8.21 Pre-Oscar Show Pt 2: Who We're Rooting For...

Katey rejoins Nathaniel and Nick to share our personal votes on this year's Oscars, mere days before the big show. 

Pre-Oscar Show. Moana, Moonlight, Arrival and More

8.20 Supporting Actress Smackdown - This Year's Crop

As a brief interlude between the Pre-Oscar specials, a Smackdown on Supporting Actress. Here's Nathaniel, Murtada, Abstew, and Chris Feil discussing Viola, Naomie, Octavia, Nicole, and Michelle

Supporting Actress Smackdown 2016 Crop

8.19 Pre-Oscar Show Pt 1. How many Oscars will La La win?

Nathaniel, Nick and Joe discuss the Oscar nominations and how many wins La La Land's got locked up (among other topics) 

Pre-Oscar Show. La La and More...

8.18 Our Top Ten Lists

In this week's episode Joe, Nick and Nathaniel discuss their respective top ten lists for 2016 

Top Tens 2016

8.17 Silence and 20th Century Women

Nick and Nathaniel and special guest Chris Feil discuss Martin Scorsese's Silence and Mike Mills 20th Century Women. 

Silence and 20th Century Women

8.16 Pre-Globe Discussion. Jackie and Hidden Figures

On Golden Globe morning the team discusses Pablo Larrain's Jackie, and the enjoyablel Hidden Figures

Hidden Figures

8.15 La La Land & Lion - Happy holidays to you!

The team talks one tearjerker and one tearjerking musical, both aiming for Best Picture nominations. 

Lion & La La Land

8.14 Manchester by the Sea + Listener Questions

Nick, Katey, Joe and Nathaniel  answer some listener questions and also discuss Manchester by the Sea at length. 

Manchester Discussion

8.13 More on Elle. Plus the Critics Awards Rush

Nick, Joe, Nathaniel and Katey discuss Elle, Hidden Figures, New Zealand Piano fantasies and the recent slate of awards announcements from the NBR, NYFCC, and Critics Choice Awards

Critics Awards and Recent Films

8.12 Nocturnal Animals, Billy Lynn, and Elle

Joe, Nick and Nathaniel talk three new movies from auteurs with distinct though not always pleasant voices. 

Nocturnal Elle's Halftime Walk

8.11 Arrival and Loving

Nick, Joe and Nathaniel discuss the new films Arrival and Loving and look back briefly on Cape Fear for its 25th anniversary

Loving, Arrival, Cape Fear

8.10 The Handmaiden & Captain Fantastic

Nick and Nathaniel discuss The Handmaiden, Captain Fantastic, and seeing Heavenly Creatures again.

The Handmaiden Fantastic

8.9 Moonlight and Sully

The team reunites to talk about two Oscar contenders, Barry Jenkins' Moonlight and Clint Eastwood's Sully

Moonlight and Sully

8.8 "Smackdown '84," Film Critics and Acting

Nathaniel R and Sheila O'Malley discuss 1984 films, Gena Rowland's Honorary Oscar tribute, Geraldine Page's legend and how film critics talk about actors

Reflections on Acting and '84 Honors

8.7 "Smackdown '77" Close Encounters with Mr Goodbar

Part Two. Our Smackdown 1977 panel talks Oscar favorites Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Looking for Mr Goodbar, and The Turning Point and makes a few Off-Oscar recommendations 

Smackdown 1977. Part Two

8.6 "Smackdown '77" Julia and The Goodbye Girl

Part One. Our panel talks 1977 memories, Oscar movies and supporting actresses with a focus on our impressions of Fred Zinneman's Julia and Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl. 

Smackdown 1977. Part One.

8.5 Love & Friendship, X-Men Apocalypse, Neighbors 2

Katey returns to discuss four new movies: Money Monster, X-Men Apocalypse, Love & Friendship, and Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising. 

X-Men: Sorority Rising

8.4 The Lobster, Sing Street, A Bigger Splash, High-Rise

Four new releases discussed in the latest podcast. Avoid the lame blockbusters and see good movies! 

Sing Street & The Lobster

8.3 Retro Cannes Special. The Films of 1996

We look back at the films in Cannes competition that year as well as recommending favorites that you might not have seen from an interesting film year

Cannes 96 Rewatch

8.2 Revisiting Madonna's "Truth or Dare" Documentary

For the 25th anniversary of the seminal rock documentary "Truth or Dare" Joe, Nathaniel, and Nick revisit and discuss the film

Truth or Dare