Episode 19 - It's A Tragesty

Ahhh, the Oscars. First half of the episode is Rachel and Maddie making their picks for winners, and the second half is their reactions to the winners. Irene and Yayoi both stop in with their opinions. OVER IT: Oscar bait war movies, fat suits, apology Oscars. HERE FOR IT: Naatu Naatu, first-time nominees, animation is film. Movies discussed (* indicates spoilers): Nomadland, Tár Avatar: The Way of Water Babylon, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All At Once, Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Black Panther All Quiet on the Western Front, BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, Empire of Light The Batman, The Whale*, The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021) Top Gun: Maverick The Fabelmans Banshees of Inisherin, La La Land RRR My Year of Dicks All That Breathes, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Fire of Love, House Made of Splinters, Navalny Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinnochio, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Sea Beast, Turning Red Argentina, 1985, Close, EO, The Quiet Girl, Saint Omer, Decision to Leave Triangle of Sadness Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, Living, Women Talking Causeway Showing Up Aftersun, Ikiru, La chambre Blonde, To Leslie The Hurt Locker, Zero Dark Thirty Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story The Secret Life of Pets, In the Mood for Love, Nope, Titane, The Northman, Monster, CODA, Parasite Past Lives, The Persian Version, Shortcoming, Passages, Magazine Dreams The Souvenir, The Souvenir: Part II, Scream VI, Showing Up, A Good Person, Garden State The Smartest People in the Room is hosted by Rachel Casey and Maddie Weiner. It is edited by Maddie Weiner. Original theme and interstitial music is by Scott Boice - follow him on Instagram @sc00gle and find more of his work on Bandcamp.