Oscar Chaser

Kyle Wilson

A monthly companion pod to my weekly Substack, where I post a deep-dive into the movies filmmakers made immediately following their Oscar win for Best Director, examining the big swings, undercelebrated gems, and flops that followed these filmmakers' crowning moments. oscarchaser.substack.com

Episodes

  1. 29/10/2025

    Contact (with Holly Dennis)

    Kyle is joined by noted ‘Forrest Gump’ and Robert Zemeckis enthusiast Holly Dennis (producer, ‘After Midnight’) to discuss Bobby Z’s ‘Gump’ follow-up, the 1997 science fiction film ‘Contact.’ The two discuss the three core tenets of the film and of life: science, religion, and Jodie Foster. But do aliens exist? Does Jodie have any chemistry with Matthew McConaughey? And is why is Holly so obsessed with the movie of ‘The Polar Express?’ Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 30m

  2. 15/10/2025

    The Talented Mr. Ripley (with Erik Anderson)

    Kyle is joined by the founder/ owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch, Erik Anderson, to discuss Anthony Minghella’s 1999 follow-up to his Oscar win for Best Director, The Talented Mr. Ripley. The two chat Jude Law’s chest hair and Matt Damon’s chartreuse swim trunks, and Kyle recalls how Haley Joel Osment got him hooked on the Oscars, while Erik vents his unmitigated hatred for The Cider House Rules. Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 58m

  3. 01/10/2025

    A.I. Artificial Intelligence (with Eric Wiegand)

    “We are in a cage.” Kyle is joined by Eric Wiegand (Stranger Things: First Shadow) to discuss what may very well be the greatest film Steven Spielberg ever made, A.I. Artificial Intelligence. They go long on the Kubrick and Spielberg of it all, Shakespeare in Love beating Saving Private Ryan at the 71st Academy Awards, and everybody’s favorite jaded robot bear Teddy. Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe

    2h 29m

  4. 17/09/2025

    Ocean's Eleven (with Jimmy Nicholas)

    Kyle sits down with Vegas compatriot and Chicago Fire alum Jimmy Nicholas to talk about the greatest movie ever made about movie stars, Ocean’s Eleven, Steven Soderbergh’s follow-up to his Best Director win for Traffic. But what are the best Vegas movies? Why is Livinston Dell so sweaty? And did they actually make a sequel to Gladiator, or was that just a bad dream? Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 30m

  5. 27/08/2025

    King Kong (with Sam French)

    Kyle is joined by his writing partner and ‘[insert movie here]: The Musical!’ co-host Sam French to chat about the 2005 remake of King Kong, Peter Jackson’s follow-up to his Best Director win for The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. But why is so much of this 3 hour movie focused on Jamie Bell cosplaying as an 11 year old? Can Naomi Watts do any wrong? And what did Sam and Kyle wear to opening night of the first Hobbit movie? Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 18m

  6. 06/08/2025

    Shutter Island (with Thomas Constantine Moore)

    In 2007, Martin Scorsese finally won an Oscar for directing ‘The Departed.’ Three years later, he was back with ‘Shutter Island,’ a horror thriller about memory, identity, and the psychological benefits of LARPing. Kyle is joined by his dear friend and fellow “duly appointed federal marshall” Thomas Constantine Moore to discuss. But is this lowkey Leo’s best performance? Has Mark Ruffalo ever been hotter? And why is Patricia Clarkson in a cave? Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 31m

  7. 02/07/2025

    Les Misérables (with Billie Aken-Tyers)

    Kyle is joined by Billie Aken-Tyers, the resident director of the international musical hit Titanique, and together they share their “controversial yet brave” opinions about Tom Hooper’s all snotting, all crying film adaptation of Les Miz. There are extended discussions about how Billie has always been “horny for Geoffrey Rush,” how she loves “Eddie Redmayne’s skin texture,” and why on earth there is a random woman f*cking Santa Claus in the middle of “Master of the House.” Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 45m

  8. 04/06/2025

    The Revenant (with Carl Lundstedt)

    In 2015, Alejandro G. Iñárritu followed up his Best Director win for ‘Birdman’ with ‘The Revenant,’ the movie where Leonaro DiCaprio won an Oscar for getting mauled by a bear and eating raw bison liver. But is he as good as Bryan Cranston in ‘Trumbo?’ Is Andrea Riseborough the best performance in ‘Birdman?’ And is Tom Hardy j**king off in that one scene by the fire with Will Poulter? Get full access to Oscar Chaser at oscarchaser.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 3m
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A monthly companion pod to my weekly Substack, where I post a deep-dive into the movies filmmakers made immediately following their Oscar win for Best Director, examining the big swings, undercelebrated gems, and flops that followed these filmmakers' crowning moments. oscarchaser.substack.com

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  • Creator
    Kyle Wilson
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    8
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Kyle Wilson
  • Show Website
    Oscar Chaser