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If you love the Oscars, retrospectives, or just films in general, this is the podcast for you! Every episode will see a different nominee for the Academy Award for Best Picture be put under the spotlight, and we will be discussing in depth about the film’s themes and quality; its relevance and reception over time; and the Oscar recognition it achieved. All of this to ask the big question- was it worthy of its place in the illustrious category of Best Picture.
Hosted and produced by Joseph Trusson.
Logo artwork by Jamie-Luke Bailey.
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Hosted and produced by Joseph Trusson.
Logo artwork by Jamie-Luke Bailey.
https://linktr.ee/bestpicturepodcast
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Joseph and Jamie discuss their predictions for the 98th Academy Awards in all 24 categories.
Joseph and Jamie discuss the final 2 nominees in their series reviewing the films nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars: Joseph Kosinski's sports drama film F1, starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris; and Guillermo Del Toro's gothic horror/sci-fi Frankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi.
Joseph and Jamie discuss two more of the Best Picture nominees: Chloe Zhao's period drama Hamnet, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal; and Joachim Trier's Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value, starring Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård.
In this Best Actor special, Joseph and Jamie discuss the state of the race following Michael B. Jordan's surprise win at the Actor Awards. They then review two of the Best Picture-nominated films that feature performances nominated in Best Actor: Josh Safdie's sports comedy-drama Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet; and Kleber Mendonça Filho's historical political thriller The Secret Agent, starring Wagner Moura.
Joseph and Jamie discuss the winners of the BAFTA Film Awards and the state of the Oscars race before reviewing two more Best Picture nominees: Yorgos Lanthimos' sci-fi satirical thriller Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons; and Clint Bentley's Train Dreams, the Best Feature winner at the Independent Spirit Awards, starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones.
Joseph and Jamie spin the wheel to determine the order to discuss their predictions in all 24 categories for the 98th Academy Awards. Considering what the precursors have told us, as well as making a few 'No Guts, No Glory' picks, debate ensues as the Best Picture Must Be Doing Something Right Podcast returns for another year!
Joseph and Jamie do a round-up of awards season so far, discussing their predictions for the Independent Spirit Awards and, very briefly, the BAFTAs, before discussing the two most nominated films at this year's Oscars: Paul Thomas Anderson's action/comedy/thriller One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and Ryan Coogler's folk horror Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan.
Joseph and Jamie predict all 23 categories at the 97th Academy Awards- is Anora winning Best Picture? Or is Conclave going to cause an upset?
Joseph and Jamie discuss the final two Best Picture nominees: James Mangold's music biopic A Complete Unknown, which stars Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan, who has earned one of the film's three acting Oscar nominations; and Walter Salles' Brazilian drama I'm Still Here, starring Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres. We also give our own personal picks in each Oscars category as well as our ranking of the 10 Best Picture nominees.
Joseph and Jamie review two more Best Picture nominees: Brady Corbet's epic drama The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody; and Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi Dune: Part Two, the second film of the franchise to be nominated for Best Picture.
In this bumper episode, Joseph and Jamie reflect on the BAFTA winners; make predictions for the upcoming SAG Awards; and review two more Best Picture nominees: RaMell Ross' drama Nickel Boys, and Jacques Audiard's crime-musical Emilia Perez.
Joseph and Jamie predict the upcoming British Academy Film Awards, and go on to discuss one of the most decorated films of this year's awards season: Conclave, directed by Edward Berger, and starring Ralph Fiennes, who earned his first Oscar nomination in 28 years for his turn as Cardinal Lawrence.
Joseph and Jamie discuss the Critics Choice, PGA and DGA Awards winners, and the momentum shift in the Best Picture race towards Sean Baker's Anora. The comedy-drama is now the frontrunner to win the top prize- we review the film and its Oscar chances.
Joseph and Jamie are joined by special guest Jacob, who offers an insight on what it is like to work on the production of a Best Picture nominated film. The topic of the discussion is Jon M. Chu's musical adaptation, Wicked, which stars Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande, and is nominated for 10 Academy Awards.
Joseph and Jamie react to the Oscar nominations, and give their take on the Best Picture nominee The Substance, Coralie Fargeat's body horror-comedy starring Best Actress frontrunner Demi Moore.
Joseph and Jamie discuss their predictions for the 97th Academy Awards Nominations.
Joseph and Jamie discuss their predictions for the 96th Academy Awards. Is Oppenheimer going to sweep? Who's going to win the tightly contested Best Actress race? We debate this and more in our concluding episode of the season.
Joseph and Jamie discuss Cord Jefferson's comedy American Fiction, starring Oscar nominees Jeffrey Wright and Sterling K. Brown, and Bradley Cooper's biographical drama Maestro, in which he stars opposite Carey Mulligan.
Joseph and Jamie discuss both of the summer box office smash hits that are nominated for a combined 21 Oscars this year: Greta Gerwig's comedy Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, and the Best Picture frontrunner, Christopher Nolan's biographical drama Oppenheimer, starring Cillian Murphy and Robert Downey Jr.
Joseph and Jamie discuss Yorgos Lanthimos' genre-defying Poor Things, which is nominated for 11 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, as well as Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor nods for its stars Emma Stone and Mark Ruffalo.
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