The Best Pictures Podcast

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.