The Film Experience

In this special impromptu edition of the podcast, Nick Davis returns (gasp!) to catch up with Nathaniel about the Oscar hopefuls they've both seen but not yet discussed together. This conversation was recorded in early December and includes Passing, Power of the Dog, Spencer, Worst Person in the World, and Zola. 

On the 1937 edition of the Supporting Actress Smackdown we discuss Best Picture nominated classics Stage Door and Dead End, plus the blockbuster disaster epic In Old Chicago and acting nominated mysteries and melodramas with Night Must Fall and Stella Dallas. Thanks to Chelsea Eichholz, Pamela Hutchinson, Boyd Van Hoeij, and Tim Robey for being fabulous and very funny guests. 

On this edition of the Supporting Actress Smackdown we're talking the 1986 Oscars and specifically the actresses Tess Harper, Piper Laurie, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Maggie Smith, and Dianne Wiest. We discuss Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters and the play adaptation Crimes of the Heart, diametrically opposed in quality but both about neurotic sisters. We also gather round the pool table for Martin Scorsese's underdiscussed The Color of Money and consider the groundbreaking (at the time) deaf drama Children of a Lesser God.  Nathaniel Rogers, Cláudio Alves, and Lynn Lee from the Film Experience welcome special guests Jonathan Diaz and Rob Kirby.  

On this edition of the Supporting Actress Smackdown we're talking the 1998 Oscars. Shakespeare in Love and Saving Private Ryan battled it out for Best Picture but we're talking (mostly) about the supporting actress race. Here to discuss Gods and Monsters, Primary Colors, Little Voice, Hilary & Jackie, and the Best Picture winning "rom-com for theater nerds" are special guests writer/director Leslye Headland, actor Mitch Silpa, writer Jenelle Riley, illustrator Dashiell Silva, and DJ Rob Champion. 

On this edition of the Supporting Actress Smackdown we're talking 1946 which turns out to be not just the most racially problematic lineup ever in the category but also the most bonkers in terms of the movies themselves: Duel in the Sun, The Razor's Edge, Saratoga Trunk, Spiral Staircase, and Anna and the King of Siam. Playwright Peter Duchan, film critic Guy Lodge, actor Tory Devon Smith, and writer Allen Nguyen join Nathaniel to talk Ethel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, and a wild post-war film year.

On this edition of the Supporting Actress Smackdown we're talking about the Oscar race of 2000 and the actresses Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Marcia Gay Harden, Judi Dench, and Julie Walters. The panelists are (in alpha order): director Eric Blume, journalist Kyle Buchanan, actor Nicholas D'Agosto, actress Vella Lovell and your host Nathaniel Rogers.

Our Oscar-vintage series continues with the premiere of the final season of the "Supporting Actress Smackdown". This time we're featuring the current Oscar race honoring the films of 2020. Joining Nathaniel to discuss Glenn Close, Maria Bakalova, Amanda Seyfried, Youn Yuh-Jung, and Olivia Colman are actress/playwright/comedian Grace Aki (Tell Me On A Sunday), writer/producer Peter Knegt (CBC Arts), writer/podcaster Jorge Molina (Just To Be Nominated), and awards pundits Scott Feinberg (The Hollywood Reporter) and Matt Neglia (Next Best Picture). 

Murtada and Nathaniel talk Gary Oldman as Mank. Plus supporting performances from Amanda Seyfried and Charles Dance. But what of the wide open Best Director race? 

Our Oscar-vintage series continues with the season finale featuring 1987. It's a look back at Fatal Attraction, Moonstruck, Throw Momma From the Train, Gaby, and The Whales of August. To discuss those five films and the bygone days of erotic thrillers, misogyny as comedy, and intimate dramas at movie theaters, Nathaniel sits down with actor Ato Essandoh (Away, Tales from the Loop), author Manuel Betancourt (Judy Garland's Judy at Carnegie Hall (33 1/3), and critics Kathia Woods and Naveen Kumar.  We hope you enjoy!

Murtada and Nathaniel discuss the Gotham Award Nominations with First Cow leading before discussing two new Netflix films, Ron Howard's loud overacted Hillbilly Elegy and Sophia Loren's comeback vehicle The Life Ahead.