Episode 301 – 95TH OSCAR NOMINEES

Runtime

108 minutes

Up for Discussion

Introduction and welcome guest Marya E. Gates. (0:00)
Rundown of the nominees for adapted and original screenplay (2:18)
Rundown of the nominees for Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Actress, and Actor (22:15)
Rundown of the nominees for Best Direction and Best Picture (1:04:20)
Omissions and trends (1:29:59)
Early predictions (1:37:25)

Thoughts from your host…

Well hello again!

Seems like just yesterday I was posting a long episode and writing a lot of words to go along with it. When you combine the year-end episode, the 300th, and this Oscar episode, we get three volumes in the last four that come with epic runtimes.

What can I say – It’s just a moment in the history of this show that things are getting a little more verbose.

In light of that, I’m going to keep this intro brief.

For more than ten years now, I have been having these annual conversations with Marya. They make for some of my favorite episodes. We often use them as a way to touch on a lot of topics at once, and 301 is no exception.

Please enjoy. Please seek out some of the titles we touch on if you haven’t seen them. Please seek out Marya’s wonderful recommendations.

Links from the show:

BANSHEES OF INISHERIN director Martin McDonagh in-conversation with Taylor Swift:

The nominees group picture from the 2023 Oscar Luncheon. Notice the happy expression on the face of Brian Tyree-Henry – back row, sixth from the right: