Oscar Poker Podcast

On Sunday afternoon Jeff (fresh from his Invaders From Mars screening at the Bedford Playhouse) and Sasha settled into another Phase One handicapping conversation. In and out, etc. And then Sasha broke through with another vein of thought and Jeff said, “Wait, wait…that’s good….this is better than before.” And it all flowed from there. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with o...

Rolling through West Virginia, Sasha Stone called Jeffrey Wells on Friday morning (12.30.22). The topics of discussion were (1) the possible end of Everything Everywhere All At Once , at least as far as it being a leading Best Picture contender; (2) Scott Feinberg having switched his allegiance, Best Picture prediction-wise, to Top Gun: Maverick; and (3) the sad saga of Damian Chazelle ’s Babylon...

Sasha was driving across Colorado as we spoke so the podcast naturally happened over the phone. Jeff kicked things off with his list of the finest 30 films of 2022. It took us a bit less than an hour to discuss 20 of them. We danced as fast as we could, but certain digressions and detours were necessary to follow. His list is here . This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with othe...

Jeffrey Wells & Sasha Stone return for an all-new series of Oscar Poker chit-chats...candid, eloquent, super-insightful analytical Sasha trading quips, insights and confesslons with crabby, anguished, blurty-voiced Jeff about film, culture, film festivals, award speculation, streaming vs. theatrical, wokesters vs. East Berliners and all kinds of stuff in between.   Episode #1 is a freebie, but the...