407 – Destroyer
In 2018, we were rooting for the comeback of director Karyn Kusama, emerging with the promising crime thriller Destroyer . Centering on Nico...
Radio and PodcastLive Radio & PodcastsTV & Film
This Had Oscar Buzz
A podcast about movies the awards forgot
Episodes
20 of 322 episodes406 – Arsenic and Old Lace (with Emily St. James!)
We have writer Emily St. James back with us this week, so naturally we’re breaking our own record for oldest film discussed on the sho...
2026 TIFF Recap!!
We’re back home from our latest trip to the Toronto International Film Festival! And as always, we’re offering you a buffet of o...
405 – She Said
After their 2017 exposé of the horrors Harvey Weinstein inflicted upon women for decades, Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey detailed their proces...
404 – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a musical like no other. A Off-Broadway smash in 1998 from creators...
403 – The Homesman (with Richard Lawson!)
We welcome back Richard Lawson this week to discuss Tommy Lee Jones’s final (to date!) directorial effort, 2014’s The Homesman....
402 – The Return
As The Odyssey continues to prove to be a career peak for Christopher Nolan and possible return to the Oscar stage, we’re looking back...
401 – Playing By Heart
Playing by Heart (1998) Directed by Willard Carroll Shown: Angelina Jolie, Ryan Phillippe In the bygone moviegoing trend of “interconn...
400 – Town and Country
It’s our 400th episode this week, so we had to go big. What could be more fitting than a notorious bomb with major star pedigree?! No...
399 – Lovely And Amazing (with Jeff Hiller!)
Emmy winner Jeff Hiller joins us this week to talk about one of our beloved Nicole Holofcener’s earliest films. Lovely and Amazing fol...
398 – Short Term 12
With Spider-Man: Brand New Day arriving in theatres this week, we’re looking back at director Destin Daniel Cretton’s 2013 debut...
397 – The Thin Blue Line (w/ Pamela Ribon!)
We welcome back Oscar-nominated My Year of Dicks filmmaker Pamela Ribon this week for [gasp] our very first documentary episode! In 1988, Er...
396 – The Stepford Wives (with Nicholas Colia!)
We’re back talking about Nicole Kidman’s post-Oscar years this week and Griffin in Summer filmmaker Nicholas Colia is here to jo...
395 – Insomnia
After becoming a critical and arthouse sensation with Memento, Christopher Nolan leaped to studio filmmaking with American remake Insomnia....
394 – Queer (with Mitchell Beaupre!)
Letterboxd head of editorial Mitchell Beaupre returns to us this week to close out Pride month with one of Luca Guadagnino’s most divi...
393 – C’Mon C’Mon
On deck this week is a sentimental recent fav, Mike Mills’ beautiful black-and-white tribute to modern day youngsters and the state of...
392 – Robin Hood (2010)
We’re back to discussing the filmography of director Ridley Scott this week, though this episode was recorded… before the news o...
391 – The BFG (with Kyle Amato!)
With Steven Spielberg returning to theatres with this week’s Disclosure Day, we’re taking the rare opportunity to discuss one of...
390 – Les Miserables (1998)
We’re back after our May Miniseries and it’s Tonys week! Rather than a musical, we’re talking about a movie that disappoin...
CATEGORY IS… – Stunts
CATEGORY IS… comes to a close this week and we’re ending this May Miniseries by looking to the future. Next year’s 100th Academy...