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TLDR; Father/Daughter team watch and review all movies nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, starting back in 1927.
Welcome to Shea Cinema, The Best Picture Project!
Join host Sara Shea and her father, William Shea, as they watch and explore every film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Sara and Dad are recreating a project Sara assigned to her high school Film Studies students, which includes contextual historical research, discussing their personal responses to each film, what makes these films important, why these films need to be understood in context, and, finally, did the winner deserve the Oscar?
So grab your popcorn, pull up a chair, sit back and relax, and let's begin Shea Cinema.
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(Episode recorded November 15, 2025) Review #12 of the season, and another bonus episode! Plus, it's our second musical in a row! Come listen to Sara and Dad literally giggle about this ridiculous, lovely film. Gold Diggers of 1933 - A Classic Musical with a Bold Social Message Join us as we explore Gold Diggers of 1933, a dazzling pre-Code musical that captures the spirit and struggles of the Great Depression era. We dive into its production, cultural impact, and the remarkable sequences tha...
(Episode recorded May 7, 2025) Review #11 of the season, and our 7th nominee for Outstanding Production at the Sixth Academy Awards. 42nd Steet is a full-blown musical, and we have a full-blown stupendous guest in Klarissa Beckstead from I've Seen That One! The film's musical numbers are staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It stars an ensemble cast of Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers. It was one of the most successful motion ...
(Episode recorded November 2, 2024) 00:00 Introduction to Shea Cinema and King Kong 01:54 Guest Intro: Andrew Corns 05:31 The Academy Awards and Cultural Context 10:52 Production Insights and Screenplay Details 14:29 King Kong Musical 18:00 King Kong's Legacy and Influence on Cinema 28:17 Connections to Literature and Personal History 36:33 Character Development and Themes in King Kong 45:06 Censorship and the Evolution of King Kong 51:54 History Timeline, Feb/Mar 1933 52:08 Historical Contex...
(Episode recorded November 2, 2024) While the official episode on King Kong is just over three hours, Sara, Dad, and guest Andrew Corns recorded for nearly four hours! Not everything deserves to wind up on the cutting room floor, however. Case in point, this little snippet was too fun to discard entirely, but didn't fit into the larger discussion of the film (plus it was before we started the show--which you can hear at the very end). It's a little look behind the curtain, or behind the micro...
(Episode recorded October 26, 2024) It's our ninth review of the season, and our sixth nominee for Outstanding Production at the Sixth Academy Awards. State Fair is based on the bestselling 1932 novel by Phil Stong, and was the first of three film adaptations of the novel; the others were both musical adaptations made in 1945 and 1962. This family adventure at the local fair boasts the return of Janet Gaynor (our first time seeing her in a talkie since our first season where she starred in tw...
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