out in the sand, Sinatra's beef with Mario Puzo, and the weird May-December romance between Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn.. And Star Wars. Because we never can’t talk about Star Wars.

Is there anything better than British period dramas? Not really. This year, we dive into pre-Downton Abbey Julian Fellowes with Gosford Park, the surprise hit that was Shrek (and is now just a series of memes) and the musical hype that was Moulin Rouge. We talk about a post- 9/11 Hollywood, the Howard family legacy and if A Beautiful Mind really deserved to take home the Oscar gold. 

What does it take to play a historical figure onscreen? Well, it takes a lot. Corey and Audrey talk about notable actors who have portrayed real-life people several times over, as well as the history of biopics.

The Academy Awards really bent genre norms in 1982, including a sci-fi and a comedy up for best picture. But as we’ve learned, biopics tend to make a clean sweep. Breaking news--Ben Kingsley is a Quaker (this was news to Audrey) and Corey pronounces a Polish name correctly! 

What do you get when you cross Seth McFarlane, Daniel Day Lewis and five billion-dollar blockbusters? The 85th Academy Awards, featuring one of the best Bond films of the 21st Century and one of DDL’s best performances.

In this episode, Audrey talks about The Nightmare Before Christmas...again. That’s because this week, we are talking about our favorite Christmas movies for our Intermission! Corey goes fringe, as usual.

This week, we talk about how musicals dominated the 37th Academy Awards and Stanley Kubrick didn’t. Neither did Peter O’Toole or Richard Burton. But our fair ladies Julie and Audrey sure did! 

We know Audrey Hepburn for her slim figure, her doe eyes and her fashion sense...but who really was she? We explore the early life of Audrey, from her brief career as a ballerina to her humanitarian work in her later life. It just goes to show--if your name is Audrey, you’re a cool person. 

Welcome to 1935, which is arguably a diet 2020! This week, we talk about Fred Astaire’s fancy feet in Top Hat, Clark Gable’s waxed chest in Mutiny on the Bounty, the first refused Academy Award and the mystery of why they are called the Oscars.

Why do we have the Oscar categories that we do? Since we’re jumping back into the 1930s next week, this week’s intermission is about discontinued Oscar categories, including Best Title Writing (which is sooo 1929.) We also chat about categories we would like to see at the Academy Awards. 

The power of film compels you! Pea soup flies in this episode about the 46th Academy Awards, where THE STING scored big at the ceremony and THE EXORCIST scored big among fainting audiences all over the world. We also talk about where we were in ‘62 (neither of us were anywhere. We weren’t born) with AMERICAN GRAFFITI.

‘Tis the season for things going bump in the night! Audrey and Corey (the gravel-voiced assistant) discuss their favorite Halloween films that get them in the spirit of spooky season. What scary films haunt our nightmares? Seriously guys, we talk about everything from The Conjuring to Hocus Pocus. 

Tom Hanks runs, Morgan Freeman narrates and Jodie Foster does whatever she does in Nell! The 67th Academy awards were stacked, with huge contenders pitted against one another. But did the right one win? Or is the result stranger than (pulp) fiction? In completely unrelated news, Jeffrey Dahmer was a people nommer.

We all have opinions about movies that should have won awards. Audrey thinks Titanic should have sunk. Corey didn’t think The King gave a very good Speech. This week, we look at Oscar snubs through the decades. 

In this episode, we talk about the big winners of 1948, including the British Invasion that was HAMLET starring Laurence Olivier. We also cover TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson...just kidding) and JOHNNY BELINDA, which was kind of traumatic. 

Who would have thought that a boy born in Dorking, Surrey would become Mr. Shakespeare himself? In this intermission episode, we take a deep dive into the life (and love) of Laurence Olivier, who has three honorary doctorates and Audrey and Corey collectively have zero. Did you know Larry wanted to be a comedian at one point? We all have our skeletons.

In this episode, we go back to the fifties, in the midst of old Hollywood charm. Betty Davis Eyes, Marlene Dietrich Legs, the Hollywood Blacklist and the big winners and nominees, which include ALL ABOUT EVE and SUNSET BOULEVARD. Joseph McCarthy was most definitely a Mean Girl, by the way. 

Who was swoon-worthy back in the Golden Age of Hollywood? There were a LOT. In this Intermission episode, Audrey and Corey gawk over pinup-worthy men and women of the 40s and 50s in cinema and how the idea of “celebrity” has changed (or not.) Audrey talks a lot about Marlon Brando’s arms. Did Corey have a pinup poster in his bedroom? The world will never know. (He did not.)

It’s the 80s, baby! 1986 brought some heavy hitters like Platoon, The Mission and Top Gun. Tom Cruise STILL hasn’t won an Academy Award and Audrey is happy about it. Corey discusses Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters and we talk about how great Platoon (and Willem Dafoe) is.

This week's intermission is all about war films! A genre of its own, Audrey and Corey discuss their favorites. As usual, Audrey breaks the rules and chooses war-adjacent films. But at least we both have good taste. 

Travel with us to the wild year that was 2007, considered one of the greatest years for 21st Century film. Audrey and Corey would agree! With films like THERE WILL BE BLOOD, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MAN, and MICHAEL CLAYTON as contenders and other films that flew under the Oscar radar like ZODIAC, HAIRSPRAY, and SUPERBAD. With such a stacked year, there’s bound to be some snubs.  

In anticipation of talking about the 80th Academy Awards, Corey and Audrey talk about their favorite coming of age films. 2007 gave us some gems like Juno and Superbad, but there’s so much more to explore, including everyone’s favorite, Napoleon Dynamite!

For this episode, Corey and Audrey take it WAY back (like, way back) and talk about the very first academy awards, when all of the contenders were silent films. We talk about how the Academy was founded, why Charlie Chaplin is so awesome and what they ate at the very first award ceremony (boiled chicken on toast?) Hopefully there was a lot of booze. 

Professors Audrey and Corey (not actual professors) give you a history lesson on the beginnings of film. But don’t worry--it’s by no means stale! Corey has some hot gossip from the Roaring 20s to divulge too! 

Audrey said, "why not Breakfast at Tiffany’s?" Well, that’s because WEST SIDE STORY dominated the 34th Academy Awards, celebrating films of the year 1960. It’s sexy, it’s snappy, it’s...very musical. On a more dour note we talk about JUDGEMENT AT NUREMBERG, which featured some of the best performances of this year.  

Welcome to our very first Intermission episode! Today we chat about our top 10 favorite movie musicals (and some honorable mentions!) We don't want to spoil too much, but keep your mind on the musicals for next week's episode! 

This year’s Academy Awards are brought to you by Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro! Today, we talk about the 63rd Academy Awards, and both Corey and Audrey have opinions about what won and what should have won. Kevin Costner dances with some wolves, Patrick Swayze does sexy pottery and Joe Pesci is NOT funny. We also have a few fun announcements this week! Announcing INTERMISSION - since we’ll be switching to bi-weekly episodes, we’ll be serving up fun little mini-episodes on our off weeks that include the fun segments we usually tag on to the end of our episodes. 

It’s been awhile since we’ve talked about more recent decades, so this week we dive into the 83rd Academy Awards, which brought us some great nominees like TRUE GRIT, THE KING'S SPEECH and INCEPTION, one of Christopher Nolan’s first mind-bending modern dramas. This week, Corey and Audrey also challenge each other to trivia - can you guess the quote from each of the top ten nominated films of the year? 

Jimmy Stewart is back in business! In this episode, we talk about the post-war 19th Academy Awards, where we got some peak cinema (and snubs) at the ceremony this year. It’s also Corey’s birthday! To celebrate, we talk about some of our favorite, maybe even Oscar-worthy, scenes in film. Hey Academy, are you listening? We have a category for you. (Also, at this point, we should just give the bird outside Audrey’s apartment top billing.)0:00 - "Movie Blind Date" Recap and What we've been watching11:20 - The Year 194615:07 - The 19th Academy Awards45:18 - Closing Thoughts/Opinions47:20 - "Top 5 Oscar-Worthy Scenes"

It’s a boozy episode of And the Award Goes To! Corey sips bourbon and talks about Francis Ford Coppola, and Audrey has almost no idea what’s going on. We talk about the films of 1974, including GODFATHER II, CHINATOWN and Corey’s strong opinions on YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN. Audrey considers BLAZING SADDLES peak cinema. Also, we give each other movies to go on “blind dates” with. 0:00 - Musings and what we've watched lately14:35 - The year in review24:41 - The ceremony and movies1:06:56 - Final thoughts1:09:39 - Movie "blind date"

This week (what day is it?) we chat about the films of 1951, including QUO VADIS, A PLACE IN THE SUN, and THE AFRICAN QUEEN. Corey definitely has opinions on whether or not AN AMERICAN IN PARIS should have won this year, and Audrey has opinions on Marlon Brando. We also dreamcast one of the wildest documentaries to come out of this quarantine, TIGER KING.

You have my sword...and my bow...and my...Andrew? This week, we talk about the 2004 awards ceremony, where Lord of the Rings: Return of the King won BIG. We’re joined this week by Andrew Genemans, a great friend of ours and the podcast. We also talk about our Top 5 favorite film scores from 2000-2009.

We have been deprived of human interaction, so we have a LOT to talk about this week. We tackle the films of 1989 - the good, the bad and the ugly (not that movie, though.) This year, we see a lot of A-list actors receive their very first Academy awards or nominations. Audrey and Corey debate which Brit is better, Daniel Day-Lewis or Kenneth Branagh. They also discuss their top 5 actors who should have won an Oscar by now, but have not.

Welcome to And the Award Goes to - Lockdown Edition! This week, we discuss the 1967 Academy Awards, what one might consider a “sleeper” year. Prepare for some deep cuts and cult classics, along with some of the grittier films to appear in Hollywood after the cut-and-dry Golden Age of Hollywood.

Judy Garland, Jimmy Stewart, Greta Garbo - Oh my! 1939 was considered "Hollywood’s Greatest Year" , with the release of the blockbuster GONE WITH THE WIND and fan-favorite WIZARD OF OZ. In this episode, we talk about all the glitz and glamor of the 12th Academy Awards and all of the shakeups in each category. Also, Audrey learns that “Juggalo” and “gigolo” are not the same thing. By a long shot.

Our first episode takes us back to 1997, the year of Titanic, Good Will Hunting, LA Confidential and more. We’ve got jokes, we’ve got hot takes (We have some STRONG thoughts on Titanic), and we have fun facts about some of the films that were nominated that year.