S3 E13 Will and Robert discuss the 8 movies they watched from the year and make their choices for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Supporting roles. Will their picks match yours? Listen and find out!

1936 Ep 4 (12)

" After the Thin Man"

Directed By: W.S. Van Dyke

Release Date: December 25th, 1936

"My Man Godfrey"

Directed By: Gregory La Cava

Release Date: September 6th, 1936

What if I told you the smartest, sharpest commentary on the Great Depression came wrapped in cocktails, chaos… and some of the funniest dialogue ever put on screen?

Tonight, we’re diving into two of 1936’s most irresistible comedies.

First, After the Thin Man—where William Powell and Myrna Loy return as Nick and Nora Charles, a married couple so charming they make solving a murder look like a side hobby between drinks. It’s fast, it’s witty, and honestly… their relationship might be the real mystery.

Then there’s My Man Godfrey, pairing Carole Lombard with Powell in a completely different role—as a so-called “forgotten man” who gets pulled into a wildly dysfunctional rich family. It’s hilarious on the surface, but underneath? A razor-sharp jab at class, privilege, and what it really means to have nothing… or everything.

Two comedies. One legendary actor. And proof that laughter might just be the most dangerous weapon of all.

1936 Ep 3 - S3 (11)

"Fury" Directed By: Fritz Lange

Release Date: June 5th, 1936

"The Crime of Monsieur Lange" Directed By: Jean Renoir

Release Date: January 24th, 1936

1936 a year when filmmakers around the world began wrestling openly with justice, power, and the responsibility of ordinary people.

In Fury, director Fritz Lang brings his dark European sensibilities to Hollywood. Starring Spencer Tracy, the film tells the story of a man nearly killed by a lynch mob after being falsely accused. What follows is a chilling look at mob mentality, vengeance, and the fragile line between justice and revenge.

Across the Atlantic, The Crime of Monsieur Lange, from French master Jean Renoir, offers a very different tone—but wrestles with many of the same ideas. Set in a struggling publishing house, the film mixes romance, comedy, and politics as workers attempt to build something fairer together.

Two countries. Two visions. And two unforgettable films asking the same question: what happens when ordinary people take justice into their own hands?

1936 Ep 2 - S3E(10)

"Story of Louis Pasteur" Directed By: William Dieterle

Release Date: February 22, 1936

"Petrified Forest" Directed By: Archie Mayo

Release Date: February 6th, 1936

Tonight we step into 1936 — a year where cinema wrestled with both violence and virtue.

First, in The Petrified Forest, a lonely desert diner becomes a pressure cooker of desperation and destiny. Humphrey Bogart electrifies the screen as Duke Mantee, a gangster on the run, while Leslie Howard plays a disillusioned intellectual who sees in him the poetry of a dying world. It’s fatalism wrapped in dust and gunpowder — a collision between dreamers and drifters at the edge of nowhere.

Then, in The Story of Louis Pasteur, the battlefield shifts from bullets to biology. Paul Muni delivers an Oscar-winning performance as the scientist who challenged ignorance and changed medicine forever. Here, courage isn’t criminal — it’s intellectual.

Two films. One year. One asks whether violence defines us. The other proves that knowledge can save us.

S3E(9) Robert and Will sat down and talked about over 35 films from the year 2025 and gave their lists for their respected Top Ten. Did your favorites make the cut, listen and see. They also spoke in great detail about this years upcoming Oscars and gave their predictions for each category and who they think will win. Always fun to talk about contemporary films for a change. Enjoy!

1936 Ep 1 - S3E(8)

"Modern Times"

Directed By: Charlie Chaplin

Release Date: February 25th, 1936

"Mr. Deeds Goes To Town"

Directed By: Frank Capra

Release Date: April 12th 1936

In 1936, two films proved cinema could do more than entertain it could defend the dignity of the little guy and remind the world what hope looks like. A year when Hollywood balanced laughter with a sharp look at the world outside the theater. First, Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times turns the chaos of the machine age into timeless comedy, as the Little Tramp struggles to keep his humanity in an increasingly industrial world. Then, Frank Capra’s Mr. Deeds Goes to Town delivers heart and humor, following a small-town dreamer who inherits a fortune and challenges the cynicism of big-city power. Together, these films remind us that kindness, dignity, and a good laugh can still push back against hard times. Enjoy the show

It’s 1936, and Hollywood is sitting at the absolute peak of its studio power. The Great Depression still hangs over the country, but the movies are booming—palaces filled every night with audiences looking for escape, glamour, and hope. The studio system runs with factory precision: MGM sells polish and prestige, Warner Bros. leans into grit and social realism, and directors are becoming stars in their own right. Sound is no longer a novelty—it’s refined, confident, and shaping performance itself. But looming over all of it is the Production Code, tightening its grip, quietly signaling the end of Hollywood’s wild adolescence. This is a year of confidence… right before the rules change. Robert and Will selection show for the 1936 draft.

Will and Robert choose their respected winners in the major Oscar categories out of the movies they watched from the year 1935. Who will win the big awards for Actor, Actress, Director and what was their best movie of the year. Be sure to play along for ultimate enjoyment.

1935 Episode 4 (6)

"An Inn In Tokyo"

Directed By: Yasujiro Ozu

Release Date: November 21st, 1935

Tonight’s film takes us far from Hollywood glamour and straight into the quiet corners of everyday survival. An Inn in Tokyo, released in 1935, comes from Yasujirō Ozu—often known for family dramas—but this film shows a harsher, more vulnerable side of his world. Set during the Great Depression in Japan, it follows a father and his two young sons drifting from job to job, inn to inn, clinging to dignity as poverty closes in. There’s no melodrama here, no grand speeches—just small gestures, fleeting kindness, and the weight of circumstances pressing down on ordinary people. It’s a modest film in scale, but emotionally devastating, capturing how resilience and love persist even when stability disappears.

1935 Episode 3 (4)

"Mutiny on the Bounty"

Directed By: Frank Lloyd

Release Date: November 8th, 1935

"Captain Blood"

Directed By: Michael Curtiz

December 19th, 1935

Tonight’s double feature takes us to the high seas—where honor is tested, authority is challenged, and adventure is forged in salt and blood. First up is 1935’s Mutiny on the Bounty, a sweeping epic of tyranny versus conscience, anchored by Charles Laughton’s unforgettable Captain Bligh and a young Clark Gable standing up to absolute power. Famously, Laughton so terrified the cast during production that even between takes he refused to break character, creating an atmosphere as oppressive as the ship itself. Then we set sail with Errol Flynn in Captain Blood, the film that helped define the swashbuckler—romantic, rebellious, and propelled by pure cinematic momentum. In fact, Flynn was such an unknown at the time that the studio barely promoted him, only to watch a star be born almost overnight. Together, these films represent Hollywood at its most grand and idealistic, when the ocean became a stage for moral conflict, daring escapes, and the eternal question: when does obedience become injustice?