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December 2020

Episode Fourteen (2012) - Argo wins Best Picture, but not before Zero Dark Thirty got destroyed. Life of Pi teaches us about Saying Goodbye
Competing Oscar narratives in 2012 made it seem like a wide open year. But Argo emerged the frontrunner when Ben Affleck was surprisingly left off the…
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Sasha Stone
50:39
Episode Thirteen (2011) - The Artist, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Attending Cannes and the Oscars for the first time
The Artist won Best Picture in 2011 - but The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Hugo were the movies I was most captivated by. But taking my daughter to…
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Sasha Stone
55:22

October 2020

August 2020

Episode Twelve - The Social Network - 2010: "Drop the THE. Just Facebook. It's Cleaner."
In this episode I talk about how much I love David Fincher's The Social Network, and why 2010 taught me a lot about how the Oscar work, what Best…
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Sasha Stone
58:40
Episode Eleven - The Hurt Locker - 2009: If I'm Going to Die, I'm Going to Die Comfortable
The first woman wins Best Director, Avatar breaks box office records, Up in the Air, Precious, An Education all nominated as the Academy expands to ten…
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Sasha Stone
52:32

July 2020

Episode Ten - Slumdog Millionaire - 2008: I was Thinking About How Nothing Lasts, and What a Shame That Is
The Dark Knight changes the Best Picture race forever, Slumdog Millionaire wins Best Picture, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button remains probably the…
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Sasha Stone
43:12
Bonus Episode - Interview with AwardsDaily's Editor Ryan Adams
He joined the site in 2007 and has been a faithful friend and great addition to the site ever since. We have a long chat...
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Sasha Stone
1:17:07
Episode Nine - No Country for Old Men - 2007 - If the Road You Have Traveled Has Brought You to This, of What Use was the Road?
No Country for Old Men remains one of my favorite films of all time - I watch it monthly because I like having it on in the background - I am also…
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Sasha Stone
43:16
Episode Eight 2006 -The Departed - I'm the Guy Doing his Job, You Must be the Other Guy
Martin Scorsese finally wins Best Director for his most excellent film The Departed. But it was a closer race than it might have been, with Dreamgirls…
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Sasha Stone
34:09
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