13 episodios
All Systems Argo! Jamal B. Barringer and Jessica Hassell
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The Oscars set the bar for what makes a good movie, and none more so than 2012 Best Picture Winner Argo. But what makes this film and others like it truly special? Or are they at all? All we need to do to uncover the mystery of Argo is to compare it to the Best Picture winners of the past, present, and future! But to keep it fair, we'll have to rewatch Argo. Each and every time. Forever! Will we find answers or go insane trying? Join us and find out in All Systems Argo!
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The Argo Rule
We don't make the rules, the academy does! But what makes a Best Picture winner truly special? And can something so subjective ever be measured? Yes! Join us as we embark on a never-ending journey to understand the True Neutral of Best Pictures and unravel the never-ending mystery of Argo! “Four Corners {103 & 4/4} ” by Mid-Air Machine
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Moonlight
Moonlight, Barry Jenkins’s and Tarell Alvin McCraney's loving, melancholic triptych on the subject of Black masculinity, will forever be a part of Academy Awards history (stay gold, Warren Beatty). So too will Argo, for better or worse. Jess and Jamal bring on their producer and editor Ian to discuss the films' contrasting approaches to spatial immersion and the importance of knowing when a scene needs music. Listen to hear the shocking answer to the question: "Are there any Black people in Argo?" MUSIC: "Aim to Stay" by William Ross Chernoff's Nomads [CC-BY]
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Kramer vs. Kramer
It’s the deadbeat dad power hour on the pod, when Argo gets critiqued alongside the 1979 legal drama Kramer vs. Kramer. Jess, Jamal and special guest David from the podcast Robots Into Guys go all in on the films’ distractingly uneven takes on nuanced dilemmas and why both movies leave them all feeling downright unclean. MUSIC: “Dirty Beet Roots” by Futuristic Cavemen [CC-BY-SA]
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Casablanca
Argo won Best Picture at the Oscars for its heart-stopping story about white people who really need to board a plane, but just how well does it stack up next to the O.G. "get on the plane" classic, Casablanca? On this episode, Jess and Jamal and joined by author Anthony Alberti to compare both films' positive character arcs and their matter-of-fact approaches to prejudice. MUSIC: "Four Way" by William Ross Chernoff's Nomads [CC-BY]
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Birdman
Two years after Argo rocked Oscar viewers everywhere by winning Best Picture, the same award went to another movie about fakery and popular entertainment: Birdman, or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). On this episode, Jess and Jamal talk with comedian and TikTok star Scott Seiss about the expected dullness of Artists making Art about their own Art and answer the question on everyone’s lips: “Which real scene in Birdman belongs in Argo’s fake movie?” MUSIC: “Everyone” by Loyalty Freak Music [CC0]
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Silence of the Lambs
The horror and thriller genres reached a major milestone in 1992 when Silence of the Lambs won Best Picture at the Oscars, clearing the field for future award-winning thrillers…Like Argo! On this episode, Jess, Jamal and their pal Nick get together for a classified conversation about federal-level boys' clubs, tension without intention and how one decade’s progressivism can seem practically conservative as time marches on. MUSIC: “Thirteen” by Cathedral of Chemical Equilibrium [Public Domain]