We finish up our month of Best Cinematography/Picture winners with Birdman! This was the only first time watch of the month for Mike! 

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Intro - 0:00 
Part 1: Pre-production - 02:25 
Part 2: Production - 10:08 
Part 3: Editing - 25:39 
Part 4: Studio Notes - 41:09 
Part 5: Dénouement - 50:28 
Part 6: Trailer - 01:06:04

For our penultimate Best Cinematography/Picture month, we're talking about Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer from 2023. 

To get the first 50 pages of The Dinner Party (Mike's novel) go to: https://mailchi.mp/55d095a24c58/first-fifty-pages 

If you want to get the episodes a couple of days early, check out the 2026 collection where we'll post them as soon as we're done editing: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1894865

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Intro - 0:00 
Part 1: Pre-production - 01:36 
Part 2: Production - 19:23 
Part 3: Editing - 28:06 
Part 4: Studio Notes - 51:09 
Part 5: Dénouement - 01:02:03 
Part 6: Trailer - 01:10:56

The morning after Leo's third Best Picture win, we're revisiting the first. Enjoy the episode, near, far, wherever you are!

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Intro - 0:00

Part 1: Pre-production - 05:29

Part 2: Production - 14:54

Part 3: Editing - 24:11

Part 4: Studio Notes - 37:02

Part 5: Dénouement - 51:11

Part 6: Trailer - 01:03:15

On this episode, we have Mike's friend Kim on to talk about the nominees. 

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Intro - 0:00 
F1: The Movie - 07:56 
Bugonia - 13:35 
Train Dreams - 20:06 
The Secret Agent - 27:42 
Sentimental Value - 34:26 
Frankenstein - 43:00 
Hamnet - 48:18 
Marty Supreme - 53:30 
One Battle After Another - 01:07:00 
Sinners - 01:21:01

We're talking about scale and depth of field, and the 1962 classic, Lawrence of Arabia.To get the first 50 pages of The Dinner Party (Mike's novel) go to: https://mailchi.mp/55d095a24c58/first-fifty-pagesIf you want to get the episodes a couple of days early, check out the 2026 collection where we'll post them as soon as we're done editing: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1894865If you want to read the script for Mike's short film, Two Blue Lines: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1961119Intro - 0:00 Part 1: Pre-production - 01:42Part 2: Production - 24:10Part 3: Editing - 33:15Part 4: Studio Notes - 46:52Part 5: Dénouement - 01:03:17Part 6: Trailer - 01:11:17

We talk about the 1987 Best Picture and Best Cinematography winner, The Last Emperor to kick off our cinematography Oscars month.To get the first 50 pages of The Dinner Party (Mike's novel) go to: https://mailchi.mp/55d095a24c58/first-fifty-pagesIf you want to get the episodes a couple of days early, check out the 2026 collection where we'll post them as soon as we're done editing: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1894865If you want to read the script for Mike's short film, Two Blue Lines: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1961119Intro - 0:00 Part 1: Pre-production - 04:48Part 2: Production - 27:08Part 3: Editing - 37:48Part 4: Studio Notes - 55:36Part 5: Dénouement - 01:23:25Part 6: Trailer - 01:34:32

We wrap up Black History Month with American Fiction.

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Intro - 0:00

Part 1: Pre-production - 01:11

Part 2: Production - 07:51

Part 3: Editing - 29:25

Part 4: Studio Notes - 45:49

Part 5: Dénouement - 50:23

Part 6: Trailer - 01:00:42

Boot's Riley's feature directorial debut is something that you must watch to understand. If you haven't seen this movie yet, don't watch this episode.To get the first 50 pages of The Dinner Party (Mike's novel) go to: https://mailchi.mp/55d095a24c58/first-fifty-pagesIf you want to get the episodes a couple of days early, check out the 2026 collection where we'll post them as soon as we're done editing: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1894865If you want to read the script for Mike's short film, Two Blue Lines: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1961119Intro - 0:00 Part 1: Pre-production - 02:15Part 2: Production - 16:11Part 3: Editing - 32:35Part 4: Studio Notes - 46:42Part 5: Dénouement - 58:32Part 6: Trailer - 01:08:11

This week we're talking about Malcolm X, both the movie and the man.

To get the first 50 pages of The Dinner Party (Mike's novel) go to: https://mailchi.mp/55d095a24c58/first-fifty-pages

If you want to get the episodes a couple of days early, check out the 2026 collection where we'll post them as soon as we're done editing: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1894865

If you want to read the script for Mike's short film, Two Blue Lines: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1961119

Intro - 0:00

Part 1: Pre-production - 01:10

Part 2: Production - 15:11

Part 3: Editing - 31:37

Part 4: Studio Notes - 49:01

Part 5: Dénouement - 01:01:50

Part 6: Trailer - 01:12:22

To kick off our black history month deep dive, we felt we had to start with the newest and most Oscar nominated film of the month!

To get the first 50 pages of The Dinner Party (Mike's novel) go to: https://mailchi.mp/55d095a24c58/first-fifty-pages

If you want to get the episodes a couple of days early, check out the 2026 collection where we'll post them as soon as we're done editing: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1894865

If you want to read the script for Mike's short film, Two Blue Lines: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1961119

Intro - 0:00

Part 1: Pre-production - 02:00

Part 2: Production - 10:12

Part 3: Editing - 31:10

Part 4: Studio Notes - 47:12

Part 5: Dénouement - 51:20

Part 6: Trailer - 01:07:56