The Best Picture Podcast

Eric, Ike, and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 2021. Once again, the nominees are  Belfast, CODA, Don't Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story .

Director: Steven Spielberg Producers: Kristie Macosko Krieger, Kevin McCollum, Steven Spielberg Screenplay: Tony Kushner Photography: Janusz Kaminski Music: Leonard Bernstein Cast: Ansel Elgort, Rachel Zegler, Ariana DeBose, David Alvarez, Rita Moreno Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 91%/Audience: 93%

Director: Jane Campion Producers: Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman Screenplay: Jane Campion Photography: Ari Wegner Music: Jonny Greenwood Cast: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst, Bryony Skillington Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 94%/Audience: 76%

Director: Guillermo del Toro Producers: Bradley Cooper, J. Miles Dale, Guillermo del Toro,  Screenplay: Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan Photography: Dan Laustsen Music: Nathan Johnson Cast: Bradley Cooper, Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Toni Collette, Willem Dafoe Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 80%/Audience: 68%

Director: Paul Thomas Anderson Producers: Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, Adam Somner Screenplay: Paul Thomas Anderson Photography: Paul Thomas Anderson, Michael Bauman Music: Jonny Greenwood Cast: Cooper Hoffman, Alana Haim, Sean Penn, Bradley Cooper, Benny Safdie Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 90%/Audience: 65%

Director: Reinaldo Marcus Green Producers: Will Smith, Tim White, Trevor White Screenplay: Zach Baylin Photography: Robert Elswit Music: Kris Bowers Cast: Will Smith, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Jon Bernthal, Saniyya Sidney, Demi Singleton Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 90%/Audience: 98%

Director: Denis Villeneuve Producers: Cale Boyter, Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr., Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve Screenplay: Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth Photography: Greig Fraser Music: Hans Zimmer Cast: Timothee Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Jason Momoa, Stellan Skarsgard Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 83%/Audience: 90%

Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi Producer: Teruhisa Yamamoto Screenplay: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe Photography: Hidetoshi Shinomiya Music: Eiko Ishibashi Cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Toko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Masaki Okada, Park Yu-rim Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 97%/Audience: 78%

Director: Adam McKay Producers: Adam McKay, Kevin J. Messick Screenplay: Adam McKay, David Sirota Photography: Linus Sandgren Music: Nicholas Britell Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Rob Morgan Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 56%/Audience: 78%

Director: Sian Heder Producers: Fabrice Gianfermi, Phillippe Rousselet, Jerome Seydoux, Patrick Wachsberger Screenplay: Sian Heder Photography: Paula Huidobro Music: Marius De Vries Cast: Emilia Jones, Troy Kotsur, Marlee Matlin, Daniel Durant, Eugenio Derbez Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 94%/Audience: 91%

Director: Kenneth Branagh Producers: Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh Photography: Haris Zambarloukos Music: Van Morrison Cast: Jude Hill, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan, Judi Dench, Ciaran Hinds Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 86%/Audience: 92%

Director: Clint Eastwood Producer: Clint Eastwood Screenplay: David Webb Peoples Photography: Jack N. Green Music: Lennie Niehaus Cast: Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Gene Hackman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett Rotten Tomatoes: Critics: 96%/Audience: 93%

Director:  Martin Brest Producer:  Martin Brest Screenplay:  Bo Goldman Photography:  Donald E. Thorin Music:  Thomas Newman Cast:  Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Bradley Whitford Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 82%/Audience: 92%

Director:  James Ivory Producer:  Ismail Merchant Screenplay:  Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Photography:  Tony Pierce-Roberts Music:  Richard Robbins Cast:  Emma Thompson, Anthony Hopkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Helena Bonham-Carter, Prunella Scales Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 94%/Audience: 81%

Director:  Rob Reiner Producers:  David Brown, Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman Screenplay:  Aaron Sorkin Photography:  Robert Richardson Music:  Marc Shaiman Cast:  Tom Cruise, Demi Moore, Jack Nicholson, Kevin Pollak, J.T. Walsh Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 84%/Audience: 89%

Director:  Neil Jordan Producer:  Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley Screenplay:  Neil Jordan Photography:  Ian Wilson Music:  Anne Dudley Cast:  Stephen Rea, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker, Miranda Richardson, Adrian Dunbar Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 95%/Audience: 78%

Eric, Isaac, and Sean rank and discuss the five nominees for Best Picture of 1931-32.  Once again, the nominees are Arrowsmith, Bad Girl, The Champ, Five Star Final, Grand Hotel, One Hour with You, Shanghai Express, and The Smiling Lieutenant.

Director:  Ernst Lubitsch Producer:  Ernst Lubitsch Screenplay:  Ernest Vajda,  Samson Raphaelson, Ernst Lubitsch Photography:  George J. Folsey Music:  Clifford Grey, Oscar Straus Cast:  Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles, George Barbier Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 88%/Audience: 66%

Director:  Josef von Sternberg Producer:  Adolph Zukor Screenplay:  Jules Furthman Photography:  Lee Garmes, James Wong Howe Music:  Karl Hajos, W. Franke Harling, Rudolph G. Kopp, John Leipold Cast:  Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 96%/Audience: 79%

Director:  Ernst Lubitsch Producer:  Ernst Lubitsch Screenplay:  Samson Raphaelson Photography:  Victor Milner Music:  W. Franke Harling, Oscar Straus Cast:  Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Lili Damita, Genevieve Tobin, Pierre Etchepare Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 86%/Audience: 74%

Director:  Edmund Goulding Producer:  Irving Thalberg Screenplay:  Bela Balazs, Edgar Allan Woolf Photography:  William H. Daniels Music:  Charles Maxwell Cast:  Greta Garbo, John Barrymore, Joan Crawford, Wallace Beery, Lionel Barrymore Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 87%/Audience: 77%

Director:  Mervyn LeRoy Producer:  Hal B. Wallis Screenplay:  Byron Morgan Photography:  Sol Polito Music:  N/A Cast:  Edward G. Robinson, Marian Marsh, H.B. Warner, Anthony Bushell, George E. Stone Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 91%/Audience: 79%

Director:  King Vidor Producer:  King Vidor Screenplay:  Don Marquis, Wanda Tuchock Photography:  Gordon Avil Music:  N/A Cast:  Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, Edward Brophy Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 96%/Audience: 76%

Director:  Frank Borzage Producer:  Frank Borzage Screenplay:  Edwin J. Burke Photography:  Chester A. Lyons Music:  N/A Cast:  James Dunn, Sally Eilers, Minna Gombell, Frank Darien, William Pawley Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: --%/Audience: 39%

Director:  John Ford Producer:  Samuel Goldwyn Screenplay:  Sidney Howard Photography:  Ray June Music:  Alfred Newman Cast:  Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, Myrna Loy, Clarence Brooks Rotten Tomatoes:  Critics: 89%/Audience: 43%