The Best Pictures Podcast

We're kicking off our 2019 Halloween programming with John Carpenter's original Halloween!

This week Maggie and Ian share the movie that started it all. This test episode was created back when the idea of The Best Pictures Podcast was first being kicked around. Before we had equipment or even really knew what we were doing. A lot's changed since then.

In an absolutely epic episode, our hosts cover one of the all time greatest historical epics: Ben-Hur.

Hope you brought your knife and fork cause we're about to have a roast. In this episode, Maggie and Ian take on the 31st Academy Award winner, Gigi. Let's just say this one wasn't their favorite, but they discuss why indepth, picking apart the problematic relationships that riddle this Oscar winner. At least the costumes were pretty...

Maggie and Ian cover the 30th Best Picture winner The Bridge on the River Kwai. Ian picks apart score and cinematography, while Maggie dissects the complicated, nuanced characters.

Maggie and Ian take this podcast around the world in 80 days (and in less than half the time the movie took!) for the 29th Best Picture winner.

Maggie and Ian tackle the 1955 romantic drama Marty.

In this episode, Maggie and Ian talk about one of the greatest upsets in Oscar history, the 27th Best Picture winner On The Waterfront.

On this special Fathers Day episode, Maggie and Ian are joined by Maggie's dad to talk about one of the greatest oscar snubs of all time: 1956's The Searchers.

Maggie and Ian tackle the 26th Best Picture winner: From Here To Eternity. It's a long one but that's because there's so much talk about! From cinematography to performances to nuanced characters, we cover it all.

Maggie and Ian debate weather or not the Greatest Show on Earth is really the greatest show on earth. Spoiler! It isn't. But they break down exactly why and how it could've been a million times better in this episode

Our hosts discuss the 24th Academy Awards winner, the musical An American In Paris. While Maggie and Ian agree on the more technical aspects of the film, they debate the character development and storyline. Will this 1950s romantic musical hold up?

Ian and Maggie tackle a heavy hitter this week: All About Eve. Does the movie age as better than the fading broadway star Margo Channing (as played by Bette Davis)? Find out!

This week, Maggie and Ian are back to award winners, dissecting the clusterfck that is All the King's Men. It's a textbook how not to do a book adaptation with editing that makes you say "just why?". Have our hosts found a new least favorite Best Picture winner? Listen to find out!

In celebration of The Best Pictures Podcast's one year anniversary, our hosts discuss what they believe just might be the greatest film of all time. Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com

Our hosts tackle the 21st Best Picture winner Hamlet. They rave about score, are at odds on set and performance, and in the end agree that the ghost was indeed awesome.

Our hosts tackle the 20th Best Picture winner, Gentleman's Agreement, about a writer who pretends to be Jewish in order write an expose on antisemitism in 1940s America. They discuss the film's strong themes and message, as well as some of the more problematic aspects of its execution and how maybe you shouldn't decide you like a character early on in the film cause, well, that can change.

Our hosts cover the 19th Best Picture winner and post-war drama The Best Years of Our Lives. They debate performances, discuss score, and compare how many times they teared up.

In this episode, our hosts discuss the 18th Best Picture winner, The Lost Weekend, about an alcohol writer's attempts to turn his life around. They talk character, cinematography, writing, and score. There's a lot to unpack in this one, an in the end, there may be a split decision on the rankings.

Our hosts are back with their take on the musical comedy drama and 17th Academy Award winner: Going My Way. Ian discovers he has a crush on Bing Crosby, and Maggie suggests adding arson to spice up the plot. Can Going My Way hold up compared to the run of knock outs that came before it?

Our hosts tackle one of the best known winners in an episode on Casablanca. It's a bit of a hot mess this episode as they struggle with chronology and the geometric concept of a love triangle. Ian raves about the lighting, and Maggie raves about Ians miss-ranking of the movie. Will this be the one that tears our hosts apart? Listen to find out! Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod o...

Special guest Sangita joins our hosts to talk about the second movie in the The Best Pictures Podcast Christmas double-feature: It's A Wonderful Life. In this episode, Ian calls Maggie a spinster and immediately apologizes. Maggie explains George is great but Potter sucks, and Sangita praises the films unsung hero, Mary. So Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from everyone here at the Best Pictures...

We're back with special guest Lola to talk Die Hard in the first episode of our holiday double feature. Maggie defends it as a Christmas classic. Ian marvels at the musical themes, and Lola explains the seemingly shady accounting practices of the Nakatomi Corporation. Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com Special Guest: Lola.

On this episode, our hosts tackle the 15th Academy Award winner, Mrs. Miniver, and for once they're in agreement. They talk performance, cinematography, and score. Ian become a diehard Greer Garson fan, and Maggie ponders the differences between WWI and WWII movies. Follow us on instagram and twitter @bestpicturespod or send us an email at bestpicturespodcast@gmail.com

We're back with our regularly scheduled programming, and this time, our host are taking on the 14th Academy Award winner: How Green Was My Valley. The disagreements start early on this film, which is proabbly most famous for beating out Citizen Kane for the award. Ian complains about a "preachy" message, while Maggie demands recognition for all the good shadows. We might have a split decision on o...