The Best Pictures Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.