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"Amin is a fast food bigot!" Was Amin impressed with Dave's Pitt Panthers? How did Dolphins fans watch the Bills last night? Which movie will win Best Picture at the Academy Awards? Is Megatron the greatest receiver of all time? Is Wendy's going back to its glory days? Are gold uniforms okay in football? Today's cast: Amin, Your ol' pal Dave Dameshek, Roy, Jeremy, Tony, and Trysta. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
George has travelled far and wide across the film schedule at TIFF 2026, and now he's back to report on the very best films he saw at the festival.We're looking ahead to the films that could become major players during awards season, from potential Best Picture contenders to standout performances and some of the biggest discoveries from Toronto.Which films are already generating serious Oscar buzz? Which ones should you be keeping an eye on? And which movies could be the ones everyone is talking about over the next few months?What's That Game:https://apps.apple.com/us/app/whats-that-game/id6781044898Tickets to our pub quiz:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pulp-kit...Subscribe to our Patreon! patreon.com/PulpKitchenPodcast Send us your questions to hello@pulpkitchenpodcast.comEnjoy new episodes of Pulp Kitchen every WednesdayYouTube/Spotify: Pulp Kitchen PodcastInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pulpkitchenpodcast / https://www.instagram.com/jamesbriefel/ / https://www.instagram.com/georgepundek/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pulpkitchenpodcastLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/GeorgePulp/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It's singing and spiders and Hollywood began to emerge from lockdown! A fierce awards race between two lauded competitors resulted in an unexpected result as CODA took the trophy. Is a simple tale of a Child Of Deaf Parents who dreams of a life in music enough to be the Best Picture? Erin, Claire, and Dan get into it. But there was no debate on who deserved to be the Box Office Champ, as a triple-team-up of Spider-Men became the first movie to Save Theatres, breaking the COVID doldrums and packing theatres like nothing else had in ages. All this plus Dan spots a trend in the Oscar nominees our hosts find unsettling. Tune in!Find all of our episodes and the rest of Writing Therapy Productions' various entertainments at www.writingtherapyproductions.com
The fall festival season is starting to reshape the Oscar race.We break down the surprising end of the Venice Film Festival, where Woman Unknown pulled off an unexpected Golden Lion win, before turning to one of the biggest questions coming out of Telluride and TIFF: is Fjord suddenly in trouble? After winning the Palme d'Or at Cannes, its North American reception has been much more divided—and the backlash could matter when awards season gets serious.We also get into the huge TIFF response to I Play Rocky, whether it could become this year's crowd-pleasing Best Picture contender, the growing buzz around Artificial, Netflix finally giving some of its awards movies real theatrical windows, France's latest International Feature dilemma, and some increasingly wild Oscar predictions.Oscars Outsider looks at the awards race, film festivals, Hollywood, and Oscar history from slightly outside the usual consensus.Subscribe for weekly Oscar predictions, reactions, and film history.I'd use “Is Fjord Starting to Fall?” rather than repeating “Is Fjord in Trouble?” verbatim—the thumbnail and title reinforce each other without saying exactly the same thing.
Recorded - 9/13/2026 On Episode 389 of the Almost Sideways Movie Podcast, we review the latest from Paul Greengrass starring Andrew Garfield. Then we dive into the Best Picture race from 2006. What would have been nominated if there were 10 nominees? Our power rankings look at the worst films that were based on true stories. We also have a fun box office trivia game. Here are the highlights:What We've Been Watching(6:20) "The Wrong Girls" - Adam Review(9:15) "The Luck of Ginger Coffee" - Todd Director Blindspot Review(11:35) "A Man Called Ove" - Terry Oscar Anniversary Review(16:15) "The Uprising" - Featured Review(27:15) Spotlight: 2006 Best Picture Next 5 Draft(51:35) Power Rankings: Worst Films Based on True Stories(1:28:00) Guessing Zach's ListTRIVIA!!!(1:33:00) "Worth" - Todd Trivia Review(1:39:05) "Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die" - Terry Trivia Review(1:48:25) Trivia: Box Office Closest to the Pin(2:02:45) Quote of the DayFind AlmostSideways everywhere!http://almostsideways.comhttps://www.facebook.com/AlmostSidewayscom-130953353614569/AlmostSideways Twitter: @almostsidewaysTerry's Twitter: @almostsideterryZach's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/pro_zach36/Todd: Too Cool for TwitterAdam's Twitter: @adamsidewayshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almostsideways-podcast/id1270959022https://open.spotify.com/show/7oVcx7Y9U2Bj2dhTECzZ4mhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfEoLqGyjn9M5Mr8umWiktA/featured?view_as=subscriber
The Best Picture Show - Episode 21 Quintin and Sush discuss the 100 Best Picture winners from the last century of filmmaking. They discuss every Oscar ceremony, the historical context of each film, and how the film has stood the test of time. This episode they watch the Best Picture winner: Hamlet. They discuss the Shakespeare adaptation Hamlet and the movies that lost to it during the 21st Academy Awards.
Long before an entire generation of moviegoers learned that six words — "give my daughter the shot" — could completely wreck them, James L. Brooks crafted one of the most emotionally seismic mother-daughter dramas ever put on film. In this episode, we dive into Terms of Endearment (1983), the Best Picture-winning classic that somehow makes you laugh hysterically one minute and sob uncontrollably the next.We break down Shirley MacLaine and Debra Winger's legendary chemistry as Aurora Greenway and her daughter Emma, spanning 30 years of a relationship that's equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking. We get into the behind-the-scenes drama — including the studio's fear that the film's wild tonal shifts would tank it at the box office, and how it instead went on to sweep the Academy Awards with five Oscars, including Best Picture.Along the way, we talk Jack Nicholson's iconic supporting performance and on-set improvisation, the evolving nature of movie stardom, some fascinating casting choices and near-misses (Harrison Ford, Paul Newman, and more), the underrated supporting cast including Danny DeVito, Jeff Daniels, and John Lithgow, and whether this 80s classic still hits as hard today as it did in theaters.Whether you remember ugly-crying in a movie theater in 1983 or you've never seen it and want to know what all the fuss is about, this is your deep dive into one of the defining dramas of the decade.Perfect for fans of: Gen X movie podcasts, 80s movie retrospectives, Terms of Endearment reviews, Shirley MacLaine movies, Jack Nicholson movies, classic tearjerker films, Best Picture Oscar winners, 80s drama and comedy classics, retro movie rewatch podcasts.Chapters00:00 – Introduction to Terms of Endearment03:02 – First Time Viewing and Initial Impressions07:20 – Risky Quizness: Behind-the-Scenes Knowledge12:10 – Studio's Fear and Box Office Success15:29 – Casting and Stellar Performances19:47 – The Legacy of Jack Nicholson20:25 – The Changing Landscape of Movie Stars21:24 – The Craft of Acting and Artistry22:04 – Casting Choices and Regrets22:35 – The Impact of Casting Decisions23:32 – The Charisma of Harrison Ford24:01 – The Role of Paul Newman24:53 – The Influence of the Director on the Script and Actors25:14 – Behind-the-Scenes Improvisation25:48 – The Versatility of Danny DeVito26:24 – The Career of Jeff Daniels29:00 – The Versatility of John Lithgow29:27 – The Replacement of an Actor in the Movie30:13 – The Role of Lisa Hart Carroll31:23 – The Original Casting Choices and the Sequel32:37 – The Impact of the Supporting Cast33:33 – Iconic and Favorite Scenes37:43 – Exploring the Comedy Scenes39:15 – Behind the Scenes with Nicholson40:24 – Intense Dramatic Moments41:18 – Pacing and Rushed Plot42:11 – Impact of Cancer Diagnosis43:20 – Rewatchability and Nostalgia Meter
As the wait for the next Best Picture to reveal itself continues, we discuss Rachel's pick , "Legally Blonde"!!!Twitter : @oscarsgold @hidarknesspod @beatlesblonde @udanax19Facebook : facebook.com/goldstandardoscarsPatreon : patreon.com/goldstandardoscars
It is a privilege to welcome back one of my all-time favorite guests, Emmy-winning actor, director, filmmaker, and host Yuval David, to Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast. Yuval has won over 100 international film festival awards. His creative mantra "to entertain, uplift and inspire" shapes his approach to “storytelling with boldness, vulnerability, and authenticity in representing characters and narratives.” Yuval uses his creative approach to communication within his work as a docu-journalist, news commentator, and socio-political activist. As a filmmaker, Yuval directs, writes, and produces feature-length and short films, documentaries, web series, and digital and episodic TV content. His most recent feature length documentary is getting industry and media buzz, and is currently in the film festival circuit, titled Wonderfully Made – LGBTQ+R(eligion), and is screening at international festivals and community impact screenings, having won Best Picture at Toronto LGBTQ Film Festival, Best Documentary at Phoenixville Film Festival, and was the featured highlight film at Woodstock Film Festival, Out On Film, and other international film festivals.Yuval's series, One Actor Short have become an award winner and festival favorite, earning more than 75 awards from national and international festivals, including American Picture, Atlanta Film Festival, The Big Apple Film Festival, Global Webisode Festival, NYC Independent Film Festival, New Filmmakers Film Festival, Hollywood Just4Shorts Film Competition, IndieFest, Prague International Film Festival, Top Shorts Film Festival, and Vegas CineFest International Film Festival. Yuval David's other narrative and documentary films and episodic series, including web series, have also won numerous awards, including Best Film, Best Short, Best Series, and, for Yuval specifically, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Producer, and Best Writer at national and international film festivals. As an actor, Yuval plays leading roles in film, television, theatre, web and digital media, and voice-overs. His acting roles include leading and guest-star roles on FX, NBC, ABC, CBS, Showtime, Disney, DreamWorks, Comedy Central, countless independent films, and on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and in theatres across the US and abroad, including film and theatre festivals. He is currently acting in a new television show in production. Yuval creatively explores humanity with his roles on hit television shows, including Feud (FX/Hulu), Madam Secretary (CBS), The Michael J. Fox Show (NBC), Days of Our Lives (NBC), What Would You Do? (ABC), Unforgettable (CBS), and The Plot Against America (HBO). Yuval's leading and supporting roles in films include “Beauty and the Beast,” “Nephilim,” “Incipient,” “Awakening of Spring,” “You,” and “The Fifth Estate.” His acting roles in theatre range from contemporary to classic theatrical works, including: Broadway in The Game, Off-Broadway in Romeo and Juliet, Leaving an Impression, Daddy Issues, Bunburry, and In The Swing. As much as possible, Yuval enjoys performing in regional theatres across the United States and abroad, as well as at international theatre festivals. Yuval regularly does voice-overs for animation, commercials, narration, documentaries, and industrials. As a TV host and presenter, Yuval focuses on societal, humanitarian, food, travel, cultural, and entertainment programming. His work is seen on network television, documentary films, web series, and regularly at live events. He is also regularly a host and MC for special events, galas, and advocacy events for social and political initiatives, institutions, and organizations, especially those focusing on US, Israel, LGBTQ, Arts, Humanitarian, and Cultural causes.Yuval is a news commentator on broadcast news programs, speaking about social and political issues and causes, often speaking about civil rights, social justice, and representation in politics, social movements, entertainment and media, Jewish, Israeli, and LGBTQ topics. These have been on major news networks and programs, including Fox, NewsNation, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, Reuters, Sky, i24, Kan, Keshet, Reshet, and Achshav. His writings have appeared in publications including The Hill, The Jerusalem Post, The Times of Israel, Out Magazine, AM New York, Yahoo News, Washington Blade, Queerty, Instinct Magazine, The Jewish Week, Yediot, and other international publications.In addition to his work in entertainment and media, Yuval is a passionate advocate and activist. Advocacy for the marginalized and underrepresented is a driving force, along with his focus on Jewish, LGBTQ, humanitarian, arts, and creative initiatives. He uses his creative work as a vehicle for the greater good on behalf of highly respected American, Israeli, and international organizations. On this edition of the Jake's Take with Jacob Elyachar Podcast, Yuval David spoke about the ongoing saga of Mark Ruffalo versus Paramount, Neo-Nazis hacking Dolly Parton's Wikipedia Page, launching the Jewish Indian Alliance, and his newest project, Common Ground with Yuval David. 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The Oscars Race has exploded after Telluride and Venice. The Acting categories are much more formidable, the Best Picture 10 is all but impossible to predict, surprise documentaries have become headlines, and yet, the Standing Ovation times still don't match. This is one of the wildest years we've ever covered, and the buzz isn't getting any quieter. That's for sure. TELLURIDE PREMIERES: The Debut from Jesse Eisenberg feat. Julianne Moore + Song Category Talk - 1:38 Elsinore starring Andrew Scott + Lead Actor Category Talk - 5:26 Tender Loving Care from Mike Leigh & starring Kate O'Flynn - 10:06 The Liberation starring Carrie Coon + More Lead Actress Talk - 14:18 A Long Winter from Andrew Haigh, starring Fred Hechinger & Caitriona Balfe - 15:53 You Can See Everything from Nathan Fielder + Best Picture Talk - 17:19 Berlin, Sundance & Cannes Film Updates + Turturro & Cruz Talk - 25:59 VENICE PREMIERES: Ink from Danny Boyle + Standing Ovation Talk - 29:05 Wild Horse Nine from Martin McDonagh + Malkovich Shirt Talk - 33:59 Primetime starring Robert Pattinson - 44:24 Possible Love from Lee Chang-dong - 48:05 Bucking Fastard from Werner Herzog, starring Kate & Rooney Mara - 49:54 Oasis: Don't Look Back In Anger - OSCAR NEWS: Inde Navarrette goes Lead - 52:12 All Of A Sudden Actresses pick their categories - 54:58 OUTRO: We discuss our larger presence on social media, the links we never knew we had, and some future plans. Plus, we discuss recent films we've watched and loved or loved to hate. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar
EPISODE 201 PART 1: Artificial intelligence has changed the way we find information. What once required a simple Google search can now produce an instant, personalized answer—but how do we know whether that answer is accurate, unbiased, or appropriate for our children? In this episode of Homeschool Your Way, we're exploring how to help students navigate AI thoughtfully and responsibly within their homeschool education. We'll discuss how parents can understand these rapidly changing tools, establish practical safeguards, and teach children to question, verify, and evaluate the information AI provides. The goal isn't simply to help students use AI effectively. It's to prepare them to move confidently through an AI-driven world without losing the ability to think critically, solve problems independently, retain what they learn, or remain grounded in the principles their families value.AI will continue to shape how our children learn, work, and communicate. Let's talk about how we can prepare them to use it as a tool—without allowing it to do their thinking for them. ABOUT OUR GUEST | Veldorah J. Rice is the owner and director of Write from the Heart. Her background includes three bachelor's degrees and a dual master's degree in English and Film Studies. Veldorah has spent her career designing rigorous, student-centered instruction. Her curriculum centers on developing critical thinkers through collaborative learning that meets students where they are. In her free time, she enjoys reading, knitting, and analyzing movies. She is proud to say that she has watched every film that has ever won an Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, and Animated Feature. You can find out more here; https://writefromtheheart.org/aiworkshopThanks to show sponsor BookShark. Request a homeschool curriculum catalog or download samples at bookshark.com.If you'd like to share an aha moment, an inspirational quote, a homeschool hack, a book you're loving, or a suggested podcast topic/guest, send an email to info@bookshark.com. We'd love to feature your reflection on a future episode.
Join Si & Carl with Special Guest Chris G, as we ponder which two films make up Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight.We talk about Glory, and we do get into The Thing. No, not Tarantino's foot fetish, the other thing. Also, Si tells us what he thinks of Channing Tatum's oral skills. It's madness, it's fun, it's Mashflix and Chill!Letterboxd: CarlMTN / SiMTNBluesky: @mtnmoviepod.bsky.socialFacebook: mtnmoviepodInstagram: @mtnmoviepodTwitter/X: @mtnmoviepodYouTube: @movietheneedleEmail: hello@mtnpod.com
On this week's episode of our show, Captain Ingle is joined by returning guests Chris "Skywalker" Dohmen and Lisa Ingle to take a look at Guillermo Del Toro's 2017 Best Picture-winning science fiction monster love story "The Shape of Water". Join us as we go boldly!
The Best Picture Show - Episode 20 Quintin and Sush discuss the 100 Best Picture winners from the last century of filmmaking. They discuss every Oscar ceremony, the historical context of each film, and how the film has stood the test of time. This episode they watch the Best Picture winner: Gentleman's Agreement. They discuss the controversial film regarding antisemitism and the films it beat during the 1948's Academy Awards.
Multimillionaire newspaper tycoon Charles Foster Kane (Oscar-winner Orson Welles) dies alone in his extravagant mansion named Xanadu, speaking a single word: "Rosebud." In an attempt to figure out the meaning of this word, a reporter tracks down the people who worked and lived with Kane. They tell their stories in a series of flashbacks which reveal much about Kane's life but not enough to unlock the riddle of his dying breath. This was the film directorial debut of Orson Welles who was also an actor and playwright at the time of release, bringing over much of the cast from his renowned Mercury Theatre troupe to play key roles including Joseph Cotton, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, George Coulouris, and Agnes Moorehead. As the story was loosely based on the life of then media magnate William Randolph Hearst, it never achieved the necessary level of release in theaters to eneable it become commercially successful though the film was nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture, along with both Best Actor and Best Director for Welles. The only Oscar it would win would be Best Original Screenplay for Welles and co-writer Herman J. Mackiewicz. Over time, its reputation has only grown and it is now considered by many critics and cinephiles to be one of the greatest if not THE best American film of all time. Host & Editor: Geoff GershonProducer: Marlene Gershon Send us Fan MailSupport the showhttps://livingforthecinema.com/Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Living-for-the-Cinema-Podcast-101167838847578Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/livingforthecinema/Letterboxd:https://letterboxd.com/Living4Cinema/
House of Capra opens with the one that started it all. Frank Capra's 1934 road comedy put a runaway heiress and a broke reporter on a cross-country bus and accidentally wrote the blueprint every romantic comedy has borrowed from since. Clark Gable pulls your eye whether the scene asks for it or not, and Claudette Colbert matches him beat for beat. There's a blanket, a clothesline, and a stretch of empty highway that do more with restraint than most modern rom-coms manage with everything at their disposal. We get into why a movie made for pocket change swept every major Oscar, where Bugs Bunny came from, and which Mel Brooks film quietly lifted the whole structure.
This week on And the Runner-Up Is, Kevin welcomes writer Brandon Lewis to talk about Ryan Coogler's "Sinners," the presumed runner-up in the 2025 Best Picture race that lost to "One Battle After Another." We also discuss all other Best Picture nominees and which film we think deserved to win the Oscar. 0:00 - 10:00 - Introduction 10:01 - 1:11:03 - "Sinners" review 1:11:04 - 1:52:04 - Why "Sinners" lost Best Picture / Why "One Battle After Another" won 1:52:05 - 3:08:15 - Assessing the other eight Best Picture nominees 3:08:16 - 3:14:09 - Shoulda been a contender 3:14:10 - 3:18:35 - Did "Sinners" deserve to win? Buy And the Runner-Up Is merch at https://www.teepublic.com/stores/and-the-runner-up-is?ref_id=24261! Support And the Runner-Up Is on Patreon at patreon.com/andtherunnerupis! Follow And the Runner-Up Is on Twitter and Instagram Theme/End Music is "The Virtue" by Jonathan Adamich Artwork: Brian O'Meara
We're jumping back into the films of one of Cameron's favorite directors, Billy Wilder, with The Lost Weekend (1945). Starring Ray Milland, the film follows a struggling writer over the course of a devastating weekend as his alcoholism begins to take over every part of his life. The film was a major success at the Academy Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay. Join us as we discuss its stark and unflinching portrayal of alcoholism, and if the film holds up more than 80 years later. Cinema Spectator is a movie podcast hosted by Isaac Ransom, Juzo Greenwood, and Cameron Tuttle. The show is executive-produced by Darrin O'Neill and recorded and produced in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. You can support the show at patreon.com/ecfsproductions. Follow us on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @cinemaspectatorpodcast. Isaac and Cameron began recording podcasts with their first project, Everything Comes from Something (2018), and are now focusing on new weekly content for Cinema Spectator. Cameron Tuttle is a full-time professional cinematographer who majored in film at SFSU and collaborates on corporate, private, and creative productions. Cameron is the expert. Isaac Ransom works full-time as a marketing leader with creative experience in brand, advertising, product, music, and film. Isaac is the casual. Juzo is a producer, director, and avid film enthusiast who knows everything about cinema. The podcast is a passion project by three longtime friends; we hope you enjoy it! Thank you for your time, generosity, and support.
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 Our 2008 retrospective has officially come to an end with our final podcast review for Danny Boyle's Oscar-winning film for Best Picture, "Slumdog Millionaire," starring Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, and Irrfan Khan. Loosely based on the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup, the independent Searchlight film was a sensation in 2008 as it built up momentum through the fall film festivals and then exploded in cinemas through word of mouth and all through awards season, making it, to this day, the film with the most Academy Award wins since it won 8 at the 2009 ceremony. How has the film held up, though, after all this time, nearly twenty years later? Please tune in as Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and I talk about the film's screenplay, the performances, the craftsmanship, its awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Please check out our past reviews for "Frost/Nixon," "Doubt," "Changeling," "Revolutionary Road," "WALL-E, "Milk," "The Dark Knight," "The Reader," and "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our review! https://youtu.be/fUZ9JDLdFy8 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
Venice 2025 is days away — and awards season is officially on. Dylan and Craig break down the full in-competition lineup, make their Golden Lion predictions, and identify the Oscar sleepers you need to know before the first screenings drop.On the table: Is Wild Horse Nine the safest Golden Lion bet, or can Lee Chang-dong's long-awaited Possible Love pull off a surprise? Why Florian Zeller's Bunker (Penélope Cruz, Paul Dano, Stephen Graham) could be the dark horse Oscar launch of the festival. The shocking stat about South Korean cinema at the Oscars — only ONE nomination ever, and it won Best Picture. Plus: the late-addition NASA documentary from the No Other Land directors (produced by Jonathan Glazer), Maggie Gyllenhaal as jury president and what that signals, Nanni Moretti's return to Venice after 36 years, and a brief history of how Venice went from the Mussolini Cup to Hollywood's favourite awards launchpad.Films discussed: Wild Horse Nine · Possible Love · Ink · Bunker · Primetime · Company · Look Back · Woman Unknown · NASA · All of a Sudden · Minotaur · Nomadland · The Shape of Water · Poor Things · Roma · JokerCategories: Best Picture · Best International Feature Film · Best Documentary · Golden Lion
The Best Picture Show - Episode 19 Quintin and Sush discuss the 100 Best Picture winners from the last century of filmmaking. They discuss every Oscar ceremony, the historical context of each film, and how the film has stood the test of time. This episode they watch the Best Picture winner: The Best Years of Our Lives. They discuss the World War II film that won Best Picture and the hearts of America with real veterans in award winning roles. They discuss the legacy of this winner and the films it beat in 1946.
This week on ClapperCast, Jakub Flasz joins Carson Timar to continue ClapperCast's Best Picture Rewind series by discussing 1960's The Apartment and how Billy Wilder invented a new kind of American cinema! Subscribe on Patreon for Bonus Episodes & Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/clappercastpodEmail us at ClapperCast@gmail.com- Social Media Links -Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClapperPodcastLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/clappercast/Carson Timar: https://bsky.app/profile/carsontimar.bsky.socialJakub Flasz: https://letterboxd.com/jakubflasz/Create Your Podcast on Zencastr Today: https://zencastr.com/?via=clappercastThanks for Watching!
As the wait for the next Best Picture to reveal itself continues, Charles Skaggs joins us to discuss his pick , "Mulholland Drive"!!!Twitter : @oscarsgold @hidarknesspod @beatlesblonde @udanax19Facebook : facebook.com/goldstandardoscarsPatreon : patreon.com/goldstandardoscars
The English Patient is definitely one of those Best Picture winners that creates many great debates with most film lovers. Many love the sweeping love story, the stunning cinematography, the mystery of the leading character, and the great performances by the A-list cast (including Ralph Fiennes and Juliette Binoche). Others feel that the film's length is painfully long, and the storyline could have been more condensed with a taut script, and the film isn't as faithful to the 1992 novel as it should have been. Either way, it's a film that was very successful at the box office and is likely Anthony Minghella's best work.Looking back, was The English Patient deserving of the Best Picture Oscar among all the films released in 1996? If not, which film was?Listen and find out what film critic Jack Ferdman thinks—and which film he ultimately chooses as his Rewatching Oscar winner for the year.Download, listen, and share ALL Rewatching Oscar episodes.SUBSCRIBE and FOLLOW Rewatching Oscar:Website: https://rewatchingoscar.buzzsprout.comApple Podcasts/iTunesSpotifyGoogle PodcastsiHeart RadioPodchaserPodcast AddictTuneInAlexaAmazon Overcasts Podcast Addict Player FMRSS Feed: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1815964.rssWebsite: https://rewatchingoscar.buzzsprout.comSocial Media Links: Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, BlueSkyShare your thoughts and suggestions with us through:Facebook Messenger or email us atjack@rewatchingoscar.com or jackferdman@gmail.comMusic by TurpacShow Producer: Jack FerdmanPodcast Logo Design: Jack FerdmanMovie (audio) trailer courtesy of MovieClips Classic TrailersMovie (audio) clips courtesy of YouTubeSupport us by downloading, sharing, and giving us a 5-star Rating. It helps our podcast continue to reach many people and make it available to share more episodes with everyone.Send us Fan Mail
The eleventh episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1946 features the Academy Awards Best Picture winner, William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives. Directed by William Wyler and starring Fredric March, Dana Andrews, Harold Russell, Myrna Loy and Teresa Wright, The Best Years of Our Lives won seven competitive Oscars and two honorary Oscars.The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Bosley Crowther in The New York Times (https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/packages/html/movies/bestpictures/years-re.html), James Agee in The Nation, and Abel Green in Variety (https://variety.com/1946/film/reviews/best-years-of-our-lives-1200414825/).Check out more info and the entire archive of past episodes at https://www.awesomemovieyear.com and visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/awesomemovieyearYou can find Jason on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/JHarrisComedy/, on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/jasonharriscomedy/ and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/goforjason/You can find Josh online at http://joshbellhateseverything.com/, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/joshbellhateseverything/, on Bluesky at signalbleed.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/signalbleed/If you're a Letterboxd user and you watch any of the movies we talk about on the show, tag your review “Awesome Movie Year” to share your thoughts.You can find our producer David Rosen and his Piecing It Together Podcast at https://www.piecingpod.com, on Twitter at @piecingpod, on Bluesky at piecingpod.bsky.social and on Letterboxd at https://letterboxd.com/bydavidrosen/ Join the Popcorn & Puzzle Pieces Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/piecingpod for more movie discussion and our Awesome Movie Year audience choice polls.All of the music in the episode is by David Rosen. Find more of his music at https://www.bydavidrosen.comSubscribe on Patreon to support the show and get access to exclusive content from Awesome Movie Year and Piecing It Together, plus music by David Rosen: https://www.patreon.com/bydavidrosenPlease like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1946 episode, featuring our producer David Rosen's pick, musical comedy Swing Parade of 1946.
Sports Month closes out with the quintessential non-sports sports movie: Rocky (1976). Brian and John are joined by Dustin and Nate from The Silver Linings Playlist Podcast to break down Stallone's underdog script (allegedly written in three days), the real Chuck Wepner vs. Muhammad Ali fight that inspired it, Carl Weathers' criminally underrated Apollo Creed, and a running theory that Rocky himself reads as autistic-coded — "his special interest is punching." Plus: how this movie beat Taxi Driver, Network, and All the President's Men for Best Picture, whether the Rocky/Adrian romance holds up in 2026, and a Letterboxd reviews segment that gets weird fast.
On Imprint Cast's 100th Episode, join Tony Michas and John Mathews along with Imprint Cast Family Members, Paul Berriman and Ron Pettersson are also joined by special guest from Terry Talks Movies, film critic, Terry Frost.On this special episode they discuss the only X-Rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, Midnight Cowboy. The discussion includes when they first saw the film, the film itself, the performances, the controversies surrounding the film, censorship, the cast, the director and the special features on the only 4K UHD release worldwide of this classic.
MTD returned from the beach, Mark came back for another week of bad movies, and within five minutes the movie review had somehow become a pitch meeting for reality television. Brad introduced Life Stinks, where rich people have to survive homeless for 30 days, before Mark improved it with Life Swap, where a guy from rural Nebraska gets dropped into New York City while a city slicker gets sent to a farm and spends the next month being called "City Boy." Honestly, the guys may have accidentally come up with a better idea than the movie they were reviewing. Eventually they remembered they were supposed to talk about Backrooms. Brad's one-minute synopsis somehow made more sense than the actual movie. A struggling furniture salesman discovers mysterious endless hallways beneath his failing store, tells his psychiatrist about them, brings his coworkers inside, everyone starts disappearing, and somehow the psychiatrist decides that's enough evidence to go exploring herself. Sure... why not?The biggest surprise of the episode wasn't the movie—it was Mark. He admitted he genuinely loved the first hour of Backrooms, while Brad looked at him like he'd just nominated Madame Web for Best Picture. The debate lasted most of the episode, with Mark defending the atmosphere and Brad insisting the movie forgot one tiny detail... explaining literally anything. The one thing everyone agreed on was that the real star wasn't the furniture salesman or the psychiatrist—it was the backrooms themselves. Endless yellow hallways, buzzing fluorescent lights, abandoned office furniture, and that unsettling feeling of being somewhere you definitely shouldn't be. Brad even admitted the creepiest place he'd ever worked wasn't a haunted house—it was helping his girlfriend at Bath & Body Works after the mall closed. Apparently empty shopping malls at night are nightmare fuel all by themselves. As they broke down the movie, the questions just kept piling up. Why is Clark sleeping on mattresses he's supposed to sell? Who wants to buy a bed that's doubled as a grown man's apartment? How is this furniture store still in business when no customers ever appear? And who's paying the electric bill for an underground maze with enough fluorescent lights to power a small city? Naturally, none of those questions stayed on topic for long. Somehow the conversation turned into Brad explaining that if he ever lost an arm, he wouldn't want a modern prosthetic—he'd want a full Captain Hook hook. Not because it would be practical, but because people would remember him as "the hook-hand guy." By the end of the conversation they were designing interchangeable hook attachments like they were building the Swiss Army Knife of pirate hands. Then the movie paused so the guys could discuss psychiatry. Brad decided he'd make an awful therapist because he'd spend sessions doodling his autograph instead of listening. He also admitted he'd constantly want to tell Mark about the bizarre patients he'd seen that day, which is probably why becoming a psychiatrist was never in the cards. Ironically, the movie finally became its strongest once everyone entered the backrooms together. The found-footage scenes were genuinely creepy, the atmosphere worked, and both Brad and Mark were convinced the movie was about to take off. Instead, it introduced more mysteries than answers. Who was the figure lurking in the halls? What exactly are the backrooms? Why do they exist? The answer, apparently, is that you're supposed to watch the YouTube series first.By the end of the episode, the biggest mystery wasn't Backrooms. It was how a movie can make hundreds of millions of dollars while still leaving Brad convinced that the scariest thing in the entire film was buying a mattress that Clark had been sleeping—and farting—on for months.
Recorded - 8/22/2026 On Episode 386 of the Almost Sideways Movie Podcast, we review the new film diving into the younger years of Anthony Bourdain before we deep dive the runner-up in our recent 2011 Pinot Best Picture vote. Does Drive hold up 15 years later? Should it have been our Best Picture runner-up? Too low? Too high" Here are the highlights:(9:35) "13th" - Terry Oscar Anniversary Review(14:10) "Singing Behind Screens" - Todd Director Blindspot Review(18:40) "Don't Say Good Luck" - Zach Review(24:30) "Tony" - Featured Review"DRIVE" 15TH ANNIVERSARY DEEP DIVE(52:45) "Drive" Trivia(1:10:50) First Impressions & Thoughts(1:40:00) Mount Rushmore: Pawn Shop Sequences(1:48:10) Recasting "Drive"(2:05:15) Highest WAR, Worst Performance(2:16:20) Minor Character Triumvirate, Tripod of Depravity(2:26:15) Best Scene(2:28:50) Closing Thoughts(2:32:50) LVP, MVP, Quote of the DayFind AlmostSideways everywhere!http://almostsideways.comhttps://www.facebook.com/AlmostSidewayscom-130953353614569/AlmostSideways Twitter: @almostsidewaysTerry's Twitter: @almostsideterryZach's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/pro_zach36/Todd: Too Cool for TwitterAdam's Twitter: @adamsidewayshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almostsideways-podcast/id1270959022https://open.spotify.com/show/7oVcx7Y9U2Bj2dhTECzZ4mhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfEoLqGyjn9M5Mr8umWiktA/featured?view_as=subscriber
Join Ian and Maggie as they discuss 2016's Moonlight.
The Best Picture Show - Episode 18 Quintin and Sush discuss the 100 Best Picture winners from the last century of filmmaking. They discuss every Oscar ceremony, the historical context of each film, and how the film has stood the test of time. This episode they watch the Best Picture winner: The Lost Weekend. They discuss the first Billy Wilder film to win Best Picture and the films it beat in 1945.
Oreo Brewer & Cam Sully found it only appropriate to talk about another controversial, award-winning film and its Starz TV show spin-off during Godfather Week: Crash! TALKING POINTS: *Was thie the first acclaimed movie to have mixed reviews from local critics and audiences? *How does the Starz TV show truly make use of its multi-character scenarios? *Can anyone actually state why they think the film is racist or is it just due to the jealousy of wanting to not win Best Picture over Brokeback Mountain? *Can we like certain movies without being called "pretentious?" Can we like them without them even needing to win Best Picture? *How does this handle multiple storylines, social commentary & character tension like other East LA-set films such as American History X & Falling Down? *What are the technical mertis, complex characters and crime thriller aspects that make it almost a quasi-Godfather piece? *We also celebrate the many actors who emerged from this film (as well as how the creator was both rather talented yet also a terrible person who got rightfully cancelled)! SONG INTRO: "Afloat Pad" by Apple Free To Use Music
This week we are getting into A24's first financed film and its first Best Picture winner, "Moonlight." We talk about the long road to writing this film for Barry Jenkins. The original play the script was based on and the production of the film in Miami. We then dive into the film itself and talk about all of the aspects we love about the film. Finally, we each pair the film with another for a duo of double bills for your viewing pleasure!Thank you so much for listening!Support us at Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/DoubleBillChillCreated by Spike Alkire & Jake KelleyTheme Song by Breck McGoughFollow us on Instagram: @DoubleBillChillLetterboxd: FartsDomino44
Recorded - 8/16/2026 On Episode 385 of the Almost Sideways Movie Podcast, we finalize our summer celebration of 2011 by deep diving our winner for Best Picture. What makes A Separation an all-time masterpiece? We also featured two new releases in our reviews (and no one gives a thumbs down to either of them). Here are the highlights:What We've Been Watching(5:50) "Images" - Todd Director Blindspot Review(7:45) "The Last House" - Adam & Terry Review(13:20) "Superman Returns" - Terry Oscar Anniversary Review(18:55) "Dirtbag: The Legend of Fred Beckey" - Zach Review(23:00) "The End of Oak Street" - Featured Review(41:50) "The Rivals of Amziah King" - Featured Review"A SEPARATION" 2011 PINOT BEST PICTURE DEEP DIVE(55:45) "A Separation" Trivia(1:08:20) First Impressions & Discussion(1:51:10) Mount Rushmore: Films Set in the Middle East(2:01:15) Recasting "A Separation"(2:09:00) Best Scene(2:15:25) Other Categories(2:28:00) Quote of the DayFind AlmostSideways everywhere!http://almostsideways.comhttps://www.facebook.com/AlmostSidewayscom-130953353614569/AlmostSideways Twitter: @almostsidewaysTerry's Twitter: @almostsideterryZach's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/pro_zach36/Todd: Too Cool for TwitterAdam's Twitter: @adamsidewayshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almostsideways-podcast/id1270959022https://open.spotify.com/show/7oVcx7Y9U2Bj2dhTECzZ4mhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfEoLqGyjn9M5Mr8umWiktA/featured?view_as=subscriber
Following our 505th episode of The Next Best Picture Podcast, we're back with a new episode of Mailbag Monday. Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer, Larry Fried & Tom O'Brien join me in this new series dedicated entirely to answering your fan-submitted questions from the NBP Film Community. Covering everything from the latest movie news, awards season, and Oscar predictions to filmmaking, industry trends, and whatever else is on your mind, Mailbag Monday allows us to engage more directly with all of you every week. Thank you to everyone who submitted questions for this episode, whether on our X account or on our Discord (Patreon members get a private link to chat with other members of NBP and me). If you'd like to be featured on a future edition of Mailbag Monday, be sure to leave your questions in the comments or submit them through our social media channels every Sunday morning when prompted on our X account. We hope you'll join us every Monday as we continue the conversation beyond our weekly Sunday podcast. Thank you, as always, for listening, subscribing, and supporting Next Best Picture, and helping us build such an incredible film community. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/c0xMRxwgfo4 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
Betsy and Greg take a trip to Italy with the foreign entry in the 1995 Best Picture race, Il Postino. What's your favorite non-English nominees? Let us know at poppingcollarspodcast@gmail.com or send us your favorite foreign recs on socials Find us on the web at poppingcollarspodcast.com Don't forget to pick up some awesome merch Check out our Youtube offerings Read Greg's ramblings about movies at Letterboxd
The Best Picture Show - Episode 17 Quintin and Sush discuss the 100 Best Picture winners from the last century of filmmaking. They discuss every Oscar ceremony, the historical context of each film, and how the film has stood the test of time. This episode they watch the Best Picture winner: Going My Way. They are divided on how strong of a winner this movie is compared to the films it beat during the Academy Awards.
As the wait for the next Best Picture to reveal itself continues, we discuss Xan's pick , "Fantastic Planet"!!!Twitter : @oscarsgold @hidarknesspod @beatlesblonde @udanax19Facebook : facebook.com/goldstandardoscarsPatreon : patreon.com/goldstandardoscars
We're back, bitches! Along with filmmaker and podcaster extraordinaire Chris Moore, we journeyed to the fucked up land of the suburbs to tackle the 1999 Best Picture winner American Beauty! Do we spend most of the time gushing over Annette Bening, you'll have to listen to find out! Patreon episodes returning soon with exclusive content over at patreon.com/triplemmmpodFollow us on the socials @triplemmmpodClayton - @justhappy2cuShawn - @murphthesmurphChris - @somepeopleaintmeEmail - menwholikemenwholikemoviespod@gmail.comIf you're enjoying the pod, give us a rate/review - it helps SO much!Don't forget to be kind out there!
Mostly Film – Take 243: Harrison Ford In Review — Episode 4Peak Ford. Jonathan and JP cover the three-year stretch — 1992, 1993, 1994 — where Harrison Ford was the biggest movie star in the world outside of his own franchises. Combined worldwide gross across three films: approximately $572 million. All three opened at number one. One of them held number one for six consecutive weeks.First, Patriot Games. Alec Baldwin was unavailable due to a Broadway commitment, McTiernan left when Baldwin left, Tom Clancy publicly asked for his name removed from the production, and Ford stepped into Jack Ryan anyway. The original ending tested so badly they scrapped it entirely and reshot the climax — during which Ford accidentally hit Sean Bean in the face with a boat hook and gave him a scar that the Sharpe makeup department later leaned into for authenticity. The satellite strike sequence caused brief concern at the Pentagon. Roger Ebert complained about the Indiana Jones ending. The question: does Ford make Jack Ryan his own, or is he always playing Alec Baldwin's character?Then The Fugitive. Twenty-five drafts, nine writers, six editors, and a script that still wasn't finished when they started shooting. Baldwin, Costner, Douglas, and Nolte were all considered before Ford. Nobody involved had seen the original TV series. Tommy Lee Jones improvised "I don't care" during a freezing sewer sequence, told Joe Pantoliano nobody would win any awards for this film, then won the Oscar, the Golden Globe, and every critics' prize going. The train crash was 27 cameras, one take, no miniatures. The St. Patrick's Day parade was shot in the real parade with no rehearsal. Seven Oscar nominations including Best Picture. The only TV adaptation ever nominated for that award. The big question for the episode: is The Fugitive the best film Harrison Ford ever made outside of Star Wars and Indiana Jones?Then Clear and Present Danger — three screenwriters, Clancy still not fully happy, and Ford's own stated favourite of the two Jack Ryan films he made. A film whose central thesis is that telling the truth to Congress is more dangerous than participating in a cover-up. It felt provocative in 1994. It has dated extremely well.After 1994, Ford never made another Jack Ryan film. The question that hangs over the episode — and sets up Episode 5: what happens to Harrison Ford's career after the peak?
The surviving 4 films of the 1929 Best Picture race have a combined iMDB rating of 22.2. That's adding them all up. It's...not great.
Recorded - 8/8/2026 On Episode 384 of the Almost Sideways Movie Podcast, we finalize our summer project of honoring the films from 15 years ago by awarding our final Pinots for 2011. What will take home Best Picture and be our deep dive next week? We also review the film that won our "Come to the Stable" category for 2011 as a first time watch for everyone. Here are the highlights:What We've Been Watching(4:00) "Crime of the Century" - Todd Director Blindspot Review(5:50) "I Swear" - Todd Review/Rant(11:35) "Olmo" - Zach Review(15:45) "One Night Only" - Zach & Terry Review(26:35) "Loving" - Terry Oscar Anniversary Review(29:50) "The Running Man" - Adam Pinot Blindspot Review2011 PINOT FINALS!!!(31:55) "Henry's Crime" - Featured "Come to the Stable" Winning Review(54:10) 2011 Pinot Reveal Initial Thoughts(56:30) Best Actor(1:04:15) Highest WAR(1:11:10) Best Adapted Screenplay(1:14:00) Best Original Screenplay(1:18:20) Best Ensemble(1:21:55) Best Scene(1:26:50) Best Supporting Actor(1:30:15) Best Actress(1:36:35) Best Director(1:39:25) '61 Cheval Blanc(1:53:30) Best Actress(1:59:05) Best Picture(2:07:30) Quote of the DayFind AlmostSideways everywhere!http://almostsideways.comhttps://www.facebook.com/AlmostSidewayscom-130953353614569/AlmostSideways Twitter: @almostsidewaysTerry's Twitter: @almostsideterryZach's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/pro_zach36/Todd: Too Cool for TwitterAdam's Twitter: @adamsidewayshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/almostsideways-podcast/id1270959022https://open.spotify.com/show/7oVcx7Y9U2Bj2dhTECzZ4mhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfEoLqGyjn9M5Mr8umWiktA/featured?view_as=subscriber
Hello and welcome to Redshirt Cinema Club, a podcast about fandom and watching movies with friends. Today, it's Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan's multi-award-winning 2023 biopic of the man who made the bomb. Best Picture. Best actor for Cillian Murphy, Best Director for Nolan himself. But can it win the less-prestigious but harder-to-obtain award for entertaining all three of the Redshirt Cinema Club hosts? Let's find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on ClapperCast, Jakub Flasz joins Carson Timar to continue ClapperCast's Best Picture Rewind series by discussing 1959's Ben-Hur and what the film represents as a Best Picture winner! Subscribe on Patreon for Bonus Episodes & Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/clappercastpodEmail us at ClapperCast@gmail.com- Social Media Links -Twitter: https://twitter.com/ClapperPodcastLetterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/clappercast/Carson Timar: https://bsky.app/profile/carsontimar.bsky.socialJakub Flasz: https://letterboxd.com/jakubflasz/Create Your Podcast on Zencastr Today: https://zencastr.com/?via=clappercastThanks for Watching!
On episode 357 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch contributors Josh Parham and Karen Peterson to go back 55 years and take a look at the 44th Academy Awards, covering the films of 1971. In another Oscar retrospective, the team go back this week to the start of the 1970s, where Hollywood was in a transition period within the films of the past; costume dramas and period pieces, and the films that would dominate the decade; auteur, original filmmaking from new voices in cinema. One of those voices was director William Friedkin, who broke big in 1971 with The French Connection, a neo-noir, action thriller about a narcotics detective trying to take down a big-time, connected drug dealer. The film was a massive success for the director and its star Gene Hackman, with the Academy awarding them Oscar gold. But will the team let Friedkin and company keep their Oscars? The Best Picture winner, alongside A Clockwork Orange, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Devils, A New Leaf, Dirty Harry, The Last Picture Show, Nicholas and Alexandra, Fiddler on the Roof, Harold and Maude, and more were mentioned on the show. In their in-depth discussion, the AW team talked about the film year of 1971, briefly discuss talk about The French Connection as a Best Picture winner, and how that speaks to the legacy of their nominates and or wins, do an extensive conversation over the below the line categories and nominees for the year, and then the new version of the AW Shoulda Woulda Coulda game, where instead of individual replacements, they must decide as a group who the nominees and winners should be in the top eight categories. The rules of the game state they can only replace two of the nominees that year from each category, except in Best Picture, where the group could replace up to three films to make up the final set of five nominated films. Like past retrospective episodes, it was a fascinating, fun conversation including spirited debates, alliances, vote swinging, celebrating various movies, performances that aren't normally talked about and more that we all hope you enjoy. You can listen to The AwardsWatch Podcast wherever you stream podcasts, from iTunes, iHeartRadio, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, Amazon Music and more. You can also listen on the AW YouTube page. This podcast runs 2h26m. We will be back next week to talk about the latest film from the director David Robert Mitchell, The End of Oak Street. Till then, let's get into it. Music: "Modern Fashion" from AShamaleuvmusic (intro), "B-3" from BoxCat Games Nameless: The Hackers RPG Soundtrack (outro).
The Best Picture Show - Episode 16 Quintin and Sush discuss the 100 Best Picture winners from the last century of filmmaking. They discuss every Oscar ceremony, the historical context of each film, and how the film has stood the test of time. This episode they watch the Best Picture winner: Casablanca. They discuss their thoughts on one of the greatest romantic films of all time.
Don't Kill the Messenger with movie research expert Kevin Goetz
Send Kevin a Text MessageJim Orr is President of Domestic Theatrical Distribution at Universal Pictures. He began his career at Paramount and joined Universal in 2016 after leading distribution at Focus Features and MGM. Brandon Purdie is Executive Vice President and Head of Theatrical Distribution at Angel Studios, the audience-funded studio behind Sound of Freedom, where he helped build a community-driven model that puts greenlight decisions in the hands of its 2.4 million members. Host Kevin Goetz brings the two together for a wide-ranging conversation on how films find audiences in an era of theaters, streaming, VOD, and direct fan engagement.From Del Monte to Distribution (08:41): Orr recounts talking his way into a sales job at Del Monte out of college, then cold-calling studio distribution heads until Paramount hired him on the spot.The Roadshow Era and the First Wide Break (11:36): Orr traces distribution's earliest days, when prints traveled by car with regional reps, through to the thousand-plus theater breaks standard by the time of Star Trek.Content Is Still King (23:02): Both guests agree the movie itself remains the deciding factor in box office success, with Purdie noting a quiet week usually just means there isn't a film people want to see yet.Building Angel Studios from a Membership, Not a Subscription (30:02): Purdie explains Angel's founding principle: no executive can greenlight a film without approval from the Angel Guild, whose members vote on projects and get free tickets to every release.Pay It Forward and the Sound of Freedom Phenomenon (34:06): Purdie details how Angel's "Pay It Forward" ticketing model generated more than $20 million in donated tickets, helping turn Sound of Freedom into a summer 2023 box office surprise.The Green Book Playbook (44:27): Orr points to Green Book as his proudest Universal moment, explaining how a deliberately limited release avoided split grosses and let the film build week over week toward a Best Picture win.What Keeps Them Up at Night, and the Next Five Years (49:26): Purdie names human apathy as Angel's biggest threat. Orr predicts modest theater consolidation and growth in premium formats, while Purdie sees Angel continuing to scale its guild and slate.Host: Kevin GoetzGuests: Jim Orr and Brandon PurdieProducer: Kari CampanoWriters: Kevin Goetz, Darlene Hayman, and Kari CampanoAudio Engineer: Gary Forbes (DG Entertainment)For more information about Jim Orr and Brandon Purdie:Jim Orr (Universal Pictures): https://www.universalpictures.com/leadership-team/?name=jim-orrJim Orr (LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/in/jim-orr-50ab7b8/For more information about Kevin Goetz:- Website: www.KevinGoetz360.com- Audienceology Book: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Audience-ology/Kevin-Goetz/9781982186678- How to Score in Hollywood: https://www.amazon.com/How-Score-Hollywood-Secrets-Business/dp/198218986X/- Facebook, X, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Substack: @KevinGoetz360- LinkedIn @Kevin Goetz- Screen Engine/ASI Website: www.ScreenEngineASI.com
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 We recently reviewed Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight," a film that many feel should've been part of the Best Picture lineup in 2008. So, it only makes sense that, as Nolan is once again getting his revenge with another new film in theaters, we revisit the film that was widely seen as the one that took his masterpiece out of the lineup, and that's "The Reader," starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin & Bruno Ganz. Directed by Stephen Daldry and written by David Hare based on the novel "Der Vorleser" by Bernhard Schlink, this Holocaust drama has become the poster child for the term "Oscar bait" in the years since its release (and was widely seen as such then) as it saw Winslet in another awards magnet performance that the Academy finally decided to give her an Oscar for, produced and pushed by Harvey Weinstein at the height of his powers, the film has not aged well to say the least, certainly compared to the other films it beat out that Oscar season for major nominations including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay. What did we think of it? Please tune in as Nadia Dalimonte, Dan Bayer, Amy Kim, Will Mavity, and I talk about the film's screenplay, Winslet's performance, Daldry's direction, the score, the cinematography, its awards season run, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Please check out our past reviews for "Frost/Nixon," "Doubt," "Changeling," "Revolutionary Road," "WALL-E, "Milk," and "The Dark Knight." We appreciate your support and hope you enjoy our review! https://youtu.be/mZmWKG8JSFg 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
This week, your two favorite Matts discuss The Odyssey becoming this summer's biggest blockbuster, many actors joining the 13 Going on 30 reboot, La La Land updating its posting for the 10th Anniversary, and more!Fill out the Two Gay Matts listener survey!Get some of our brand new merch from shoptwogaymatts.com!Become a part of our newly revamped Patreon!Watch Matt Steele's movie DIVOS!Watch us on YouTubeFollow @mattpalmermusicFollow @itsmattsteele Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
"What you have to understand is, four days ago he was only my brother in name and this morning we had pancakes." It's time for another Frankie favourite here on Film Junk: the 1988 road trip dramedy Rain Man! This one was a huge blockbuster at the time and went on to win four Oscars including Best Picture. But has it been forgotten and a little underappreciated over the years? Was Dustin Hoffman right to question his own performance? Was Tom Cruise snubbed by the Academy that year? Did Hans Zimmer's score break new ground or was it just following '80s trends? Would Raymond really say "Kmart sucks"? Definitely three minutes to Wapner... hurry up and listen to this week's episode of the Film Junk Podcast.