The Best Pictures Podcast

40th Academy Awards - In the Heat of the Night

March 29th, 2020  |  1 hr 15 mins

in the heat of the night, norman jewison, rod steiger, sidney poitier

Maggie & Ian tackle the 40th Best Picture winner, In the Heat of the Night.

39th Academy Awards - A Man for All Seasons

March 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 8 mins

a man for all seasons, leo mckern, orson welles, paul scofield, robert shaw, susannah york, wendy hiller

38th Academy Awards - The Sound of Music

March 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 35 mins

christopher plummer, julie andrews, musical, the sound of music

37th Academy Awards - My Fair Lady

February 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 22 mins

Join Maggie and Ian for the latest musical Best Picture, My Fair Lady.

36th Academy Awards - Tom Jones

February 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 30 mins

albert finney, tom jones, tony richardson

Maggie and Ian return with the delightfully comedic 36th Best Picture winner Tom Jones.

35th Academy Award - Lawrence of Arabia Part 2

January 15th, 2020  |  1 hr 4 mins

david lean, epic, lawrence of arabia, omar sharif, peter o'toole

New year, new Best Picture Winner! Join Maggie and Ian as they watch the historical epic Lawrence of Arabia.

35th Academy Award - Lawrence of Arabia Part 1

January 11th, 2020  |  1 hr 5 mins

david lean, epic, lawrence of arabia, omar sharif, peter o'toole

New year, new Best Picture Winner! Join Maggie and Ian as they watch the historical epic Lawrence of Arabia.

Special Episode - White Christmas

December 21st, 2019  |  1 hr 10 mins

bing crosby, danny kaye, michael curtiz, rosemary clooney, vera-ellen, white christmas

Special guest Lola is back to talk about the holiday classic White Christmas (1954).

Special Episode - A Christmas Story

December 7th, 2019  |  1 hr 26 mins

a christmas story, special episode

Maggie and Ian are joined by their friend Emma to discuss the holiday favorite A Christmas Story.

34th Academy Awards - West Side Story

November 24th, 2019  |  1 hr 35 mins

musical, natalie wood, rita moreno, west side story

Ian and Maggie tackle the 34th Best Picture winner West Side Story.

33rd Academy Awards - The Apartment

November 10th, 2019  |  1 hr 25 mins

billy wilder, jack lemmon, shirley maclaine, the apartment

We're back to canon episodes! We're kicking off the 1960s with the 33rd Best Picture winner The Apartment, a dark romantic comedy by podcast favorite Billy Wilder.

Special Episode - Psycho (1960)

October 25th, 2019  |  1 hr 14 mins

alfred hitchcock, anthony perkins, horror, janet leigh, psycho, vera miles

We're back for another Halloween episode, and this time we're joined by special guest Myke Emal from the CineMusts podcast!

Special Episode - Halloween (1978)

October 6th, 2019  |  1 hr 14 mins

halloween, horror movie, jamie lee curtis, john carpenter

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

Special Episode - Sunset Boulevard

September 22nd, 2019  |  48 mins 15 secs

billy wilder, gloria swanson, sunset boulevard, william holden

This week Maggie and Ian share the movie that started it all.

32nd Academy Awards - Ben Hur

September 8th, 2019  |  1 hr 53 mins

In an absolutely epic episode, our hosts cover one of the all time greatest historical epics: Ben-Hur.

31st Academy Awards - Gigi

August 24th, 2019  |  1 hr 4 mins

gigi, leslie caron, maurice chevalier, musical, vincent minelli

Hope you brought your knife and fork cause we're about to have a roast.