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Oscar Wild — 311 episodes

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Fall Film Festival Recap (Venice, Telluride, TIFF) and a New York Film Festival Preview

2

Moulin Rouge! at 25 (ft. Connor and Dylan MacDowell)

3

Awards Season Check-in: Film Festival Announcement Round-Up

4

The Odyssey

5

The 2026 Mid-Year Oscars

6

Our Very Early 2027 Oscar Predictions

7

Early 2026 Release Round-Up

8

Cannes Film Festival Recap II

9

Cannes Film Festival Recap I

10

2026 Cannes Film Festival Preview

11

Oscar Rewind: 2016 Oscars ('La La Land' and 'Moonlight')

12

“One Oscar After Another”: Our Recap of the 98th Academy Awards (feat. Bennett Prosser)

13

2026 Final Oscar Predictions

14

2026 Oscar Contenders VII: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, Casting, Director, and Picture

15

2026 Oscar Contenders VI: Actor and Actress

16

2026 Oscar Contenders V: Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress

17

2026 Oscar Contenders IV: International Feature, Documentary Feature, Animated Feature, Animated Short Film, Live Action Short Film, and Documentary Short Film

18

2026 Oscar Contenders III: Film Editing, Cinematography, and Visual Effects

19

2026 Oscar Contenders II: Original Song, Original Score, and Sound (feat. Bennett Prosser)

20

2026 Oscar Contenders I: Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, and Production Design

21

2026 Oscar Nominations Predictions

22

2026 Golden Globes Recap & Guild Updates

23

2026 Movie Preview Special 

24

Our Favorite Movies of 2025

25

2026 Oscar Shortlists Recap (ft. Bennett Prosser)

26

Awards Season Check-In: Critics Prizes, The Gotham Awards & Golden Globe Nominations

27

‘Wicked: For Good’ Review (feat. Connor and Dylan MacDowell)

28

Fall Release Round-Up: ‘Bugonia,’ ‘Frankenstein,’ ‘Die My Love,’ and ‘Jay Kelly’

29

Frequent Cinematic Collaborators (& Lovers): Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart

30

Updated 2026 Oscar Nomination Predictions

31

Frequent Cinematic Collaborators: Alfred Hitchcock & Edith Head

32

The 63rd New York Film Festival Week Two Recap

33

The 63rd New York Film Festival Week One Recap

34

‘One Battle After Another’ Review

35

Fall Festival Recap 2025: Venice, Telluride, and Toronto

36

2025 Fall Festival Movie Preview

37

Oscar Rewind: The 1965 Oscars (‘The Sound of Music’)

38

Summer 2025 Release Round-Up

39

'Mad Max: Fury Road' at 10 (feat. Kyle Buchanan)

40

Oscars of the Decade So Far

41

The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century (So Far)

42

Oscar Rewind: ‘Brokeback Mountain’ at 20

43

‘Materialists’ Review + Very Early 2026 Oscar Predictions

44

Steven Spielberg and John Williams: ‘Jaws’ at 50

45

After Dark Preview: ’Suspiria’

46

78th Cannes Film Festival Recap

47

Akira Kurosawa & Toshiro Mifune: ‘Rashomon’ & ‘High and Low’

48

Remembering James Dean 70 Years Later: ‘East of Eden’ and ‘Rebel Without a Cause’

49

’Sinners’ Review + Other Early 2025 Releases

50

‘Almost Famous’ at 25

51

Our Recap of the 97th Academy Awards

52

Final 2025 Oscar Predictions

53

Oscar Contenders VI: Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Director, Picture

54

Oscar Contenders V: International Feature, Documentary Feature, Animated Feature, Live Action Short, Animated Short, and Documentary Short

55

Oscar Contenders IV: Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Actor, Actress

56

Oscar Contenders III: Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, Production Design, and Visual Effects

57

Oscar Contenders II: Cinematography and Film Editing

58

Oscar Contenders I: Original Song, Original Score, Sound (feat. Bennett Prosser)

59

2025 Oscar Nominations Reactions

60

2025 (Not So) Final Oscar Nomination Predictions

61

2025 Movie Preview Special + Golden Globes Reactions

62

Our Favorite Movies of 2024

63

Christmas Release Round-Up: ‘Babygirl,’ ‘A Complete Unknown,’ & ‘Nosferatu’

64

‘White Christmas’ at 70

65

Awards Season Check-In: Golden Globe Nominations and Critics Prizes

66

After Dark Preview: 'Eyes Wide Shut' at 25

67

‘Wicked’ Review (feat. Connor and Dylan MacDowell)

68

‘Gladiator II’

69

‘The Wizard of Oz’ at 85

70

Oscar Rewind: John Ford (‘The Informer,’ ‘The Grapes of Wrath,’ & ‘The Quiet Man’)

71

After Dark: ‘National Treasure’ at 20

72

‘The Omen’ (1976)

73

The 62nd New York Film Festival Week Two + ‘Anora’ Review

74

The 62nd New York Film Festival Recap: Week One

75

'The Substance'

76

2024 Venice, Telluride, and Toronto Film Festival Recap & NYFF Preview

77

Fall 2024 Movie Preview (feat. Ben VanHoose)

78

1974 Oscar Rewind: ‘Blazing Saddles’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’

79

The 2025 Awards Season Fantasy Draft: All-Stars Edition

80

They Didn’t Win For That? Irene Dunne in ’The Awful Truth’

81

Mailbag!

82

'On the Waterfront' at 70

83

‘Alien’ & ‘Aliens’ Double Feature

84

'Twisters'

85

After Dark: ‘The Notebook’ at 20

86

Spooky Screenings: 'A Quiet Place: Day One,' 'MaXXXine,' and 'Longlegs'

87

Remembering Donald Sutherland in ‘Ordinary People’

88

Too Early 2025 Oscar Predictions

89

‘Inside Out 2’ feat. Ryan Lamb

90

After Dark Preview: ‘School of Rock’

91

'Hit Man'

92

'Furiosa' Review and 77th Cannes Film Festival Recap

93

Early 2024 Release Round-Up

94

They Didn’t Win For That? Annette Bening in ‘American Beauty’

95

'Challengers'

96

'The Conversation' at 50

97

‘Chinatown’ at 50

98

'The Godfather Part II' at 50

99

Bonus: 'Dune: Part Two'

100

Anatomy of the 96th Oscars: A Recap & Smash or Pass

101

Final 2024 Oscar Predictions

102

Contenders V: Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Director, Picture

103

Oscar Contenders IV: International Feature, Documentary Feature, Animated Feature, Live Action Short, Animated Short, and Documentary Short

104

Oscar Contenders III: Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Actor, and Actress

105

Oscar Contenders II: Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, Production Design, and Cinematography

106

Oscar Contenders I: Original Song, Original Score, Sound, Film Editing, and Visual Effects

107

2024 Oscar Nomination Reactions

108

Final 2024 Oscar Nomination Predictions

109

2024 Movie Preview Special

110

Best Movies of 2023

111

The 2024 Oscar Shortlists (ft. Bennett Prosser)

112

The Oscar Wild Top 200

113

Awards Season Check-In IV: ‘Poor Things,’ ‘American Fiction,’ LAFCA Awards, and Golden Globe Nominations

114

Awards Season Check-In III: 'May December,' 'The Boy and the Heron,' and NYFCC Awards

115

After Dark Preview: 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas' and 'The Family Stone'

116

Always Remember Us This Way: ‘A Star Is Born’ (1937, 1954, 1976, 2018) (ft. Connor and Dylan MacDowell)

117

Awards Season Check-In II: 'Rustin' and 'Saltburn'

118

Awards Season Check In I: 'Priscilla,' 'The Holdovers,' 'The Killer,' and 'Nyad'

119

After Dark Preview: ‘The Exorcist: Believer’, ‘The Exorcist II: The Heretic, and ‘The Exorcist III’ (feat. Cody Dericks)

120

'Killers of the Flower Moon'

121

The 61st New York Film Festival Recap (ft. Bennett Prosser)

122

'Anatomy of a Fall'

123

A Symphony of Horror: From 'Nosferatu' to 'Bram Stoker’s Dracula'

124

New York Movies: 'Rosemary's Baby' and 'Saturday Night Fever'

125

Fall Festival Recap I: Venice, Telluride, and Toronto

126

Stanwyck September (Stella Dallas, Ball of Fire, and Sorry Wrong Number)

127

Oscar Rewind: The 1953 Oscars (From Here to Eternity)

128

After Dark Preview: The 1993 Oscars with 'Addams Family Values' and 'Mrs. Doubtfire'

129

The 2024 Awards Season Fantasy Draft (ft. Bennett Prosser)

130

They Won for That? Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon

131

Summer 2023 Movie Release Round-Up

132

The Wonderful World of Hayao Miyazaki with 'My Neighbor Totoro' and 'Spirited Away' (ft. Ryan McQuade)

133

'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer': The Greatest Existentialist Summer Movie Double Feature

134

Cancer Season with George Cukor: ‘The Philadelphia Story,’ ‘Gaslight,’ and ‘Born Yesterday’

135

Disney Centennial Movie Draft

136

Spielberg Double Feature: 'Jurassic Park' and 'Schindler's List' at 30

137

Cancer Season with Billy Wilder: 'Sabrina' and 'The Apartment'

138

'Asteroid City' and 'Past Lives'

139

Very Early 2024 Oscar Predictions

140

Jane June: ‘They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?’ and ‘Coming Home’

141

The 2023 Cannes Film Festival Recap & Winners

142

Faye Prefers Blondes: “The Thomas Crown Affair,” “The Towering Inferno,” and “Three Days of the Condor”

143

After Dark Preview: Faye Goes to Camp in 'Mommie Dearest' and 'Supergirl'

144

Happy Mother's Day with 'Mildred Pierce' and 'All About My Mother'

145

May Dunaway: "Bonnie and Clyde" & "Puzzle of a Downfall Child"

146

2023 Release Round-Up and Our Review of 'Beau Is Afraid'

147

Oscar Rewind: The 1973 Oscars (The Sting)

148

Viola Davis EGOT Celebration & 'Air' Review

149

'Casablanca' at 80

150

After Dark: Academy Award-Winning Jamie Lee Curtis's 'True Lies'

151

Reactions to The 95th Academy Awards All at Once (ft. Bennett Prosser)

152

Final 2023 Oscar Predictions

153

Oscar Contenders: Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Director, and Picture (ft. Erik Anderson)

154

Oscar Contenders: Supporting Actor & Supporting Actress (ft. Kevin Jacobsen)

155

Oscar Contenders: Best Actor and Best Actress (ft. Cameron Scheetz)

156

Oscar Contenders: Animated, Live Action, and Documentary Short Films

157

Oscar Contenders: International, Documentary, and Animated Feature

158

Interview with Frank Petzold, 'All Quiet on the Western Front' Visual Effects Supervisor

159

Oscar Contenders: Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, Production Design, and Cinematography

160

Oscar Contenders: Original Song, Original Score, Sound, Film Editing, and Visual Effects

161

Reactions to the 2023 Oscar Nominations

162

2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions

163

The 2023 Movie Preview Special

164

Our Top 5 Movies of 2022 & Sight and Sound Greatest Films of All Time Lists

165

The 2023 Oscar Shortlists (ft. Bennett Prosser)

166

After Dark: 'The Holiday'

167

Awards Season Release Round-Up III: 'Empire of Light,' 'The Whale,' and 'Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio,' Plus, Golden Globes Nominations and Critics Awards!

168

'Lawrence of Arabia' at 60

169

'Miracle on 34th Street' at 75

170

Award Season Round-Up II: ‘Bones and All,’ ‘The Fabelmans,’ ‘She Said,’ & Spirit Award Nominations

171

'Chicago' at 20 (ft. Connor and Dylan MacDowell)

172

Awards Season Round-Up I: 'All Quiet on the Western Front,' 'The Banshees of Inisherin,' and 'Bardo'

173

Noirvember with Billy Wilder's 'Double Indemnity' and 'Sunset Boulevard'

174

The Oscar Wild Horror Oscars

175

'TÁR' and A Recap of The New York Film Festival

176

'What Ever Happened To Baby Jane?' at 60

177

'Cabaret' at 50

178

September Release Round-Up: 'The Woman King,' 'Don't Worry Darling,' and More!

179

The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Venice, Telluride, and TIFF

180

‘E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial’ at 40

181

The 2023 Awards Season Fantasy Draft (ft. Special Guests)

182

'Three Thousand Years of Longing' and a George Miller Mini-Retrospective

183

Movie Trade: ‘The Red Shoes’ and ‘All That Jazz’

184

They Won for That? Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049 and 1917)

185

Oscar Rewind: ‘Argo’ and the 2012 Oscars

186

Summer Release Round-Up (ft. Ryan Lamb)

187

'Nope' & The Films of Jordan Peele

188

Oscar Rewind: 'The Hours' at 20

189

They Won for That? Alfonso Cuarón

190

Movie Trade: ‘Prisoners’ and ‘3 Women’ (Spoilers)

191

Oscar Rewind: Joseph L. Mankiewicz (A Letter to Three Wives and All About Eve)

192

Our Very Early 2023 Oscar Predictions

193

They Won for That? Kate Winslet

194

Movie Trade: "Pride and Prejudice" and "Fire Island"

195

Our Summer Fantasy Draft (Hot Guy Edition)

196

Best Actress Winners at The Cannes Film Festival

197

Oscar Rewind: International Feature (Fanny and Alexander, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Parasite)

198

Oscar Rewind: The 1941 Oscars (How Green Was My Valley)

199

‘The Northman’ and Other 2022 Movies to Watch

200

They Won For That? Al Pacino

201

The Godfather at 50

202

The Historic, The Terrible, and The WTF of The 94th Academy Awards

203

Our Final Oscar Predictions (ft. Joyce Eng)

204

Oscar Contenders: Live Action and Documentary Short, Documentary Feature, Sound, and Film Editing

205

Oscar Contenders: Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress

206

Oscar Contenders: Best Actor and Best Actress (ft. Kevin Jacobsen)

207

Oscar Contenders: Makeup and Hairstyling, Costume Design, and Cinematography (ft. James Kunovski)

208

Interview with Dan Laustsen, ‘Nightmare Alley’ Cinematographer

209

Interview with Donald Mowat, “Dune” Makeup Department Head and Makeup, Hair, and Prosthetic Designer

210

Oscar Contenders: International Feature, Animated Short Film, and Animated Feature

211

Oscar Contenders: Visual Effects, Production Design, Original Score, and Original Song

212

Reactions to the 2022 Oscar Nominations and Our 100th Episode!

213

2022 Oscar Nomination Predictions and A Guild Week Update

214

Interview with ‘Nightmare Alley’ Production Designer, Tamara Deverell

215

The 2022 Movie Preview Special

216

Joel Coen’s ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’

217

Awards Season Check-In: Golden Globes, BAFTA Longlists, and SAG Nominations (ft. Bennett Prosser)

218

Our Top Five Paul Thomas Anderson Movies (ft. Ryan McQuade)

219

Paul Thomas Anderson's 'Licorice Pizza' (ft. Ryan McQuade)

220

Our Top 5 Movies of 2021

221

'It's A Wonderful Life' at 75

222

The Oscars Shortlists and An Awards Season Update (ft. Bennett Prosser)

223

60 Years of 'West Side Story' (ft. Connor and Dylan MacDowell)

224

Thanksgiving Release Round-Up: 'Encanto,' 'House of Gucci,' 'The Humans,' & 'tick, tick…BOOM!'

225

Oscar Rewind: The 1971 Oscars (ft. Brian Rowe)

226

Two by Jane Campion: 'The Piano' and 'The Power of the Dog'

227

'Belfast' & 'King Richard'

228

Oscar Rewind: 'Terms of Endearment' & 'Amadeus'

229

Our Updated Oscar Predictions in Above- and Below-The-Line Categories

230

October Release Round-Up: 'Titane', 'No Time to Die', 'Mass', 'The Last Duel', 'Halloween Kills', and 'The French Dispatch'

231

'Dune'

232

A Spooky Oscar Rewind: 'The Exorcist' & 'Carrie'

233

Celebrating Hitchcocktober with 'Rebecca,' 'Rear Window,' & 'Psycho'

234

A Fall Festival Recap and September Release Round-up (Malignant, Blue Bayou, Cry Macho, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, and Dear Evan Hansen)

235

Oscar Rewind in the Big Apple: 'Annie Hall' & 'Kramer vs. Kramer'

236

'A Streetcar Named Desire' at 70 and the Best Director Nominees of 1951

237

The 2022 Awards Season Fantasy Draft

238

Fall Mailbag: Awards Season and Festival Kick-Off

239

Oscar Rewind: Frank Capra ('It Happened One Night', 'Mr. Deeds Goes to Town', and 'You Can't Take It With You')

240

August Release Round-Up: 'Respect,' 'CODA,' and 'Annette'

241

Oscar Rewind: 'Shakespeare In Love' & 'Saving Private Ryan'

242

July Release Round-Up: 'Pig', 'Old', 'Stillwater', and 'The Green Knight'

243

The Best Popular Film Oscar Game: 2000s Edition (ft. Ryan Lamb)

244

A 2021 Cannes Film Festival Recap! Plus, Two Palme d'Or and Best Picture Winners ('Marty' and 'Parasite')

245

Oscar Rewind: William Wyler (Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives, Ben-Hur)

246

'Zola' and A24

247

Oscar Rewind: The 1964 Oscars (My Fair Lady)

248

Nominated and Snubbed: Toni Collette in 'The Sixth Sense' and 'Hereditary'

249

‘In The Heights’

250

Our Very Early 2022 Oscar Predictions

251

Interview with 'Holler' Director, Nicole Riegel

252

'Cruella' and 'A Quiet Place Part II'

253

The Best Director Game

254

Oscar Rewind: The 2007 Oscars (No Country For Old Men)

255

'Shrek' at 20

256

Reactions to the 2021 Oscars Ceremony (ft. Bennett Prosser)

257

Final 2021 Oscars Predictions! (ft. Joyce Eng)

258

Oscar Contenders: Original Screenplay, Adapted Screenplay, Director, and Picture

259

Oscar Contenders: Best Actor and Best Actress

260

Oscar Contenders: Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress

261

Interview with Oscar-nominated "Greyhound" Sound Mixers Beau Borders and David Wyman

262

Oscar Contenders: Best International Feature, Best Documentary Feature, and the Shorts

263

Oscar Contenders: Technical Categories, Part 2

264

Oscar Contenders: Technical Categories, Part 1

265

Reactions to the 2021 Oscar Nominations

266

Our Final Oscar Nomination Predictions

267

'Nomadland' and 'Minari'

268

Our Reactions to the 2021 Golden Globes

269

Our Golden Globes Predictions

270

Oscar Contenders: The Shortlists

271

‘One Night in Miami...’ and ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’

272

Oscar Rewind: Movies for Valentine’s Day

273

Reactions to the 2021 Golden Globe & SAG Film Nominations

274

'The Silence of the Lambs' at 30

275

2021 Golden Globes & SAG Film Nominations Predictions

276

Interview with 'Wolfwalkers' Directors, Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart

277

Oscar Contenders: Best Animated Feature

278

Oscar Rewind: The 1987 Oscars

279

The 2021 Movie Preview Special

280

Our Top Five Movies of 2020

281

'News of the World' and 'Promising Young Woman' (Spoilers)

282

‘Hillbilly Elegy’, ‘The Prom’, and ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’

283

Oscar Rewind: The 2010 Oscars (ft. Kevin Jacobsen)

284

Mank

285

Mini Episode: RIP Movie Theaters? What the HBO Max and Warner Bros. News Means for the Future of Moviegoing

286

The Holiday Movie Fantasy Draft

287

Thanksgiving Mailbag Special

288

A ‘Home Alone’ 30th Anniversary Watch Party

289

Oscar Rewind: The 1994 Oscars

290

Did The Academy Get It Right? Round One: Oscar Debates

291

‘The Witches’ and Robert Zemeckis

292

'The Trial of the Chicago 7' Enters the Oscar Race. Plus, 'The Great Dictator' Turns 80.

293

The Horror Movie Fantasy Draft

294

Letterboxd Series: The Movies We Love

295

'Goodfellas' at 30

296

Tenet

297

Mulan: Disney's Latest Live-Action Remake

298

I'm Thinking of Ending Things

299

What's in the Pod?! A David Fincher Retrospective

300

The Awards Season Fantasy Draft

301

Scary Movies to Watch in the...Dark?

302

'Boys State' Is the Documentary of the Year

303

Movie Trade: 'The Age of Innocence' and 'The Prestige'

304

Oscar Rewind: The Best Picture Nominees of the 1975 Oscars

305

Remember When The Oscars Tried to be Popular? Introducing: The Best Popular Oscar Game

306

Summer Movie Season Has A New Normal. Plus: 'Greyhound,' 'The Old Guard,' 'Palm Springs,' and 'First Cow.'

307

Hamilton is on Disney+! Is it a Film?

308

A League of Their Own

309

The King of Staten Island and 2020 VOD Releases So Far

310

Da 5 Bloods and Spike Lee

311

Changes to Next Year's Oscars and Our Early Best Picture Predictions