Best Picture Must Be Doing Something Right

Joseph and Jamie discuss their predictions for the 98th Academy Awards in all 24 categories.

Joseph and Jamie discuss the final 2 nominees in their series reviewing the films nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars: Joseph Kosinski's sports drama film F1, starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris; and Guillermo Del Toro's gothic horror/sci-fi Frankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi.

Joseph and Jamie discuss two more of the Best Picture nominees: Chloe Zhao's period drama Hamnet, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal; and Joachim Trier's Norwegian family drama Sentimental Value, starring Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgård.

In this Best Actor special, Joseph and Jamie discuss the state of the race following Michael B. Jordan's surprise win at the Actor Awards. They then review two of the Best Picture-nominated films that feature performances nominated in Best Actor: Josh Safdie's sports comedy-drama Marty Supreme, starring Timothée Chalamet; and Kleber Mendonça Filho's historical political thriller The Secret Agent, starring Wagner Moura.

Joseph and Jamie discuss the winners of the BAFTA Film Awards and the state of the Oscars race before reviewing two more Best Picture nominees: Yorgos Lanthimos' sci-fi satirical thriller Bugonia, starring Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons; and Clint Bentley's Train Dreams, the Best Feature winner at the Independent Spirit Awards, starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones.

Joseph and Jamie do a round-up of awards season so far, discussing their predictions for the Independent Spirit Awards and, very briefly, the BAFTAs, before discussing the two most nominated films at this year's Oscars: Paul Thomas Anderson's action/comedy/thriller One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, and Ryan Coogler's folk horror Sinners, starring Michael B. Jordan.

Joseph and Jamie spin the wheel to determine the order to discuss their predictions in all 24 categories for the 98th Academy Awards. Considering what the precursors have told us, as well as making a few 'No Guts, No Glory' picks, debate ensues as the Best Picture Must Be Doing Something Right Podcast returns for another year!

Joseph and Jamie predict all 23 categories at the 97th Academy Awards- is Anora winning Best Picture? Or is Conclave going to cause an upset?

Joseph and Jamie discuss the final two Best Picture nominees: James Mangold's music biopic A Complete Unknown, which stars Timothee Chalamet as Bob Dylan, who has earned one of the film's three acting Oscar nominations; and Walter Salles' Brazilian drama I'm Still Here, starring Golden Globe winner and Oscar nominee Fernanda Torres. We also give our own personal picks in each Oscars category as well as our ranking of the 10 Best Picture nominees.

Joseph and Jamie review two more Best Picture nominees: Brady Corbet's epic drama The Brutalist, starring Adrien Brody; and Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi Dune: Part Two, the second film of the franchise to be nominated for Best Picture.