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Bonus Episode 12: TIFF50 Preview
Season 5 Episode 88
It's time again! The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is back ... and this year is a big one! It's the 50th anniversary of the greatest fi…
11 months ago
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
Season 5 Episode 87
In 1941, there were a couple of classic films that were released and are currently revered by critics and cinephiles alike. But the Academy decided …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Annie Hall (1977)
Season 5 Episode 86
There are only a handful of comedies that changed cinema ... and even fewer that took home the Best Picture Oscar. Annie Hall was both of those thing…
1 year ago
Gladiator (2000)
Season 5 Episode 85
There are small, medium, and big films ... and then there are HUGE ones. Those epic films. that are grandiose spectacles. Gladiator was made to be on…
1 year ago
The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
Season 5 Episode 84
There are all kinds of films ... films that entertain us, films that move us, and those that are important. This best picture winner does all that. T…
1 year ago
Out of Africa (1985)
Season 5 Episode 83
There were many great films in 1985. However, the Academy decided to give its Best Picture Oscar to a long and sweeping epic that was touted as a ro…
1 year, 1 month ago
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
Season 5 Episode 82
In an age where people started to stay home to watch television and listen to the radio, and attendance in movie theatres was waning, big spectacles …
1 year, 1 month ago
CODA (2021)
Season 5 Episode 81
The Oscar for Best Picture is usually given to films that are epics or biographies. On the rare occasion maybe a western or a thriller. But it is ext…
1 year, 2 months ago
West Side Story (1961)
Season 5 Episode 80
The passion of music and choreography in film was never more prevalent than in the Best Picture winner of 1961. West Side Story is a story about love…
1 year, 2 months ago
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Season 5 Episode 79
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was a huge game show that started in 1998, and then it became a global phenomenon by around 2005. Soooo .... it isn't s…
1 year, 3 months ago