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The great Alfred Hitchcock never won a Best Director Oscar, and only received the prestige of winning Best Picture once in his career. Join co-hosts Dave and Andrew as they return to Manderlay and revisit the gothic romance that is Rebecca. Featuring stellar performances from Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier, this is a mystery you'll want to dive into.

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We take momentary leave from the 1930's and 1940's to move to the modern day, and look at the most recent Best Picture winner, the 93rd in fact: Chloé Zhao's Nomadland.

Winning three awards, including Best Actress for Frances McDormand and Best Director for Chloé Zhao, Nomadland follows Fern (McDormand) as she navigates her nomad life in modern America, through the rising gig economy and the pressing reality of a world that pushes against an ageing workforce.

In this episode, co-hosts Andrew and Dave are joined by Off Screen Death co-host, Michael Denniston, to discuss whether Nomadland matters, addressing its complexities and thematic threads.

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The deserving Best Picture winner of 1939, Ernst Lubitsch's masterful Ninotchka, gets a deep dive discussion in this episode as co-hosts Dave and Andrew swoon over Greta Garbo, laugh over her immaculate comedic timing, and fawn over the hilarious script co-written by the one and only Billy Wilder. Dig into this Russian/France rom-com and discover your new relationship litmus film.

Please, go and watch this delightful film right now.

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Aussie author, screenwriter, and critic, Anthony O'Connor, has landed on the bookshelves of the nation with his debut novel, STRAYA, a post-apocalyptic look at the Australia of the future. I won't drop a synopsis here - you'll have to dig into the interview above for that, and much more, including what goes in to writing a sci-fi novel, the need to be genre agnostic, and how long it takes to actually write one of these darn things.

Dig on in and make sure to pick up a copy of STRAYA at your local book store, or even on Audible...

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Writer/Director JJ Winlove helms June Again, a powerful drama/comedy about a mother living with dementia, June (Noni Hazelhurst), who has a day of clarity and sets about restoring the fractures in her family. Her kids, Ginny (Claudia Karvan) and Devon (Stephen Curry), have stopped talking to one another, and it's up to June to bring them together once again.

Andrew caught up with actor Stephen Curry to discuss what it was like working with an icon like Noni Hazelhurst, as well as creating a balance between drama and comedy.

Make sure to head along and see June Again, which is in cinemas right now.

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A long epic Best Picture winner deserves a long epic discussion. It's Gone With the Wind time as Dave and Andrew tackle Victor Fleming's (and George Cukor and Sam Wood) 1939 'classic', tackling the themes of racism, love, Vivien Leigh's performance, and Clark Gable's attractiveness. It's a long, complex discussion, embracing film history, and the value of reflection. Dig on in.

Read Angelica Jade Bastién's piece on Gone With the Wind on Vulture here.

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'This is why I'm obsessed with movies' - Dave

We reach a monumental moment in the history of the Academy Awards: the first film not in the English language to be nominated for Best Picture.

This is Jean Renoir's masterpiece, Grand Illusion (La Grande Illusion). Nominated solely for Best Picture, this masterful film encompasses the war movement in 1914, following captive French soldiers and their engagement with enemy forces. Find out why this one in particular matters more than most.

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We return to the world of Frank Capra with his second Best Picture winner, You Can't Take it With You. Co-hosts Dave and Andrew dig into this charming film, and as they do they uncover a Hollywood that wilfully steals from its own past to weave new stories. Full of delight and whimsy, this Best Picture winner features Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, James Stewart and Edward Arnold.

At the end, Dave and Andrew are forced to ask... while You Can't Take it With You, does that matter?

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The first version of A Star is Born features the first ever Best Actress winner, Janet Gaynor, and Frederic March, and is directed by William A. Wellman, who collectively tell the tale of an actress on the rise, and an actor on his way down. It is a celebration of the rise and fall of greatness.

Co-hosts Dave and Andrew leap into this slightly problematic tale, questioning its importance nowadays, and going further and asking whether this narrative still matters.

Please be warned that this particular episode features discusses about mental illness, alcoholism, and suicide.

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Truth becomes fiction in William Dieterle's biopic of the famed French author, Emile Zola, in the 10th Best Picture winner, the creatively titled The Life of Emile Zola. With a narrative that embraces the heights of the Dreyfus Affair, while also taking in the divide between the impoverished and the wealthy, at the same time it critiques the military.

In this episode of Awards Don't Matter, co-hosts Dave and Andrew discuss and divide the film, ultimately coming to the conclusion whether it's the narrative of The Life of Emile Zola that matters, or if the film itself does. Dig on in and find out.

Make sure to check out Dave's new podcast, Off Screen Death with co-host Michael Denniston.

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