4 Quadrant

THR television critic Dan Fienberg returns to the podcast to discuss the improbable end to the 89th Academy Awards and the Oscars telecast in general with 4 Quadrant host Gregory Ellwood.

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"Hell or High Water" screenwriter Taylor Sheridan joins the podcast to discuss the film his Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay and his upcoming films "Wind River" and "Soldado" with 4 Quadrant host Gregory Ellwood.

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"Hidden Figures" producer, director and co-screenwriter Theodore (Ted) Melfi joins the podcast to discuss the film, his two Oscar nominations and how he almost landed "Spider-Man: Homecoming" instead with 4 Quadrant host Gregory Ellwood.

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"Manchester by the Sea" producer and Oscar nominee Kimberly Steward discusses her production company K Period Media and the strange road of a busy awards season with 4 Quadrant host Gregory Ellwood.

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"La La Land" producers Fred Berger and Jordan Horowitz discuss the long road to get the Oscar frontrunner made with 4 Quadrant host Gregory Ellwood.

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The Playlist's Gregory Ellwood and Variety's Peter Debruge discuss their top films of 2016 including "La La Land," "Fences," "Jackie," Hell or High Water," "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story," "Sing Street" and more.

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Nigel Smith returns as we discuss the current state of the Best Picture race and play a game of "Chance or No Chance?" with this year's head scratching Best Actor field.

0:00-05:40

“Patriot’s Day,” AFI FEST and “Manchester by the Sea” LA premiere

05:41-14:38

Current Best Picture Rankings Pt. 1

14:39-22:39

“Fences” in tweets

22:40-37:00

Current Best Picture Rankings Pt. 2

37:01-51:04

Best Actor - Chance or No Chance?

You can find Nigel Smith on Twitter at twitter.com/nigelmfs and you can find Gregory Ellwood on Twitter at twitter.com/thegregorye

The Guardian's Nigel Smith joins Gregory Ellwood of The Playlist to discuss the current state of the Best Picture race, the Gotham Awards nominations, AFI Fest and an extended (and inebriated) conversation about the greatest reality competition show on television: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2.

New York Magazine and Vulture writer Kyle Buchanan joins the podcast to talk about the current Best Picture race, Mike Mills' "20th Century Women" and plays Four Questions.

0:00 - 23:35

Gregory and Kyle go over their current predictions for the Best Picture category and the unseen films that could shape the race.

23:36 - 41:55

A discussion about Mike Mills’ “20th Century Women” and the Oscar nomination chances for Annette Bening, Greta Gerwig and Elle Fanning.

41:56

Kyle plays Four Questions and find out why he thinks someone may have broken into his apartment.

You can find Kyle on Twitter at @kylebuchanan and Gregory at @TheGregoryE

Golden Globe winner Emily Blunt joins the 4 Quadrant podcast to talk “The Girl on a Train,” her reaction to not being in the upcoming “Sicario” sequel, the importance of a good cinematographer to an actor — a topic actors rarely talk about — and her excitement about playing the iconic Mary Poppins in Rob Marshall’s “Mary Poppins Returns.” A movie musical that will keep her busy for at least the next 8 months.

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