The Oscar Worsty Podcast

Today the Grouches look back at 2011's best picture winner "The Artist"

Marty and Leo are teaming up again for this Denis Lehane adaptation! Did our Grouches find it thrilling and exciting, or would they rather it stay on an island for the criminally insane. Come find out in this episode all about Shutter Island!

Today the Grouches look back at 2010's best picture winner "The King's Speech"

The last time we saw Marty direct for TV, it was 1986, and he was working for his good friend, and fellow Oscar-Winner, Steven Spielberg. Now we're in the era of prestige television, and no one adds prestige quite like Martin Scorsese. See what the Grouches think of the Knower-of-cinema taking on the pilot of HBO's "Boardwalk Empire".

It's BIG WILLY WEEKEND!  and the Oscar Grouches take a look back at 2000's The Legend of Bagger Vance

PBS invites Marty back to the Masters series to talk about controversial director, Elia Kazan. The Grouches navigate their feelings on his art, his actions, and how Scorsese covers the life and work of one America's finest directors.

Today the Oscar Grouches wrap up the 2000s by looking back at 2009's best picture winner "The Hurt Locker"

It's been a few decades, but Marty is back in the concert documentary business. This time he turns his cameras toward a band that has influenced much of his filmmaking throughout his career: The Rolling Stones!

Today the Oscar Grouches go back and look at 2008's best picture winner "Slumdog Millionaire"

The Grouches are traveling back to 1990 to catch up on a short documentary they missed. Marty directs a look at Italian designer Giogio Armani's history, and his current collection.

Today the Oscar Grouches step away from the academy and celebrate Zach's birthday by kidnapping him and forcing him to watch his own favorite movies ala Clockwork Orange style

Teaming up with champagne cava Freixnet, Marty discovers a lost and incomplete Hitchcock script,  creating an era-appropriate film for historical preservation.

Today the Oscar Grouche's look back at 2007's best picture winner "No Country for Old Men"

Since The Departed won Best Picture, we're taking a step back to look at the Hong Kong made film that inspired Marty's big win! The Grouches discuss how Scorsese adapts the original, and what they prefer between the two, so stay tuned!

Today the Oscar Grouches talk about the 2006's best picture winner "The Departed"

Zach and Paul are flying without Trav this week as they talk about Marty's look at the early career of The Voice of a Generation, Bob Dylan. Listen to see how these two Grouches enjoyed this entry into the long PBS docu-series, "American Masters."

Today the Oscar Grouches look back at 2005's best picture winner "Crash"

This week, Marty shows us the blueprints, and also the life and obsessions of Howard Hughes, a tool magnate, filmmaker, and aviation innovator. Give this a listen to see how the Grouches, and special guest, Christina Reynolds, rate Scorsese's second team up with Oscar-nominee, Leonardo DiCaprio

Today the Oscar Grouches take a look back at 2004's best picture winner "Million Dollar Baby"

Marty is taking to PBS, as he directs the first episode of his docuseries, The Blues. We watch as he talks to Blues greats about the origins of the genre. Tracing its roots from the Mississippi Delta, through history, and back to African lands where it was born.

Today the Oscar Grouches take a look back at 2003's best picture winner "Return of the King"

This week we travel back to the times of the Civil War, and Marty tells us the tale of violent neighborhood disputes fueled by the tensions based on class, race, and immigration status. See what our Grouches have to say about this sprawling period piece starring Daniel Day-Lewis,  Leonardo DiCaprio, and Cameron Diaz.

The Pauldigal grouch returns with the other Oscar Grouches to talk about 2002's best picture winner "Chicago"

Have you ever wondered where the perennial Oscar bridesmaid, and knower of cinema, was raised? Marty is more than happy to show you around his childhood neighborhood in this short love letter that first aired as part of The Concert For New York City, held just one month after 9/11.

Today the Grouches are down one Paul but up one returning guest Rachael Hope as they discuss 2001's best picture winner "A Beautiful Mind"