This Had Oscar Buzz

Discussions of acclaimed films that were overlooked by major awards AI summary

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A podcast about movies the awards forgot

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412 – The Immigrant

2026-11-09 · 1 hr 51 min

James Gray’s Paper Tiger arrives this week and with it, further hopes that the auteur Gray finally receives his due. So naturally this week we are discussing the urtext of “Justice for James Gray” narratives, his Marion…
411 – Rounders

2026-11-02 · 1 hr 53 min

For this week’s episode, we’re… dealing (sorry) a late 90s favorite that was meant to be a post-Oscar star vehicle and wound up a box office disappointment. After the Oscar and box office success of Good Will Hunting,…
410 – Midsommar

2026-10-26 · 1 hr 58 min

Happy Halloween! Quickly following up his paradigm-shifting Hereditary, Ari Aster took to Sweden for Midsommar. The film stars Florence Pugh as a young woman who follows her boyfriend on a study trip in the wake of a…
409 – Romance and Cigarettes

2026-10-19 · 1 hr 44 min

Post-Chicago, just about any movie musical was fodder for awards buzz, especially if they boasted a cast as stacked as Romance and Cigarettes. A jukebox musical from the mind of John Turturro, the film stars James…
408 – The Russia House

2026-10-12 · 2 hr 5 min

In the years after his Oscar win for The Untouchables, Sean Connery remained a major movie star and box office draw. The latter proved untrue in 1990 when The Russia House fizzled at the holiday box office. Based on the…
407 – Destroyer

2026-10-05 · 1 hr 45 min

In 2018, we were rooting for the comeback of director Karyn Kusama, emerging with the promising crime thriller Destroyer. Centering on Nicole Kidman playing against type as a grizzled investigator haunted by a previous…
406 – Arsenic and Old Lace (with Emily St. James!)

2026-09-28 · 2 hr 12 min

We have writer Emily St. James back with us this week, so naturally we’re breaking our own record for oldest film discussed on the show (after her episode on Moby Dick)! Based on the Broadway smash comedy, Arsenic and…
2026 TIFF Recap!!

2026-09-21 · 2 hr 53 min

We’re back home from our latest trip to the Toronto International Film Festival! And as always, we’re offering you a buffet of our reactions from a week’s worth of movies that will be coming soon to a theatre near you!…
405 – She Said

2026-09-14 · 1 hr 45 min

After their 2017 exposé of the horrors Harvey Weinstein inflicted upon women for decades, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey detailed their process in their 2019 book She Said. Post-pandemic, Maria Schrader directed an…
404 – Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2026-09-07 · 2 hr 7 min

Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a musical like no other. A Off-Broadway smash in 1998 from creators John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask, Mitchell also starred as the titular…

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Oldest episode in feed: 05/2021 · over 5 years
Typical length: 2 hr 2 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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