24 Minutes of A24

Annie Jaynes of the Movie Mavens podcast joins us to talk about one of the most fantastical, alluring films of the 2024 Oscars season - 'Poor Things'! We talk Emma Stone's chances at a Best Actress Academy Award, our favorite moments of the film, and the Best Cinematography race! 0:00 - Intro 2:13 - Oscars Talk 26:24 - True Cinema 1:12:09 - Best Cinematography Race 1:14:42 - Closing Th...

The 2024 Academy Awards have officially announced their nominees and we are feeling... good? We discuss the biggest winners, losers, surprises, and the new state of the Best Picture race as we react to the full list of Oscar nominees.

2023 gave us a truly great Martin Scorsese film... but is it a masterpiece? Writer/Director Mark Cira joins us to discuss Killers of the Flower Moon, what it means for cinema, its Oscars chances, and our ideas for how to make the Academy Awards better! 0:00 - Intro 2:10 - Oscars Talk 25:04 - True Cinema 1:20:24 - Best Director Race 1:29:23 - Closing Thoughts

Week 2 of Oscars Season is here and we are talking Oppie, baby. The Oppenmommy herself, Sophie Holsinger, joins us to talk about what is being widely touted as the best movie of 2023. We break down our favorite moments of the film, talk about the potential for double-digit wins at the Academy Awards, the Bradley Cooper vs. Cillian Murphy Best Actor race, and MORE! 0:00 - Intro 5:27 - Oscars Talk 3...

Oscars Season is officially underway and our journey to talk about all 10 best picture nominees has begun. Bobbi Miller of The Afternoon Special podcast joins us to discuss Barbie - one of the most important and popular films of 2023! We talk Oscars predictions, potential Barbie wins, True Cinema moments, and MORE! 0:00 - Intro 7:35 - Oscars Talk 25:23 - True Cinema 1:06:38 - Best Actress Race 1:1...

As we kick off the 2024 Awards Season, we welcome the Senior Awards Editor for Variety - Clayton Davis - on the show to discuss all things Oscars! We break down A24's chances of nominations and wins, take a look at some of the major categories, and try our best to predict a 10 Best Picture nomination list.

As 2023 comes to a close, we take a look back at the year for A24 and give our exceptionally sporadic, unhinged, and wild takes. We list our top 5 A24 movies of the year but we also try to figure out if it was a better movie year for A24 than 2022, talk Oscar chances, and break down our favorite scenes and performances of the year. 0:00 - Intro 3:50 - Year In Review 35:26 - Top 5 Movies of 2023 1:...

Liam Crowley of Comicbook.com joins the pod to discuss the latest A24 flick - 'The Iron Claw'! We talk about Zac Efron's transformation, potential awards considerations, where it ranks among the other A24 films released this year, and MORE! 0:00 - Intro 2:10 - General Review 28:20 - True Cinema 1:18:03 - A1 Acts 1:22:30 - A24 Ranking 1:23:26 - Closing Thoughts

We are back getting more awkward and more cringey than ever talking about episodes 2-5 of the new A24 show The Curse! Is it one of the best shows of the year? Or is it just a notch above the infamous 'The Idol'? We dive deep into tons of A24 news (Will Alex Garland's 'Civil War' be any good?), talk about each episode, and give some A1 Acts for Benny Safdie! 0:00 - Intro 1:31 -...

It's the merriest time of year... except on this episode of the podcast as we attempt to collaboratively draft the 13 BEST Christmas movies of all time. Friendships are on the line, vetoes are being thrown around like snow, the true definition of a Christmas movie is... solved? Matt and Tyler from the Unsung Gems podcast join us for the last ever draft on the show! 0:00 - Intro 1:24:33 - Closi...

Bryan Sudfield joins Ethan this week to talk about the latest A24 flick 'Dream Scenario'! We try to solve if this is Nic Cage's best performance... ever? Plus, we talk about the Ari Aster of it all, break down the funniest and most uncomfortable moments of the film, and discuss the best movies about dreams. 0:00 - Intro 1:49 - A24 Housekeeping 6:47 - General Thoughts 20:45 - True Cinem...

Stevey Boy has a *few* iconic movies to say the least so what better way to recognize their importance than by hosting our first ever 4-person collaborative draft?!? Bethanne and Bryan join us as we take to the rankings and decipher which are the best and most important Steven Spielberg movies. 0:00 - Intro 21:30 - Pick 13 26:42 - Pick 12 38:17 - Pick 11 45:17 - Pick 10 50:01 - Pick 9 57:38 - Pick...

Sure the 2024 Academy Awards are 114 days away but guess what? That doesn't mean much to psychos like us! We open Oscars season with a conversation about the state of the Academy and do our very best to predict the nominees AND winners of 9 key Academy Awards categories. Will we get anything right? Only time will tell... 0:00 - Intro 2:18 - The State of the Academy 20:57 - PREDICTIONS! 1:17:46...

Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone, AND Benny Safdie all in a new TV show? We are so in. We give our full thoughts on the first episode of Showtime's newest show 'The Curse', talk Emma Stone A1 Acts, Darren Aronofsky's Elon Musk biopic news, the strike being over, and so much more! 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - THE SAG-AFTRA STRIKE IS OVER! 10:02 - A24 Housekeeping 19:22 - The Curse General Thoughts...

Sofia Coppola brings the other side of the Elvis story to the big screen with the release of 'Priscilla', A24's newest film. We talk about some A24 news, Jacob Elordia vs. Austin Butler as Elvis, toxic masculinity, the wonderous nature of Cailee Spaeny, our favorite movies about musicians, and MORE! 0:00 - Intro 3:18 - A24 Housekeeping 9:51 - Overall Thoughts 24:24 - True Cinema 51:31...

In celebration of Scorsese's latest film 'Killers of the Flower Moon', we brought Seth onto the pod to attempt the impossible - to collaboratively rank the 11 best Martin Scorsese movies. Which movie will end up in the top spot? Which movies don't make the list at all? And how collaboratively can we work in order to make it the best list possible? Not very collaboratively - let&#39...

We are back on the A24 spooky season vibes this week checking out another deep cut - In Fabric! How would we fare against a demonic dress out to kill us? We talk about that plus The Zone of Interest trailer, mythology in horror movies, and more! 0:00 - Intro 1:17 - The Zone of Interest Trailer Reaction 7:23 - Martin Scorsese & Ari Aster 16:06 - In Fabric General Thoughts 30:55 - True Cinema 53...

The future of A24 may look entirely different than it does right now - with a focus on action films and IP. We discuss our thoughts on this business picot, the current state of the brand, and our ideas for what a successful future could look like for them. Then Ethan is joined by guest Jon to talk about A24's very first musical - Dicks: The Musical. Our full review, favorite Nathan Lane projec...

Spooky season is officially upon us here at 24 minutes of A24 and what better way to kick it off than with an A24 horror deep cut! We talk about A24 horror movies in general, give our thoughts on 'The Blackcoat's Daughter', talk about the new 'Priscilla' trailer, pick our favorite Emma Roberts film, AND MORE! Spooky season is officially upon us here at 24 minutes of A24 and wha...

Is Stop Making Sense the greatest concert movie of all time? We litigate this question among others as we talk about our experiences seeing the 4k remastered version in IMAX, our relationship with the Talking Heads, and our favorite parts of the movie! Plus Ethan gives a brief recap of his time at the New York Film Festival and briefly talks about The Zone of Interest. 0:00 - Intro 2:40 - A24 Hous...

Did you know that Daniel Scheinert had a solo A24 project back in 2019? NEITHER DID WE! Shoutout to @janesingman on Instagram for the suggestion! We give all of our thoughts on 'The Death of Dick Long', a dark comedy that we don't really know how to feel about...? A24 housekeeping, favorite movies set in Alabama, and MORE! 0:00 - Intro 1:40 - A24 Housekeeping 6:30 - General Thoughts 21...

There are soooo many musicals out there in the world but which ones are the best? Sophie Holsinger makes her podcasting debut to join us in collaboratively ranking the 11 best musicals of all time! Some of the most unhinged, divisive, as well as obvious, picks you've ever seen for a draft - but what comes in at number 1? 0:00 - Intro 1:02 - Pre-Draft Questions 11:09 - The Rules! 15:41 - Pick 1...

Tyler C. Whitemore of the Reeltok podcast joins us to bet it all and talk about 'Mississippi Grind'! Will Ethan's thoughts on Ryan Reynolds change? What should the sequel be called? What is the best racehorse name? Answer to all of those plus our favorite gambling movies, guilty pleasure Ben Mendelsohn performances, and MORE! 0:00 - Intro 8:22 - General Thoughts 23:02 - True Cinema 1:0...

You voted and now it's time to make history with our first-ever watch-along on the pod! Follow along or just listen as we talk about movie theater snack habits, Uncut Gem tattoos, Adam Sandler's career, and EVERYTHING in between as we watch Uncut Gems! 0:00 - Intro 6:45 - Start Uncut Gems! 2:16:37 - Closing Thoughts

We dive into another delightful Sean Baker special at the request of a listener and talk about the esteemed 'The Florida Project' with a very special guest! Some A24 movie updates, our thoughts on Willem Defoe, the best child acting performances of all time, and MORE! 0:00 - Intro 2:20 - A24 Housekeeping! 12:13 - General Thoughts 1:04:10 - (Kind of) True Cinema 1:05:30 - A1 Acts 1:17:21 -...