The Best Pictures Podcast

About the show

Join Maggie, Ian, and their unsolicited opinions as they watch their way through every Academy Award Best Picture winner.

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Episodes

  • Special Episode - Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    September 3rd, 2020  |  1 hr 19 mins
    classic film, classic movies, film podcast, george roy hill, katharine ross, movie podcast, paul newman, robert redford, western

    Join Maggie and Ian for a break from your regularly scheduled programming for the 1969 western, Buch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

  • 46th Academy Awards - The Sting

    August 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 8 mins
    charles durning, eileen brennan, george roy hill, paul newman, robert earl jones, robert redford, robert shaw, the sting

    Maggie and Ian take on one satisfying caper of a film

  • 45th Academy Awards - The Godfather

    July 29th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins
    al pacino, diane keaton, francis ford coppola, james caan, marlon brando, robert duvall, the godfather

    On this episode, Maggie and Ian tackled another Best Picture heavy hitter: 1972's The Godfather.

  • 44th Academy Awards - The French Connection

    July 12th, 2020  |  1 hr 13 mins
    fernando rey, gene hackman, roy schneider, the french connection, william friedkin

    Listen as Maggie and Ian work through a problematic but technically impressive Best Picture winner with 1971's The French Connection

  • Special Episode - Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

    June 21st, 2020  |  55 mins 35 secs
    classic film, classic movies, film podcast, movie podcast, podcast, william greaves

    Join Maggie and Ian as they contemplate reality via William Greaves' brilliant 1968 film Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One

  • 43rd Academy Awards - Patton

    June 7th, 2020  |  1 hr 27 mins
    patton

    Maggie and Ian venture into a whole new decade of Best Picture winners with 1970's Patton.

  • Special Episode - List Reordering

    May 22nd, 2020  |  1 hr 14 mins
    academy awards, best picture, classic film, classic movies, film podcast, movie podcast, oscars, podcast

    Maggie and Ian take a break from their regular programming to reorder their Best Picture rankings.

  • 42nd Academy Awards - Midnight Cowboy

    May 3rd, 2020  |  1 hr 12 mins
    dustin hoffman, jon voight, midnight cowboy

    Maggie and Ian discuss the only X-rated Best Picture winner, Midnight Cowboy.

  • 41st Academy Awards - Oliver!

    April 21st, 2020  |  1 hr 26 mins
    musical, oliver

    Maggie and Ian tackle the 41st Academy Award winner, Oliver!

  • Special Episode - Flash Gordon

    April 1st, 2020  |  1 hr 17 mins
    cult classic, flash gordon, max von sydow, timothy dalton

    This podcast has officially been on the air two years! Can you believe it? In order to celebrate, Maggie and Ian are joined by special guest Lola to talk about the 1980 cult classic Flash Gordon.

  • 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.