Out of Oscar

This conversation facilitates Inside Llewyn Davis’ hardcore admirers, dislikers and middle of the pilers. Joining myself were the wonderful Nick and Sophia from @OscarWildPod. Together we discussed the nooks, crannies, symbols and (cat) of this stunningly subversive film. To say nothing of our lead, Oscar Isaac. Then, we righted some wrongs as “Academy members” when we looked at the 2013 Best Picture race, where Inside Llewyn Davis was left off the nomination ballot, despite a fair run through the

Who better to have as a guest than Sam Meltzer as we delve into Annette Bening's transcendent turn in Mike Mill's 20th Century Women, a personal favourite from the past decade. But first we took some time to discuss the shortcomings of Amy Adams' central performance in Arrival, while also revelling in our own personal 2016 Best Actress line-ups. The discourse over Huppert vs. Stone thickens. Sam's Twitters: @SamTheParasite Sam's Pod: @TODGTpodcast James' Twitter: @all_about_oscar James' Pod:

What would I subtitle this episode? 1998's non-Best Picture nominees, or, how I learned to stop pitting Shakespeare in Love against Saving Private Ryan and love the other films from that year? Kubrick would be ashamed... On this week's episode, I was joined by the wonderful Ben Miller to discuss three runner-ups to that year's Best Picture lineup, including Gods and Monsters (01:08), Out of Sight (23:41) & The Truman Show (42:48). We also mentioned our personal choices for Best Picture

On the first ever episode, I am joined by fellow Aussie Andrew Fraser to discuss how Jennifer Lopez in “Hustlers” fits into the 2019 Best Supporting Actress race. We discuss JLo’s Ramona, reasons around the snub and our supporting actress lineups. We also tried not to diss Kathy Bates in "Richard Jewell", and naturally made time to praise the women from Parasite. Andrew’s Twitter: @andrewjtfraser James’ Twitters: @all_about_oscar @outofoscarpod James’ website: allaboutoscar.net