Saturday, January 21, 2023 at 6:00PM by Nathaniel R
Hello faithful very patient readers! Time to put our cards down on the table or a protective cloth over our crystal ball and other such metaphors. FINAL OSCAR PREDICTIONS MUST NOW BE UTTERED...
Oscars (22), Punditry, The Film Experience Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 10:01AM As you may have gleaned these past several months, 2022 was a very difficult year for your host here. I was out of comission a few times. Feeling hopeful about 2023, though, so to those of you who are still with us, just know that I appreciate you now more than ever. I'm still trying to climb back onto this long running horse. Considered putting this beautiful beast out to pasture but reconsidered. Would rather go out with a big win than a what-just-happened? disappointing finish. Should we make like Cher and announce a Farewell Tour... that goes on indefinitely? Anyway, the point is: onward. The year is young. Mere hours young!
Coming in January: The Oscar nominations and all the stuff that comes with that, "Split Decisions" where the team debates movies they disagree on, more Year in Review lists plus nominations for the annual Film Bitch Awards. And the return of the Smackdown.
P.S. Can you think of any movies with great New Year's Eve scenes aside from When Harry Met Sally?
Holidays, The Film Experience Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 11:00PM There's only one month left of 2022? Crazy talk! Here are a dozen highlights from November in case you missed them...
• Mahler's 5th in Tár & Decision to Leave Lynn enjoys the renaissance
• The Fabelmans Cláudio's review of Spielberg's confessional family melodrama
• She Said's Modern Marriages Ben with a 'no big deal' observation
• All Quiet on the Western Front Christopher on the overwhelming new war film
• Black Panther Wakanda Forever Nathaniel on the underwhelming sequel. Namor, tho!
• Young Men and Oscar The Academy resists young leading men but quite a few are in buzzy films this year
• European Film Awards Close, Holy Spider, and Triangle of Sadness are popular
• Team Punditry We're polling our writers on where they think the Oscar races stand
• Till Nathaniel is bowled over by Danielle Deadwyler's star turn
• AFI Fest Pinocchio Eurocheese finds Guillermo del Toro's latest dazzling
• Best Supporting Actress is Overcrowded It might be the most volatile race right now
• The Crown Season 5 Cláudio loves the new cast. The show not so much
• Dorothy Dandridge is Carmen Jones Baby Clyde remembers the icon on her Centennial
Coming in December
Avatar The Way of the Water, Empire of Light, Spoiler Alert, several new interviews, the return of the podcast, the Oscar finalists in various categories, and more Oscar volleys
The Film Experience, Year in Review Thursday, November 24, 2022 at 4:15PM 
Dear readers, I have COVID for the second time which has spoiled my holiday (great timing!) but hopefully yours is going great! Thank you for your patience of late -- so grateful for any of you still with us or rooting for us. Coverage will be revving back up for the final festive month of the year. We'll have several "Oscar Volleys" (we started with editing), more reviews (here's everything for this year), plus interviews with a few directors and actors for you very soon. Also here are all the updated Oscar charts... and of course those updates won't last long before the winds shift. 'Tis the season'.
xo, Nathaniel
Thanksgiving, The Film Experience Sunday, October 30, 2022 at 11:46PM A dozen highlights from the month in case you missed 'em...
• "Hot Ones" as Oscar stop Best Actresses getting spicy
• Angela Lansbury in Death on the Nile as tribute when she passed
• Paul Mescal x 2 Eurocheese on Aftersun and God's Creatures
• Podcast Guesting Nathaniel had fun on "Hallmarkies" talking Bros and "Oscar Wild" taking pre-season Oscar Predictions
• Middleburg w/ special guests Nathaniel with Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All At Once) and Dolly DeLeon (Triangle of Sadness)
• Banshees of Inisherin Nathaniel on Martin McDonagh's Oscar hopeful
• TÁR Nathaniel on Todd & Cate's incredible collaborative drama
• TÁR's ending Ben thinks it's a major misstep. You?
• Brainwashed Glenn on the controversial gender/film theory doc
• Mars One Juan Carlos talks to the director of Brazil's Oscar submission
• Alcarràs Jason on Spain's Oscar submission
• Decision to Leave Cláudio on South Korea's Oscar submission
COMING IN NOVEMBER
The Spirit Award nominations, that long awaited 1951 Smackdown (sorry sorry), Centennial tributes to both Dorothy Dandridge and Veronica Lake, and a whole slew of new films as we hit the busy season like Black Panther Wakanda Forever, The Fabelmans, The Son, The Wonder, Bones and All, Good Night Oppy, She Said, The Inspection, and more!
The Film Experience, Year in Review 