Sasha Stone, Jeremy Jentzen and Scott Kernen run through Best Director, the acting categories and Best Picture looking for our frontrunners and challengers.

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Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen talk Oscar predictions plus paying tribute to Robert Redford on his death at the age of 89.

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Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen talk about One Battle After Another and how it landed with the critics. Does that make it an Oscar frontrunner? Is it the Oscar frontrunner? Have a listen.

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Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen, and Jeremy Jentzen have a long conversation about Telluride and Venice Film Festivals. Scott Kernene attended and viewed all the movies, both seen and unseen.

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Sasha Stone continues the Oscar Primer series by talking about the tastemakers who head to film festivals everywhere and help shape the Oscar race.

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Sasha Stone begins the weekly podcast series leading up to the 2026 Oscars, featuring new guests Jeremy Jentzen and Scott Kernen. From AwardsDaily.com.

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Mark Johnson joins Sasha Stone to discuss how important stats are to predicting the Oscars. We also go through our preliminary predictions before Venice and Telluride.

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The film critics dominate the Oscars now in a way they never did in the past. But what defines a critic now? Almost anyone can write reviews and shape the Oscar race. So what are they? How much power do they have? Are they good or bad for the Oscars?

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Jeff Wells recounts his trip to Cannes and the films he saw that he liked, and which ones will land in the Oscar race. It's a quick summary of Jeff's thoughts while Sasha mostly listens.

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