Matt and Marisa finally talk about one of their favorites, Terms of Endearment. They also discuss the Boomer ennui of the The Big Chill, Meryl and Cher in Silkwood and demand justice for Yentl.

Matt and Marisa go back in time to the Academy's early years to talk about Best Picture winner, All Quiet on the Western Front, and how impressive it still is today. They also compare Greta Garbo's two performances as Anna Christie, struggle to understand Maurice Chevalier's appeal and spend some time thirsting over Chester Morris.

Matt and Marisa continue the pandemic season of the pod with 1991, the year The Silence of the Lambs took Best Picture. They discuss how the film has aged, Jodie Foster's performance and Jos Truitt's incredible reclamation of Buffalo Bill and the Jodie Foster of it all. They also discuss the too-short directing career of Barbra Streisand and rave over Beauty and the Beast.

Matt, Marisa and special guest Manish Mathur, host of It Pod to Be You, discuss 1955's Best Picture winner, Marty.

Matt and Marisa kick off the 3rd season of their Oscars retrospective with 2010. It's the year The King's Speech won and The Social Network lost. Listen as they dive into the psychological horror of Black Swan, Jennifer Lawrence's breakout role in Winter's Bone and the inverted worlds of Inception all while dealing with the beginnings of the pandemic.

Our second season finale is jammed pack with content as Matt and Marisa discuss the 1934 Oscars—the year of the first Oscar "grand slam." The hosts may love romantic comedies, but does It Happened One Night live up to their standards? And that's only one of the 10 Best Picture nominees from that year. Find out about the good (The Thin Man) the bad (Flirtation Walk) and the weird (The Barretts of Wimpole Street). Plus, the hosts gush about iconic melodramas, rave about memorable musical numbers, and tell Rob Marshall to stay away from our beloved actresses.

Kat Manos (music editor at The Pop Break) joins Marisa and Matt to talk about the 2008 Oscars—and the trio is burning bridges with beloved actresses every chance they get! In this episode, listeners will: discover why Slumdog Millionaire is one of Matt's most formative filmgoing experiences, learn about Marisa's days as an intern for Us Weekly, and find out if they've managed to see The Reader all these years later. And, of course, The Dark Knight is discussed. How does it play in the age of J*ker?

George Heftler (host of The Best Little Horror House in Philly) returns to the pod to join Matt and Marisa in breaking down the second Oscars ceremony ever. How does the Best Picture winner, The Broadway Melody, compare to modern musicals? Why was The Patriot lost to time? How many sittings did it take for the hosts to get through The Hollywood Revue? Whether you like old time musical numbers or not, you'll want to listen to this episode.

The boys of Film Twitter might think that Raging Bull deserved Best Picture in 1980, but not so fast! Marisa and Matt are joined by Tom Moore (staff writer for The Pop Break) to defend Robert Redford's Best Picture winning drama, Ordinary People (spoiler alert: there's a lot of crying involved). Along the way, Scorsese inspires Matt to unpack some familial trauma, we debate the merits of musical biopics, and all three hosts briefly consider pivoting to a podcast on 19th century British literature. This is a fun episode about a year of very depressing movies.