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.

  • Special Episode - Frankenstein

    October 14th, 2018  |  54 mins 49 secs
    boris karloff, colin clive, john boles, mae clarke

    In this episode, Maggie, Ian, and new special guest, Sangita, discuss the iconic Universal Pictures monsters film Frankenstein.

  • 13th Academy Awards - Rebecca

    September 30th, 2018  |  59 mins 19 secs
    alfred hitchcock, joan fontaine, judith anderson, laurence olivier, rebecca

    In this episode, our hosts tackle the classic Hitchcock thriller Rebecca.

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

    September 19th, 2018  |  1 hr 3 mins
    butterfly mcqueen, clark gable, david o'selznick, gone with the wind, hattie mcdaniel, leslie howard, max steiner, olivia de havilland, victor fleming, vivien leigh

    It's time for the second half of our discussion of the epic Gone with the Wind.

  • 12th Academy Awards - Gone with the Wind (Part 1)

    September 16th, 2018  |  1 hr 3 mins
    butterfly mcqueen, clark gable, david o'selznick, gone with the wind, hattie mcdaniel, leslie howard, max steiner, olivia de havilland, victor fleming, vivien leigh

    On this episode, our hosts tackle the first half of one of the most epic movies ever made: Gone with the Wind.

  • 11th Academy Awards - You Can't Take It With You

    September 3rd, 2018  |  59 mins 43 secs
    comedy, frank capra, jean arthur, jimmy stewart, lionel barrymore, you can't take it with you

    We're back with another comedy! It's 1938's You Can't Take It With You, and for the first time, our hosts are in a bit of a disagreement.

  • 10th Academy Awards - The Life of Emile Zola

    August 19th, 2018  |  1 hr 3 mins
    paul muni, the life of emile zola

    Maggie and Ian tackle their second biopic in a row: The Life of Emile Zola.

  • 9th Academy Awards - The Great Ziegfeld

    August 5th, 2018  |  57 mins
    luise rainer, myrna loy, the great ziegfeld, william powell

    We tackle the 9th Academy Award winner, a biopic of famed Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

  • Special Episode - Jaws

    July 22nd, 2018  |  56 mins 55 secs
    horror movie, jaws, john williams, special episode, steven spielberg

    Just when you thought it was safe to listen to this podcast, we decided to do a special episode in honor of summer and Shark Week, so we watched Jaws!

  • 8th Academy Awards - Mutiny on the Bounty

    July 8th, 2018  |  55 mins 3 secs
    charles laughton, clark gable, franchot tone, historical drama, mutiny on the bounty

    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.

  • 7th Academy Awards - It Happened One Night

    June 24th, 2018  |  1 hr 3 mins
    clark gable, claudette colbert, comedy, frank capra, it happened one night, romantic comedy

    Our hosts dive into the first romantic comedy to win the Oscar for Best Picture, It Happened One Night!

  • 6th Academy Awards - Cavalcade

    June 10th, 2018  |  56 mins
    cavalcade, drama, epic

    This week we tackle the 6th Best Picture winner from 1933, Cavalcade.

  • 5th Academy Awards - Grand Hotel

    May 27th, 2018  |  55 mins 35 secs
    grand hotel, greta garbo, joan crawford, john barrymore, lionel barrymore

    We watched Grand Hotel! It's the only Academy Award best picture winner to not receive a nomination in any other category, and for the first time, our hosts are divided. Maggie raves about one Barrymore brother and bashes the other, while Ian praises costuming and complains about editing.

  • 4th Academy Awards - Cimarron

    May 13th, 2018  |  57 mins 53 secs
    1931, cimarron, irene dunne, richard dix, western

    On this episode of The Best Pictures Podcast, we cover the 1931 western Cimarron...

  • 3rd Academy Awards - All Quiet on the Western Front

    April 29th, 2018  |  1 hr 2 mins
    1930, all quiet on the western front, anti-war, epic, lew ayers, lewis milestone, war

    We watched All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)!…

  • 2nd Academy Awards - Broadway Melody

    April 15th, 2018  |  48 mins 22 secs
    1929, anita page, bessie love, charles king, musical, the broadway melody

    We watched The Broadway Melody (of 1929) about sm…

  • 1st Academy Awards - Wings

    April 1st, 2018  |  48 mins 7 secs
    1929, buddy rogers, clara bow, richard arlen, silent, wings

    In their first episode, our hosts tackle the 1929…