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An amateur film buff and his girlfriend who’s only seen Titanic examine The Academy’s Best Picture recipients and nominees from every award year. Was The Academy ever right? Probably not! Are our opinions valid? Who knows!

Cassidy & Tim


    • Mar 28, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    2022 Ceremony: Alexa, Play ”Everlasting Love” by Love Affair

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 105:18


    Cassidy & Tim enter the speed force to discuss the 2022 nominees for Best Picture: Dune, The Power of the Dog, West Side Story, Nightmare Alley, Belfast, Don't Look Up, CODA, Drive My Car, Licorice Pizza, and King Richard. This year has a lot of great nominees, and we had a great time discussing them, and a rollercoaster of a time watching the ceremony! Listen now to hear all about it!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    March Madness: The Best Best Picture Winners

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2022 72:25


    Cassidy & Tim dive into a randomized bracket of all the Best Picture winners that have been covered so far. Lots of fun debate and trying to make unbiased decisions on the quality of these films.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    2010 Ceremony: Cool Guy, Marc Maron

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022 120:29


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 2010 nominees for Best Picture: Up, Avatar, Inglourious Basterds, Up in the Air, A Serious Man, The Blindside, District 9, The Hurt Locker, An Education, and Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire. This is an incredibly strong year and we had a lot of great discussions both on and off track!   Trigger Warning: The segment featuring Precious includes some discussion of rape, incest, and abuse.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1964 Ceremony: An Ode to Sean Astin

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 83:43


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1964 nominees for Best Picture: Cleopatra, Lilies of the Field, How the West Was Won, Tom Jones, and America America. This was a great mix of movies, and as we talk about movies that do a great job of not going off the rails, we go off the rails quite a few times ourselves. We love you, Sean Astin!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1972 Ceremony: I Don't Care About Anybody's Feet!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 71:37


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1972 nominees for Best Picture: Fiddler on the Roof, Nicholas and Alexandra, The French Connection, A Clockwork Orange, and The Last Picture Show. This was a strange combination of movies, but we made it through and had some fun along the way. Stay tuned to hear Cassidy absolutely gobsmacked by this year's winner. Trigger Warning: The segment featuring A Clockwork Orange has some discussion of sexual assault.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1962 Ceremony: Gregory Peck Stan Account

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2022 82:33


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1962 nominees for Best Picture: The Guns of Navarone, The Hustler, Fanny, Judgment at Nuremberg, and West Side Story. This year has some solid nominees and some slow ones, but is very full of eccentric characters and rich storytelling. We are happy to see Gregory Peck back on our screen and we have a lot of discussion about West Side Story, the necessity of some remakes, and more campaigning for Mike Faist and Ariana DeBose to win Oscars this year!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    2021 Movie Wrap-Up: Easel Allegory

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 27, 2021 98:15


    Cassidy & Tim are joined once again by their pal Brendan to discuss the highs and lows of movie releases from 2021. We did not get a chance to see every movie, but we did get to see quite a few! Listen along to hear about our disappointments, our favorites, and discussion about the movie theater experience!   Trigger Warning: Listeners should be aware that from the ~4 minute through the ~8 minute marks there is heavy discussion of the film The Last Duel and the sexual assault elements of the film. The overall discussion continues through the ~14 minute mark, but most specific references are between ~4-8 minutes.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    2004 Ceremony: Horse Girls Only

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2021 88:23


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 2004 nominees for Best Picture: Mystic River, Lost in Translation, Seabiscuit, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, and the Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. A fairly well rounded year of nominees that almost all had Cassidy crying! Join us to hear lots of bad jokes and demanding the Academy recognize fantasy actors.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1968 Ceremony: Respect the Format!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2021 104:06


    Cassidy & Tim are joined by special guest and friend of the pod, Brendan, to cover the 1968 nominees for Best Picture: The Graduate, In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Doctor Dolittle, and Bonnie and Clyde. This was a standout year for Best Picture noms, and we had a blast discussing these films!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    2012 Ceremony: Part 2 - Beautiful But Empty

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2021 77:00


    Cassidy & Tim cover the second half of the 2012 nominees for Best Picture: Hugo, The Descendants, The Help, and The Tree of Life. We have a lot of thoughts on these films and have some thought provoking discussions inspired by them as well. Featuring some notebook flipping ASMR towards the end o fthe episode as well!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    2012 Ceremony: Part 1 - I‘m A Very Low Brow Kind of Person

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2021 69:07


    Cassidy & Tim cover the first half of the 2012 nominees for Best Picture: Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Artist, and War Horse. Your regular programming is back and we have A LOT of conflicting feelings about these films from 10 years ago. Lots of cuties, lots of horses, and lots of feelings.     Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    Get Me My Salad Dressing!: Parade Magazine‘s 100 Best Movies

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 47:02


    Cassidy & Tim cover Parade Magazine's 100 Best Movies of All Time list. We agree, disagree, and spend a lot of time talking about Shrek.   Check out the list here: https://parade.com/1222580/samuelmurrian/best-movies-all-time/   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    2003 Ceremony: The Shifty Gollum

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2021 116:40


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 2003 nominees for Best Picture: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, The Hours, Gangs of New York, The Pianist, and Chicago. This is a long one, but there was just so much to discuss! We get real deep this episode and find a lot to value in these movies, so tune for a listen!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1988 Ceremony: I Respect the Library!

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 87:36


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1988 nominees for Best Picture: Moonstruck, Broadcast News, Hope and Glory, The Last Emperor, and Fatal Attraction. These movies lead to a surprising amount of discussion and most of them hold up and feel relevant today! Join us for one of our best recaps yet!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1965 Ceremony: Unfunny Dumb People

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 66:13


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1965 nominees for Best Picture: Zorba the Greek, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady, and Becket. We reminisce about watching some of these as kids, share our confusion over what the heck is actually happening in some of them, and talk about some of the unintended tensions that are noticeable in Becket.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    2002 Ceremony: Thank You, Jake from State Farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2021 98:44


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 2002 nominees for Best Picture: Moulin Rouge, Gosford Park, In The Bedroom, Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, and A Beautiful Mind. We spend some time talking about the cultural effects of 9/11 in the film industry and spend a lot of time talking about how stories can mean so much to people.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1992 Ceremony: The Warren Beatty "Redemption" Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 100:29


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 19932 nominees for Best Picture: Beauty & The Beast, JFK, The Prince of Tides, Bugsy, and The Silence of the Lambs. Warren Beatty makes a comeback (Cassidy slightly warms up to him) and we talk all about the 90s, how these films hold up, and one glaring absence from the nominees.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1954 Ceremony: Burt Brando

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2021 70:54


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1954 nominees for Best Picture: Roman Holiday, From Here to Eternity, Julius Caesar, The Robe, and Shane. Lots of love for Gregory Peck and lots of off track tangents and lots of fun!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    2001 Ceremony: 2001: A Podcast Odyssey

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2021 70:54


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 2001 nominees for Best Picture: Erin Brockovich, Chocolat, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Gladiator, and Traffic. We have a lot of takes on these classic movies, and Cassidy is still riding high on correct guessing.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1946 Ceremony: Frank is the New Bing

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 72:29


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1946 nominees for Best Picture: The Bells of St. Mary's, Spellbound, Anchors Aweigh, The Lost Weekend, and Mildred Pierce. There were some duds in this group, but also some gems! Cassidy discovers Frank Sinatra and there is a glaring lack of Tony Scaponi.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1958 Ceremony: Alive Out of Spite

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2021 87:58


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1958 nominees for Best Picture: Witness for the Prosecution, Peyton Place, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Sayonara, and 12 Angry Men. Somehow Kevin Costner comes up once again, and we enjoyed some of these movies way more than we (Cassidy) thought!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1991 Ceremony: Haunting 101

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 82:46


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1991 nominees for Best Picture: Goodfellas, Dances With Wolves, Awakenings, Ghost, and The Godfather: Part III. We revisit our good friend Kevin Costner, complete the Godfather Trilogy, and revel in the Joe Pesci Energy. Happy listening!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast  

    2021 Ceremony: Promising Young Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2021 133:12


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 2021 nominees for Best Picture: Judas and the Black Messiah, Promising Young Woman, Nomadland, The Sound of Metal, The Trial of the Chicago 7, Mank, Minari, and The Father. This year was stacked with great films and we had a blast watching them!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    Bonus Brackets: Best Best Picture Showdown

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2021 59:35


    Cassidy & Tim argue about what the best Best Picture winner (so far!) is. We're hashing it out to see which winner we've covered so far is the cream of the crop! Chaos ensues. Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1982 Ceremony: The Warren Beatty "Appreciation" Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 116:20


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1982 nominees for Best Picture: Atlantic City, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Chariots of Fire, and Reds. This was a bizarre grouping of movies, but boy did we have fun! Cassidy is unsettled and Tim struggles to grasp Chariots of Fire.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1957 Ceremony: The King & Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 113:14


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1957 nominees for Best Picture: The King & I, Friendly Persuasion, Around the World in 80 Days, The Ten Commandments, and Giant. These movies are long, and only one of them (maybe) needs to be that long. Join us for more movie fun!   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1975 Ceremony: Havana Nights & The Power of Bob Fosse

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 106:36


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1975 nominees for Best Picture: The Godfather Part II, The Conversation, The Towering Inferno, Lenny, and Chinatown. On this episode, Tim & Cassidy get into the epic realm of disaster movies as well as a conversation about Roman Polanski and the age old debate of if you can truly separate the artist from the art.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1990 Ceremony: Field of (wet) Dreams

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2021 117:40


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1990 nominees for Best Picture: Field of Dreams, Driving Miss Daisy, My Left Foot, Dead Poets Society, and Born on the Fourth of July. Joined by a special guest courtesy of Kevin Costner, Tim and Cassidy have A LOT of thoughts about the decisions made by the Academy this year. Cassidy will be recovering from this one for a long time.   Twitter: @FHCpod Instagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1966 Ceremony: Nazis, Clowns, and Fools

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 124:12


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1966 nominees for Best Picture: The Sound of Music, A Thousand Clowns, Doctor Zhivago, Darling, and Ship of Fools and take a moment to remember Christopher Plummer. Twitter: @FHCpodInstagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    2009 Ceremony: Academy of Listeners

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2021 133:41


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 2009 nominees for Best Picture: The Reader, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, Frost/Nixon, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, as well as the massive snub of The Dark Knight. Tim spoils a Best Picture winner for Cassidy and they both end up surprised. Twitter: @FHCpodInstagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1973 Ceremony: Ominous Banjos

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 11, 2021 105:51


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1973 nominees for Best Picture: Sounder, Cabaret, The Emigrants, Deliverance, and The Godfather. Tim and Cassidy are both shocked by their enjoyment of movies outside their normal genre. Will Cassidy guess correctly? Twitter: @FHCpodInstagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1998 Ceremony: The Titanic Episode

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2020 99:01


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1998 nominees for Best Picture: As Good as it Gets, L.A. Confidential, The Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, and Titanic. Shockingly, Cassidy knows who the Best Picture winner is, but is the Academy right this time? Twitter: @FHCpodInstagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1977 Ceremony: Crusty But Benign

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2020 135:54


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1977 nominees for Best Picture: Taxi Driver, Rocky, All the President's Men, Network, and Bound for Glory. Join us as Cassidy talks about the experience of watching Rocky for the first time and revels in how absolutely wrong she is once again! Twitter: @FHCpodInstagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1945 Ceremony: Bing Cros-BAE Supersize Extravaganza

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2020 198:59


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1945 nominees for Best Picture, Going My Way, Double Indemnity, Gaslight, Wilson, and Since You Went Away. This supersized episode will not be the norm, but there was a ton of historical context to add and Cassidy loved these movies WAY more than any of us expected. Happy listening!Twitter: @FHCpodInstagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    1993 Ceremony: HOO-AH!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 98:34


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 1993 nominees for Best Picture, A Few Good Men, Howard's End, The Crying Game, and Unforgiven.Twitter: @FHCpodInstagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    2007 Ceremony: Tim vs. Mel Gibson vs. The Queen

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 87:34


    Cassidy & Tim cover the 2007 nominees for Best Picture, The Departed, The Queen, Babel, Letters from Iwo-Jima, and Little Miss Sunshine. Twitter: @FHCpodInstagram: @forherconsiderationpodcast

    Introducing: For Her Consideration

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2020 28:26


    Cassidy & Tim discuss the podcast, what makes a film "Best Picture" quality, and what Cassidy already knows about Best Picture Winners (not much). New episodes coming biweekly on Mondays starting in November. 

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