The Best Pictures Podcast

Episode Archive

Episode Archive

129 episodes of The Best Pictures Podcast since the first episode, which aired on February 26th, 2018.

  • 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.

  • 30th Academy Awards - The Bridge on the River Kwai

    August 11th, 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins
    alec guinness, david lean, sessue hayakawa, the bridge on the river kwai, william holden

    Maggie and Ian cover the 30th Best Picture winner The Bridge on the River Kwai.

  • 29th Academy Awards - Around the World in 80 Days

    July 27th, 2019  |  1 hr 20 mins
    cantinflas, david niven, round the world in 80 days, shirley mclaine

    Maggie and Ian take this podcast around the world in 80 days (and in less than half the time the movie took!).

  • 28th Academy Awards - Marty

    July 13th, 2019  |  1 hr 6 mins
    betsy blair, ernest borgnine, marty

    Maggie and Ian tackle the 1955 romantic drama Marty.

  • 27th Academy Awards - On The Waterfront

    June 30th, 2019  |  1 hr 7 mins
    elia kazan, eva marie saint, marlon brando, the waterfront

    In this episode, Maggie and Ian talk about one of the greatest upsets in Oscar history, the 27th Best Picture winner On The Waterfront.

  • Special Episode - The Searchers

    June 15th, 2019  |  1 hr 21 mins
    john ford, john wayne, natalie wood, the searchers, western

    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.

  • 26th Academy Awards - From Here To Eternity

    June 9th, 2019  |  1 hr 17 mins
    burt lancaster, deborah kerr, donna reed, frank sinatra, from here to eternity, montgomery clift

    Maggie and Ian tackle the 26th Best Picture winner: From Here To Eternity.