Adelaide and Antonio

Why It Won

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We review Best Picture winners throughout Oscars history and talk about why they won - for season 1, we’re covering the 1960s winners.

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Adelaide and Antonio

Episodes

Snubbed: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 29.06.2026 32:18

Adelaide and special guest Sarah (Adelaide's mom!) discuss the death of the Western & whether Paul Newman or Robert Redford is hotter as they recap/review Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid .

Why It Won: Midnight Cowboy (1969) 15.06.2026 56:24

Adelaide & special guest JJ talk the American New Wave, queer subtext, and Clavicular (somehow) as they explore why Midnight Cowboy won best picture. JJ's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jj.cardillo/

Snubbed: The Graduate (1967) 18.05.2026 32:56

Adelaide discusses the beginning of the American New Wave as she recaps/reviews The Graduate .

Why It Won: A Man for All Seasons (1966) 04.05.2026 57:47

Antonio and Adelaide talk Tudor history, the death of the studio era, and the ethics of a hot Henry VIII as they figure out why A Man for All Seasons won best picture.

Snubbed: Blow-Up (1966) 20.04.2026 31:29

Adelaide discusses how MGM killed the Hays Code as she recaps/reviews Antonioni's Blow-Up .

Why It Won: West Side Story (1961) 06.04.2026 1:06:49

Antonio and Adelaide talk Stephen Sondheim, Steven Spielberg, and the golden age of musicals as they explore why West Side Story won best picture.

Snubbed: A Hard Day's Night (1964) 23.03.2026 36:13

Adelaide talks Beatlemania and the British New Wave as she reviews A Hard Day's Night.

Why It Won: My Fair Lady (1964) 09.03.2026 1:00:12

Antonio and Adelaide talk the British invasion, beautiful gowns, and Julie Andrews (again) as they figure out why My Fair Lady won best picture.

Snubbed: Breathless (1960) 23.02.2026 35:18

Adelaide talks the French New Wave as she recaps/reviews Breathless.

Why It Won: The Apartment (1960) 09.02.2026 50:02

Adelaide and Antonio talk capitalism, the death of the Hays Code, and Shirley MacLaine's half-Canadian charm as they explore why The Apartment won best picture.

Snubbed: Brief Encounter (1945) 26.01.2026 34:52

Adelaide recaps/reviews Brief Encounter & talks about why it was snubbed from a best picture nomination.

Why It Won: The Sound of Music (1965) 12.01.2026 57:38

Adelaide & Antonio talk Julie Andrews, movie musicals, Christopher Plummer being hot and more as they explore why The Sound of Music won best picture.