We found 10 episodes of Late to the Movies with the tag “academy awards”.
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The Fourth Annual Laties Awards
March 19th, 2025 | 2 hrs 5 mins
2025, academy awards, anora, ben holt, best picture, film, late to the movies, movie, nosferatu, oscars, review, sean baker, the brutalist, the substance
This year's Oscar Month reaches its apex with the 2025 edition of THE LATIES! On Late to the Movies' trademark awards show, Ben, Greg, Jordan, Ray, and Robbie consider who they'd pick for the top awards in cinema, with some help from fan voting.
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Conclave
March 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 16 mins
academy awards, ben holt, conclave, edward berger, film, isabella rossellini, john lithgow, late to the movies, movie, oscars, ralph fiennes, review, robert harris, sergio castellitto, stanley tucci
Oscars Month continues with Edward Berger's Conclave! Ben, Brady, and Patrick cast their votes for this pulpy papal thriller.
Directed by Edward Berger and written by Peter Straughan, based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris. Starring Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto, and Isabella Rossellini.
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Anora
March 3rd, 2025 | 1 hr 15 mins
academy awards, anora, ben holt, film, late to the movies, mark eydelshteyn, mikey madison, movie, oscars, review, sean baker, yura borisov
It's Oscars Month! Kicking off AFTER the 97th Academy Awards, the podcast will spend this month focused on some of the nominees that vied for Best Picture this year. Up first, Anora! Recorded the week before the ceremony, Ben, Greg, Ray, and Robbie discuss the film that would give director/writer/producer/editor Sean Baker the most Oscar wins in one night for a single film.
Written, directed, produced, and edited by Sean Baker and starring Mikey Madison, Mark Eydelshteyn, Yura Borisov, Karren Karagulian, Vache Tovmasyan, and Aleksei Serebryakov.
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Poor Things
March 29th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
2024, academy awards, ben holt, best picture, christopher abbott, emma stone, film, jerrod carmichael, late to the movies, mark ruffalo, movie, oscars, poor things, ramy youssef, review, the laties, willem dafoe, yorgos lanthimos
Oscar Month concludes with the Third Annual Laties Awards Best Picture winner - Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz discuss the stacked cast, bizarre tone, and Oscar-winning design of the instant classic.
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, written by Tony McNamara, and starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Christopher Abbott, and Jerrod Carmichael.
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The Third Annual Laties Awards
March 25th, 2024 | 1 hr 41 mins
2024, academy awards, awards, barbie, ben holt, best picture, emma stone, film, late to the movies, movie, oppenheimer, oscars, past lives, poor things, review, the laties, the zone of interest
It's finally here! Oscars Month hits its undisputed high point with the awards show we've all been for - The Third Annual Laties Awards! Ben, Greg, Jordan, Ray, and Robbie (and the all-important fan votes!) decide what 2023 movies will take home the hardware. Will sentimental favorite Past Lives" break "Poor Things' heart? Will Messi the dog (from Anatomy of a Fall) win our first ever animal award?? Will Barbie OR Oppenheimer win anything meaningful (aside from hundreds of millions of dollars)?!? Listen now to find out!!
Theme song: "In to the Deep" by Robbie
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Barbie
March 18th, 2024 | 1 hr 18 mins
2024, academy awards, america ferrera, barbie, ben holt, best picture, film, greta gerwig, issa rae, kate mckinnon, late to the movies, margot robbie, michael cera, movie, oscars, review, ryan gosling, will ferrell
The actual Oscars may have already happened, but it's still Oscar Month on the pod! This week's Best Picture nominee - Greta Gerwig's Barbie! Ben, Andy, Aquielle, Jeffrey, and Kate discuss 2023's highest-grossing movie.
Directed by Greta Gerwig, screenplay by Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Ken, and featuring America Ferrera, Michael Cera, Kate McKinnon, Issa Rae, Rhea Perlman, and Will Ferrell.
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Oppenheimer
March 11th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
2024, academy awards, ben holt, best picture, christopher nolan, cillian murphy, emily blunt, film, florence pugh, josh hartnett, late to the movies, matt damon, movie, oppenheimer, oscars, review, robert downey jr.
Oscar season rolls on with the (as I'm writing this) odds-on Best Picture favorite - Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer! By the time this episode comes out, we'll know exactly how many of it's near-record 13 Oscar nominations it won. What we do know for now - in this episode, Ben and Robbie discuss the less-pink half of the biggest movie event of the last several years.
Written and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, and Josh Hartnett.
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Past Lives
March 4th, 2024 | 1 hr 4 mins
2024, academy awards, ben holt, best picture, celine song, film, greta lee, john magaro, late to the movies, movie, oscars, past lives, review, teo yoo
It's Oscar Season! We'll be covering a quartet of Oscar nominated movies this month PLUS the Third Annual Laties Awards in March. First up - Celine Song's instant-classic debut feature, Past Lives! Ben, Greg, Lindsey, and Ray discuss a collective favorite from a great movie year.
Written and directed by Celine Song and starring Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, and John Magaro.
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The Fabelmans
March 31st, 2023 | 1 hr 55 mins
2023, academy awards, ben holt, best picture, film, gabriel labelle, judd hirsch, late to the movies, michelle williams, movie, oscars, paul dano, review, seth rogen, steven spielberg, the fabelmans, tony kushner
Our semi-comprehensive dive into this year's Best Picture nominees at the Oscars comes to an end with The Fabelmans! Ben, Bree, Sam, and Vaz dance in the headlights, dream about punching Seth Rogen, and move to Arizona and then Northern California to discuss Steven Spielberg's semi-autobiographical coming of age film... and I promise the episodes will be back to normal length next month!
Directed by Steven Spielberg, who co-wrote it with Tony Kushner. Starring Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch.
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Top Gun: Maverick
March 27th, 2023 | 1 hr 7 mins
2023, academy awards, ben holt, best picture, ed harris, film, glen powell, jennifer connelly, jon hamm, joseph kosinski, late to the movies, maverick, miles teller, movie, oscars, review, tom cruise, top gun, val kilmer
It's almost time to bring our month-long look at some recent Oscar Best Picture nominees in for a landing, but before we do, we're gonna talk about the movie that (maybe?) saved theaters last year - Top Gun: Maverick! Ben and Anthony take the highway to the danger zone (sorry) to discuss Joseph Kosinski's instant popcorn-classic.
Directed by Joseph Kosinski and starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, Ed Harris, and Val Kilmer.