2018 Oscars: What to Watch For
The 90th Annual Academy Awards are coming up this Sunday, and some of the most exciting nominees can't be seen on screen, only heard.From "Remember Me," written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert...
View ArticleMovie Trivia: Academy Awards Edition
John Chaneski, co-host of TriviaNYC's QNA podcast, as well as a puzzle guru on NPR's Ask Me Another, quizzes listeners on Oscars movie trivia.
View ArticleJonny Greenwood, Carter Burwell Among Oscar Nominees for Best Original Score
This year’s nominees for the Academy Award for Best Original Score include some of Hollywood’s most illustrious names. Unlike last year’s field, there are no real outsiders – and no women – among the...
View ArticleOscar Docs 2019: Of Fathers and Sons
Syrian-born director Talal Derki talks about his new documentary, “Of Fathers and Sons,” which provides rare insight into what it means to grow up in an Islamic Caliphate. In the film Derki returns to...
View ArticleA Writer Solves a Mystery, and Ruth E. Carter Steps into the Spotlight
Committed during a period filled with bombings, killings, and disappearances, the murder of Jean McConville remains one of the most infamous unsolved crimes of the Troubles. The writer Patrick Radden...
View ArticleThe New Yorker Presents: the 2019 Brodies
Richard Brody is the first to acknowledge that his taste has little in common with the Academy’s. Brody, who has been writing about film for The New Yorker for more than a dozen years, is known for his...
View ArticleA Writer Solves a Mystery, and Ruth E. Carter Steps into the Spotlight
Committed during a period filled with bombings, killings, and disappearances, the murder of Jean McConville remains one of the most infamous unsolved crimes of the Troubles. The writer Patrick Radden...
View ArticleOscar-Nominated Documentary Short Spotlights American Nazism
Eighty years ago this week, 20,000 Americans gathered at Madison Square Garden to rally in support of Nazi ideology. The event featured a portrait of George Washington, the Pledge of Allegiance, and an...
View ArticleMozart at the Movies: How Oscar-Winning Films Created Iconic Scenes With...
The greatest movie moments would be nothing without the music that scores them. The hero's resolve solidifies as the strings’ swell, the battle reaches a fever pitch with a crash of percussion, the...
View ArticleLonging for Wakanda
On Sunday night, Marvel’s Black Panther film won the Oscar for three of its six Academy Award nominations: Ludwig Göransson for Best Original Score, Ruth E. Carter for Best Costume Design and Hannah...
View ArticleThe Alternative Oscars, 2020 Edition
The Oscar nominations have disappointed many observers once again. So it’s time for the Brodys—where the film critic Richard Brody makes his own picks for the best actor, actress, director, and film of...
View ArticleThe Brody Awards
Oscar, schmoscar! Richard Brody is a critic of wide tastes and passionate enthusiasms, and his list of the best films of the year rarely lines up with the Academy’s. Each January, he joins David...
View ArticleAn Alternative Oscars Ceremony, and Ezra Klein on Why We’re Polarized
It’s time for the most anticipated of all awards shows: the Brodys, in which The New Yorker’s Richard Brody shares the best films of the year, according to Richard Brody. And the political commentator...
View Article'Ford V Ferrari' Sound Mixer Steven A. Morrow
Steven A. Morrow joins us to discuss being nominated along with Paul Massey and David Giammarco for the Oscar for Best Achievement in Sound Mixing for their work on the film, “Ford V Ferrari.”
View Article'Marriage Story' Director Noah Baumbach
[REBROADCAST] Director Noah Baumbach joins us to discuss his film, “Marriage Story,” now nominated for six Oscars.
View ArticleThe Frame: 2020 Academy Awards Preview
The Frame's annual preview of The Academy Awards is hosted by John Horn and Jacqueline Coley. Featuring interviews with nominees Antonio Banderas (lead actor), Adam Driver (lead actor), Cynthia Erivo...
View ArticleOscars "Behind the Camera" Special
[REBROADCAST] Director Noah Baumbach joins us to discuss his film, “Marriage Story,” now nominated for six Oscars.Monica Bill Barnes, a contemporary choreographer, and associate choreographer Flannery...
View Article'Knives Out' Director Rian Johnson
[REBROADCAST] Director Rian Johnson joins us to discuss his new film, “Knives Out,” now nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.
View ArticleThe Oscars Series, Day 5: For Sama, This Year's Most Powerful Documentary
This week, in honor of the upcoming Academy Awards, Here's the Thing brings you a collection of conversations with Oscar-winners -- and, today, with a pair of 2020 nominees. They are Waad Al-Kateab...
View Article'Little Women' Choreographers Monica Bill Barnes and Flannery Gregg
Monica Bill Barnes, a contemporary choreographer, and associate choreographer Flannery Gregg, join us to discuss choreographing the Oscar-nominated film, “Little Women.”
View ArticleAnjelica Huston on Modeling, Movie-Making, and a Life in the Spotlight
Anjelica Huston has lived many lives, all with grace and charisma. As the daughter of John Huston (director of The African Queen, The Maltese Falcon, and more) she was movie royalty from birth. But...
View ArticleThe Politics of the Pandemic Oscars
This Sunday is the ninety-third Academy Awards. It’s been a trying year for the film industry, with the pandemic shuttering theatres and halting film productions. But the unusual circumstances have...
View ArticleChasing Dash: A Former Child Actor Grapples With His Defining Role
In honor of the Academy Awards this weekend, we decided to visit a classic Pixar film that earned the 2005 Oscar for Best Animated Feature: The Incredibles, a tale about a lovable, if somewhat...
View ArticleReview/Preview: Oscars Season
The Oscar race is already beginning. New York Times awards season reporter Kyle Buchanan joins us for a special Oscars' Review/Preview, recommending what movies to check out this fall and winter based...
View ArticleOscar Nominations Reactions with Kyle Buchanan
The 2022 Oscar nominations were announced yesterday, February 8. We chat with New York Times writer and awards season columnist Kyle Buchanan about his reactions to the nominations, including who was...
View ArticleHelping Ukrainians; NYC's New COVID Moment; State Department on Russia's...
Coming up on today's show: This week Mayor Adams eased pandemic-era restrictions, lifting mask mandates in schools and vaccine requirements for restaurants and entertainment venues. Denis Nash,...
View ArticleDid You Watch the Oscars?
This year's Oscars certainly had its moments but in general viewership has gone down over the years. Bilge Ebiri, film critic for New York magazine and Vulture, talks about how movies and the Oscars...
View ArticleHave the Oscars Always Got It Wrong?
Despite years of controversy, the Academy Awards and the other awards shows remain must-watch television for many Americans. The awards may be “unreliable as a pure measure of cinematic worth,”...
View ArticleA Local Paper Sounded the Alarm on George Santos. Nobody Listened.
Most Americans learned about Representative George Santos’s pattern of extraordinary fabrications in a New York Times report after he won election to Congress, but a local newspaper called the North...
View ArticleMichael Schulman on Oscars History, and a Visit with “Annie” Composer Charles...
Despite years of controversy, the Academy Awards and the other awards shows remain must-watch television for many Americans. The awards may be “unreliable as a pure measure of cinematic worth,”...
View ArticleMartin McDonagh Talks with Patrick Radden Keefe
Martin McDonagh burst onto the London theatre scene as a young playwright in the nineteen-nineties. At one point, he had four plays running simultaneously on stages across London. But McDonagh also...
View ArticlePresenting the 2023 Brody Awards
The Brody Awards are unlike all others: no anonymous committees, no marketing campaigns, no statues, no speeches. The Brodies are nominated and awarded by one well-informed and passionate critic, The...
View ArticleStephanie Hsu on “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is in a genre all its own, and is an extremely unlikely favorite for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It’s a loopy sci-fi quest that becomes a martial-arts...
View ArticleThe Pandemic at Three: Who Got It Right?
As the COVID-19 pandemic approaches its fourth year, the physician and contributing writer Dhruv Khullar examines which strategies worked to control the virus, and talks with the C.D.C.’s director, Dr....
View ArticleStephanie Hsu on “Everything Everywhere All at Once”; and the 2023 Brody Awards
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” is in a genre all its own, and is an extremely unlikely favorite for the Academy Award for Best Picture. It’s a loopy sci-fi quest that becomes a martial arts...
View ArticleGina Prince-Bythewood’s Hollywood
We continue our Black History Is Now series with Gina Prince-Bythewood, director of the hit films “The Woman King” and “Love & Basketball,” among others that center Black voices. “The Woman King”...
View ArticlePreviewing the Oscars With A.O. Scott
A.O. Scott, chief film critic at the New York Times, previews this year’s Academy Awards and discusses the way streaming has changed the movie business.
View ArticleBiden's Budget and Jobs Report; NYS Democratic Committee Chair Jay Jacobs;...
Coming up on today's show: Felix Salmon, chief financial correspondent for Axios, host of the Slate Money Podcast, and author of the forthcoming The Phoenix Economy: Work, Life, and Money in the New...
View ArticleIsrael rethinks its security strategy
Israel is taking another look at its security strategy following the restoration of relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia. Israel had seen Saudi Arabia's anti-Iran stance as a bulwark in its security...
View ArticleThe Oscar Nominee Cord Jefferson on Why Race Is so “Fertile” for Comedy
The writer and director Cord Jefferson has struck gold with his first feature film, “American Fiction.” Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for...
View ArticleThe Oscar Nominee Cord Jefferson on Why Race Is so “Fertile” for Comedy
The writer and director Cord Jefferson has struck gold with his first feature film, “American Fiction.” Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for...
View ArticleThe Oscar Nominee Cord Jefferson on Why Race Is So “Fertile” for Comedy
The writer and director Cord Jefferson has struck gold with his first feature film, “American Fiction.” Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for...
View ArticleThe Oscar Nominee Cord Jefferson on Why Race Is So “Fertile” for Comedy
The writer and director Cord Jefferson has struck gold with his first feature film, “American Fiction.” Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay for...
View ArticleTy Cobb on Trump, Putin, and Navalny, and Native Actress Lily Gladstone on...
Ty Cobb represented the Trump White House during the height of the Mueller-Russia probe, so he has a unique insight into the former President’s admiration for all things Putin, and his refusal to...
View ArticleLily Gladstone on Holding the Door Open for More Native Actors in Hollywood....
Lily Gladstone had been in several films, but unknown to most moviegoers, when she got a call for Martin Scorsese’s period drama “Killers of a Flower Moon.” The role was challenging. She plays the...
View ArticleSome Of Our Favorite Pre-Oscar Weekend Conversations
Ahead of this weekend's Academy Awards, we present conversations with some of the standout nominees.[REBROADCAST FROM October 25, 2023] Award-winning screenwriter and director Alexander Payne...
View ArticleBradley Cooper Contends for Best Actor in “Maestro”
“Maestro,” about the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, is nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, as well as Best Actor for Bradley Cooper—who is not only the...
View ArticleIn “Great Expectations,” Vinson Cunningham Watches Barack Obama’s Rise Up Close
“We hang our faith on objects, on people, based on the signs that they put out,” the New Yorker staff writer Vinson Cunningham tells David Remnick, about the enormous hope that he and many others saw...
View ArticleBradley Cooper Contends for Best Actor in “Maestro”
“Maestro,” about the legendary conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, is nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, as well as Best Actor for Bradley Cooper—who is not only the...
View ArticleHow Actor Danielle Brooks 'Already Won' Before The Oscars
Danielle Brooks, nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress following her masterful portrayal of Sofia in the 2023 remake of “The Color Purple,” discusses her journey to the Oscars with...
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