Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
Dominant winner; Sean says his enthusiasm cooled after talking about it for a full year, though he still calls it a singular Best Picture pick.
The Big Picture · Discussion
The Oscar Hangover Mailbag: An Unrealistic 2024 Preview and How to Improve the Show
March 14, 2023/ 85 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda relitigate Oscar night with Joanna Robinson, then work a mailbag on horror's Best Picture ceiling, the Daniels' future, and 2024 predictions.
59 films across 9 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.
Oscar Night, Reviewedwith Joanna Robinson
All Quiet on the Western Front 2022
Its run through the technical categories, despite a small audience, is blamed for dragging the show.
Top Gun: Maverick 2022
Avatar: The Way of Water 2022
Cited alongside Top Gun as part of why ratings were up 12% year over year.
Cocaine Bear 2023
Sean loves the movie, not the bear.
The Little Mermaid 2023
A first-look preview aired instead of a montage; the group didn't love the CGI.
Movies We're Happy to Never Discuss Again
Triangle of Sadness 2022
Sean's pick: he's tired of casual acquaintances discovering Marxist theory via Hulu.
Blonde 2022
Amanda's pick, though she'll keep discussing Ana de Armas's nomination without naming the film.
Elvis 2022
Joanna's pick; she'd rather talk about Austin Butler's Dune casting instead.
Messy vs. Surprising
Parasite 2019
The group's benchmark for a great, non-chaotic win. Sean was in the room for it.
Moonlight 2016
The envelope mix-up remains, per Sean, the signature Oscar moment of the century.
La La Land 2016
Horror's Best Picture Ceilingthe six horror films ever nominated for Best Picture, plus the near-misses
The Exorcist 1973
Jaws 1975
The Sixth Sense 1999
Black Swan 2010
Get Out 2017
Jordan Peele's screenplay win now feels more like a blip than a turning point.
Nope 2022
Its shutout was the most disappointing Oscar snub of the year, per Sean.
Hereditary 2018
Toni Collette came close to a nomination, maybe even a win.
Midsommar 2019
Cited for Florence Pugh's performance as the kind of lead turn that could break the horror barrier.
Who Cashes In?on Austin Butler's future and the youngest-to-win-first field: Paul Mescal, Brian Tyree Henry, Barry Keoghan, Austin Butler, Hong Chau
Dune: Part Two 2024
Austin Butler's next big swing.
The Bikeriders 2023
Butler's Jeff Nichols film.
Gladiator II 2024
Paul Mescal's next big opportunity.
Where the Crawdads Sing 2022
Harris Dickinson's other 2022 role, which Amanda calls maybe the worst movie she saw that year.
Fixing the Genderless-Category Idea
Broadcast News 1987
Sean's go-to example of a performance that splits evenly between comic and dramatic.
The 2024 Fieldan admittedly foolish attempt to predict next year's Best Picture race
Napoleon 2023
Oppenheimer 2023
Asteroid City 2023
Poor Things 2023
Ferrari 2023
The Holdovers 2023
Maestro 2023
The Killer 2023
Barbie 2023
Amanda's most anticipated movie of the year, with a theory it could double as Oscar-friendly consumerism satire.
Past Lives 2023
Joanna's dark horse: the Celine Song film already a hit on the festival circuit.
The Zone of Interest 2023
Civil War 2024
Beau Is Afraid 2023
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 2023
Flagged as a major influence on Everything Everywhere's multiversal success.
May December 2023
Sean's other dark horse: a Todd Haynes film he hasn't seen but expects to be a big awards-season swing.
John Wick: Chapter 4 2023
The case for an Academy stunt category.
Challengers 2024
Amanda's plea: nominate Zendaya so she has to show up.
The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023
Named as a joke Best Picture pick.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem 2023
Same joke.
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts 2023
Same joke.
Will the Daniels Stick Around?
Swiss Army Man 2016
The Daniels' first feature, cited as proof of how far outside the mainstream their instincts run.
Get Out 2017
Us 2019
Jordan Peele's post-Get Out swerve away from awards-friendly material is the comp Joanna reaches for.
Nope 2022
The Artist 2011
Michel Hazanavicius's film is the historical precedent for a dominant Best Picture winner whose director never returned to the awards conversation.
Slumdog Millionaire 2008
Same point, via Danny Boyle.
Barbie vs. Oppenheimer: Who Gets More Nominations?
Oppenheimer 2023
The easy pick, on the strength of the below-the-line categories.
Barbie 2023
Dune: Part Two 2024
Floated as the more interesting below-the-line race, echoing what the first Dune did to last year's show.
Dune 2021
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV The MandalorianSuccessionYellowjacketsThe White Lotus
Ads TremfyaFanDuelNOS EnergyNetflix (FIFA World Cup Launch Edition)
Podcasts Black Bald