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.
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25th Academy Awards - The Greatest Show on Earth
May 25th, 2019 | 1 hr 2 mins
betty hutton, cecil b demille, charlton heston, cornel wilde, gloria grahame, the greatest show on earth
Maggie and Ian debate weather or not the Greatest Show on Earth is really the greatest show on earth.
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24th Academy Awards - An American In Paris
May 12th, 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
an american in paris, gene kelly, leslie caron, musical, vincent minnelli
Our hosts discuss the 24th Academy Awards winner, the musical An American In Paris.
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23rd Academy Awards - All About Eve
April 27th, 2019 | 1 hr 13 mins
all about eve, anne baxter, bette davis, celeste holmes, george sanders, joseph mankiewicz, thelma ritter
Ian and Maggie tackle a heavy hitter this week: All About Eve.
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22nd Academy Awards - All The King's Men
April 13th, 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
all the king's men, book adaptation, broderick crawford, joanne dru, john ireland, mercedes mccambridge, robert penn warren, robert rossen
This week, Maggie and Ian are back to award winners, dissecting the clusterf*ck that is All the King's Men.
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Special Episode - The Room
April 1st, 2019 | 1 hr 13 mins
special episode, the room
In celebration of The Best Pictures Podcast's one year anniversary, our hosts discuss what they believe just might be the greatest film of all time.
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21st Academy Awards - Hamlet
March 23rd, 2019 | 1 hr 6 mins
hamlet, jean simmons, laurence olivier, shakespeare
Our hosts tackle the 21st Best Picture winner Hamlet.
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20th Academy Awards - Gentleman's Agreement
March 9th, 2019 | 54 mins 31 secs
anne revere, celeste holm, dorothy mcguire, elia kazan, gentleman's agreement, gregory peck, john garfield
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.
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19th Academy Awards - The Best Years of Our Lives
February 23rd, 2019 | 1 hr 10 mins
dana andrews, fredric march, harold russell, myrna loy, teresa wright, the best years of our lives, viriginia mayo, william wyler
Our hosts cover the 19th Best Picture winner and post-war drama The Best Years of Our Lives.
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18th Academy Awards - The Lost Weekend
February 9th, 2019 | 1 hr 1 min
billy wilder, jane wyman, noir, ray milland, the lost weekend
In this episode, our hosts discuss the 18th Best Picture winner, The Lost Weekend, about an alcohol writer's attempts to turn his life around.
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17th Academy Awards - Going My Way
January 27th, 2019 | 1 hr 9 mins
bing crosby, comedy, drama, going my way, musical
Our hosts are back with their take on the musical comedy drama and 17th Academy Award winner: Going My Way.
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16th Academy Awards - Casablanca
January 13th, 2019 | 1 hr 5 mins
casablanca, claude rains, humphrey bogart, ingrid bergman, michael curtiz, paul henreid
Our hosts tackle one of the best known winners in an episode on Casablanca.
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Special Episode - It's A Wonderful Life
December 16th, 2018 | 1 hr 18 mins
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
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Special Episode - Die Hard
December 9th, 2018 | 1 hr 11 mins
alan rickman, bruce willis, die hard
In the first of our holiday double feature, our hosts and their special guest tackle 1988's Die Hard.
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15th Academy Awards - Mrs. Miniver
November 25th, 2018 | 1 hr 7 mins
greer garson, mrs. miniver, teresa wright, walter pidgeon, william wyler
Our hosts tackle the 15th Academy Award Best Picture winner, Mrs. Miniver.
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14th Academy Awards - How Green Was My Valley
November 11th, 2018 | 1 hr 9 mins
how green was my valley, john ford, maureen o'hara, roddy mcdowell, walter pidgeon
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.
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Special Episode - Young Frankenstein
October 28th, 2018 | 1 hr 9 mins
gene wilder, madeline kahn, marty feldman, mel brooks, special epsisode, teri garr, young frankenstein
For the second film in our Halloween/October double feature, we watched the 1974 horror comedy Young Frankenstein.