The Best Pictures Podcast

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.

14th Academy Awards - How Green Was My Valley

November 11th, 2018  |  1 hr 9 mins

how green was my valley, john ford, maureen o'hara, roddy mcdowell, walter pidgeon

We're back with our regularly scheduled programming, and this time, our host are taking on the 14th Academy Award winner: How Green Was My Valley.

Special Episode - Young Frankenstein

October 28th, 2018  |  1 hr 9 mins

gene wilder, madeline kahn, marty feldman, mel brooks, special epsisode, teri garr, young frankenstein

For the second film in our Halloween/October double feature, we watched the 1974 horror comedy Young Frankenstein.

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.