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Oscar Wild is an entertainment podcast where Sophia Ciminello and Nick Ruhrkraut discuss the latest in film from new releases to old favorites, always counting down to next year's Oscars.
That’s a wrap on another exciting and satisfying Oscar season! Ryan Coogler and Paul Thomas Anderson, both now having been nominated in four...
If awards season were a video game, it’s now time to face the final boss. You might need three extra lives just to make it through all of th...
5 weeks, 7 episodes, 24 categories, 50 films, 232 nominees! On the final Contenders episode of the season, Sophia and Nick break down the no...
Sophia and Nick follow up their chat about the wonderful Oscar-nominated supporting performances with their leading counterparts, which leav...
You know the Oscars are near when it’s time for the above the line categories! Nick and Sophia continue their Contenders series with Support...
A mega episode covering 15 feature films and 15 short films calls for plenty of homework and a whole lot of fun. The big nominee getters are...
Dive deeper into this year’s Oscar nominees as Nick and Sophia break down three more technical categories: Film Editing, Cinematography (23:...
The second part of the Contenders Series dives into the audio component of the cinematic experience and features frequent guest and Original...
Now that this year’s crop of Oscar nominees has been announced, follow along as Nick and Sophia embark on their extensive Contenders series...
We’re just days away from one of the most exciting announcements that will surely change many lives forever. Sophia and Nick lock in as they...
Only one more week until Oscar nominations! And to prepare with some last minute prediction changes, Nick and Sophia are back to recap the G...
Flipping the first few pages on that crisp calendar symbolizes the start of something new (no toxic mom group drama here!), including a fres...
As the countdown changes to this year’s Oscars, Nick and Sophia look back on another wonderful year of film with plenty of ups and downs. Ch...
Between critics groups and different awards bodies, we can finally glean some much needed information about the Academy’s true love love fro...
The first set of big critics prizes, including NYFCC, LAFCA, NBR, and AFI, have arrived along with the Gotham Awards winners and nominations...
It’s been a clock tick since DRAMA.’s Connor and Dylan MacDowell have joined Sophia and Nick on the pod, so what better way to rejoicify tha...
Sophia and Nick are excited to chat about some buzzy films that have delighted festival audiences throughout the year and now have had wider...
Old Hollywood is full of hot gossip and today, Nick and Sophia are here to spill all of the piping hot tea between Lauren Bacall and Humphre...
Welcome to the first purgatory of awards season: the period after fall festivals have ended and before the first set of major nominations an...
As another Halloween approaches, Sophia and Nick are excited to celebrate Hitchcock-tober once again! This time, they marvel at the outstand...
This year’s NYFF may have concluded but Nick and Sophia are back to chat about many of the other films that made up this year’s incredible s...
The return of pumpkin spice lattes on every corner might be the biggest sign that fall has returned, but for Sophia and Nick, the crisp air...
The most anticipated release of the year for many has finally arrived! Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest work, One Battle After Another , kept m...
Happy TIFFty! With festival season in full swing, Sophia and Nick are back to share updates about big award winners and plenty of first-hand...
The best time of year is quickly approaching and you know what Sophia and Nick are counting down to… Fall festival slates have been (mostly)...
Sixty years later and the hills are still very much alive with the sound of music! In fact, Maria helped the Trapp Family (yes, based on a r...
From Pedro Pascal stretching his limbs to blue cartoon creatures wreaking havoc in their worlds, movies this summer have provided audiences...
If you’re an action, adventure, or adrenaline junkie, then surely you’ve heard of or seen the insanity that is Mad Max: Fury Road . George M...
Sophia and Nick celebrate five years of the podcast and being halfway through the 2020s by awarding the Oscar Wild Oscars of the Decade So F...
Even though the midway point of this decade passed when the ball dropped on New Year’s Day (yeah, a chill went down my spine, too), Nick and...
After 20 years, the shock of Brokeback Mountain losing Best Picture still stings just as much. Ang Lee’s beautiful and affecting western abo...
Is it true that “Love don’t cost a thing” or could J.Lo just have been jaded by a materialistic lover? Nick and Sophia ponder this question...
This cinematic collaboration may be one of the most beloved, well-known pairings in all of Hollywood history. From the instantly recognizabl...
“I love limes. They’re so great, I love them so much.” [insert your favorite Dakota Johnson quote here] This week’s new episode began as a c...
Another awards season has begun in the most elegant of fashions with some of cinema’s finest (no small thanks to Jury President Juliette Bin...
With another great season comes great responsibility…to craft an entertaining theme that showcases a new crop of Oscar nominees and winners....
A life lost way too soon at 24 years old, James Dean will always be remembered as one of Hollywood’s greatest actors. Add to that feat the f...
With summer right around the corner, Nick and Sophia recap 2025 releases thus far to highlight some of their recommendations and analyze the...
Welcome back to Oscar Wild’s sixth season! Sophia and Nick are excited to premiere with a film they both love, one about responsibility and...
And that's a wrap on the 97th Academy Awards and Season 5 of Oscar Wild! Listen as Nick and Sophia recap the exciting ceremony and relive al...
After an unexpectedly wild awards season, Sophia and Nick are excited to share their final Oscar predictions. Like in previous years, they b...
Here’s to the final installment in this year’s Oscar Contenders series, when Nick and Sophia discuss each nominee in the final four above-th...
If you’re following along in the Contenders series, you’ve heard about some films three, four, or even eight times! Today though, Sophia and...
In nearing the halfway point of the Contenders series, it’s time to focus on the wonderful performances nominated this year! Listen as Nick...
For the final crafts related Contenders episode, Sophia and Nick share all of the fun looks and designs, including practical and digital eff...
For their continued discussion of the craft categories, Nick and Sophia look at two of their favorite technical aspects in moviemaking: Cine...
With the final countdown to the Oscars underway, it’s time once again for the most thorough series on this year’s nominees! Sophia and Nick...
The race to the 97th Academy Awards has officially begun! Nick and Sophia are excited to discuss all of their reactions, ecstatic and mournf...
It’s nearly time to find out the nominees for the 97th Academy Awards! Sophia and Nick have done plenty of deliberating, and even though it...
There’s no better way to celebrate a new year than by perusing a fresh slate of movies that is sure to dazzle and shock us. Nick and Sophia...