
Ian
Co-Host of The Best Pictures Podcast
As a fan of the arts in general, Ian has always enjoyed debating and analyzing the merits of film, and after years of saying he wished he'd seen more Oscar winners, he jumped at the chance to start The Best Pictures Podcast with his best friend Maggie. He's the resident "music expert" and can always be counted on to drop a little bit of knowledge about score.
Ian has hosted 132 Episodes.
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83rd Academy Awards - The King's Speech
April 11th, 2025 | 1 hr 19 mins
alexandre desplat, colin firth, geoffrey rush, guy pearce, helena bonham carter, tom hooper
Join Ian and Maggie for the 83rd winner, The King's Speech
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Special Episode - Monty Python and the Holy Grail
April 1st, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
Join us as we celebrate our 7th anniversary by covering another beloved cult classic and one of the greatest comedies of all time!
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List Rerankings 4
February 22nd, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min
After wrapping up the last winner of the early 2000s, we're revisiting our lists and shuffling some of our rankings!
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82nd Academy Awards - The Hurt Locker
January 18th, 2025 | 1 hr 8 mins
anthony mackie, brian geraghty, david morse, evangeline lilly, guy pearce, jeremy renner, kathryn bigelow, mark boal, ralph fiennes
Join Ian and Maggie for the 82nd winner, The Hurt Locker
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Special Episode - Meet Me in St. Louis
December 25th, 2024 | 59 mins 7 secs
In the second of our 2024 holiday special episodes, we're covering the 1944 musical classic Meet Me in St. Louis
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Special Episode - The Shop Around The Corner
December 14th, 2024 | 53 mins 31 secs
We're kicking off our 2024 holiday episodes with the 1940 rom com classic The Shop Around The Corner
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81st Academy Awards - Slumdog Millionaire
December 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 17 mins
anil kapoor, danny boyle, dev patel, freida pinto, irrfan khan, madhur mittal
Join Ian and Maggie for the 81st winner, Slumdog Millionaire
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Special Episode - Carrie
October 27th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
brian de palma, halloween, john travolta, piper laurie, sissy spacek, stephen king
We're wrapping up 2024's Stephen King Halloween with Carrie.
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Special Episode - The Shining
October 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
danny lloyd, diane johnson, halloween, jack nicholson, scatman crothers, shelley duvall, special episode, stanley kubrick, stephen king, the shining
We're kicking off our Stephen King Halloween with 1980's The Shining.
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80th Academy Awards - No Country For Old Men
October 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 3 mins
cohen brothers, ethan coen, javier bardem, joel coen, josh brolin, tommy lee jones
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79th Academy Awards - The Departed
September 8th, 2024 | 1 hr 17 mins
alec baldwin, jack nicholson, leonardo dicaprio, mark wahlberg, martin scorsese, martin sheen, matt damon, ray winstone, vera farming
We're back with an episode on the 79th Best Picture winner The Departed.
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78th Academy Awards - Crash
July 19th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
brendan fraser, don cheadle, jennifer esposito, lorenz tate, ludacris, matt dillon, newton, paul haggis, robert moresco, ryan philippe, sandra bullock, terrence howard, thandiwe, william fichtner
Join Ian and Maggie for the 78th winner Crash.
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77th Academy Awards - Million Dollar Baby
June 18th, 2024 | 1 hr 22 mins
clint eastwood, hilary swank, morgan freeman, paul haggis
Join Ian and Maggie as they talk through the 77th winner, Million Dollar Baby.
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76th Academy Awards - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
May 20th, 2024 | 1 hr 37 mins
bernard hill, billy boyd, cate blanchett, dominic monaghan, elijah wood, howard shore, ian holm, john rhys-davies, liv tyler, orlando bloom, peter jackson, sean astin, sean bean, viggo mortensen
On this episode we tackle a titan of the fantasy film genre and the 76th Best Picture winner.
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75th Academy Awards - Chicago
April 24th, 2024 | 1 hr 12 mins
catherine zeta-jones, colm feore, danny elfman, john c. reilly, john kander, lucy liu, queen latifah, renee zellweger, richard gere, rob marshall, steve bartek
Join our hosts for their takes on the 75th winner, Chicago.
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Special Episode - Big Trouble in Little China
April 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
dennis dun, john carpenter, kim cattrall, kurt russell