Oscar Talk: Ep. 81 — Lunch with the nominees, breaking down animated shorts, BAFTA preview

Posted by · 7:58 am · February 10th, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss Monday’s Nominees Luncheon, break down the animated short category and take a quick look ahead at this weekend’s BAFTA Awards, among other things.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 80 — The runaway 'Artist' train and Santa Barbara tributes

Posted by · 7:58 am · February 3rd, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the continued dominance of “The Artist” this season, the tribute circuit at Santa Barbara fest and the release of “The Grey,” among other things.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 79 — Special Edition! — Thoughts on the the 2011 Oscar nominations

Posted by · 12:14 pm · January 24th, 2012

In this week’s podcast Kris and Anne are joined by Guy Lodge to discuss this morning’s Oscar nominations and offer up predictions in each category.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 77 — Critics' Choice Awards, DGA nominees, documentary rule changes

Posted by · 9:56 am · January 13th, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the 17th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards, the week’s DGA nominations and rule changes affecting the Academy’s documentary branch.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 76 — Guild announcements, previewing the DGA and the success of 'Bridesmaids'

Posted by · 7:58 am · January 6th, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the PGA and WGA announcements, preview the DGA nominations and chew on the success of “Bridesmaids” so far this year.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 75 — Critics' picks so far, 'War Horse' box office, PGA/WGA preview, boiling down Best Actress and more

Posted by · 8:00 am · December 31st, 2011

In this week’s Oscar Talk, Kris and Anne discuss the critics’ awards and lists so far, preview the upcoming PGA and WGA announcements and examine the Best Actress race one more time, among many other things.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 73 — Our top 10 films of 2011!

Posted by · 7:58 am · December 9th, 2011

In today’s podcast, Kris and Anne take a break from the usual order of things to count down, separately, their picks for the best films of the year.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 72 — Gothams, Indie Spirits, NYFCC, NBR and 'We Bought a Zoo'

Posted by · 7:39 am · December 2nd, 2011

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss a busy week for the awards circuit, from the Gotham Awards to the Indie Spirit award nominees to the New York film critics vote to the National Board of Review announcement. And somehow they find time to talk Cameron Crowe’s “We Bought a Zoo,” too.

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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 71 — Formidable 'War Horse' charges onto the scene

Posted by · 3:30 pm · November 25th, 2011

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne offer up their thoughts on Steven Spielberg’s “War Horse,” discuss Meryl Streep and “The Iron Lady” further (as well as Charlize Theron and “Young Adult”) and handicap the Best Animated Feature Film.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 70 — 'Tintin,' Governors Awards, 'Iron Lady' and Gervais back for more

Posted by · 7:59 am · November 18th, 2011

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin,” which closed AFI Fest last week, last weekend’s Governors Awards ceremony, Meryl Streep and “The Iron Lady,” “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1” and much more.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 69 — Ratner, Murphy, Grazer, Crystal, Freeman, 'Hugo,' BUSY WEEK!

Posted by · 7:58 am · November 11th, 2011

In this week’s podcast, Anne and Kris discuss the busiest Oscar week of the season as the producer and host of the telecast were replaced, talk about the just-wrapped AFI Fest and some more on Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo,” among many other things.

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OSCAR TALK: Ep. 68 — 'J. Edgar' and 'Young Adult' finally come out to play

Posted by · 9:03 am · November 4th, 2011

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the AFI Fest premiere of Clint Eastwood’s “J. Edgar,” the pop-up screening strategy of “Young Adult” and “War Horse” and the British Independent Film Award nominations, among other things.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 67 — 'Shame' and NC-17, documentary feature discussion and the weekend's releases

Posted by · 7:58 am · October 28th, 2011

In this weekend’s podcast, Anne and Kris discuss the NC-17 rating leveled toward Steve McQueen’s “Shame,” the documentary feature category in the wake of a pair of documentary organizations’ nominations announcements and this weekend’s releases, from “Anonymous” to “The Rum Diary.”

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 66 — Gotham Awards, NYFCC's FIRST! move, 'Tintin,' London fest and more

Posted by · 8:00 am · October 21st, 2011

In this week’s Oscar Talk podcast Anne and Kris are joined by Guy Lodge from London, who is taking in the London Film Festival and saw Steven Spielberg’s “The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn” recently. We also dig in on the Gotham Award nominations announcement and the NYFCC’s recent surprising twist on the season.

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Oscar Talk: Ep 65 — 'My Week with Marilyn' and 'Hugo' premiere at New York fest

Posted by · 7:57 am · October 14th, 2011

In this week’s edition of Oscar Talk, Kris and Anne dig in to “My Week with Marilyn” and “Hugo,” which bowed at NYFF earlier in the week.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 64 — Digging into the lead categories

Posted by · 7:54 am · October 7th, 2011

In today’s podcast, we dig in on the lead actor and lead actress categories, discuss Roman Polanski’s NYFF opener “Carnage” and the critical reception of “The Ides of March,” opening today.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 63 — Digging into the supporting categories

Posted by · 7:57 am · September 30th, 2011

In today’s podcast we urge you to see “50/50” and “Take Shelter” this weekend, we start chewing on the supporting categories and we discuss the box office of a few of the year’s early season contenders.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 62 — 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' is icy and smooth (and good!), but is it Oscar?

Posted by · 9:16 am · September 23rd, 2011

In this week’s podcast, we cover “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy,” “The Ides of March,” “Moneyball,” “Pearl Jam Twenty,” “Melancholia” and the Academy’s latest rule change.

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