Wild Foxcatching

Nathaniel, Nick and Joe talk Wild, not a vanity project, and Foxcatcher, not... well we're still trying to figure out what it is or isn't...

WILD CATCHER

SAG & Globe Noms Spark Reader Questions

The big wave of precursor nominations has Oscar buzz ablaze. Reader shavequestions. Nathaniel, Nick and Katey have answers. 

Sag Globe Reader Questions

A Peek Inside the Los Angeles Critics Awards

On this special unedited version of the podcast Nick, Joe and Nathaniel talk to Variety critic Justin Chang about this year's LAFCA awards voting. How do they arrive at the choices they come to? Which well loved films didn't win prizes? 

LAFCA Awards 2014

Best Actress Chat, A Thanksgiving Podcast Xtra

Nick, Joe, Nathaniel, and Katey talk about the outliers in the Best Actress race.

Xtra Actress Chat for Thanksgiving

Interstellar and Imitation Game

Split feelings on Chris Nolan's ambitious sci-fi and mixed response to Imitation Game's Oscar machinery... and other kinds of machinery, too.

Interstellar & Imitation Game

AFI Premieres, Citizen Four, Theory of Everything

In the new episode we talk The Gambler, Selma, A Most Violent Year, Citizen Four, and The Theory of Everything. With Joe, Nick, Katey and special guest Anne Marie.

Citizen of AFI's Most Violent Year and Everything

Birdman, Pride, Nightcrawler

Three movies reviewed in this episode. We're split on the merits of Birdman and Nightcrawler but everyone is charmed by Pride. 

Birdman & Nightcrawler

Whiplash and Gone Girl

The gang reunites to get awards season started by continuing the sticky Gone Girl conversations and parsing the plausibility of Whiplash. Both are Oscar threats. 

Whiplash, Girl!

TIFF Part 2

The Toronto International Film Festival explored - part 2 with your hosts Nathaniel R & Nick Davis and special Canadian guests Amir Soltani & Angelo Murrada

Festival Leftovers Pt. 2

TIFF Part 1

Film Fest season explored - part 1 with Nick Davis, Angelo Murrada, Amir Soltani and your host Nathaniel R

Festival Leftovers. Pt 1

Smackdown '89 Pt 2: Parenthood & Steel Magnolias

Our discussion of 1989's Oscar nominated Supporting Actress films concludes with two very big hits: Parenthood and Steel Magnolias, we discuss the family dramedy genre, Julia Roberts feud with her director, and more...

Smackdown 89 Pt 2

Smackdown '89 Pt 1: My Left Foot & Enemies

The Supporting Actress Nominees of 1989 discussed. In part one, our panel of reknowned critics discusses Brenda Fricker and Daniel Day Lewis's duet in My Left Foot and the tonally dischordant Paul Mazursky film Enemies: A Love Story.

Smackdown 89 Part 1

And So it Goes. (Plus the 1989 and 1990 Oscars)

Diane Keaton's new film And So It Goes discussed. Plus memories of the 1989 and 1990 Oscar ceremonies. 

And So It Goes

Boyhood & Lucy

That gang reunites to talk about aging 12 years and using 100% of your brain

Lucy & Boyhood

Smackdown '73 Companion: The Exorcist & Paper Moon

On this special edition of the podcast, the actress Dana Delany joins Nathaniel R and critics Mark Harris, Karina Longworth, Kyle Turner and Bill Chamber to talk acting and the films of 1973 and our moviegoing stories

Smackdown Companion 1973

Begin Again, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Snowpiercer

Nick and Nathaniel recommend three movies. But for very very different reasons

Begin Again Snowpiercer Dawn of

Hepburn With a Side of Davis

Nick and Nathaniel talk Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis and more with Anne Marie Kelly who writes "A Year With Kate"

Kate and Bette

Smackdown Pt 2: Hush... Hush, It's the Night of the Iguanas

PART TWO The actress Melanie Lynskey is our special guest on this 2 part podcast in which we talk about the recent Supporting Actress Smackdown for 1964. 

Smackdown 64 Companion Piece Pt 2

Smackdown Pt 1: My Fair Lady in the Greek Chalk Garden

PART ONE. The actress Melanie Lynskey is our special guest on this podcast in which we talk about the recent Supporting Actress Smackdown for 1964. 

Smackdown Companion Part 1

Streep's B-day, Jump Street, Dragon 2, The Rover and Obvious Child

In this jam packed episode we talk four new releases and Meryl Streep on her 65th birthday. Among other things. You know how we do. 

Streep's Birthday & New Releases