Sibling Cinema

The Artist is a 2011 silent movie directed by Michel Hazanavicius. Set in Hollywood during the dawn of the Sound Era, the film stars Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. It ranks #55 on our countdown* of Best Picture winners. *What is this list? We explain it in more detail in our Trailer and its Description, but as a high-level answer: we aggregated several different lists that rank the ninety-four w...

We have our very first guest host this week! Bonnie's daughter Lindsey joined us to dissect Alejandro González Iñárritu's Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance. The film is the somewhat divisive winner of the Best Picture Oscar for 2014. We discuss the year in film that was 2014 and Birdman as part of our unscientific ranking of the films that won Best Picture, from worst to best. Birdman...

Richard Attenborough's biographical epic Gandhi is the focus of this week's pod. It's the Best Picture Oscar winner from a stacked year, 1982. It's ranked number 58 on our countdown of the best Best Picture Academy Award winners. For more information on the countdown we're using, check out our Description or give a listen to our Trailer.

For this Bonus episode, we take a look at the films nominated by the Academy for Best Picture of 2022. Part one was recorded a few days before the announcement, and part two was recorded after the announcement.

Yeah . . . this is a long episode--but hey it's less than half as long as the movie we're discussing. This episode is all about 1990 and its Best Picture winner, Kevin Costner's Western epic Dances With Wolves. It's ranked number 61 on our countdown of the best Best Picture Academy Award winners. For more information on the countdown we're using, check out our Description or give a listen to our T...

This week we talk about The King's Speech , Tom Hooper's biographical film that beat out a stacked 2010 line-up. It's ranked number 62 on our countdown of the best Best Picture Academy Award winners. For more information on the countdown we're using, check out our Description or give a listen to our Trailer. Segments by timestamp: 0:00 - Introduction 2:25 - The other nominees 40:50 - Discussion of...

This week Bonnie and Dennis discuss Fred Zinneman's 1966 film A Man for All Seasons. It's ranked number 63 on our countdown of the best Best Picture Academy Award winners. For more information on the countdown, see our Description or check out our Trailer.  Segments by timestamp: 0:00 - Introduction 3:53 - The Production Code 20:40- The other nominees 30:30 - Discussion of A Man for All Seaso...

This week's movie is Chicago , Rob Marshall's 2002 film version of the Kander and Ebb musical. It's ranked number 64 on our countdown of the best Best Picture Academy Award winners. Segments by timestamp: 0:00 - Introduction 2:30 - Background on Miramax 12:10 - The other nominees 27:45 - Discussion of Chicago 54:25 - What's next and conclusion

We covered Shakespeare in Love in our early bonus episode, "Worst of the Best, Part 2." It was part of our survey of the bottom 25 movies on our countdown of the Academy Award Best Picture winners. It was ranked number 77. Since then, Bonnie has finally seen the film, so we decided to record a special bonus episode to discuss our thoughts on it.

Bonnie and Dennis discuss Mrs. Miniver, 1942's Best Picture winner, ranked 67 of 94 on our unofficial ranking of Best Picture winners.

Bonnie and Dennis discuss the Best Picture winner of 1987, The Last Emperor. It's ranked 68 of 94 on our unofficial ranking list with 32.9488 points.

Bonnie and Dennis dive into the first-ever Best Picture winner, Wings. It's ranked 69 of 94 on our unofficial ranking list with 31.645 points.

The second part of our Introductory episode is an overview of the Best Picture winners ranked number 70 to 82 on our rankings list. What is this list? We explain it in more detail in our Trailer and Description, but as a high-level answer: we aggregated several different lists that rank the ninety-four winners of the Best Picture Academy Award in a rough attempt to get a consensus. It is not inten...

The first part of our Introductory episode is an overview of the Best Picture winners ranked number 83 to 94 on our rankings list.  What is this list? We explain it in more detail in our Trailer and Description, but as a high-level answer: we aggregated several different lists that rank the ninety-four winners of the Best Picture Academy Award in a rough attempt to get a consensus. It is not...

Welcome to Sibling Cinema! Dennis and Bonnie are siblings and we're here to talk movies! Dennis is an obsessive cinephile and Bonnie is a super casual movie watcher. In this series we are embarking on a countdown of the Academy Award Best Picture winners. A couple months ago, Dennis embarked on a rewatch of all 94 Best Picture winners. Yes, you read that right--it's a rewatch. Dennis is something...