121 episodes
The Best Pictures Podcast Maggie Kellett & Ian Bailie
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- TV & Film
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4.3 • 24 Ratings
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Join Maggie, Ian, and their unsolicited opinions as they watch their way through every Academy Award Best Picture winner.
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76th Academy Awards - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
On this episode we tackle a titan of the fantasy film genre and the 76th Best Picture winner.
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75th Academy Awards - Chicago
Ian and Maggie are back with a winner episode covering the 75th winner, Chicago. They loved the musical numbers and ambition of production, but were left wanting more from the character development.
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Special Episode - Big Trouble in Little China
Join us as we celebrate the 6th anniversary of the Best Pictures Podcast by tackling another cult classic!
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74th Academy Awards - A Beautiful Mind
Ian and Maggie cover the 74th Best Picture inner, A Beautiful mind. All around the hosts appreciated a solid film with great acting.
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73rd Academy Awards - Gladiator
We're back with another canon episode, and we're kicking off a new decade of winners! This time we're talking about the sword and sandal epic Gladiator (2000s).
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Special Episode - List Reordering 3
Having found themselves boxed in a ranking corner, Maggie and Ian decided the needed a fresh start 2024: a re-ordered winner ranking. In addition to talking about the shuffles, Ian and Maggie each revisited a past winner to reevaluate their thoughts, talk about where the 1990s falls in the overall quality of films, and look forward (maybe not positively) to the 2000s.
Customer Reviews
Great!
I’ve seen listening to each episode after making my way through all the Best Pictures the last couple of years and always enjoy Maggie’s and Ian’s opinions and thoughts.
Who is the audience?
I like these two. I agree with a lot of their opinions- I just am struggling to figure out who their audience is intended to be. Specifically, their Lawrence of Arabia episode has me a little confused. They’re presenting all these opinions of an incredibly frustrating, nuanced, and challenging character and all of their opinions are things I agree with. I think I can’t get past is their tone. They present this as if it’s a bunch of hot takes and as if’s all accidental… The film is clearly in on this. The film is doing this intentionally. Like I can’t decide if these two totally get it or don’t get it at all. I’ve come to the side maybe it’s an age thing. Maybe this podcast is for young people who haven’t seen these movies? This would be a PERFECT podcast if you were going to a party and wanted to act like you had seen the film. You could just sort of regurgitate these ideas and probably impress someone. Maybe 🤷🏻♀️
Good stuff
Incisive podcast. They’re not afraid to take down sacred cows-An American in Paris, West Side Story, Lawrence of Arabia.