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Welcome back to Double Feature, the IDS film podcast where the powers that be let us in a podcast booth to give you hot takes and maybe some lukewarm ones, too.

Now that the dust has settled after the 91st Annual Academy Awards, this cursed Oscars season is officially over, with some mixed results. On this week's episode of Double Feature, hosts Annie Aguiar and Chris Forrester discuss the highs and lows of Oscars night.

The most awarded film of the night was "Bohemian Rhapsody," with four wins, and the Best Picture award went to "Green Book" — two movies that have received criticism for both their messaging and the people behind the camera.

Olivia Colman won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her portrayal of Queen Anne in "The Favourite," a surprising upset over Glenn Close's performance in "The Wife." Mexican writer and director Alfonso Cuarón won three Oscars for his film "Roma": Best Director, Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography.

For just the second time since the start of last season, IU baseball was swept over a weekend series. The University of Tennessee won all three games against IU.

IU, now 2-4, will look to get back to .500 with two midweek games at home before heading to Conway, South Carolina, for the Coastal Carolina Tournament.

Indiana Daily Student baseball beat reporters Stefan Krajisnik and Jared Rigdon discuss the team's recent struggles and look ahead to five games this week on the second episode of Baseline Banter.

PODCAST SEGMENTS:

0:35 — What went wrong last weekend?

4:35 — Potential benefits of early season struggles

7:50 — Rigdon's Relay - Three takeaways from the weekend

10:15 — Team's holes without junior outfielder Matt Gorski

17:10 — Idea of third paid assistant coach in college baseball

22:25 — Looking at upcoming midweek games

25:55 — Discussing Coastal Carolina Tournament

Last week brought more of the same for the IU men's basketball team, although the losses came in a different way than usual. Instead of a lifeless performance on the court, the Hoosiers showed fight while still coming up short.

The IU suffered heartbreaking defeats against rival Purdue and on the road at Iowa, continuing their downward spiral as the season approaches its end.

Indiana Daily Student men's basketball reporter Cameron Drummond and men's basketball columnist Murphy Wheeler were joined by women's basketball reporter Dylan Wallace to figure out if the Hoosiers can learn anything from those two defeats, as well as answer questions submitted from IU men's basketball fans on Twitter.

PODCAST SEGMENTS:

1:00 - Did we learn anything new about IU after last week's losses?

5:50 - Juwan Morgan's poor 3-point shooting and offensive decline

12:30 - De'Ron Davis is the most important player to IU's offense

17:20 - Looking ahead to this week's games

21:45 - Answering questions from IU men's basketball fans

38:50 - A recap of the last week for IU women's basketball

Welcome to back to Double Feature, the IDS film podcast where the powers that be let us in a podcast booth to give you hot takes and maybe some lukewarm ones too.

Many action movies are intensely formulaic, with most going down the list of what's expected of an action movie: A car chase, a bomb that's going to go off at some point and lots of wasted bullets. The same expectation of formula can be applied to superhero movies, with the basic roles of good guy with powers versus bad guy with powers.

On this week's episode of Double Feature, hosts Annie Aguiar and Chris Forrester discuss two films from 2018 that stick to formulas, but are so good it doesn't matter: "Black Panther" and "Mission: Impossible - Fallout."

"Black Panther" became a cultural moment when it was released a little over a year ago and introduced audiences to the world of Wakanda. It's now nominated for seven Academy Awards, including now being the first superhero movie to be nominated for Best Picture.

"Mission: Impossible - Fallout" is the sixth installment of the "Mission: Impossible" series. It stars stars Tom Cruise as the spy Ethan Hunt, who is trying to track some mission plutonium, and Henry Cavill as CIA agent August Walker. Critics have said it's the best film in the series, and it currently has a 97 percent positive rating on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes.

While the weather may not resemble it, baseball season has begun at IU.

After a 2-1 weekend at the University of Memphis, IU will get set to travel back south to face the University of Tennessee.

Indiana Daily Student baseball writers Stefan Krajisnik and Jared Rigdon discuss the early season and what to look forward to the rest of the season in the first episode of the Baseline Banter.

On this episode of Posted, hosts Lydia Gerike and Jacob deCastro talk about the week's headlines and with Christine Stephenson about a Purdue student who walked nearly 100 miles to IU in honor of Purdue's Tyler Trent.

Posted is a new podcast from the Indiana Daily Student covering headlines around IU, Bloomington and the state. The hosts talk to IDS reporters and editors about their favorite stories and what people need to keep an eye on.

IU men's basketball's poor 2019 season continued last week, as the Hoosiers lost at Minnesota by 21 points.

The loss means the Hoosiers have dropped 10 of their last 11 games, although a stretch of four consecutive games against quality Big Ten opponents presents IU with a final chance to salvage its season.

Indiana Daily Student men's basketball writer Cameron Drummond and women's basketball writer Dylan Wallace recap the blowout loss to Minnesota, discuss IU's many offensive flaws and take a look at both IU's men's and women's teams as their regular seasons near an end.

PODCAST SEGMENTS:

1:10 — Just how surprising was the way IU's loss at Minnesota played out?

4:10 — Evaluating IU's defensive performance against Minnesota's Jordan Murphy

7:12 — Romeo Langford's lack of aggressiveness for the Hoosiers

15:00 — A look at how the rest of the season shapes up for IU

21:40 — A recap of the season so far for the IU women's basketball team

33:00 — How will the season likely end for the men's and women's teams?

On this episode of Posted, hosts Lydia Gerike and Jacob deCastro talk about the week's headlines and with Peter Talbot about Bear the squirrel.

Posted is a new podcast from the Indiana Daily Student covering headlines around IU, Bloomington and the state. The hosts talk to IDS reporters and editors about their favorite stories and what people need to keep an eye on.

Welcome back to Double Feature, the IDS film podcast where the powers that be let us in a podcast booth to give you hot takes and maybe some lukewarm ones too.

Period pieces are usually boring. Movies featuring stuffy actors wearing petticoats and speaking in bad English accents are the norm when it comes to a certain genre of historical movie.

On this week's episode of Double Feature, hosts Annie Aguiar and Chris Forrester celebrate two recent sleek, subversive and sexy period pieces that aren't afraid to stir the pot: 2017's "Phantom Thread" and 2018's "The Favourite."

"Phantom Thread" was written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson — notable for the porn epic "Boogie Nights" and the oil boom-set drama "There Will Be Blood — and was nominated for six Oscars at the 90th Academy Awards. While it only won one for Best Costume Design, some consider the film to be one of Anderson's best.

"The Favourite" is a dark comedy following two cousins trying to win the favor of Queen Anne of England in the 18th century. Directed by Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos, the film has received 10 Oscar nominations, including acting nominations for all three leading women.

Despite an upset win on the road against Michigan State, the IU men's basketball team has failed to maintain any momentum.

IU followed the Michigan State win with a pair of home losses to Iowa and Ohio State, dropping its record to 13-11 overall and 4-9 in conference games.

Indiana Daily Student men's basketball writers Cameron Drummond and Murphy Wheeler discuss IU's offensive problems and whether or not the team will reach the NCAA Tournament.

PODCAST SEGMENTS:

1:10 - A recap of IU's terrible 2019

4:00 - The sense of urgency surrounding the IU program

5:00 - Offensive problems and potential adjustments for IU to make

11:30 - Can Juwan Morgan or Romeo Langford single-handedly stop IU's downward spiral?

17:00 - Could Jake Forrester help this IU team?

22:20 - Justin Smith as a metaphor for the entire IU season

27:20 - Setting the stage for the rest of the IU season

31:00 - The case for, and the case against, IU being in the NCAA Tournament