Oscar Talk: Nominations postmortem (finally) and Sundance chatter

Posted by · 3:45 pm · January 24th, 2014

On this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne finally get around to assessing the 2014 Oscar nominations. There is also the 30th annual Sundance Film Festival to consider, players from which we might be discussing this time next year.

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Oscar Talk: Final thoughts before the 2014 Academy Award nominations

Posted by · 8:00 am · January 10th, 2014

On the latest podcast, Kris and Anne offer up some final nuggets in advance of the 86th annual Academy Awards nominations announcement.

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Oscar Talk: 'Hustle,' 'Wall Street,' precursors and the 10 best films of 2013

Posted by · 11:00 am · December 13th, 2013

In the latest installment of Oscar Talk, Kris and Anne discuss the final films to screen of the season, the end-of-year precursor circuit that includes critics groups, the HFPA and SAG and their own kudos list: the top 10 films of 2013.

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Oscar Talk: AFI Fest, 'Out of the Furnace,' 'Lone Survivor' and preparing for the critics awards

Posted by · 8:00 am · November 22nd, 2013

In the latest installment of the Oscar Talk podcast, Kris Tapley and Anne Thompson discuss AFI Fest, the bows of “Saving Mr. Banks,” “Out of the Furnace” and “Lone Survivor” and ponder what the critics awards could mean this season.

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Oscar Talk: NYFF, Gotham nominations, awards contenders head for 2014

Posted by · 8:00 am · October 25th, 2013

In the latest edition of the Oscar Talk podcast, Kris Tapley and Anne Thompson look back at what the New York Film Festival added to the pile, consider the indie slate with the Gotham Awards nominees and ponder the exit of a few key titles to 2014.

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Oscar Talk: Venice/Telluride/Toronto wrap

Posted by · 8:12 am · September 20th, 2013

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the just-wrapped early fall fest circuit. What landed at Venice, Telluride and Toronto and shows promise in the season? Also, this year’s Honorary Oscar recipients have been revealed.

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Oscar Talk: 2013 so far, fall festival preview and a look to the season ahead

Posted by · 7:56 am · August 16th, 2013

In the first podcast of the 2013-2014 season, Kris Tapley and Anne Thompson discuss 2013 so far, the fall festival circuit ahead and the upcoming season in general.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 108 — Special Edition! — Wrapping up the 85th annual Academy Awards

Posted by · 1:30 pm · February 25th, 2013

In today’s podcast, Kris and Anne dig in on last night’s Oscar telecast, the sights and sounds, the winners and losers.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 107 — Final stabs in the dark

Posted by · 8:00 am · February 22nd, 2013

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne offer up their final predictions for the 85th annual Academy Awards.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 106 — BAFTA and Scripter recap, WGA preview and more shorts

Posted by · 8:00 am · February 15th, 2013

On this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne recap the BAFTA USC Scripter Awards. They look ahead to the WGA Competition and break down three categories: Best Documentary Feature, Best Documentary Short and Best Live Action Short.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 105 — Affleck wins another and the nominees do lunch

Posted by · 8:00 am · February 8th, 2013

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss Ben Affleck’s DGA victory, the annual nominees luncheon and the recently held Annie and Visual Effects Society Awards and analyze the Best Animated Short category.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 104 — 'Argo' steamroller

Posted by · 8:19 am · February 1st, 2013

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss the “Argo” guild sweep so far. Will that stretch into the DGA Awards this weekend?

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 103 — Sundance reflections, PGA and SAG Awards preview

Posted by · 12:39 pm · January 25th, 2013

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss this year’s Sundance Film Festival and preview the upcoming PGA and SAG Awards.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 102 — Oscar nominations and the BFCA Critics' Choice Movie Awards

Posted by · 11:40 am · January 11th, 2013

In today’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss last night’s Critics’ Choice Movie Awards as well as the nominations for the 85th annual Academy Awards.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 101 — Mulling over the tight races in the home stretch

Posted by · 7:50 am · January 4th, 2013

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne mull over Oscar’s tight races with nominations right around the corner.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 100 — Looking back, from 'Hurt Locker' to 'Zero Dark Thirty'

Posted by · 8:00 am · December 21st, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne celebrate their 100th episode by looking back at the show that started them all. They also discuss the ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ controversy and dig in on Best Animated Feature Film.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 99 — The top 10 films of 2012

Posted by · 8:00 am · December 14th, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne address the race as it stands after big announcements from the BFCA, SAG and HFPA before offering up their separate picks for the 10 best films of the year.

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Oscar Talk: Ep. 98 — Chewing on NYFCC, NBR and 'The Hobbit'

Posted by · 7:00 am · December 7th, 2012

In this week’s podcast, Kris and Anne discuss last weekend’s Governors Awards, the New York Film Critics Circle and National Board of Review winners and the Academy’s documentary shortlist.

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