The Smartest People in the Room

Episode 9 - The Slap Heard 'Round the World

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Our format is a little different this week: the first half of the episode was recorded before the Oscars and features our predictions for each category, plus the films which we think actually deserved to win; the second half is our reaction to the total mess that was the 94th Academy Awards.

Movies mentioned (* indicates possible spoilers):

  • West Side Story (2021), Cruella, Cyrano, Nightmare Alley (2021), Dune
  • The Power of the Dog*, King Richard, tick tick… BOOM!, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Don’t Look Up
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
  • Belfast
  • Parallel Mothers
  • No Time To Die, Encanto
  • Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Attica, Flee, Ascension, Writing with Fire
  • Drive My Car, The Hand of God, The Worst Person in the World
  • The Lost Daughter, CODA
  • Hidden Figures, The Shape of Water, Brokeback Mountain, Roma
  • Licorice Pizza
  • Wild Rose, Men (2022)
  • Spencer
  • Holy Smoke!
  • La La Land, Moonlight
  • Zack Snyder’s Justice League, James Bond franchise, The Godfather films
  • The Lost City, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Memoria, The Northman, Thelma & Louise

    • The Smartest People in the Room is hosted by Rachel Casey and Maddie Weiner. It is edited by Maddie Weiner. Original theme and interstitial music is by Scott Boice - follow him on Instagram @sc00gle and find more of his work on Bandcamp.

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