Little Gold Men

The Sound of Metal star talks about the value of representation and what comes next, plus a look at the WGA winners, the no-Zoom-allowed Oscars, and what's next on the awards calendar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breaking down the Lakeith Stanfield shocker, the troubling trend about Da 5 Bloods, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and One Night in Miami, and who we now expect to be the big winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What the Critics Choice Award winners and BAFTA nominees told us, and which surprises still lay ahead. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A morning-after analysis of the Globes, technical difficulties and all, plus a conversation with Delroy Lindo and Spike Lee about Da 5 Bloods. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Jeff Giles joins to share inside stories about the making of a Hollywood Issue unlike any other. Plus, a look ahead at the Golden GLobes, and a conversation with Another Round star Mads MIkkelsen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A conversation with the Golden Globe nominee, plus a look at the trials and tribulations of the best original song Oscar category with special guest Noah Gittell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Cassie da Costa joins for a look at the recent spate of films that examine the FBI's surveillance of black activists and artists in the mid-20th century, and how much further those stories could have gone. Plus, a conversation with Cherry star Tom Holland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How Jared Leto happened, what to make of Minari's shutout one place and success another, and more analysis of the week's awards announcements. Plus, a look back at the Sundance Film Festival and Netflix's Firefly Lane. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at a new batch of honors, and the surging support for Promising Young Woman and Sound of Metal. Plus, conversations with Never Rarely Sometimes Always star Sidney Flanigan and Malcolm & Marie star John David Washington. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at the movies that have yet to debut, and conversations with two major contenders, One Night in Miami's Kingsley Ben-Adir and Miss Juneteenth's Nicole Beharie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

An interview with the writer and director of Promising Young Woman (and also Camilla from The Crown!), plus a look at new releases MLK/FBI, One Night in Miami, and Locked Down, and the Gotham Award winners. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at the critics awards to come, the controversy around the Golden Globes, and the contenders we still have yet to see. Plus, conversations with Mank star Amanda Seyfried and Da 5 Bloods and Lovecraft Country star Jonathan Majors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This holiday week episode features two interviews, first with Palm Springs star Milioti and then with Borat 2 director Woliner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Who Weekly co-hosts Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber join to discuss the best of this year's Christmas movie crop. Plus a look at the first critics' awards of the season, and a conversation with The Crown star Emma Corrin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A conversation with the star of the HBO Max thriller Kaley Cuoco, plus a look at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival lineup, new releases The Father and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, and the massive list of upcoming titles announced by Disney. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at our TV critic's year-end top 10, plus discussion of the potential of an in-person Oscars, the drama at HBO Max, and new releases Let Them All Talk and Wolfwalkers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A wide-ranging discussion of David Fincher's new film, plus a look at The Prom, Sound of Metal, Nomadland, and Richard's top 10 list. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Director and co-writer Armando Iannucci talks about adapting the Dickens classic to reflect the modern Britain he loves. Plus a look at the trouble within Star Wars fandom, and a holiday weekend spent with Happiest Season and other movies worth catching up with. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re excited to bring you a new series from Vogue -- In Vogue: The 1990s. If you miss the 90s for all its nostalgia, fashion, and culture, you're going to love this episode on the fusion of fashion and celebrity culture. By the mid 90’s, fashion had ceased to be an insular, self-sustaining industry. The fashion ecosystem expanded rapidly to include celebrities as aspirational symbols of fashion and status in popular culture. We chronicle the era when pop culture became the vehicle for a mass education in high fashion. Voices featured, in order of appearance: Kristin Davis, Fran Drescher and Brenda Cooper for the Nanny, Donatella Versace, Vera Wang, Andie MacDowell, Melissa Joan Hart, Jennie Garth, Debra Messing, Melissa Rivers, Victoria Beckham, Meg Ryan, Angela Bassett, Claire Danes, Sharon Stone and stylist Paris Libby, Sofia Coppola, Elizabeth Hurley, Kristen Johnston, Raven Symone, Julia Stiles, Karyn Parsons, Tatyana Ali, Tamera Mowry, Nia Long, Tonne Goodman, Plum Sykes, Mark Holgate, Laird, Darnell-Jamal Lisby If you like what you hear, subscribe to In VOGUE: The 1990s now on your preferred podcast app: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1526206712 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4uJdNOg4EtQAqlnfxLo7wX Or wherever you get your podcasts. For more on this week’s episode and to access additional Vogue content, make sure to visit vogue.com/podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The star of The Nest talks about the not-quite-haunted-house thriller. Plus conversations about The Personal History of David Copperfield, I Hate Suzie, The Crown, and the upcoming Small Axe series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Introducing Checking In, the advice podcast where we answer real health and wellness questions from real people like you. Hosted by SELF’s Editor in Chief, Carolyn Kylstra, and featuring trusted experts, doctors, therapists, thought leaders, and even a few celebrities, we’re diving deep into what it really means to be healthy. Checking In launches on Monday, November 16th, with new episodes releasing weekly. Subscribe to get episodes right when they drop at 6:00 am EST. Listen to Checking In here: Apple Podcasts: http://listen.self.com/self-apple Spotify: http://listen.self.com/self-spotify Stitcher: http://listen.self.com/self-stitcher Or wherever you get your podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Here, in our moment of post-election deep breathing, arrives the fourth season of Netflix's royal soap opera, and not a moment too soon. Plus discussion of new releases Mank, Dating Amber, and Ammonite, Richard's review of Hillbilly Elegy, and our own election week experiences. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This Had Oscar Buzz co-hosts Joe Reid and Chris Feil join for a special flashback episode about the 2000 Oscar race, and everything that's changed about the awards since then. Note: this episode was pre-recorded before Election Day, and contains exactly zero discussion of 2020 politics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meet Maria Bakalova, who might have the season's wildest best supporting actress campaign. Plus a look at The Craft: Legacy and Kindred, and a conversation with On the Rocks director Sofia Coppola. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at Netflix's new movie, the 1940 Hitchcock classic, and the Daphne du Maurier novel that started it all. Plus discussions of new releases The Witches and On the Rocks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 and a slew of other new titles, plus a conversation with Film Fest 919 founders Carol Marshall and Randi Emmerman. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Vanity Fair TV critic Sonia Saraiya joins this week's show to argue that David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin's Facebook movie got more wrong about social media than we even realized. Plus discussion of Emily in Paris, The Good Lord Bird, The Haunting of Bly Manor, the New York Film Festival, and the recent rash of cancellations at Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Joanna talks to the star of Fargo and I'm Thinking of Ending Things. The episode also includes discussion of the many release date changes that have shaken up the Oscar race, the trailer for Minari, and the movies Enola Holmes and The Boys in the Band. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It felt more or less like a real awards show, which considering the circumstances was a little bit of a miracle. A look at the big winners Succession, Watchmen, and Schitt's Creek, and what every awards show might be able to learn from this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The story of a pivotal decade, In VOGUE: The 1990s is a new audio docuseries that revisits the pivotal moments in 90’s culture through the lens of fashion. From slip dresses with army boots to colorful tracksuits and minimal pantsuits, Vogue experts and star guests highlight the stories in fashion history that reflected this new era of connectivity.  Presented by Anna Wintour and hosted by Hamish Bowles, this fashion podcast examines how the 90s sparked a cultural fusion that continues to shape our world today — and why no one is exempt from fashion. Listen to In Vogue: The 1990s Check out the first episode featuring Marc Jacobs, Anna Sui, Claudia Schiffer, and more here: Apple Podcasts Spotify Stitcher Or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe so you don’t miss out on new episodes, releasing every Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at the Toronto International Film Festival and the winners from Venice, plus a look ahead at Sunday's Emmy awards and a conversation with Academy governor DeVon Franklin about the organization's new inclusivity standards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A closer look at a new set of standards for best picture contenders, plus discussion of the Venice and Toronto film festivals and a conversation with Unpregnant star Haley Lu Richardson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A discussion of both the new film I'm Thinking of Ending Things and the book it's based on. Plus a look at new releases Bill and Ted Face the Music, Mulan, and Tenet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ben Croll dials in from Paris to talk about the release of the summer's only blockbuster. Plus, an interview with Giancarlo Esposito and a conversation between Emmy nominees and longtime friends Amy Sherman-Palladino and Lesli Linka Glatter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ang Ferragauto and LaToya Ferguson discuss what made the limited series such a major hit, and then the show's co-creator and star discuss the steps they took to tell an authentic story about an Orthodox Jewish woman from Brooklyn starting a brand-new life in Berlin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A year after Fleabag's surprise sweep, two other newcomers are favored to win the top prize. Can the Emmys continue embracing change? Plus, conversations with Emmy nominees Linda Cardellini and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Hosts LaToya Ferguson and Ang Ferraguto discuss the third season of the crime drama, and stars Laura Linney and Julia Garner reveal some of their favorite moments. Sponsored by Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at the new series Lovecraft Country, the Sundance-winning documentary Boys State, and a conversation with Succession star Sarah Snook. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The two-time Oscar winner and co-founder of the Bentonville Film Festival joins the festival's president of programming Wendy Guerrero to describe how they're pulling off this year's event. Plus, a look at newly announced plans from the Toronto International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At long last, we have an actual awards show to talk about. Guests Hillary Busis and Sonia Saraiya help Mike and Richard break down the snubs, surprises, and strange narratives among this year's nominees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discussing Micaela Coel’s undefinable 12-episode dramedy, with guests Yohana Desta and Hillary Busis. Plus a look at what in the world festival season has in store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NBC's new streaming service has launched, with multiple tiers and price points and an endearingly oddball lineup of films. So, will anyone actually sign up for it? Plus a look at the handful of stellar new films out now, including Palm Springs, The Old Guard, and Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Making the case for the best of this years top Emmy contenders, plus conversations with two of them, Thandie Newton and Janelle Monae. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at new releases Irresistible, Hamilton, Eurovision, and The Baby-Sitters Club. Plus, conversations with Better Call Saul star Bob Odenkirk and Unbelievable star Kaitlyn Dever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This episode was made in collaboration with Apple TV+. Hosts LaToya Ferguson and Joe Reid discuss the eight-part limited series, based on the novel by William Landay. Stars Chris Evans and Michelle Dockery also discuss their performances as parents caught in an impossible situation when their son is accused of a horrific crime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yohana Desta shares what she learned from Cheryl Dunye, director of 1996's The Watermelon Woman, which is now free on Criterion Channel. Plus, a conversation with Succession star Jeremy Strong. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vulture's Angelica Jade Bastien joins to discuss her essay on the 1939 blockbuster, and why it will never fully go away despite its many problems. Plus a look at the latest changes to awards season, plus interviews with *Curb Your Enthusiasm* star J.B. Smoove and *Run* star Merritt Wever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look back at Spike Lee's generation-defining film, and its notorious Oscar snub. Plus, a look at the best films of the year so far, the black protest films to watch in addition to Do the Right Thing, and new releases The King of Staten Island and Spike Lee's own Da 5 Bloods. The episode also includes interviews with Emmy contenders James Corden and Damon Lindelof. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The founder of the Blacklist joins to discuss the entertainment industry's response to the George Floyd protests, and who seems to actually be getting it right. And horror author and screenwriter Tananarive Due discusses the piece she wrote for Vanity Fair about her childhood experience with protests, what positive change she's seen in Hollywood, and why horror movies can be the perfect way to process the scary things happening in the real world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week’s show features interviews with "Picard" star Patrick Stewart and "The Good Place’s" Janet, D’arcy Carden, as well as a look back at 1995’s Oscar-winning "Sense and Sensibility."  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look back at the 1972 Oscar winner, plus a look ahead at new releases Military Wives and The Trip to Greece. Plus, conversations with The Great star Nicholas Hoult and Hollywood star Patti LuPone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We all know better now than to believe Marisa Tomei's Oscar win for My Cousin Vinny was the result of Jack Palance reading the wrong name. But is anyone giving enough credit to how brilliant she actually is? Plus, conversations with comedian and writer Julio Torres and with Watchmen composers Atticus Ross and Trent Reznor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The star of the Netflix limited series was looking for the right project to work on with Damien Chazelle— and it took him to a fictional Paris jazz club. Plus, a look back at 1984’s best picture winner Amadeus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look back at 1976's Network, which only feels more topical as the years go by. Plus a look at the legacy of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker and a conversation with Driveways star Hong Chau. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look back at 1980's Ordinary People, plus a conversation with High Fidelity star Zoe Kravitz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look back at one of the best best picture winners of all time, plus a conversation with *Nailed It* host Nicole Byer and a look behind the scenes of our *Dune* exclusive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oscar, Tony, and Emmy nominee discusses the intense third season of her Netflix series. Plus a look at Quibi and Disney's release date shuffles, and a flashback to Singin' in the Rain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Inside the making of the 1950 classic with Gloria Swanson’s close confidante, Wayne Lawson. Plus a look at how the Emmys and Tonys delays affect the awards seasons to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the past and our potential future, courtesy of guests Karina Longworth and David Ehrlich. Plus a new miniseries, the Little Gold Men Essentials! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A check in on Hollywood as the world shuts down, plus a conversation with The Plot Against America star Zoe Kazan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joanna was supposed to be on her way to SXSW, but now she, and thousands of people in Austin, are wondering just what the impact of the canceled festival will be—and how many more cancellations are still to come. Plus, a conversation with First Cow star John Magaro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Because it's never too early—and after two years of failing to mention the eventual best picture winner, we have to start getting something right eventually. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The longtime collaborators have made a film about the ridiculous world of the super-rich— and the underpaid workers who made them that way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The thrilling sweep for Parasite, the unexpected speeches from Joaquin and Renee, the Vanity Fair Oscar party-- we cover it all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1917 or Parasite? Taika Waititi or Greta Gerwig? We make our picks in every category. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus dispatches from Sundance and conversations with Governor's Ball organizer Cheryl Cecchetto and best actress nominee Cynthia Erivo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After winning the top prize at SAG, Bong Joon Ho's thriller is in a great position—if it can get past 1917, at least. Plus, a conversation with The Irishman casting director Ellen Lewis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are excited for Parasite, sad for J. Lo, and still talking about Joker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A busy week of awards nominations wraps up as Oscar nomination voting closes—and the potential for another #OscarsSoWhite looms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the expected juggernauts to the potential shockers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A special holiday week episode featuring two interviews with people who have 17 Oscar nominations between them— and more to come. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The two gigantic movies of the holiday season have arrived, and provide so, *so* much to talk about. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking at state of the race for several major December releases, plus a conversation with The Two Popes screenwriter Anthony McCarten and star Jonathan Pryce. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A busy week of awards explained– plus a conversation with Little Women writer/director Greta Gerwig. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Great news for The Two Popes, tough news for Little Women, and more of what we learned from the Hollywood Foreign Press. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Awards season is in full swing, and a lot of contenders are being solidified while new ones emerged. So, what have we learned? Plus, a conversation with Frozen 2 songwriters Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus conversation about 1917 and Little Women, and how Cats and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker will torture critics in a few weeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oscar and Emmy-winner stops by to talk about the second season of the hit HBO show, and whether there will be a third. Plus, the new Cats trailer, the Indie Spirit nominations, and Dark Waters. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the unseen films and burning questions that could still reshape the race, plus a conversation with Ford v. Ferrari  star Tracy Letts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A jam-packed episode discussing The Irishman's theatrical rollout, and featuring interviews with The Lighthouse star Willem Dafoe and You Must Remember This host Karina Longworth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Governors Awards are an opportunity for Oscar hopefuls to meet scores of Academy members— and Vanity Fair’s Anthony Breznican was in the middle of it. Plus a conversation with Her Smell star Elisabeth Moss. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lena Waithe and Melina Matsoukas preview their new film onstage at Vanity Fair’s New Establishment Summit. Plus a deep dive on supporting actress and more discussion of Bombshell and Jojo Rabbit. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Marriage Story and Little Women Star talks to Joanna Robinson onstage at the Mill Valley Film Festival. Plus a look at Parasite’s big debut, the Hamptons Film Festival and Film Fest 919, and the best supporting actor race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the divisive comic book adaptation, Joaquin Phoenix's best actor chances, and how Academy members are reacting. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the buzz surrounding her performance in Judy, plus discussion of The Irishman, Fantastic Fest, and Vanity Fair's cover story on Joaquin Phoenix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A bleary-eyed morning-after conversation about a wild Emmys night, from Fleabag's shocking win to Michelle Williams's moving speech. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Wrapping up the buzz from the Toronto Film Festival with special guest Mark Harris, plus a look ahead at the Emmy Awards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catching up on everything from Knives Out to, yes, Joker. Plus a conversation with Just Mercy director Destin Daniel Cretton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard dials in from the Venice Film Festival, and Joanna talks to Lisa Henson, executive producer of Netflix’s Dark Crystal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Little Gold Men  book club concludes with a discussion of Donna Tartt's Pulitzer Prize-winner. Plus, a conversation with The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Emmy nominee Luke Kirby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AMC Networks CEO Josh Sapan talks about his Emmy-nominated shows, including Killing Eve and Documentary Now! Plus a book club discussion of Joan Didion's The Last Thing He Wanted and a conversation between The Farewell director Lulu Wang and Force Majeure director Ruben Ostlund. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The comedian and director talks about his Emmy-nominated Showtime series. Plus, the Little Gold Men book club takes on Caitlin Moran's How to Build a Girl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The four-time Oscar nominee talks about her new film After the Wedding, plus the first installment of the Little Gold Men book club, with Vanity Fair's editor-in-chief Radhika Jones joining to discuss Little Women. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quentin Tarantino's new movie has everyone talking, us included. Plus a look at the latest fall film festival lineups and the last TV news from TCA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A deep dive into the first part of the TIFF lineup, plus a conversation with the festival's artistic director and co-chair Cameron Bailey. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a great day for Fleabag and Schitt's Creek, an even better one for Game of Thrones, and a tough time to be a network show. Breaking down all of the 2019 Emmy nominees, with special guests Hillary Busis and Sonia Saraiya. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What to expect from Game of Thrones, Veep, and more of the biggest Emmy contenders. Plus, discussion of The Farewell and the upcoming Judy Garland biopic Judy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interviews with Midsommar star Jack Reynor and Sword of Trust writer and director Lynn Shelton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From Fleabag to Toy Story 4 to yes, Alita: Battle Angel, a look at the best things to watch in 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at Midsommar and Chernobyl, plus a conversation with Marisa Tomei about her role in the one-night-only live All in the Family revival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The actress who brought Gypsy Rose Blanchard to life in the acclaimed Hulu series talks about the transformation required, and how she moved on from Gypsy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Star Manny Jacinto weighs in on the show's recently announced ending, plus discussion of the ATX Festival, the Tony Awards, and the Bob Dylan "documentary" Rolling Thunder Revue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A discussion of the HBO series return, a look at this year's honorary Oscar winners, and a conversation with Forever co-creator Alan Yang. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look inside Vanity Fair's upcoming special Emmys issue, plus an interview with Fosse/Verdon director and executive producer Thomas Kail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard calls from the Croisette with the latest from the Cannes Film Festival, including word on Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time In Hollywood. Plus, a conversation between Sonia Saraiya and Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thrillist's Esther Zuckerman and Vulture's Jackson McHenry join Richard Lawson for a look at the current Broadway season, and Richard interviews To Kill a Mockingbird stars Gideon Glick and Celia Keenan-Bolger. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are a lot of big, loud franchise movies on the way—but also some small gems, and a few of the big, loud movies we actually like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A conversation about the TV show and movie dominating pop culture, and their awards hopes. Plus, an interview with Succession star Matthew Macfadyen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As Avengers: Endgame wraps up a 22-part franchise—sort of—has the Marvel model really changed everything forever? Plus, guest Griffin Newman lays out his abiding love for the Fast and Furious franchise, including the upcoming Hobbs and Shaw spinoff. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With 20th anniversary tributes to everything from The Matrix to Cruel Intentions popping up online, 1999 is having a moment—but which of these movies will actually stand the test of time? Plus, some discussion of the latest look at Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the last universally discussed TV show entering its final season, will there ever be another show that unites us? Plus a conversation with Her Smell director Alex Ross Perry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a glut of high-profile shows back on the air, it’s  time to talk about the contenders for the biggest prize in television— at least, the contenders who will be inevitable runner-ups to Veep and Game of Thrones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A discussion of Apple's splashy TV programming launch, a look at some of the most Oscar-friendly trailers to debut in recent weeks, and a discussion of Tim Burton's Dumbo, with special guest David Sims. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Plus looking back at what we got wrong this time last year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A dispatch from Austin, Texas as your hosts comb through the hits and misses of the 2019 SXSW film festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Katey, Joanna, and Richard explore the latest academy dust-up and review the cinematic adventures of recent Oscar winner Brie Larson a.k.a. Captain Marvel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanity Fair’s Hollywood Correspondent Nicole Sperling joins the show to provide insight from inside the Academy, the industry, the ceremony, and, most importantly, the Oscar-night bar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go behind-the-scenes of Vanity Fair’s Oscar Party and the biggest night in Hollywood with your sleep-deprived hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your hosts Katey, Richard, Joanna, and Mike watched all 15 of the Oscar-nominated short films so you don’t have to. But you should anyway! Get some insight into these notoriously hard-to-predict categories and enjoy their last-chance, wild predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All four hosts are re-united at last to discuss the Academy’s controversial plan to cut categories and *Incredibles 2* director Brad Bird swings by to talk animation, musicals, and Oscar snubs through the years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest and TVGuide.com editor-in-chief Chris Rosen is here to shake up your Oscar ballots with some wild predictions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Yep it's already time to start looking forward to next year! Our very own Richard Lawson checks in with a dispatch from Park City and the most surprising hit of the festival.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your Little Gold Men hosts give their instant reactions to Tuesday's surprising nominations, the wide-open Best Picture race, and which three wins feel inevitable now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Your hosts take a final stab at picking this year’s Oscar nominees as well as discussing the real reason behind all the in-fighting and controversies this awards season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's only been a few days since the Golden Globes but the clouds of controversy are gathering around a few Oscar hopefuls. Also your hosts breakdown what the DGA, WGA, and BAFTA nominations mean for your favorites and director Sandi Tan joins to discuss her Netflix documentary Shirkers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the day Oscar nominations begin, your hosts break down all the chaos and confusion caused by this year’s unpredictable Golden Globes ceremony. Whose fiery speech may have just won them an Oscar? Tune in to find out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike Hogan and Joanna Robinson check in on the final days before the Golden Globes and how Netflix is upending film advertising. Plus Ethan Hawke on his arresting turn in Oscar hopeful First Reformed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Black Panther and A Quiet Place were the dominant films of the first half of the year. Nyong'o and Krasinski look back on what made their films so special — and has kept them in the Oscar conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanity Fair's executive west coast editor Krista Smith joins for a dispatch from Los Angeles about what's got everyone in the industry talking. Plus, a conversation with Stan & Ollie star Steve Coogan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another week, another round of awards season snubs. Plus, an interview with Can You Ever Forgive Me director Marielle Heller. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A big morning for Vice, a tricky one for Widows and A Quiet Place: breaking down this year's Golden Globe nominees. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

So, what do the National Board of Review and Gotham Awards actually mean? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicole Sperling reports from the Governor's Awards, where Lady Gaga was the most popular kid in the room. Plus a look at Thanksgiving new releases and a conversation with The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Widows director Steven McQueen joins for a conversation about his twisty but thoughtful thriller. Plus a look at the supporting races and what to make of Green Book.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the wake of the midterm elections, Hollywood may feel less compelled to use their platform to speak out against Trump. Plus, an interview with Minding the Gap director Bing Liu. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the unpredictable best actor field, plus the screenplay categories. Also a conversation with Can You Ever Forgive Me star Richard E. Grant.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at two unusual new fall releases, plus a conversation about the best actress race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With First Man disappointing in its wide release, but Star Is Born soaring, does the box office determine Oscar fates? Plus conversations about Mid90s, If Beale Street Could Talk, and Can You Ever Forgive Me, and an interview with Jason Reitman.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A box office hit and critical smash, Bradley Cooper's remake is an easy best picture frontrunner, which is not an easy position to maintain in early October. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The festival hit finally arrives in theaters, so will audiences embrace it as much as critics have? Plus discussions about Vice and Rocketman, and a conversation with Eighth Grade star Elsie Fisher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sisters Brothers star John C. Reilly talks about his sidekick career. Plus, conversations about Fantastic Fest, the New York Film Festival, and the best documentary feature race. You can also now watch our video conversation from the Toronto Film Festival.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking back at Green Book's big TIFF win, and more of the buzz from the enormous festival. Plus, a conversation with The Land of Steady Habits director Nicole Holofcener.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Krista Smith joins the crew to discuss the most buzzed-about films of the fall's biggest festival, from a surprisingly entertaining crime caper to the Lady Gaga movie that dominated every conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look back at the biggest titles from Telluride and Venice, and a look ahead at Toronto. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Vanity Fair contributor and anti-bullying advocate Monica Lewinsky talks about her Emmy-nominated PSA "In Real Life." Plus, a look at the wild two weeks of film festivals ahead.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The summer of Moviepass's demise was also one of the best for moviegoing in recent years. Plus, discussion of The Wife and Support the Girls.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A full-length conversation about the big new changes to the Academy Awards. Plus a look at the new Widows trailer and some concerns about Emmys hosts Colin Jost and Michael Che. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A response to the sweeping changes announced by the Academy this week, plus discussion of Eighth Grade and Crazy Rich Asians. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard is joined by K. Austin Collins and Hillary Busis to discuss the life and death of MoviePass, Spike Lee’s new film, and a Sundance favorite finally getting released. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the expansive lineups of the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals. Plus, a conversation about the genuinely excellent new blockbuster Mission Impossible: Fallout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Director Ol Parker joins for a conversation about the sequel musical. Plus, a look at the rash of recent prestige movie trailers, from Mary Queen of Scots to Boy, Erased. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It was a great day for Westworld, a tough one for One Day at a Time, and more reactions to the 2018 Emmy nominations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joanna Robinson talks to Blockers director Kay Cannon, and Richard Lawson talks to Leave No Trace director Debra Granik. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A case for our favorite of this year's Emmy hopefuls, plus a conversation with one of them—Barry star and creator Bill Hader.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The director of The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling looks back at his comedy career and influences. Plus, a conversation with Howard's End star Hayley Atwell and a look at the guest actor categories at the Emmys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The star of the smash drama joins us in studio to talk about how the show has changed her life and career. Plus, conversations about the Tony Awards, Incredibles 2, and one of the most fascinating Emmy races. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanity Fair's Sonia Saraiya and Joe Pompeo sit down for a wide-ranging talk about the Showtime docuseries that takes viewers inside The New York Times. But just how intimate is that access, and will non news-junkies even be interested?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The star of the Showtime series is also in the new film A Kid Like Jake. Plus conversations about the documentary series The Fourth Estate and this weekend’s big new release, Ocean’s 8.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A guide to catching up now that the year is halfway over, plus a conversation, conducted May 11, with Jordan Klepper, host of The Opposition with Jordan Klepper. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the Cannes winners, a discussion of the HBO movie and Sundance hit The Tale, and a conversation with GLOW star Alison Brie.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Solo earning positive reviews, could it inspire Lucasfilm to get more adventurous with their spinoffs? Plus, a look at the latest from Cannes, and an interview with Three Tall Women star Glenda Jackson.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Series creator Justin Simien spills all the previously secret details of the second season of the Netflix series, from the high-profile cameos to why no one ever mentions Donald Trump. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The actor, musician, and Oscar-winner joins to talk about what worried him about the live musical, and why he's still an optimist by nature. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The two high-profile prestige dramas are back, but can they hang on to the Emmys heat they had in their first seasons? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Keegan joins to discuss the dustup between the prestigious festival and tech giant, and preview New York’s upcoming Tribeca Film Festival. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oscar winner reflects on his Shape of Water with William Friedkin in this exclusive preview of the upcoming episode of The Talkhouse Podcast. Plus, a conversation with Buzzfeed's Alison Willmore about Wes Anderson's Isle of Dogs and Hollywood's ongoing problem with Asian representation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A Quiet Place, Chappaquiddick, and Blockers are all worthy of your attention, but getting statues to go with it will be a bit harder. Plus, a discussion of the new TBS series The Last O.G. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mike, Joanna, and Richard discuss the Cannes Film Festival essentially banning Netflix films, plus a check-in on a sexual harassment investigation within the Academy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decider’s Joe Reid joins for a look at the year ahead, and some bold — and probably foolish — best picture predictions for 2019.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Catching up on Blockers, American Animals, and more of the hottest titles out of the Austin festival. Plus a discussion about the new gay teen rom-com Love, Simon. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hollywood Correspondent Nicole Sperling joins to reveal what really happens at the Oscars, from Jennifer Lawrence's accidental grand entrance to who hung out at the bar.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did The Shape of Water win best picture? What really happened inside the *Vanity Fair* party? And more details from inside the Oscars.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The second of two episodes predicting the 2018 Oscar winners, including best supporting actor, best actress, and best picture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first of two episodes predicting the 2018 Oscar winners, including best supporting actress, best actor, and best director. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look back at the 1998 Oscars, plus conversations about the BAFTA winners and the Oscar-nominated short films.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the best picture voting math suggests Christopher Nolan's war epic might just have a chance. Plus, a discussion of the ideal food to serve for an Oscar party, with or without puns. With special guests Daniel Joyaux and Carla Lalli-Music.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Executive Awards Editor Anna Lisa Raya discusses Vanity Fair's second-ever special awards season issue, which contains stories about everything from the surprisingly diverse animated feature category to James Cameron's brush with a wardrobe malfunction the night he won best picture for Titanic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Florida Project star sits down to talk about the path to his third Oscar nomination. Plus, a look at the still-in-flux best picture race, the buzz around Black Panther, and Sundance.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With mixed news for Three Billboards, a surprising surge for Phantom Thread, and a total baffler in the documentary category, there's a lot to discuss.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Little Gold Men crew gathers to make their final predictions for the Oscar nominations, which includes figuring out just how popular Three Billboards is and debating whether Christopher Nolan really is the Charlie Brown of the Oscars. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A topsy-turvy awards season only got muddier at the Golden Globes, and the awards nominations that have come since aren't helping, either.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A recap of a raucous New York Film Critics Circle awards ceremony, a look ahead at the Golden Globes, and a conversation with Mudbound writer/director Dee Rees.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Lawson interviews two of the fall's most fascinating actors: Lesley Manville, of Phantom Thread, and Jamie Bell, of Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Star Wars: The Last Jedi has enraptured critics and divided audiences, but how much does the backlash matter? Plus discussion of The Greatest Showman and All the Money in the World, and resolutions for the new year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New York Magazine's Mark Harris joins for a wide-ranging conversation about the SAG and Golden Globe nominations. Plus, a conversation with Call Me By Your Name star Michael Stuhlbarg.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Best Picture field remains wide open, and most acting races are in flux, but one actor has emerged as a clear frontrunner, at last.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s been a good week for The Post, Get Out, and Call Me By Your Name, and it’s only getting better. Plus, Richard talks with Richard Jenkins about his role in the The Shape of Water. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Spielberg’s The Post is technically still under embargo, but early buzz suggests a major contender is about to overturn the Oscar race as we know it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebecca Keegan reports back on the Academy’s Governor’s Awards, The Darkest Hour director Joe Wright stops by for an interview, and the terribleness of Justice League is discussed at length.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discussing the recent Disney v. Los Angeles Times kerfuffle, plus analyzing the trailer for The Post.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kevin Spacey was a contender for a best supporting actor statue, until allegations against him put the fate of his entire movie in doubt. How Hollywood continues to move on from the latest sexual assault scandal.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Every year Oscar pundits get excited when there doesn’t seem to be a best picture frontrunner, but this year it really seems to be true. How 2017 turned out to be such a puzzling Oscar year.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Elizabeth Marvel, who stars in Noah Baumbach’s new film The Meyerowitz Stories, talks to Richard Lawson about her long and enviable career. Plus, conversations about the ongoing Harvey Weinstein fallout, Woody Allen’s latest, and, somehow, American Vandal.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The producer who changed the Oscars and defined independent film for decades has been fired from his company after allegations of widespread sexual assault. So what happens now?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sci-fi drama opens this week with rave reviews and two big stars, but is Oscar glory ahead? Plus a look at the long, successful road of Call Me By Your Name and some debate on what Netflix is even doing in Oscar season.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the films from earlier in the year working to be remembered, at films opening in the crush of fall movie season hoping to be noticed, and also *Kingsman: The Golden Circle*, just because.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In one day, the Emmy Awards were handed out and the Toronto Film Festival announced its most surprising Peoples Choice Award winner in years. We break down what it all means.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An episode recorded literally inside the heart of TIFF, talking about the biggest films of the festival, and featuring a conversation with TIFF Long Take hosts Rob and Geoff about how the festival became central to awards season.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gary Oldman is a frontrunner, Emma Stone is back in the race, and a movie about a woman falling in love with a sea creature may be surprisingly moving: Richard Lawson reports back from the Telluride Film Festival.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

At the Venice and Telluride Film Festivals this weekend, some of the biggest movies of the fall season— and maybe the most Oscar-worthy— will premiere. Here’s your guide for what to expect and how to interpret the avalanche of buzz coming our way.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A conversation with BBC Culture’s Christian Blauvelt about the list of the 100 greatest film comedies ever made. Plus, interviews with Emmy nominees Ann Dowd (of *The Leftovers* and *The Handmaid’s Tale*) and Lena Waithe (*Master of None*).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the current season winds down, and the series finale looms in the distance, we wonder if Game of Thrones can continue to be critic-proof to the very end. Plus conversations about The Killing of a Sacred Deer and Steven Soderbergh’s new movie Logan Lucky.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emmy-nominated actress Carrie Coon stops by to talk Leftovers, Fargo, and what's next.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In honor of Halle Berry's latest thriller, Mike, Joanna, and Richard discuss Oscar-winning actors who need a little boost. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amid rumors he won’t play Batman much longer, Ben Affleck seems a long way from the Oscar-winning director of Argo he was just five years ago. How did that happen, and what on earth is going on with Batman, anyway?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Nolan’s war movie is beautiful and thrilling, but can it be an awards contender? Plus discussion of the Game of Thrones season premiere, the confusing state of Twin Peaks, and the controversial new project from the Game of Thrones creators.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at the snubs and surprises of this year’s Emmy nominations, plus discussion of the new season of Game of Thrones and War for the Planet of the Apes.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ahead of Alec Baldwin's “One Night Only” special on Spike TV, Mike Hogan and producer Jordan Bell caught up with the actor and famed Donald Trump portrayer on one very warm New York afternoon.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The team discusses the highlights of the year in film and television, which includes Okja, the new film from Bong Joon-ho now on Netflix that stars Tilda Swinton, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Steven Yeun, who joins us for an interview about the film.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Television Critics Association award nominations are out— do they tell us who the Emmy contenders will be as well? Plus a discussion about the shakeup on the Han Solo spinoff movie, and conversations with Stranger Things star David Harbour and Silicon Valley’s Zach Woods.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After winning over crowds at Sundance, the comedy The Big Sick is coming to theaters, and Richard Lawson talks to director Michael Showalter about bringing it to life. Plus more looks at the ongoing Emmys campaign season, including the awards hopes for Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Carrie Coon.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s June, which means it’s Emmy season— and the town is going crazier than ever in the pursuit of a different set of little gold statues. Plus: a conversation with The Mick star Kaitlin Olson, and some head-scratching at The Mummy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why the Rotten Tomatoes score doesn’t tell you everything about the latest DC Movie. Plus a look back at Cannes, and a conversation with The Crown star Claire Foy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look inside the new Star Wars portfolio in Vanity Fair, one last dispatch from Cannes, and a celebration of the wonderfully weird Twin Peaks,now back on TV. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A conversation with the teen movie icon and star of the new Netflix drama War Machine. Plus a look ahead at the Cannes Film Festival.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look at two new releases— Snatched and Alien: Covenant— the new season of the Netflix series Master of None, and the MTV Movie and TV Awards, which gave us all a look into How The Kids Think Now.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard, Mike, and Joanna discuss the sudden resurgence of prestige horror, plus an interview with Underground creator Misha Green. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A conversation with the co-stars of The Promise, plus a look at the potential WGA strike and a reflection on Jonathan Demme’s remarkable career.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A conversation with Rebecca Skloot and Rose Byrne, who plays Rebecca Skloot in HBO's The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Plus a look at this season of The Leftovers and the Tribeca Film Festival.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The director of Lost City of Z joins to discuss the passion (and possibly insanity) that drove him from New York City’s outer boroughs to the Bolivian jungle, and why he was so happy to come back. Plus discussion of the MTV Movie and TV Awards and Kathryn Bigelow’s Detroit.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard, Joanna, and Mike discuss the Emmy-destined Big Little Lies. Plus: Anne Hathaway's monster movie and a look at some Cannes hopefuls.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A dispatch from Rebecca Keegan on the Academy’s big meeting, a look at the Feud episodes all about the Oscars, and a moment to wonder if whitewashing has finally become bad business for Hollywood.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We welcome special guest David Sims, co-host of the Blank Check Podcast, to discuss Steven Spielberg's Oscar history and how he might win one more. Plus an early look at the Emmy best drama race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fresh from SXSW, Joanna Robinson reveals which films to look forward to, and even a few with Oscar buzz! Plus discussion of Get Out, Personal Shopper, and Beauty and the Beast.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Decider’s Joe Reid joins us to share his 2018 Oscar predictions, and to look back at the predictions we all made together last year—we didn’t see Moonlight coming at all and were way too high on Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Days after the Oscars, there’s still so much to discuss about the surprising best picture win, the history Moonlight made, and what changes might come after that big envelope-opening snafu.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How did Moonlight beat La La Land? What on earth happened with the envelopes? Who was partying with Vanity Fair after? That and much more, explained.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

VF’s Hollywood Correspondent Rebecca Keegan has been on a fly on the wall backstage at the Oscars for years, and joins to share her stories from inside. Plus, our final Oscar predictions, for best director and best picture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What really happens when you get a lot of famous people in one room? In the Limelight co-host Julie Miller shares stories from inside the famous soiree. Plus, discussion of the animated short film nominees and predictions for best actor and actress.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The supporting actor and actress Oscar categories, typically handed out early in the broadcast, are your best chance to see major movie stars without staying up too late. We predict those categories, and also discuss the live-action short nominees. OSCAR WEEK GIVEAWAY || Leave us a review on iTunes for a chance to win a Blu-ray set of four Best Picture nominees: Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Hell or High Water, and Hacksaw Ridge. Please include your Twitter handle in your iTunes review; winners will be contacted via Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ted Melfi is nominated for two Oscars this year, but as the co-writer and director of Hidden Figures, he’s been happy to let stars like Taraji P. Henson take center stage. Plus, the beginning of our Oscar predictions! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The documentary short films category can be difficult to predict, but includes some of the best films in the running. We discuss these heartbreakers, and also talk to Roger Ross Williams, director of the Oscar-nominated feature documentary Life, Animated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Oscar voting in full swing, we discuss the results of the BAFTA awards and make a few last-minute pleas to voters. Then we get an advance look at the TV addiction of the spring, Ryan Murphy’s Feud.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After winning a Directors Guild Award over the weekend, La La Land director Damien Chazelle seems ready to become the youngest best director Oscar winner in history. Can anything stop him?  Plus, the annual Oscar nominee group photo: http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/02/emma-stone-ryan-gosling-oscar-nominees-class-photo-2017  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Hollywood fired up and angrier than ever in the early days of the Trump administration, what does the next month of red carpets have in store? Plus, our interview with the filmmakers of the Oscar-nominated short documentary The White Helmets. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The annual tradition of gathering Hollywood’s best and brightest has continued with this year’s Hollywood Issue, and Vanity Fair’s executive west coast editor Krista Smith joins to give us a look behind the scenes of the biggest photo shoot of the year.   See all of the past Hollywood Issue covers at: http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/photos/2012/03/hollywood-cover-timeline-slideshow-201203 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The gang gathers from three different time zones to hash out this year’s Oscar nominations, including the snubs (Amy Adams!), the surprises (Michael Shannon!), and the truly inexplicable (Oscar nominee Suicide Squad!).  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A look ahead at next week's Oscar nominations announcement, plus an interview with Captain Fantastic writer/director Matt Ross.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The star of Hacksaw Ridge and Silence addresses his viral Golden Globes moment, how he learned to handle fame, and what he learned about self-loathing from Mike Nichols. Plus a look at the Golden Globes winners and the latest in Oscar buzz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the first major televised awards show of the season coming, we predict the upsets and the viral moments, plus a look at the box office hits that emerged over the holiday.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss Richard Lawson’s top 10 list and our own picks for the best films of the year—plus one can’t-miss TV show.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As the industry shuts down for a holiday break and digs into their piles of screeners, we predict where the season’s buzz is headed—and which films will benefit most from the awards nominations thus far.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why Octavia Spencer is suddenly in the club but Annette Bening might not be. Plus, there's a new Star Wars movie!  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New critics’ awards and the upcoming Golden Globes give us lots of Oscar buzz to discuss. But first, we address the situation with Casey Affleck, whose best actor campaign doesn’t seem hampered by sexual assault allegations...but should it be? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a slew of critic’s groups and other groups handing out the first awards of the year, we take a look at what it all means, which titles have emerged on top, and how the box office might make more of  a difference than anything else.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As voting deadlines for various critic’s groups loom, a number of movies have finally revealed themselves, most notably Fences—a slam-dunk Oscar win for Viola Davis, and a possible coronation of Denzel Washington as an actor-turned-director genius. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the wake of the unexpected conclusion to the presidential election, we debate how Hollywood will react. Plus, updates on the state of the Harry Potter franchise and Manchester by the Sea, and a dispatch from Rebecca Keegan about the Governor’s Awards  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we check in on new buzz surrounding Fences and the AFI Film Festival, then chalk up the awards chances of Netflix’s ultra-lavish new series The Crown. Finally, we accept the inevitable: Lin-Manuel Miranda is totally going to win an Oscar.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we catch up on lots of small developments in awards season, from the quixotic campaign for Sausage Party to the release of Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge. We also share Richard’s interview with French actress Isabelle Huppert, star of Elle.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the news confirmed that Viola Davis will be running as a supporting actress for Fences— the role that won her a lead actress Tony award— we talk about the perennial problem of category fraud, and why women are so much more likely to be considered supporting for roles that are actually leads. Plus we share our interview with Kelly Reichardt, director of Certain Women, and make bold predictions about who will win the best original screenplay Oscar.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Opening in theaters this week, Moonlight features stellar performances from everyone in its cast—but its unique structure makes it particularly challenging in the context of an Oscar campaign. We discuss the film that has us all swooning, and then talk to Moonlight’s director Barry Jenkins, who has a theory that if one of his actors were onscreen longer, he’d have the best supporting actor statue wrapped up already.  Panoply Survey: Here at Panoply, we want to get to know you (and your podcast listening habits) a little better. To take the next step, we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn't even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to panoply.fm/survey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Looking at the performances from Emma Stone, Annette Bening, Natalie Portman, and more that have everybody buzzing. Plus a post-mortem on The Birth of a Nation’s box-office failure and some bold predictions about the best supporting actress race.  Panoply Survey: Here at Panoply, we want to get to know you (and your podcast listening habits) a little better. To take the next step, we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn't even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to panoply.fm/survey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The star of the indie drama Other People talks about how she's been playing dramatic characters even since her SNL days--whether or not people noticed. Plus discussion of the new HBO drama Westworld and the state of the best supporting actor race.  Panoply Survey: Here at Panoply, we want to get to know you (and your podcast listening habits) a little better. To take the next step, we created a survey that takes just a couple of minutes to complete. If you fill it out, you'll help Panoply to make great podcasts about the things you love. And things you didn't even know you loved. To fill out the survey, just go to panoply.fm/survey Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Fences trailer has us pretty excited, and we’re still asking questions about Birth of a Nation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Well, the diversity of winners was certainly heartening to see. Mike, Richard, and Joanna assess the awards, and share stories from the party circuit. Plus: Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt’s new trailer! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With TV's big night around the corner, Richard and Joanna handicap the big races. Plus: can La La Land's Toronto momentum last till Oscar night? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Maybe! Richard recounts his adventures in the mountains, where La La Land and Moonlight cast a spell. Plus: an interview with Emmy nominee Judith Light. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A conversation with The Light Between Oceans director Derek Cianfrance, and a discussion about an under-the-radar Oscar hopeful. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The director of The Birth of a Nation was acquitted on rape charges in 2001, but the controversy is just beginning. Plus: are these really the 100 best movies since 2000? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Discussing Logan Lerman, Anya Taylor Joy, and Kate McKinnon's banner year. Plus: could Sausage Party get an Oscar nomination? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, Mike, Richard, and special co-host Hillary Busis talk about Isabelle Huppert's intense performance in the Oscar-y French film ELLE. Also: a rave for Pete's Dragon and a look at the New York Film Festival lineup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A discussion of Suicide Squad naturally leads to Woody Allen and his Café Society in this week’s Little Gold Men. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's episode, we look back at ComicCon, and ahead to the Toronto Film Festival, whose lineup helps clarify what this year's Oscar race might look like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode of Vanity Fair’s Little Gold Men podcast, Mike, Richard, and Joanna discuss Stranger Things, the new Netflix series that’s a scary, nostalgic blast. Then we’re joined by our colleague Julie Miller for a ComicCon preview. Plus: Emmys snubs and surprises, a spoiler-y chat about Ghostbusters, and a look at the 1983 best picture Oscar race.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week’s episode of Vanity Fair’s Little Gold Men podcast, Mike, Richard, and our esteemed temporary co-host Joanna Robinson debate the merits of "Ghostbusters" and its legion of “ghostbro” haters. From there, the conversation moves to "Swiss Army Man," a controversial indie movie that Joanna loves, Richard hates, and Mike is ambivalent enough about to play referee. Plus, we offer up some Emmy nominations predictions, and then take a look at the 1985 Oscars, when "Ghostbusters" was nominated for best original song, up against some certified classics.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As AMPAS addresses its diversity problem by inducting a huge new class of voters, Mike Hogan and Richard Lawson get the inside scoop from L.A. Times reporter Rebecca Keegan - and indulge in a bit of reckless speculation regarding the 2009 race for best actress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we have a tale of two summer movies: one, Independence Day: Resurgence, a sequel that nobody asked for and not that many people saw either, and the other, The Lobster, a surprise arthouse hit. Even bigger surprise? We have a lot of affection for both of them. All of that plus a look at Matthew McConaughey’s would-be Oscar bid, Free State of Jones.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cameron Crowe has had a rough go of it since winning the best original screenplay Oscar for Almost Famous, but Showtime’s Roadies could serve as something of a comeback— maybe. ON this week’s episode Joanna Robinson joins us to talk about her visit to the set of Roadies, and we also take advantage of her Game of Thrones expertise to look back at what the season has brought us, and explain a few things about what the heck the White Walkers are up to, anyway.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we finally have an awards show to talk about— the Tonys! The Broadway awards were a bigger hit than usual this year, and had the usual expected doses of earnest enthusiasm; we debate whether any of that can actually translate to the movie-star cool of the Oscars. Plus discussion of Meryl Streep’s would-be summer hit Florence Foster Jenkins, a look at the grim state of summer box office, and a surprisingly fervent debate about the best picture of 2003.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re joined by Slate’s Aisha Harris, co-author of The Black Film Canon, a piece that highlights the 50 best films by black directors - many of which you’ve probably never heard of, which is precisely why there needs to be a black film canon in the first place. From there we discuss the upcoming Tony Awards, which are not just about Hamilton, plus some pondering over the new miniseries O.J.: Made in America, which is airing on ABC but also eligible for the Oscars.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With a special guest appearance from Decider.com's Joe Reid, we look back at Oscar history to watch what would happen if, say, you took Kathy Bates's Oscar and gave it to Julia Roberts. Plus an examination of why the Oscars seem so allergic to comedies, even very good ones like The Nice Guys.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When the Cannes Film Festival awards were announced on Sunday they were met with boos in the press room-- why? Richard Lawson explains what went down, and then three special guests and fashion experts join to discuss the other thing everybody was talking about on the Croisette: the fashion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard phones in from Cannes to fill Katey and Mike in on the highlights of this year's Cannes Film Festival, from the Oscar contenders that are already emerging to the way Leonardo DiCaprio made even a room full of glamorous Cannes attendees starstruck.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Mike and Richard both en route to the Cannes Film Festival, Katey enlists VF.com’s Hollywood writer, and podcast expert, Joanna Robinson as co-host, as the two discuss the week in Oscar news, the careers of the actors on Game of Thrones, and get into a debate about the 1997 Oscar race. Plus, a guest appearance from Jordan Hoffman, who can tell you everything you really need to know about Cannes, from the French teenagers begging for tickets to the place that serves the best kebabs on the Croisette. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The acclaimed director of A Few Good Men, The Princess Bride, and now Being Charlie weighs in on modern politics— including Ted Cruz’s love of The Princess Bride and what Archie Bunker would think of Donald Trump— as well as what went into making his most personal film. Plus: a discussion of the week’s biggest new release,Captain America: Civil War.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The actor and director of the new indie The Family Fang joins us to talk about the start of his directing career (at the age of 18!) and what you learn about yourself when you direct Christopher Walken. Also discussed: Michael Keaton and Meryl Streep’s next Oscar bids, the new season of Game of Thrones, and a look back at the 2007 Oscar race.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we're joined by Indiewire's film editor Kate Erbland to run down this year's TriBeCa Film Festival, and we dig into new release The Huntsman: Winter's War, which stars one Oscar winner and therefore can't be ignored. Plus chatter about the Cannes Film Festival lineup and a debate about the most controversial Best Picture win of the last decade.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re a quarter of the way through 2016, and are there any good movies out there at all? Yes, says our guest Matt Patches, the senior entertainment editor for Thrillist, who is keeping a running list of the year’s best movies, and is already getting hate mail for it. From there Katey, Richard, and Mike discuss Richard Linklater’s new film Everybody Wants Some, and go back in time to rewrite history and hand Linklater that Oscar he deserves.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we welcome special guest Franklin Leonard, the founder and CEO of The Blacklist, which is the perennial answer to the question “where are all the good movies?” We ask Franklin about how he and The Blacklist dig up the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood and what’s the good stuff we should look forward to this year. From there we look at the year’s biggest, most prestigious awards: The MTV Movie Awards (OK, maybe not). But there are some surprisingly satisfying nominees this year.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Giving in to what we’ve actually been obsessed with since the Oscars, we dive into The People v. O.J. Simpson, the FX miniseries that has us and much of the country re-obsessed with a 20-year-old trial. From there we look at an accidental trilogy of music biopics arriving at an odd time of year, and then dare to re-arbitrate the 2014 Oscars: if you were in charge that year, who would have won best actor?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joined by special guest Christine Lahti, who won an Oscar in 1996 for her short film Lieberman in Love, we look back at the ceremony that happened 20 years ago this week, from the bad fashion to Christine’s memorable competition with the likes of Jeff Goldblum. We also discuss this week’s new release Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, catch up on the latest in Oscar buzz, and make our cock-eyed predictions of who would win best supporting actor if the Oscars were held . . . tomorrow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oscars may be over, but the seeds of Oscar season are sown well before anybody actually starts campaigning— which is why we’re keeping Little Gold Men going through the “off-season” between now and Labor Day. To kick things off, we’re joined by Decider’s Joe Reid, who is one of those crazy people who has made his 2017 Oscar predictions, and who shares some of them with us. From there we talk about one of the most interesting movies of the spring so far, Jeff Nichols’s Mud, and make some truly insane predictions about what would win best picture if the Oscars were to happen tomorrow.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oscar night is over, so how did it all happen, and why? Katey and Mike, still in formal wear from the Vanity Fair Oscar Party, join Richard to discuss the awards and the big, big surprise that came at the end of the night.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this special pre-Oscars episode, we're joined by Vanity Fair's executive director of public relations Beth Kseniak to share stories from inside Vanity Fair's annual Oscar party, from attempted gate-crashers to the good old days when a wall was knocked down every year to make the party happen. From there we dive deep into the complicated math that determines best picture: what is the preferential ballot, and why does it matter? Allow us to explain.  Sent from my iPhone Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Oscar night just days away, we welcome Deadline Hollywood’s awards expert Pete Hammond to talk about the real nitty gritty of the awards race, and how The Revenant seems to have pulled off a late-breaking surge to win the whole thing. Also this week: We did our homework and discuss all of the nominated short films, and dive into the best original song category to answer the question that’s truly on everyone’s minds this season— “Will Lady Gaga win an Oscar? " Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we’re joined by the New York legend and awards season powerhouse Peggy Siegal, the publicist and hostess behind the New York luncheons, dinners, and cocktail parties that are crucial for anyone who wants to win an Oscar. A woman who sees plays in London with Tom Cruise and gives Leonardo DiCaprio awards season advice at Christmas parties in the Caribbean, Peggy shares her stories from the awards circuit and tells us who will win everything this year. She’s the woman who knows everything, so you should take her predictions as gospel.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Room’s best director nominee Lenny Abrahamson joins us with a dispatch from the thick of awards season, where you have to be in shape to shake all those hands and to survive the buzz that says you’re never getting nominated— having an 8-year-old accomplice definitely helps. We also look at the careers of this year’s nominees and predict who will use their nomination to make the biggest career leap. In other words, get ready to see a lot more of Alicia Vikander and Brie Larson. Finally, we go big before we go home and predict, for the final time, the best actress winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two incredible guests this week: Whoopi Goldberg, a four-time Oscars host, Oscar winner, and presenter at this year’s awards, shares her stories from the stage and her thoughts on Hollywood’s ongoing push for more diversity, at the Oscars and beyond. Then we’re joined by Tom McCarthy, the Oscar-nominated director of best picture contender Spotlight. He discussed how he and his co-writer Josh Singer became journalists themselves to make the movie, and how little he expected the real-world implications the film has had.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the wake of #OscarsSoWhite and the Academy's bold new rule changes to try to correct the problem, we talk about Hollywood's overall diversity dilemma, with some input from Spike Lee, Don Cheadle, and John Legend. From there we catch up on the biggest news from Sundance, including Nate Parker's record-busting hit The Birth of a Nation, and do our best to predict one more mysterious category, Best Director.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With the Oscar nominations now behind us, we take a look at the closest best picture race in recent memory, and bring back Decider's Joe Reid to talk about This Had Oscar Buzz, the 2015 class. We also make bold predictions about one of the year's trickiest categories, best supporting actress, where any one of the five nominees could conceivably win.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We react to the 2016 Oscar nominations with surprise, resignation, and in the case of Mad Max: Fury Road, awe that it happened at all. From there we share our interview with Domhnall Gleeson, who stars in two best picture nominees (The Revenant and Brooklyn) as well as two more films that received multiple Oscar nominations (Ex Machina and Star Wars: The Force Awakens). Even he agrees he probably deserves a break at this point.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While Hollywood recovers from its hangovers, we gather for a special Little Gold Men episode to digest the Golden Globes— the winners, the losers, the many surprises, and the standing ovations that tell us a lot about Oscar season.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As New York floods with awards hopefuls getting in face time before Oscar voting closes, we have two great interviews to share: first with Ridley Scott and Drew Goddard, the director and writer, respectively, of The Martian, and then with Sarah Silverman, the SAG-award nominated star of I Smile Back. We also squeeze in some discussion of the Golden Globe nominees and make our picks for who will win the best original score Oscar.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the final episode of the year, we look back at the year in film and the wacky Oscar race that has resulted. Plus, a conversation with Elizabeth Banks, star of Love and Mercy and the final Hunger Games movie as well as director of Pitch Perfect 2. Finally, we check in on the state of the extremely competitive best actress race.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adam McKay, director of The Big Short and a fellow podcaster, joins us to talk about the sense of anger— but also humor— that led him to make the financial crisis film The Big Short, and why he absolutely had to bring in Anthony Bourdain to help him do it. From there we’re joined by Vanity Fair’s executive West Coast editor Krista Smith to dig into Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, which is just one of two movies this Christmas about men killing each other in the snow. Finally we go big before we go home and weigh on whether Leonardo DiCaprio is a lock to win the best actor category.    Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve finally seen the new Star Wars film, so we discuss (with minimal spoilers!) whether it lived up to the hype, and what its Oscar potential might be. From there we talk to Jennifer Jason Leigh, a Golden Globe nominee for her role in Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight and one of the three voice actors in Charlie Kaufman’s Anomalisa. Finally we make our predictions for who will win best cinematography— and can Emmanuel Lubezki make history?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After a crazy week of awards nominations, top ten lists, and everyone complaining about “snubs,” we sort through the SAG and Golden Globe Nominations and the critical buzz to figure what’s really happening with awards season now. Then we use all of that newfound knowledge to make our predictions, once again, of what will win the best picture Oscar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve finally seen The Revenant, so we dig into the awards potential of the grim, long Western that should finally get DiCaprio his little gold man. From there we look back at our favorite Oscar wins of the recent past, and then forward to the upcoming Golden Globe nominations. Finally, we go big before we go home and predict who we think will win best supporting actress. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest Karina Longworth, host of the Hollywood history podcast You Must Remember This, joins us to explain how producer David O. Selznick bucked Hollywood tradition to put his weight behind future Oscar behemoth Gone With the Wind. We also discuss the much-loathed Oscar tradition of “category fraud” and whether or not it even matters, pick some movies we think might surprise us this year, and make our bold predictions for who will win the best supporting actor Oscar.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vanity Fair’s executive west coast editor Krista Smith joins us to give a real insider’s look at the year’s Oscar campaigns so far, and make a bold prediction about the Best Picture hopes of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. And speaking of bold predictions, we close with our best guess of who will win Best Director.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Special guest Joe Reid joins us to talk about his Tumblr This Had Oscar Buzz and look back at movies that didn’t quite make it into the annual derby. Plus we discuss your choices for under-appreciated Oscar contenders of years past, ponder the awards possibilities for Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, and make our boldest predictions for who will win Best Actor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our special guest Jason Segel, who plays David Foster Wallace in The End of the Tour, tells us what was scary about taking on the role, what it was like to attend the Oscars with The Muppets, and how the help of friends like Paul Rudd has raised the profile of this tiny— but Oscar-buzzy— indie film. Plus, we go over the highs and lows of Steve Jobs, talk about your answers to our question about which overlooked talents deserve awards attention this year, and make our bold, probably foolish picks for who will win Best Actress. This episode is sponsored by Audible.com. Get a free audiobook of your choice at www.audible.com/GOLD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oscars may not be until February, but awards season has already kicked off. In the first episode of Vanity Fair’s Little Gold Men, Katey Rich, Mike Hogan, and Richard Lawson discuss the two buzziest titles from the Toronto Film Festival, Room and Spotlight, and then look at two A-list actors— Johnny Depp and Matt Damon— who are making a run for best actor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices