
In the season finale, Matt and Marisa flash back two decades to the year 2000 to talk about a controversial Best Picture winner they still love, Gladiator. Elsewhere in the episode, they praise Julia Roberts's movie star performance in Erin Brockovich and cringe at how poorly Steven Soderbergh's other film that year, Traffic, has aged.
Aug 16, 2021
2 hr 45 min

Matt and Marisa return to talk about the year Frank Capra's You Can't Take It With You won Best Picture. In the episode, Marisa once again fawns over Jean Arthur and Matt marvels at the wild ride that is Four Daughters.
Aug 11, 2021
2 hr 4 min

The season continues with the year West Side Story won Best Picture: 1961. Matt and Marisa discuss arguably one of the greatest musicals of all time from the dancing to the cinematography as well as the other films nominated.
Aug 2, 2021
2 hr 35 min

Matt and Marisa return to discuss the 1945 Oscars, when The Lost Weekend won Best Picture. They marvel at how well the film's depiction of addiction has aged before moving on to talk about some of their personal favorite films like Mildred Pierce and Leave Her to Heaven.
Jul 26, 2021
2 hr 14 min

Matt and Marisa finally talk about one of their favorites, Terms of Endearment. They also discuss the Boomer ennui of the The Big Chill, Meryl and Cher in Silkwood and demand justice for Yentl.
Jul 19, 2021
2 hr 37 min

Matt and Marisa go back in time to the Academy's early years to talk about Best Picture winner, All Quiet on the Western Front, and how impressive it still is today. They also compare Greta Garbo's two performances as Anna Christie, struggle to understand Maurice Chevalier's appeal and spend some time thirsting over Chester Morris.
Jul 12, 2021
1 hr 47 min

Matt and Marisa are joined by another member of the CinemaJoes podcast, Justin Mancini, to break down the 1972 Oscars. Hey discuss the year’s big winner, The Godfather, as well as Deliverance, The Poseidon Adventure and What’s Up Doc?
Jul 5, 2021
2 hr 36 min

Matt and Marisa continue the pandemic season of the pod with 1991, the year The Silence of the Lambs took Best Picture. They discuss how the film has aged, Jodie Foster's performance and Jos Truitt's incredible reclamation of Buffalo Bill and the Jodie Foster of it all. They also discuss the too-short directing career of Barbra Streisand and rave over Beauty and the Beast.
Jun 28, 2021
2 hr 35 min

Matt, Marisa and special guest Manish Mathur, host of It Pod to Be You, discuss 1955's Best Picture winner, Marty.
Jun 21, 2021
2 hr 26 min

Matt and Marisa kick off the 3rd season of their Oscars retrospective with 2010. It's the year The King's Speech won and The Social Network lost. Listen as they dive into the psychological horror of Black Swan, Jennifer Lawrence's breakout role in Winter's Bone and the inverted worlds of Inception all while dealing with the beginnings of the pandemic.
Jun 16, 2021
2 hr 40 min
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