Category: Best Picture

October 19, 2021 / Sasha Stone / 2013

Episode 15 – Fare Thee Well

Season Three

Episode 15 - Fare Thee Well

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In 2013, 12 Years a Slave won Best Picture, but only just barely. Things were…

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December 24, 2020 / Sasha Stone / 2012

Episode Fourteen – If I’m Doing a Fake Movie, It’s Gonna Be a Fake Hit

Season Two

Episode Fourteen - If I'm Doing a Fake Movie, It's Gonna Be a Fake Hit

00:00 / 50:39

In 2012, Argo would win Best Picture. But long before it ever did several other…

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December 9, 2020 / Sasha Stone / 2011

Episode Thirteen: Keep in Mind That I’m Crazy, Won’t You?

Season Two

Episode Thirteen: Keep in Mind That I'm Crazy, Won't You?

00:00 / 55:22

In 2011 The Artist won Best Picture, but the films I most loved with Hugo…

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October 20, 2020 / Sasha Stone / Best Picture

Special Interview with My Daughter Emma

Gold Tripping

Special Interview with My Daughter Emma

00:00 / 39:08

This Summer I drove my daughter from Burbank, California to Brooklyn, New York. I decided…

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October 9, 2020 / Sasha Stone / Best Picture

Special Interview with Michael Grei

Gold Tripping

Special Interview with Michael Grei

00:00 / 1:00:38

I will be posting several interviews with people I have known throughout my life. This…

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August 13, 2020 / Sasha Stone / 2010

Episode 12 – The Social Network and the First Trip to Cannes

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Episode 12 - The Social Network and the First Trip to Cannes

00:00 / 58:40

In this episode I talk about how much I love David Fincher’s The Social Network,…

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August 5, 2020 / Sasha Stone / 2009

Episode Eleven: If I’m Going to Die, I’m Going to Die Comfortable

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Episode Eleven: If I'm Going to Die, I'm Going to Die Comfortable

00:00 / 52:32

In 2009, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win for Best Picture and Best…

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July 28, 2020 / Sasha Stone / 2008

Episode Ten – I Was Thinking Nothing Lasts and What a Shame That Is

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Episode Ten - I Was Thinking Nothing Lasts and What a Shame That Is

00:00 / 43:12

In 2008, the Dark Knight was not nominated for Best Picture. There was a big…

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July 8, 2020 / Sasha Stone / 2006

Episode Eight – I’m the Guy who does his job, you must be the other guy

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Episode Eight - I'm the Guy who does his job, you must be the other guy

00:00 / 34:09

2006-2007 Martin Scorsese was about to win for The Departed and I would take my…

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November 18, 2019 / Sasha Stone / Best Picture

Episode three – to Be a poet and not know the trade

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Episode three - to Be a poet and not know the trade

00:00 / 39:19

The Oscar year of 2001 would see the first win by a black actress (and…

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