Special guest Mark Johnson (AwardsWatch, The Contending) joins Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen for a lengthy discussion about the state of the Oscar race. What's ahead, what could upset, what are the themes that drive this race?
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen on what wins PGA, DGA and Best Picture. Plus our top twenty favorite Best Actress winners.
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the Gotham nominations and the Wicked reactions. In the second half, we name our favorite 20 Best Picture winners.
Heading out of October, the Middleburg fest resulted in two winners for the Audience Award - Hamnet and Rental Family. The AFI Fest is coming to a close and we're still trying to figure out where One Battle After Another will land
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the Best Picture race and why Hamnet might be the one to beat. Does emotion drive the Best Picture race or does Film Twitter? Can One Battle After Another overcome box office failure?
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen discuss the impact of Marty Supreme on the race and where each category now stands.
Mark Johnson joins Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen to dive into the Best Picture race and the other categories to discuss the frontrunners and whether or not box office hurts One Battle After Another or not.
Sasha Stone, Jeremy Jentzen and Scott Kernen run through Best Director, the acting categories and Best Picture looking for our frontrunners and challengers.
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen talk Oscar predictions plus paying tribute to Robert Redford on his death at the age of 89.
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen talk about One Battle After Another and how it landed with the critics. Does that make it an Oscar frontrunner? Is it the Oscar frontrunner? Have a listen.
Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen have a long conversation about Telluride and Venice Film Festivals. Scott Kernene attended and viewed all the movies, both seen and unseen.
Sasha Stone continues the Oscar Primer series by talking about the tastemakers who head to film festivals everywhere and help shape the Oscar race.
Sasha Stone begins the weekly podcast series leading up to the 2026 Oscars, featuring new guests Jeremy Jentzen and Scott Kernen. From AwardsDaily.com.
Mark Johnson joins Sasha Stone to discuss how important stats are to predicting the Oscars. We also go through our preliminary predictions before Venice and Telluride.
The film critics dominate the Oscars now in a way they never did in the past. But what defines a critic now? Almost anyone can write reviews and shape the Oscar race. So what are they? How much power do they have? Are they good or bad for the Oscars?
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Jeff Wells recounts his trip to Cannes and the films he saw that he liked, and which ones will land in the Oscar race. It's a quick summary of Jeff's thoughts while Sasha mostly listens.
AwardsDaily's Sasha Stone and Hollywood-Elsewhere's Jeffrey Wells get together for a conversation about what's happening right now. What is Sinners about? What are its Oscar chances? Also talk about David Mamet's Henry Johnson and the upcoming Cannes Film Festival.
Sasha Stone and Jeff Wells take us back in time to discuss Marlon Brando and Maria Schneider's Last Tango in Paris, plus we discuss how the Oscar game can sometimes kill movies.
Sasha Stone is joined by Hollywood-Elsewhere's Jeff Wells to discuss all of the movies coming up this year.