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Don’t forget to check out our other podcast: The Way Too Early Oscar Podcast a year-long Oscar podcast hosted by Marisa Carpico (Film Editor at ThePopBreak.com) and Matt Taylor that covers all the latest Oscar contenders and film festivals plus Oscar-related news and trends.
Matt Taylor and our film editor Marisa Carpico are finally back for a 5th season of their Oscar retrospective podcast, And the Winner Still Is…
This series has Matt and Marisa going in the wayback machine to walk the red carpet and examine a singular year of Oscars. They break down the Best Picture nominees and discuss the major categories like Director and the Actresses. They discuss the cultural relevance of the nominations at the time and how those nominations have aged. They also talk about what they feel were snubs and their picks for under-appreciated films from that year.
As well as a few of their own personal snubs and under-appreciated films from each year.
In this premiere episode Matt and Marisa kick off the 5th season with a more current year, 2012. They talk about Jennifer Lawrence being at the height of her powers, the aural torture chamber that is the big screen adaptation of Les Miserables, and the Best Director snub that defined the race for Best Picture.
For the other major categories, the nominees for the 2012 Oscars were:
Best Picture:
Argo –Winner
Amour
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Miserables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
Best Director:
Ang Lee – Life of Pi – Winner
Michael Haneke – Amour
Benh Zeitlin – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Steven Spielberg – Lincoln
David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actress:
Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook – Winner
Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
Quvenzhané Wallis – Beasts of the Southern Wild
Naomi Watts – The Impossible
Best Supporting Actress:
Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables – Winner
Amy Adams – The Master
Sally Field – Lincoln
Helen Hunt – The Sessions
Jacki Weaver – Silver Linings Playbook
Best Actor:
Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln – Winner
Bradley Cooper – Silver Linings Playbook
Hugh Jackman – Les Misérables
Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
Denzel Washington – Flight
Best Supporting Actor:
Christoph Waltz – Django Unchained – Winner
Alan Arkin – Argo
Robert De Niro – Silver Linings Playbook
Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
