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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.

Devin Mainville


    • Mar 31, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    Latest episodes from For Your Reconsideration

    2022 Oscars Recap

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2022 44:04


    Top 10s of 2021

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 10, 2022 78:16


    After another tumultuous year of movie going, Devin and Kyle count down the very best (in their opinions) of 2021.

    Season 3 / Episode 7 - The 1973 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 81:30


    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.

    Other Greats from the 2003 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2021 35:18


    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.

    Our Recap of the 93rd Oscars Ceremony

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2021 44:04


    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.

    Our Annual Oscar Predictions Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2021 55:00


    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.

    Season 3 / Episode 6 - The 2003 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2021 64:40


    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.

    Other Greats from the 1953 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2021 33:56


    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.

    Season 3 / Episode 5 - The 1953 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2021 77:13


    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.

    Other Greats from the 1993 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2021 65:57


    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.

    Season 3 / Episode 4 - The 1993 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2021 75:13


    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.

    Season 3 / Episode 3 - The 1943 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2021 78:44


    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?

    Other Greats from the 1983 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2021 46:36


    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.

    Season 3 / Episode 2 - The 1983 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 55:37


    Devin and Kyle reconsider the 1983 Best Picture nominees - The Verdict, Tootsie, Missing, E.T., and the winner, Gandhi.

    Other Greats from the 1963 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2021 37:39


    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 / Episode 1 - The 1963 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2021 60:57


    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.

    Top 10s of 2020

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2021 81:02


    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.

    Bonus: Top 10s and Oscar Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2020 142:15


    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.

    Season 2 / Episode 8 - 1942 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2019 93:50


    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.

    Other Greats from the 2002 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 60:45


    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.

    Season 2 / Episode 7 - 2002 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2019 82:39


    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.

    Season 2 / Episode 6 - 1982 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2019 68:09


    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.

    Other Greats from the 1962 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2019 54:50


    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.

    Season 2 / Episode 5 - 1962 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2019 71:17


    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.

    Season 2 / Episode 4 - 1932 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2019 58:12


    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.

    Other Greats from the 1992 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2019 54:49


    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.

    Season 2 / Episode 3 - 1992 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2019 72:38


    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.

    Other Greats from the 1972 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2019 60:23


    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.

    Season 2 / Episode 2 - 1972 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 83:52


    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.

    Other Greats from the 1952 Oscar Race

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019 65:01


    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.

    Season 2 / Episode 1 - 1952 Oscars

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2019 99:04


    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?

    Bonus: Best Movies of 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2019 77:18


    We press pause on our Best Picture binge to bring you our favorites of 2018.

    Bonus: A Star Is Born 1937-2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2018 87:02


    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.

    Season 1 / Episode 8 - 1991

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018 108:23


    A reevaluation of the 1991 Best Picture race.

    Bonus: 2018 Oscar Predictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2018 62:47


    We take a break from Oscars Past to focus on our predictions for this year's special night.

    Season 1 / Episode 7 - 1931

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2018 86:46


    A reevaluation of the 1931 Best Picture race with a couple additional films to be considered!

    Season 1 / Episode 6 - 1961

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2018 113:35


    A reevaluation of the 1961 Best Picture race.

    Season 1 / Episode 5 - 1971

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2018 93:26


    A reevaluation of the 1971 Best Picture race.

    Bonus: Best Movies of 2017

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2018 99:16


    Briefly pressing pause on our Best Picture binge to present our favorite movies of the past year.

    Season 1 / Episode 4 - 1941

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2018 120:32


    The Grapes of WrathThe Philadelphia StoryThe Great DictatorThe LetterThe Long Voyage HomeForeign CorrespondentOur TownKitty FoyleAll This and Heaven Too

    Season 1 / Episode 3 - 2001

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2018 104:38


    A reevaluation of the 2001 Best Picture race. Gladiator Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Traffic Erin Brockovich Chocolat

    Season 1 / Episode 2 - 1951

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2018 87:07


    A reevaluation of the 1951 Best Picture race.

    Season 1 / Episode 1 - 1981

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2018 93:55


    A reevaluation of the 1981 best picture race.

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