Oscar Loves... Sequels
Oscar Loves Film Club
Sometimes the Academy just can't get enough. This month, your friendly Oscarologists look at those Best Pictures whose successors also picked up the grand prize. The films we explore in this episode are: The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974). This episode was recorded remotely. Thank you to Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork and Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music.
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Oscar Loves... American Gothic
Oscar Loves Film Club
For our first deep dive of 2023, Mark and Izzy delve into what exactly defines American Gothic and how this relates to our two Best Pictures. The films we explore in this episode are: Rebecca (1940) and Million Dollar Baby (2004). This episode was recorded remotely. Thank you to Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork and Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music.
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Oscar Loves... The Theatre
Oscar Loves Film Club
This month, your friendly Oscarologists delve into the films that connect the magic of the theatre to the joy of film, winning Best Picture in the process. The films we explore in this episode are: All About Eve (1950) and Birdman (2014). Thank you to Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork and Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music.
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Oscar Loves... The 'Luck' of the Irish
Oscar Loves Film Club
This month, Mark and Izzy look into the films that walked away with Best Picture, which highlight their connection to Ireland. The films we explore in this episode are: Going My Way (1945) and Titanic (1998). Thank you to Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork and Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music.
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Oscar Loves... Hyperlink Cinema
Oscar Loves Film Club
This month, your friendly Oscarologists dive into those rare films with multiple perspectives and narrative tributaries which have walked away with the Best Picture award. The films we explore in this episode are: Cavalcade (1933) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Thank you to Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork and Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music.
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Oscar Loves... Biographical Fiction
Oscar Loves Film Club
This month, Mark and Izzy discuss the Best Picture winners that seem like biopics and yet their protagonists are completely fictional. The films we dive into in this edition are: Tom Jones (1963) and Forrest Gump (1994). Thank you to Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork and Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music.
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Oscar Loves... Noir
Oscar Loves Film Club
In this edition, Mark and Izzy discuss the Academy's continued interest in film noir and neo noir. And just what is noir anyway? To answer that, we discuss best picture winners All The Kings Men (1950) and No Country For Old Men (2008). Thank you to Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork and Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music.
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Oscar Loves... Making History
Oscar Loves Film Club
This month, Mark and Izzy divert from their planned double feature to discuss this year's Best Picture winner CODA and the ceremony itself. In a year that will no doubt go down in history for one specific moment, there were many others that were also groundbreaking. DIrected and adapted by Sian Heder, CODA tells the story of Ruby (Emilia Jones) - the only hearing child of deaf adults, Jackie (Oscar winner Marlee Matlin), and Frank (Oscar winner Troy Kotsur) - who must balance the needs of her family's fishing business against the opportunity to audition for music college.
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Oscar Loves... Sports
Oscar Loves Film Club
This month, your friendly Oscarologists rally to discuss the most athletic of Best Picture winners. Written by and starring Sylvester Stallone, Rocky (1976) charts the sudden rise to fame of Rocky Balboa, a down on his luck southpaw boxer from Philadelphia. The film also began one of the most successful film franchises in cinema history, with eight sequels. In Chariots of Fire (1982), we follow the competition and shared experiences between fellow 1924 Olympic athletes Harold Abrahams and Eric Liddell, portrayed by Ben Cross and Ian Charleson, featuring one of the most famous opencing...
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Oscar Loves... Adaptations
Oscar Loves Film Club
This month, we delve into the archives for a previously recorded but unreleased episode where the original OLFC gang discuss those Best Picture winners that also have an adapted screenplay.
info_outlineThis month, Mark and Izzy discuss The Bard and Best Picture - those Oscar winners who capture Shakespeare's work on screen or use it as the basis for inventive adaptations.
Hamlet, directed by and starring Sir Lawrence Olivier as the Danish prince, won both Best Picture and Best Actor at the 1948 ceremony. Also starring Jean Simmons as Ophelia, the film features a powerful score from Sir William Walton.
Based on Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story tells the tragic love story of Tony (Richard Beymer) and Maria (Natalie Wood) set against the backdrop of teen gang warfare. With the stunning choreography of Jerome Robbins and glorious score by Leonard Bernstein, this film is often voted the most influential musical of all time.
Thank you to Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music and Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork. This episode was recorded remotely and so we apologise for any changes in sound quality present.