For this special 100th episode, we're throwing it way back to the very first Academy Awards. We're discussing the first and only film to win Most Unique and Artistic Picture, why we wish that category hadn't disappeared, and how Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans makes us wish we knew more about silent film.

For this special 100th episode, we're throwing it way back to the very first Academy Awards. We're discussing the first and only film to win Most Unique and Artistic Picture, why we wish that category hadn't disappeared, and how Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans makes us wish we knew more about silent film.

100th Episode - Sunrise (1927)

Join our hosts and special guest Lola for this extra special summer episode! They discuss the 1960s beach movie genre focusing in what can only be described as "the most bonkers" example: Beach Blanket Bingo. There's sky diving, mermaids, and a surprising amount of tangents on kidnapping. Special Guest: Lola.

Join our hosts and special guest Lola for this extra special summer episode! They discuss the 1960s beach movie genre focusing in what can only be described as "the most bonkers" example: Beach Blanket Bingo. There's sky diving, mermaids, and a surprising amount of tangents on kidnapping. Special Guest: Lola.

Special Episode - Beach Blanket Bingo

Join Maggie and Ian as they cover 1992's winner, Unforgiven. Despite mixed opinions going into this episode, Ian and Maggie found they both appreciated the top-notch visuals, complex characters, and ultimately the completely satisfying (if sometimes difficult to watch) story arcs.  Trigger warning for violence against women.

Join Maggie and Ian as they cover 1992's winner, Unforgiven. Despite mixed opinions going into this episode, Ian and Maggie found they both appreciated the top-notch visuals, complex characters, and ultimately the completely satisfying (if sometimes difficult to watch) story arcs. Trigger warning for violence against women.

65th Academy Awards - Unforgiven

Join Ian and Maggie as they finally cover the only horror movie to ever win Best Picture. Now that they're all out of delay tactics, will they be able to make it through one of the most intense movies they've covered to date? 

Join Ian and Maggie as they finally cover the only horror movie to ever win Best Picture. Now that they're all out of delay tactics, will they be able to make it through one of the most intense movies they've covered to date?

64th Academy Awards - The Silence of the Lambs

Our hosts take a break between best picture winners to break down this underrated 1980s western. 

Our hosts take a break between best picture winners to break down this underrated 1980s western.

Special Episode - Silverado

Join our hosts for the 63rd best picture winner and western epic, Dances with Wolves. Despite having all the trappings of a great western, Dances with Wolves managed to dissappoint. The expansive score and top-notch visuals just couldn't make up for the flat writing of our main character's arc and the heavy reliance on the white savior trope.

Join our hosts for the 63rd best picture winner and western epic, Dances with Wolves. Despite having all the trappings of a great western, Dances with Wolves managed to dissappoint. The expansive score and top-notch visuals just couldn't make up for the flat writing of our main character's arc and the heavy reliance on the white savior trope.

63rd Academy Awards - Dances with Wolves

We're back with another cult classic and a new special guest to celebrate our 4th podcast-iversary! We discuss costuming, performances, and which character we'd least like to investigate a spooky old mansion with. Big thank you to everyone who's stuck with us these past four years, and to newer listeners, welcome!

We're back with another cult classic and a new special guest to celebrate our 4th podcast-iversary! We discuss costuming, performances, and which character we'd least like to investigate a spooky old mansion with. Big thank you to everyone who's stuck with us these past four years, and to newer listeners, welcome!

Special Episode - Clue

Once again Maggie and Ian have ranked themselves into a corner and it's time to fix that! They cover which films moved up and down their lists the most, which decade of winners is their favorite (and which is their least favorite), and answer listener questions about what movies they may have been a little too harsh on and which upcoming films they're most looking forward to.

Once again Maggie and Ian have ranked themselves into a corner and it's time to fix that! They cover which films moved up and down their lists the most, which decade of winners is their favorite (and which is their least favorite), and answer listener questions about what movies they may have been a little too harsh on and which upcoming films they're most looking forward to.

Special Episode - List Reordering Part II

Come listen to Ian and Maggie's takes on the 1989 Best Picture, Driving Miss Daisy. Though the main charcters' performances deserve the praise they garnered, even the contemporaneous critiques still ring true. Despite the poorly-aged material, Ian and Maggie both found parts of the films they enjoyed; listen to find out where it ranked!

Come listen to Ian and Maggie's takes on the 1989 Best Picture, Driving Miss Daisy. Though the main charcters' performances deserve the praise they garnered, even the contemporaneous critiques still ring true. Despite the poorly-aged material, Ian and Maggie both found parts of the films they enjoyed; listen to find out where it ranked!

62nd Academy Awards - Driving Miss Daisy

Join Maggie and Ian for the 1988 Best Picture, Rain Man. While the film proved to be well written and tidily constructed, our hosts took major issue with its basic premise. Listen to find out where Rain Man ranks!

Join Maggie and Ian for the 1988 Best Picture, Rain Man. While the film proved to be well written and tidily constructed, our hosts took major issue with its basic premise. Listen to find out where Rain Man ranks!

61st Academy Awards - Rain Man

Join Maggie, Ian, and their unsolicited opinions as they watch their way through every Academy Award Best Picture winner.

Enjoy the selection of films reviewed, but Maggie uses the word “like” every other word. I unsubscribed after she said “like” six times in one sentence without ever actually meaning “like” as a comparison.

Like, if you, like, like someone, like, using the word “like”

A must-see silent film on my list now! Enjoyed the easy banter between the two hosts.

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Special guest Lola is back to talk about the holiday classic White Christmas (1954). As a heads up, Ian's mic had some small issues so things are a little more staticy than normal, but we'll have that resolved before we come back in 2020.  Thank you so much for spending the year with us! Happy Holidays!!Special Guest: Lola.

Special guest Lola is back to talk about the holiday classic White Christmas (1954). As a heads up, Ian's mic had some small issues so things are a little more staticy than normal, but we'll have that resolved before we come back in 2020. Thank you so much for spending the year with us! Happy Holidays!!Special Guest: Lola.

Special Episode - White Christmas

Our hosts dive into the first romantic comedy to win the Oscar for Best Picture, It Happened One Night! Maggie refuses to hear a single bad word against one of her favorite movies, and Ian shares his wrong opinions on some of the acting. Bet you can't tell who writes the episode descriptions :) Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com

Our hosts dive into the first romantic comedy to win the Oscar for Best Picture, It Happened One Night! Maggie refuses to hear a single bad word against one of her favorite movies, and Ian shares his wrong opinions on some of the acting. Bet you can't tell who writes the episode descriptions :) Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at <a href="mailto:bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com</a>

7th Academy Awards - It Happened One Night

Special guest Sangita joins our hosts to talk about the second movie in the The Best Pictures Podcast Christmas double-feature: It's A Wonderful Life. In this episode, Ian calls Maggie a spinster and immediately apologizes. Maggie explains George is great but Potter sucks, and Sangita praises the films unsung hero, Mary. So Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone here at the Best Pictures Podcast! Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.comSpecial Guest: Sangita.

Special guest Sangita joins our hosts to talk about the second movie in the The Best Pictures Podcast Christmas double-feature: It's A Wonderful Life. In this episode, Ian calls Maggie a spinster and immediately apologizes. Maggie explains George is great but Potter sucks, and Sangita praises the films unsung hero, Mary. So Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone here at the Best Pictures Podcast! Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at <a href="mailto:bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com</a>Special Guest: Sangita.

Special Episode - It's A Wonderful Life

It's time for the second half of our discussion of the epic Gone with the Wind, and our hosts struggle with how to rank this one. Ian wishes for a slightly happier ending, while Maggie gets frustrated with characters for not shutting up when they should.  Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com

It's time for the second half of our discussion of the epic Gone with the Wind, and our hosts struggle with how to rank this one. Ian wishes for a slightly happier ending, while Maggie gets frustrated with characters for not shutting up when they should. Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at <a href="mailto:bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com</a>

12th Academy Awards - Gone with the Wind (Part 2)

Hope you brought your knife and fork cause we're about to have a roast. In this episode, Maggie and Ian take on the 31st Academy Award winner, Gigi. Let's just say this one wasn't their favorite, but they discuss why indepth, picking apart the problematic relationships that riddle this Oscar winner. At least the costumes were pretty...

Hope you brought your knife and fork cause we're about to have a roast. In this episode, Maggie and Ian take on the 31st Academy Award winner, Gigi. Let's just say this one wasn't their favorite, but they discuss why indepth, picking apart the problematic relationships that riddle this Oscar winner. At least the costumes were pretty...

31st Academy Awards - Gigi

Our hosts tackle one of the best known winners in an episode on Casablanca. It's a bit of a hot mess this episode as they struggle with chronology and the geometric concept of a love triangle. Ian raves about the lighting, and Maggie raves about Ians miss-ranking of the movie. Will this be the one that tears our hosts apart? Listen to find out! Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com

Our hosts tackle one of the best known winners in an episode on Casablanca. It's a bit of a hot mess this episode as they struggle with chronology and the geometric concept of a love triangle. Ian raves about the lighting, and Maggie raves about Ians miss-ranking of the movie. Will this be the one that tears our hosts apart? Listen to find out! Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at <a href="mailto:bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com</a>

16th Academy Awards - Casablanca

This week, Maggie and Ian are back to award winners, dissecting the clusterfck that is All the King's Men. It's a textbook how not to do a book adaptation with editing that makes you say "just why?". Have our hosts found a new least favorite Best Picture winner? Listen to find out!

This week, Maggie and Ian are back to award winners, dissecting the clusterfck that is All the King's Men. It's a textbook how not to do a book adaptation with editing that makes you say "just why?". Have our hosts found a new least favorite Best Picture winner? Listen to find out!

22nd Academy Awards - All The King's Men

Maggie and Ian take this podcast around the world in 80 days (and in less than half the time the movie took!) for the 29th Best Picture winner. 

Maggie and Ian take this podcast around the world in 80 days (and in less than half the time the movie took!) for the 29th Best Picture winner.

29th Academy Awards - Around the World in 80 Days

On this episode of The Best Pictures Podcast, we cover the 1931 western Cimarron. Our hosts get frustrated with characters, Ian raves about set design, and Maggie somehow manages to bring three other westerns into it. Take a listen to find out if Cimarron will jump to the top of our best picture lists or sink to the bottom.  Follow us on instagram and twitter where we're @bestpicturespod, or email us in at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com

On this episode of The Best Pictures Podcast, we cover the 1931 western Cimarron. Our hosts get frustrated with characters, Ian raves about set design, and Maggie somehow manages to bring three other westerns into it. Take a listen to find out if Cimarron will jump to the top of our best picture lists or sink to the bottom. Follow us on instagram and twitter where we're @bestpicturespod, or email us in at <a href="mailto:bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com</a>

4th Academy Awards - Cimarron

On this episode, our hosts tackle the 15th Academy Award winner, Mrs. Miniver, and for once they're in agreement. They talk performance, cinematography, and score. Ian become a diehard Greer Garson fan, and Maggie ponders the differences between WWI and WWII movies.  Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com

On this episode, our hosts tackle the 15th Academy Award winner, Mrs. Miniver, and for once they're in agreement. They talk performance, cinematography, and score. Ian become a diehard Greer Garson fan, and Maggie ponders the differences between WWI and WWII movies. Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at <a href="mailto:bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com</a>

15th Academy Awards - Mrs. Miniver

Maggie and Ian tackle the 26th Best Picture winner: From Here To Eternity. It's a long one but that's because there's so much talk about! From cinematography to performances to nuanced characters, we cover it all. 

Maggie and Ian tackle the 26th Best Picture winner: From Here To Eternity. It's a long one but that's because there's so much talk about! From cinematography to performances to nuanced characters, we cover it all.

26th Academy Awards - From Here To Eternity

Our hosts discuss the 24th Academy Awards winner, the musical An American In Paris. While Maggie and Ian agree on the more technical aspects of the film, they debate the character development and storyline. Will this 1950s romantic musical hold up?

Our hosts discuss the 24th Academy Awards winner, the musical An American In Paris. While Maggie and Ian agree on the more technical aspects of the film, they debate the character development and storyline. Will this 1950s romantic musical hold up?

24th Academy Awards - An American In Paris

On this special Fathers Day episode, Maggie and Ian are joined by Maggie's dad to talk about one of the greatest oscar snubs of all time: 1956's The Searchers. 

On this special Fathers Day episode, Maggie and Ian are joined by Maggie's dad to talk about one of the greatest oscar snubs of all time: 1956's The Searchers.

Special Episode - The Searchers

Our hosts tackle the 20th Best Picture winner, Gentleman's Agreement, about a writer who pretends to be Jewish in order write an expose on antisemitism in 1940s America. They discuss the film's strong themes and message, as well as some of the more problematic aspects of its execution and how maybe you shouldn't decide you like a character early on in the film cause, well, that can change. 

Our hosts tackle the 20th Best Picture winner, Gentleman's Agreement, about a writer who pretends to be Jewish in order write an expose on antisemitism in 1940s America. They discuss the film's strong themes and message, as well as some of the more problematic aspects of its execution and how maybe you shouldn't decide you like a character early on in the film cause, well, that can change.

20th Academy Awards - Gentleman's Agreement

We're back for another Halloween episode, and this time we're joined by special guest Myke Emal from the CineMusts podcast! We're covering Alfred Hitchcock's most notorious film: Psycho. We talk score, character, and how this movie in many ways created the slasher genre.  Also, be sure to check out Cinemusts (@cinemusts on twitter &amp; instagram) for more creepy Halloween content and some great film discussion. 

We're back for another Halloween episode, and this time we're joined by special guest Myke Emal from the CineMusts podcast! We're covering Alfred Hitchcock's most notorious film: Psycho. We talk score, character, and how this movie in many ways created the slasher genre. Also, be sure to check out Cinemusts (@cinemusts on twitter &amp; instagram) for more creepy Halloween content and some great film discussion.

Special Episode - Psycho (1960)

We watched the 8th Academy Award winner, Mutiny on the Bounty, a historical drama based on a book based on real events from a long time ago. Maggie drops some 18th century British naval history, and Ian points out some the problematic aspects of the movies romantic subplots. Also, they're starting the hashtag #LaughtonGotRobbed, so like, get on that. Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com

We watched the 8th Academy Award winner, Mutiny on the Bounty, a historical drama based on a book based on real events from a long time ago. Maggie drops some 18th century British naval history, and Ian points out some the problematic aspects of the movies romantic subplots. Also, they're starting the hashtag #LaughtonGotRobbed, so like, get on that. Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at <a href="mailto:bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com</a>

8th Academy Awards - Mutiny on the Bounty

We're back with our regularly scheduled programming, and this time, our host are taking on the 14th Academy Award winner: How Green Was My Valley.  The disagreements start early on this film, which is proabbly most famous for beating out Citizen Kane for the award. Ian complains about a "preachy" message, while Maggie demands recognition for all the good shadows. We might have a split decision on our hands... Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com

We're back with our regularly scheduled programming, and this time, our host are taking on the 14th Academy Award winner: How Green Was My Valley. The disagreements start early on this film, which is proabbly most famous for beating out Citizen Kane for the award. Ian complains about a "preachy" message, while Maggie demands recognition for all the good shadows. We might have a split decision on our hands... Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at <a href="mailto:bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com</a>

14th Academy Awards - How Green Was My Valley

Ian and Maggie tackle a heavy hitter this week: All About Eve. Does the movie age as better than the fading broadway star Margo Channing (as played by Bette Davis)? Find out!

Ian and Maggie tackle a heavy hitter this week: All About Eve. Does the movie age as better than the fading broadway star Margo Channing (as played by Bette Davis)? Find out!

23rd Academy Awards - All About Eve

Ian's out this week, so Maggie brought in her friend Lola to discuss everyone's favorite prototypical summer blockbuster: Jaws. They talk score, editing, tension, and the principle of Chekhov's compressed air canisters. Lola decides the shark was the true victim here, and Maggie explains why getting drunk on a boat while hunting a murder shark is a bad idea. Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.comSpecial Guest: Lola.

Ian's out this week, so Maggie brought in her friend Lola to discuss everyone's favorite prototypical summer blockbuster: Jaws. They talk score, editing, tension, and the principle of Chekhov's compressed air canisters. Lola decides the shark was the true victim here, and Maggie explains why getting drunk on a boat while hunting a murder shark is a bad idea. Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at <a href="mailto:bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow">bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com</a>Special Guest: Lola.

Special Episode - Jaws

We're kicking off our 2019 Halloween programming with John Carpenter's original Halloween!

We're kicking off our 2019 Halloween programming with John Carpenter's original Halloween!

Special Episode - Halloween (1978)

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