The podcast where we re-examine the Best Picture races of decades past and give ourselves the authority to determine if the Academy got it right.
After another tumultuous year of movie going, Devin and Kyle count down the very best (in their opinions) of 2021.
On the season 3 finale, Devin and Kyle cover the 45th Academy Awards and come to the controversial conclusion that The Godfather is pretty great. Other nominees include Sounder, Deliverance, The Emigrants and Cabaret.
Devin and Kyle are back to talk about the best of 2002 that the Academy missed. They reconsider Punch Drunk Love, Adaptation and Talk to Her.
Devin and Kyle pause on the current season to recap the 93rd Academy Awards. The winners, the upsets and the interesting choices the ceremony made in the interest of the pandemic and the ones they made just because.
This week we take a break from looking at Oscars past to focus on Oscar future by bringing you our predictions for the upcoming 93rd Academy Awards. We’ve got numbers, we’ve got stats, we’ve got highly biased opinions and a spotty track record in our own Oscar pools.
Devin and Kyle reexamine the Best Picture nominees of 2003 including LOTR: The Two Towers, Gangs of New York, The Pianist, The Hours and Chicago.
Devin and Kyle discuss some classic films (and one sad foreign film, per usual) that didn’t earn a Best Picture nomination in 1953 - The Bad and the Beautiful, Forbidden Games and Singin’ in the Rain.
This week Devin and Kyle tackle one of the most controversial Best Picture wins in Oscar history - The Greatest Show on Earth’s win at the 25th Academy Awards. Other nominees include High Noon, The Quiet Man, Moulin Rouge and Ivanhoe.
This week, Devin and Kyle look at three films by arguable auteurs that still didn’t score a Best Picture nod at the 1993 Oscars - The Player, Reservoir Dogs and Malcolm X.
Devin and Kyle discuss the Best Picture nominees from the 1993 Oscars including SCENT OF A WOMAN, HOWARD'S END, A FEW GOOD MEN, THE CRYING GAME and, the winner, UNFORGIVEN.
Break out your sparklers and flag t-shirts because we're talking about the 15th Academy Awards of 1943. And wouldn't you know, in the midst of WWII there were a lot of patriotic nominees! The only question is, did the right propaganda film win?
On this week’s supplemental, Devin and Kyle look at some films eligible for the 1983 Oscars that didn’t earn a Best Picture nomination. And one that wasn’t eligible because sometimes research is hard. Films discussed: Sophie’s Choice, Das Boot and The King of Comedy.
Devin and Kyle reconsider the 1983 Best Picture nominees - The Verdict, Tootsie, Missing, E.T., and the winner, Gandhi.
In this week’s supplemental episode, Devin and Kyle focus on some movies that never stood a chance to be nominated for Best Picture because they bear the dreaded descriptor of genre films. The discuss a pulpy B horror film (Carnival of Souls), two classic of French New Wave ( Jules and Jim and Cleo from 5 to 7) and a trope challenging western (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance).
Season 3 kicks off with a look at the 35th Academy Awards’ Best Picture race. From winner Lawrence of Arabia to instant classics To Kill A Mockingbird and The Music Man to the often overlooked Mutiny on The Bounty and The Longest Day, Devin and Kyle are back to determine if the Academy got it right.
As you may have noticed, 2020 was a weird year for movies. While we may not have gotten as many movies as we expected, there were still many great ones to choose from. In this bonus episode, Devin and Kyle count down their top 10 movies of 2020 and they only cheat a little.
This week Devin and Kyle reconsider some more recent films - the best of 2019 to be exact. In addition to counting down their own top 10s, they weigh in with thoughts on the Oscar nominations and give you their predictions for who will win and, more importantly, who should win.
n the second season finale, For Your Reconsideration takes on one of the most controversial years in Oscar history; 1942, when Citizen Kane was beat by How Green Was My Valley. Other films discussed include Suspicion, Sergeant York and The Maltese Falcon.
in the this week’s supplemental episode, Devin and Kyle look at some of the best pictures not nominated at the 2002 Academy Awards: Mulholland Dr., the Royal Tenenbaums, Y Tu Mamá También and one of the greatest films of all time, Ocean’s Eleven.
This week Devin and Kyle are discussing a year they actually lived through- the 2002 ceremony featuring nominees Gosford Park, Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, In the Bedroom, Moulin Rouge! and the Best Picture winner, A Beautiful Mind.
On this week’s episode Devin and Kyle tackle the somewhat lackluster 1982 Oscar nominees including Reds, On Golden Pond, Raiders of the Lost Arc, Atlantic City and the year’s Best Picture winner, the (apparently) rage inducing, Chariots of Fire.
In this week’s supplemental episode Devin and Kyle discuss some iconic films that failed to earn a Best Picture nomination at the 1962 Academy Awards: Two Women, La Dolce Vita and Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
The 1960s were a pivotal decade not only in history, but cinema as well. This week Devin and Kyle reconsider some early 60s films nominated at the 34th Academy Awards. The nominees were: Fanny, Judgement at Nuremberg, The Guns of Navarone, The Hustler and, the Best Picture winner of the year, West Side Story.
This week Devin and Kyle discuss the 5th Academy Awards, an early ceremony that still boasts some notable lasts! It’s the last (and only) time there was a tie for lead actor and the last (and only) time the Best Picture winner (Grand Hotel) wasn’t nominated for any other award! Other films discussed are Bad Girl, The Champ and Five Star Final.
Staying on the 1992 train, this week’s supplemental episode reconsiders two un-nominated classics (Thelma and Louise and Boyz n the Hood) and Barton Fink.
This week For Your Reconsideration looks at the groundbreaking 64th Academy Awards which not only saw the first “horror” film win Best Picture, but also saw The Silence of the Lambs become only the third (and so far last) film to sweep the big five categories. The ceremony also marks the first time an animated film, Beauty and the Beast, was nominated for Best Picture. Other nominees include Bugsy, JFK and The Price of Tides.
On this week’s supplemental episode, Devin and Kyle reconsider three 1971 films that missed out on a Best Picture nomination at the 1972 Oscars - cult classic, Harold and Maude; Carnal Knowledge and the film featuring the year’s Best Actress winning performance, Klute.
Devin and Kyle take on the dark, gritty realism of 70s cinema as they discuss the 1972 Best Picture contenders: Nicholas And Alexandra, The Last Picture Show, Fiddler on the Roof, A Clockwork Orange and The French Connection.
On this week’s supplemental episode, Devin and Kyle reconsider three films eligible for best picture in 1952 that ultimately didn’t earn a nomination - African Queen, Strangers on a Train and honorary award recipient, Rashomon.
For Your Reconsideration is back with season two and to kick things off we’re tackling the 24th Academy Awards where epic spectacles Quo Vadis and An American in Paris squared off against gripping dramas Decision Before Dawn, A Place in the Sun and A Streetcar Named Desire. What won and, more importantly, what should have won?
We press pause on our Best Picture binge to bring you our favorites of 2018.
For 80 years Hollywood has retold the same story to varying degrees of success. In a special bonus episode FYR turns it’s critical, reconsidering eye to all four versions of A Star is Born to determine which ones hold up, which ones don’t and just what it is about this story that keeps needing to be retold.
We take a break from Oscars Past to focus on our predictions for this year's special night.
A reevaluation of the 1931 Best Picture race with a couple additional films to be considered!
Briefly pressing pause on our Best Picture binge to present our favorite movies of the past year.
The Grapes of WrathThe Philadelphia StoryThe Great DictatorThe LetterThe Long Voyage HomeForeign CorrespondentOur TownKitty FoyleAll This and Heaven Too
A reevaluation of the 2001 Best Picture race. Gladiator Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Traffic Erin Brockovich Chocolat
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