Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie Podcast
42 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -'Revisiting the Oscars' is a movie podcast that looks back at the Oscars over the past 50 years, revisiting the highs and the lows through a discussion about the films nominated for the coveted 'Best Picture' award over the years, with each episode covering one year in film history. Reviews and random chat with a bit of insight thrown in with our three hosts, Watty, Mason and Bingham!
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2023 Oscars Preview Special!
March 09, 2024 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBIt's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars! In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a further step into music criticism as we cover the 'Best Song' category - could this year surely be better than last year?! If you're enjoying the podcast please give us a 5-star rating...
Episode 35: 2023 - Oppenheimer
February 29, 2024 21:00 - 2 hours - 88.3 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2023 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year! There's 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, with Barbenheimer a hot topic of conversation! All alongside usual features such as the blast from the 'present', random trivia and chat, with accompanying bonus episode to follow next week! 2023 Best Picture Nominees Maestro Past Lives The Zone of Interest American Fiction Barbie K...
Episode 34: 2010 - The King's Speech
February 11, 2024 20:00 - 1 hour - 80 MBOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed to 2010 for the year that saw 'The King's Speech' and 'The Social Network' go head to head, alongside a little movie from some barely known director called Christoper Nolan... Films included on this pod include the mind bending 'Inception', the trilogy ender (of sorts) to 'Toy Story', and a breakout performance from Jennifer Lawrence in 'Winter's Bone' We also talk Banksy, Cinema Cards, alongside the usual nonsense, banter and fun fac...
Episode 33: 2006 - The Departed
December 13, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 53.2 MBOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're back to the mid-2000s for Scorsese's only Oscar win for 'The Departed'. We may have recorded this at Christmas time but there's little Christmas cheer on show as the films we're talking about cover war, suicide and death by car accident, but don't worry - we'll do our best to brighten things up! Films included on this pod alongside 'The Departed' are the globe spanning drama 'Babel', the aftermath of Princess Diana's death in 'The Queen', C...
Episode 32: 1973 - The Sting
October 24, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 49.9 MBOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed back 50 years in time to 1973 to revisit the top films of the year, led by none other than arguably the greatest ever horror movie in William Friedkin's The Exorcist. We're also running a long con a ruthless crime boss in The Sting, falling out with our sisters in Cries & Whispers, having a transatlantic affair in A Touch of Class and driving around aimlessly in 1950s America in American Graffiti. All this and the usual nonsense, bant...
Episode 31: 1996 - The English Patient
August 23, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed back to the 90s for 1996 - the year of Euro 96, the release of Trainspotting and the split of the original incarnation of Take That! On this year's episode we're treating patients who may or may not be English in The English Patient, arranging a kidnapping of our wives to collect a ransom in Fargo, maintaining deep secrets in Secrets & Lies, starting our own sports agency in Jerry Maguire and trying our hand at piano in Shine We also ...
Episode 30: 2011 - The Artist
July 12, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 63.4 MBOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed 12 years in the not so distant past to discuss one of the first years with a bumper crop of movies - 9 in the case of 2011! We're revisiting the silent era (The Artist), fixing clocks and meeting cinematic legends (Hugo), visiting the Deep South in the 60s (The Help), meeting literary legends (Midnight in Paris), revolutionising baseball (Moneyball), dealing with family tragedy in Hawaii (The Descendants) and in NYC Post 9/11 (Extremel...
Episode 29: 1986 - Platoon
May 04, 2023 21:00 - 1 hour - 53.4 MBOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed back almost 40 years to talk all things 1986 as we dissect the 5 movies nominated for 'Best Picture' that year! Crocodile Dundee, Diego Maradona, Catchphrase and Top Gun were just some of the things making headlines in 1986, but what was happening at the Oscars.... We've got an interesting bunch to discuss this year that includes Robert De Niro playing a Spanish slave trader cum missionary in the oddity that is 'The Mission', a Woody ...
2022 Oscars Preview Special!
March 09, 2023 00:00 - 1 hour - 46.8 MBIt's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars! In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a further step into music criticism as we cover the 'Best Song' category - could this year surely be better than last year?! If you're enjoying the podcast please give us a 5-star ratin...
Episode 28: 2022
March 01, 2023 23:00 - 1 hour - 81.2 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2022 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year! There's 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, whilst we also touch on the merits of some of the biggest box office hits of the year with respect to the Oscars. All alongside usual features such as the blast from the 'present', random trivia and chat, with accompanying bonus episode to follow next week! 2022 Best Picture Nominees...
Episode 27: 1980 - Ordinary People
February 16, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 54.7 MBIt's back to the 80s on Revisiting the Oscars as we revisit the year 1980 - Reagan, Thatcher, Crispy Pancakes and some classic movies! On this episode we're looking at David Lynch's only Best Picture nominee in 'The Elephant Man', Scorsese and De Niro's classic non-boxing boxing movie 'Raging Bull', Polanski's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1800s novel 'Tess', Loretta Lynn biopic 'Coal Miner's Daughter' and Robert Redford's debut as a director in 'Ordinary People'. Hit us up on our social me...
Episode 26: 1999 - American Beauty
December 22, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBWe're partying like it's 1999 on this episode of Revisiting the Oscars, as we head back just over 20 years ago to cover a big year for cinema! On this episode, Revisiting the Oscars is seeing dead people, tackling corruption in the tobacco industry, running an orphanage, managing death row and having a midlife crisis as we cover some of the big films to have been released just before the turn of the millennium. Kicking us off is M. Night Shyamalan's renowned supernatural drama 'The Sixth S...
Episode 25: 2007 - No Country for Old Men
October 12, 2022 13:00 - 1 hour - 56.9 MBOn this episode of Revisiting the Oscars we're headed to 2007, a year widely regarded as one of the strongest years for movies in recent history! It featured the battle of the titans for the Best Picture award, with the Coen Brothers 'No Country for Old Men' going head to head with Paul Thomas Anderson's 'There Will Be Blood', with room on the nominations list for a legal thriller ('Michael Clayton'), a coming of age dramedy ('Juno') and a period drama based on an acclaimed novel ('Atonemen...
Episode 1: 1970 - Patton (REPOST)
September 03, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBWe're taking a brief breather as life catches up on the 3 of us, so we've decided to repost our very first episode from when lockdown prompted us to start this podcast just over 2 years ago! Our very first episode went back 50 years to 1970 to discuss the 5 films nominated for Best Picture that year, and was the introduction to Revisiting the Oscars for you all! 1970 Best Picture Nominees Love Story Airport Five Easy Pieces MASH Patton *This podcast will contain some spoilers for these ...
Episode 24: 1990 - Dances With Wolves
August 04, 2022 15:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBOn this episode of Revisiting the Oscars we're moving forward in time to 1990, when 'The Godfather Part 3' was released to conclude the trilogy. Listen on for more discussion on the optimal way to eat an orange, whilst Bingham thinks he may have found the best ever impersonation of a donkey.... It's a bumper year for the gangster genre with Scorsese's classic 'Goodfellas' also on the agenda this time around, alongside the smash supernatural hit 'Ghost', forgotten Robin Williams/Robert De N...
Episode 23: 1974 - The Godfather Part II
June 27, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBLast time round we headed back to 1972 to talk about arguably the greatest film of all time in 'The Godfather', so we felt it would be rude not to continue the series with the next entry in the trilogy - all of which were nominated for Best Picture. That means we're in 1974, a year in which Francis Ford Coppola had 2 films nominated for the big prize (also 'The Conversation'), alongside leading roles from all time screen icons like Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman ('Lenny'), Jack Nicholson ('Ch...
Episode 22: 1972 - The Godfather
May 05, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest films of all time in 'The Godfather'! Francis Ford Coppola's iconic mafia movie has been back in cinemas this year and what better time than now to revisit this classic film! 1972 packs a punch beyond 'The Godfather' though, with memorable and lauded films also up for the big prize this year such as 'Cabaret' and 'Deliverance', not to mention a chance to potential discover a hidden gem or two with...
2021 Oscars Preview Special!
March 23, 2022 23:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBIt's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars! In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a further step into music criticism as we cover the 'Best Song' category - could this year surely be better than last year?! If you're enjoying the podcast please give us a 5-star ratin...
Episode 21: 2021
March 17, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 79.4 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2021 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year! The Oscars have gone back to 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, whilst we also touch on the merits of some of the biggest box office hits of the year with respect to the Oscars. All alongside usual features such as the blast from the 'present', random trivia and chat, and expect a good dose of the classic Bingham sigh as he's ...
Episode 20: 1987
February 26, 2022 10:00 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBIt's a return to the 80s on Revisiting the Oscars, which of course means cheesy songs, a higher than average ratio of comedies and yes folks, some long and bald haircuts! Join us to learn about Ikea's formation, Nicolas Cage's wooden hand, and how one of this year's nominees may have influenced seminal Scottish comedy sketch show Chewin the Fat as we get into all things 1987! 1987 Best Picture Nominees Moonstruck Fatal Attraction Broadcast News Hope & Glory The Last Emperor *This podcast...
Beauty & The Bits - An intro to the pod!
February 12, 2022 08:00 - 23 minutes - 16.1 MBWe're right in the midst of Oscars season with the nominations just announced, so we thought we'd pull together a shorter pod to give new listeners a flavour of what we do here at Revisiting the Oscars! This brief episode features our discussion on the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture in 'Beauty and the Beast', alongside a discussion of Disney's best films with our guest correspondent and Disney fanatic Sara! *This clip was originally featured as part of Episode 18: 199...
Episode 19: 2003
January 20, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBWe're off to Middle Earth for the third and final time on Revisiting the Oscars as we talk all things Return of the King, one of the most successful Oscars winners of all time in our episode on the 2003 Oscars! It's a globetrotting episode as we're also off to Tokyo for Lost in Translation, the Galapagos Islands for Master and Commander, Boston for Mystic River and California for Seabiscuit - the movies that tried and failed to halt Lord of the Rings record quest! Bingham also enlightens ...
Episode 18: 1991
December 23, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MBIt's Disney time on Revisiting the Oscars as we cover 1991, the first (and to this date only the third!) year to have an animated nominee for Best Picture. To celebrate we have special guest Sara Bingham along to talk us through 'Beauty and the Beast' and her views on the best things Disney have to offer! It was also a big year for 'Silence of the Lambs', one of only 3 films to have claimed the Oscar 'Big 5' (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay). We'll be discussing fava beans, ch...
Episode 17: 1976
November 03, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWe're returning to the 1970s on this episode of Revisiting the Oscars as we talk 1976, one of the strongest years in Oscar history! We'll all remember the iconic 'Rocky' but this year also has Martin Scorsese's first nomination in 'Taxi Driver', the ahead of its time satirical drama 'Network', the cracking conspiracy thriller about the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon in 'All The President's Men'. It is the Oscars of course, so we have a biopic for good measure too, of legendary Amer...
Episode 16: 2002
September 26, 2021 14:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBWe're back to Middle Earth on the latest episode of Revisiting the Oscars as we head into 2002, so expect lots of chat about those bloody talking trees, the greatness of the battle of Helms Deep and who can do the best Gollum impression? It's not just 'Lord of the Rings' time though as we've 4 more big movies to discuss including holocaust drama 'The Pianist', the Virginia Woolf multi-verse film 'The Hours', Scorsese's epic tale of life in early New York ('Gangs of New York') and the all co...
Episode 15: 1981
August 11, 2021 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.5 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us to the early 80s to take in 1981, introducing us to Indiana Jones, the Russian Revolution and the Olympic Games. We've had a slight hiatus on account of one of the team getting hitched, summer football and a return to socialising in the UK, but we're glad to be back with you all! In this episode we'll meet Harrison Ford's swashbuckling action hero in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', find out about the origins of communist Russia in 'Reds', and meet a ...
Episode 14: 1992
June 25, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour - 54.5 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us to the early 90s to cover the 1992 Oscars and our first experience on this podcast of the western! In this episode we're talking Clint Eastwood's revisionist western 'Unforgiven', the film that won Al Pacino his only Oscar to date ('Scent of a Woman') and trips to Britain for another period drama ('Howard's End') and a genre bending romantic thriller ('The Crying Game'). We also find out if the lads can handle the truth with the Aaron Sorkin scr...
Episode 13: 2001
May 20, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 58 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us head back 20 years to 2001 where we visit Middle Earth for the first time, back in those heady days before cinematic universes and all sorts changed the nature of blockbuster filmmaking! Alongside 'Lord of the Rings' we've also got Baz Luhrmann's trippy musical extravaganza 'Moulin Rouge', Russell Crowe in 'A Beautiful Mind', little remembered drama 'In the Bedroom' and our third encounter with friend of the pod, Mr. Robert Altman, with 'Gosford ...
2020 Oscars Preview Special!
April 22, 2021 18:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBIt's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars! In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a step into music criticism as we cover the 'Best Song' category - safe to say this wasn't the finest year to check the songs out! If you're enjoying the podcast please give us a 5-star ...
Episode 12: 2020
April 15, 2021 12:00 - 1 hour - 72 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2020 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture'! It's been a funny old 12 months in many respects and that's been the same for the movies, so tune in as the guys provide a bit of escapism as we discuss some of this year's hopefuls like 'Nomadland', 'Minari' and 'Promising Young Woman'. All alongside usual features such as the blast from the 'present', random trivia and chat, and there are even rumours ...
Episode 11: 2009
March 19, 2021 22:00 - 1 hour - 80.6 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us up to 2009, the first year that the Oscars returned to a larger pool of Best Picture nominees. There's a wide variety of films for the guys to discuss on this episode, from the juggernaut that was 'Avatar', to our first encounters with the Coen Brothers with 'A Serious Man' and our first animated film in Pixar's 'Up'! As always, plenty of nonsense, trivia, squirrels (!) and some heated discussions on the merits of some of the films involved! 2...
Bonus Episode: A PVT Chat with director Ben Hozie
February 23, 2021 17:00 - 43 minutes - 29.6 MBOur latest episode is a slight detour from our regular pods as the guys had the pleasure of speaking to the multi-talented musician and director Ben Hozie about his latest film 'PVT Chat', a movie about Jack (Peter Vack), a lonely internet gambler who develops an obsession with Scarlett (Julia Fox), a cam girl based in San Francisco. In the interview, Ben talks about the experience of making PVT Chat, clashing with American censorship and gives us his thoughts on the 2009 Oscars (which will...
Episode 10: 1982
February 18, 2021 15:00 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us back to the 1980s, with another opportunity to 'inject the 80s into your veins' with the films up for discussion this week including 'Tootsie', 'Gandhi' and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic 'E.T.' Expect lots of discussion of 1980s fashion, music and the Academy's attitude towards computer generated effects in movies. It's our 10th podcast episode so we also look back on the films we've covered in 'Revisiting the Oscars' so far, and with it o...
Episode 9: 2016
January 21, 2021 11:00 - 1 hour - 68.3 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode brings us as close to the present day as we've been in this series, and our first taste of an Oscars year with a higher number of Best Picture nominees! That makes for a bumper, 'feature length' episode, which only just comes in shorter than this years shortest film in 'Hell or High Water'. 2016 was the infamous year when 'La La Land' was prematurely announced as the winner, stealing the thunder of 'Moonlight'. We also have our first taste of science fic...
Episode 8: 1997
December 23, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 53.9 MBRevisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us into the 1990s where we cover the biggest film of the decade and one of the biggest of all time in 'Titanic'! It is of course the festive period so we also discuss some of our favourite Christmas movies and we get an update on how Mason's fledgling cricketing career was going at the age of 12.... On the Oscars front, we've got some great films to run through including British comedy classic 'The Full Monty' and the film that gave Robin Williams ...
Episode 7: 2004
December 03, 2020 18:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBRevisiting the Oscars returns to the 2000s so that means more anecdotes about Mason's teenage years, alongside the usual film discussion of course! This year has several firsts as we cover cinematic legends Martin Scorsese ('The Aviator') and Clint Eastwood ('Million Dollar Baby') for the first time, alongside our first music biopic in 'Ray', a trip to the home of Peter Pan in 'Finding Neverland', and a booze soaked tour of the Californian wine valley with Alexander Payne's 'Sideways' 200...
Episode 6: 1988
November 04, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 49 MBIt's our first trip to the 1980s on Revisiting the Oscars and Mason has conveniently chosen 1988, the year of birth for his fellow hosts. Alongside the five films nominated for Best Picture this year, we discuss Cruel Intentions, 80s soundtracks, the origins of the kiwi fruit and Bingham's new found love of Carly Simon*! (* this one may be a lie ;) ) 1988 Best Picture Nominees Dangerous Liaisons The Accidental Tourist Working Girl Mississippi Burning Rain Man *Please note this podcast doe...
Episode 5: 1975
October 01, 2020 12:00 - 1 hour - 48.7 MBIt's back to the 1970s for Episode 5 and what a year we've got in store for this month's podcast! Join us as we continue our journey across the last 50 years of film history, reviewing the films nominated for 'Best Picture' across one year per episode. In Episode 5 of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're covering 1975, a year when some of the greatest filmmakers of all time went head to head, with Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick and Robert Altman amongst the directors we'll be discussing today. ...
Episode 4: 2005
September 02, 2020 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.3 MBWe're into the 2000s now as we continue our journey across the last 50 years of film history, reviewing the films nominated for 'Best Picture' across one year per episode. In Episode 4 of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're covering 2005, the infamous year when 'Crash' surprised just about everybody to take the top accolade ahead of films including 'Brokeback Mountain' and 'Munich'. We'll look back on this films, as well as looking at what else was making an impact in 2005, from Harry Potter to ...
Episode 3: 1994
August 06, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 46.2 MBWelcome to the third episode of our brand new podcast series, 'Revisiting the Oscars'! Episode 3 of 'Revisiting the Oscars' takes us from the 1970s into the 1990s for a classic Oscars year that has generated much discussion and debate in the years since! Our hosts discuss the year 1994 and the merits of the five films nominated for 'Best Picture' and whether the voters picked the right winner on this occasion. 1994 Best Picture Nominees Pulp Fiction Quiz Show Four Weddings and a Funeral T...
Episode 2: 1979
July 04, 2020 16:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBEpisode 2 of 'Revisiting the Oscars' takes us from the start of the decade to the end as we move from 1970 to 1979 to revisit the films in contention at the ceremony celebrating the best films of that year. Our hosts discuss the merits of the five films nominated for 'Best Picture', how well they have aged, and whether the voters picked the right winner on this occasion. 1979 Best Picture Nominees All That Jazz Breaking Away Norma Rae Apocalypse Now Kramer vs. Kramer *Please note this ...
Episode 1: 1970
June 10, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 42 MBEpisode 1 of 'Revisiting the Oscars' takes us back 50 years in film history to 1970, and the Oscars ceremony that celebrated the finest films of that year. Our hosts discuss the merits of the five films nominated for 'Best Picture', how well they have aged, and whether the voters picked the right winner on this occasion. 1970 Best Picture Nominees Love Story Airport Five Easy Pieces MASH Patton *Please note this podcast does contain spoilers Follow us on Twitter @UpLateAtNightAg or visit...