Alex Ross Perry on
The Sweet East 2023
Perry produced it: Sean Price Williams's directing debut, out Dec. 1 after a Cannes premiere. The peg for his tour of indie-film economics.
The Big Picture · Awards · Interview
Introducing the Big Oscar Bet. Plus, A Halloween Mega-Mailbag.
October 27, 2023/ 121 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda turn the seventh Oscar season into a bet: five predicted nominees per category, a movie night on the line. Then Sean sits down with Alex Ross Perry for a Halloween mailbag that doubles as an autopsy of how movies get made.
80 films across 2 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
The Big Oscar Beteach host's five predicted nominees per category, 135 days out
Best Animated Feature
Best International Feature
Best Documentary Feature
Best Original Screenplay
Best Adapted Screenplay
Best Supporting Actress
- The Holdovers Da'Vine Joy Randolph Their pick
- Oppenheimer Emily Blunt
- Barbie America Ferrera
- Nyad Jodie Foster
- May December Julianne Moore
- The Color Purple Danielle Brooks
Best Supporting Actor
- Poor Things Mark Ruffalo
- Barbie Ryan Gosling
- Killers of the Flower Moon Robert De Niro
- Oppenheimer Robert Downey Jr.
- The Color Purple Colman Domingo
Best Actress
- Killers of the Flower Moon Lily Gladstone
- Poor Things Emma Stone
- Barbie Margot Robbie
- Maestro Carey Mulligan
- Anatomy of a Fall Sandra Hüller
Best Actor
- Oppenheimer Cillian Murphy
- Killers of the Flower Moon Leonardo DiCaprio
- American Fiction Jeffrey Wright
- All of Us Strangers Andrew Scott
- Maestro Bradley Cooper
- The Holdovers Paul Giamatti
Best Director
- Oppenheimer Christopher Nolan Their pick
- Killers of the Flower Moon Martin Scorsese
- Maestro Bradley Cooper
- Poor Things Yorgos Lanthimos
- Barbie Greta Gerwig
The Halloween mega-mailbaghorror, the strike, and why movies don't get made
Alex Ross Perry on
Her Smell 2018
His 2018 feature, made for about $2.5 million; the five-year-later question he uses to explain why that model barely still exists.
Alex Ross Perry on
Cat Person 2023
His case study in Sundance hype gone cold: a title everyone chased in January, quietly dumped to a roughly $400 opening.
Alex Ross Perry on
Fairyland 2023
Another Sundance movie, Sofia Coppola producing, that he figures will never really be seen.
Alex Ross Perry on
Eileen 2023
The counter-example: an Anne Hathaway thriller that took time to sell but landed at Neon, so it reads as a 'real' movie.
Alex Ross Perry on
Messiah of Evil 1974
The Imprint Blu-ray he just watched, proof that a '70s deep cut is now easier to buy than a dead-stock studio title.
Alex Ross Perry on
The Church 1989
Michele Soavi horror, produced and co-written by Dario Argento; the Kim's Video tape he'd watched two nights before and loved.
Alex Ross Perry on
Cemetery Man 1994
Soavi's better-known film, name-checked to place The Church in his filmography.
Alex Ross Perry on
Jane Austen in Manhattan 1980
Merchant Ivory's out-of-print experimental-theater film, a 1970s New York curio he calls the discovery of his year.
Also mentioned raised along the way
In the Oscar chatter The KillerSaltburnRustinPain HustlersThe Iron ClawGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Jurassic World Dominion
Awards precedents Far From HeavenThe Mole AgentHoneylandLunana: A Yak in the ClassroomToni Erdmann
Horror in the mailbag The ExorcistThe Exorcist: BelieverHalloweenThe Hills Have EyesThe FogSuspiriaFast XTenet
Physical-media deep cuts The GroupThe Little MermaidQuartetThe EuropeansRoselandJefferson in ParisCODA
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV The BearHigh FidelityThe IdolThe Morning ShowSurvivorThe Amazing Race
Video games Marvel's Spider-Man 2Super Mario Bros. WonderAlan Wake 2Five Nights at Freddy'sAssassin's Creed MirageFIFA World Cup
Shorts The Skeleton DanceTrick or Treat
Podcasts Button MashBlank CheckJam SessionLife in Lyrics
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