The Best Pick movie podcast

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 55: Argo (2012) Released 26 February 2020 For this episode, we watched Argo , written by Chris Terrio, directed by Ben Affleck and starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Tate Donovan. As well as Best Picture, it won Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing. It was nominated in four other categories in...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 54: All the King's Men (1949) Released 12 February 2020 For this episode, we watched All the King's Men , written, produced and directed by Robert Rossen, based on the novel by Robert Penn Warren. Rossen was nominated in all three capacities. Star Broderick Crawford won Best Actor, Mercedes McCambridge won Best Supporting Actress...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 53.5: Oscar Winners 2020 Released 10 February 2020 For this episode, we blearily report back on all of the results, triumphs, disappointments and gossips from the 92nd Academy Awards. New Audible series: https://tinyurl.com/bpaudible Absurd Person Singular: http://londonclassictheatre.co.uk/2020/01/07/absurd-person-singular/ Next...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Sarah Bennetto Episode 53: The Shape of Water (2017) Released 29 January 2020 For this episode, we watched The Shape of Water , written by Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor (nominated) and directed by Del Toro (won). It starred Sally Hawkins (nominated), Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins (nominated), Doug Jones, Micha...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 52: Hamlet (1948) Released 15 January 2020 For this episode, we watched Hamlet , based on the play by William Shakespeare, directed by Lawrence Olivier (nominated), and starring Olivier (won), Basil Sydney, Eileen Herlie, Norman Wooland, Felix Aylmer, Terence Morgan and Jean Simmons (nominated). It also won for its art direction a...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 51.5: Oscar Nominations 2020 Released 14 January 2020 For this episode we discussed the nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards which were announced at on 13 January 2020 at 05:30 PT by Issa Rae and John Cho. Ma'am short film. https://twitter.com/MaamFilm Next time we will be discussing Hamlet . If you want to watch it before list...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 51: The Last Emperor (1987) Released 1 January 2020 For this episode, we watched The Last Emperor , written by Mark Peploe and Bernardo Bertolucci from the book by Puyi and directed by Bertolucci. The stars were John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ying Ruocheng, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun. It won all nine Oscars for which it was nom...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest quizmaster Thom Tuck Episode 50.5: Christmas Quiz 2019 Released 25 December 2019 For this episode, writer, actor and comedian Thom Tuck joins us with a quiz he has set, testing us on what we have said over the last twelve months' worth of episodes. Feel free to play along at home but be warned – it's not easy. https://twitte...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 50: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) Released 18 December 2019 For this episode, we watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest , written by Bo Goldman and Lawrence Hauben, from the play by Ken Kesey and Dale Wasserman. It was directed by Milos Forman and starred Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, Brad Dourif, William Redfield. It...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 49: Braveheart (1995) Released 4 December 2019 For this episode, we watched Braveheart , written by Randall Wallace (nominated) and directed by Mel Gibson (won) with music by James Horner (nominated) and cinematography by John Toll (won). It stars Gibson, Sophie Marceau, Patrick McGoohan and Catherine McCormack. It also won Best S...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 48: The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) Released 20 November 2019 For this episode, we watched The Greatest Show on Earth, written by Fredric M. Frank, Theodore St. John, Frank Cavett, Barré Lyndon and directed and produced by Cecil B DeMille. The stars were Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart and Dorothy Lamo...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 47: Gigi (1958) - with special guest Kiri Pritchard-McLean Released 6 November 2019 For this episode, we watched Gigi , written by Alan Jay Lerner (won) with music by Frederick Loewe and Andre Previn (won) from the book by Colette. It was directed by Vincente Minelli (won) and produced by Arthur Freed. The stars were Leslie Caron,...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 46: Ordinary People (1980) Released 23 October 2019 For this episode, we watched Ordinary People , written by Alvin Sargent, from the book by Judith Guest. It was directed by Robert Redford and produced by Ronald L Schwary and the stars were Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch and Timothy Hutton. It was nominated for...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 45.5: Alfred Hitchcock Released 16 October 2019 For this episode, we discussed the life and work of Alfred Hitchcock, which we didn't have time to do in any detail at our live show. Next time we will be discussing Ordinary People . If you want to watch it before listening to the next episode you can buy the DVD on Amazon.co.uk , o...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 45: Rebecca (1940) Released 9 October 2019 For this episode, we watched Rebecca , written by Robert E. Sherwood, Joan Harrison, Philip MacDonald and Michael Hogan, based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier. It was directed by Alfred Hitchcock (nominated) with music from Franz Waxman (nominated) and cinematography by George Barnes (w...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 44: Midnight Cowboy (1969) Released 25 September 2019 For this episode, we watched Midnight Cowboy , written by Waldo Salt (won) from the novel by James Leo Herlihy and directed by John Schlesinger (won), with music by John Barry and cinematography by Adam Holender. It starred Jon Voight (nominated), Dustin Hoffman (nominated) and...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 43: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Released 11 September 2019 For this episode, we watched The Best Years of Our Lives , written by Robert E Sherwood (won) based on the novella Glory for Me by MacKinlay Kantor. It was directed by William Wyler (won) and starred Myrna Loy, Frederic March (won), Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright and H...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky and our special guest Tish Potter. Episode 42: Shakespeare in Love (1998) Released 28 August 2019 For this episode, we watched Shakespeare in Love , written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard (won) and directed by John Madden (nominated) and starring Joseph Fiennes, Gwyneth Paltrow (won), Geoffrey Rush (nominated) and Judi Dench (won). As wel...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 41: Rain Man (1988) Released 14 August 2019 For this episode, we watched Rain Man , written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass (won) and directed by Barry Levinson (won). It starred Dustin Hoffman (won), Tom Cruise and Valeria Golino. It also received nominations for its art direction, cinematography, editing and score. That infamous...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 40: The Artist (2011) Released 31 July 2019 For this episode, we watched The Artist , written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius with music by Ludovic Bource and starring Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. From ten nominations, it managed five awards, for Hazanavicius as director, for Dujardin, for its costumes and its score as wel...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 39: The French Connection (1971) Released 17 July 2019 For this episode, we watched The French Connection , written by Ernest Tidyman (won) from the novel by Robin Moore and directed by William Friedkin (won). It starred Gene Hackman (won Best Actor), Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider (nominated Best Supporting Actor), Tony Lo Bianco and...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 38: Chicago (2002) Released 3 July 2019 For this episode, we watched Chicago , written by Bill Condon, from the musical play by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb, and the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins. It was directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall and starred Renée Zellweger (nominated), Catherine Zeta-Jones (won), Richard Gere, John C...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 37: The Lost Weekend (1945) Released 19 June 2019. For this episode, we watched The Lost Weekend , written by Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder, directed by Wilder and starring Ray Milland and Jane Wyman. The film won Oscars for its screenplay (adapted from the novel by Charles Jackson), Best Director for Wilder and Best Actor for...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 36: Chariots of Fire (1981) Released 5 June 2019 For this episode, we watched Chariots of Fire , written by Colin Welland (won), directed by Hugh Hudson (nominated) and produced by David Puttnam. It starred Ben Cross, Ian Charleson, Nigel Havers, Cheryl Campbell, Alice Krige and Ian Holm (nominated), with music by Vangelis (won) a...

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 35: Platoon (1986) Released 22 May 2019 For this episode, we watched Platoon , written and directed by Oliver Stone (who was nominated in both capacities and won for his direction), starring Tom Berenger (nominated), Willem Dafoe (nominated) and Charlie Sheen. It also won for its sound and its editing. Marlee Matlin wins Best Actr...