Rewatching Oscar
Freelance film critic and obsessive movie nut, Jack Ferdman, gives a detailed analysis of every Best Picture Academy Award winner by diving headfirst into its structure, writing, direction, and acting. He will share his insane passion for cinema with discussions about the random Oscar winner selected in each episode, as well as the many other greats from that calendar year. Join him every second Friday on his journey of re-watching every film that took home the top prize.
Episodes
77 episodes
Patton (1970)
Biographical films can be incredible ... that is if they delve deep into the main protagonist's character based on their past. Their influences growing up drive who they are and why they became the important figure, we are watching being analyz...
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Season 5
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Episode 76
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1:46:13
Bonus Episode 11: Oscars 2025 Recap
Another Oscar broadcast for the history books! Download and listen to Jack's take on the 97th Annual Academy Awards that took place on Sunday, March 2nd. Anora rocked the night with 5 awards including the big prize. Conan O'Brien di...
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Season 5
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Episode 75
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1:02:11
Bonus Episode 10: Final Oscar Predictions 2025
Only two more days until the big night, so I guess it's time for film critic Jack Ferdman to make his final picks. He has seen all the films ... that's not surprising. But what is, are some of the predictions he has made for what will win each,...
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Season 5
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Episode 74
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40:37
On the Waterfront (1954)
There is no doubt that this film has a backstory that is fairly controversial. Director Elia Kazan testified to Congress and the HUAC hearings, and named names. There are many people who became his enemy, and never forgave him. However, undoubt...
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Season 5
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Episode 73
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1:24:21
Birdman (2014)
Films usually have a nice structure to it that makes us feel complete ... the movie has a beginning, a middle, and an ending that kind of wraps everything up neatly. And then there are a few that just don't do that. LOL! The Academy Award-winni...
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Season 5
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Episode 72
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1:31:38
Bonus Episode 9: Oscar Nominations 2025
Well ... another year has passed and we finally are here.: The announcement of the Academy Award nominations for the best films of 2024. Yes, there weren't many shockers ... but there are always a couple that stir the pot. Fans lose their...
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Season 5
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Episode 71
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51:22
All Quiet on the Western Front (1929/30)
There are very few extra-special films in the history of cinema that not only stand the test of time, they really changed the way we look at history in general ... fictional films that make us see real life in a truly different manner. Le...
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Season 5
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Episode 70
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1:13:56
My Fair Lady (1964)
The 1960s was the last true decade of the Hollywood musical. Yes, there were others since ... however, they were few and far between. And in 1964, the third of that genre to win Best Picture in those ten years was the huge box office smas...
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Season 5
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Episode 69
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1:34:05
It Happened One Night (1934)
Romantic-screwball comedies had to start sometime ... and that sometime was early 1934. And there was a film that took Hollywood by storm ... Frank Capra's It Happened One Night. This film is one of only three films to home the Big 5 on O...
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Season 4
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Episode 68
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1:19:52
Parasite (2019)
It took over nine decades for the Academy to award the Best Picture of the year to a foreign language film. And although there were hundreds of brilliant masterpieces that could have won, including eleven other films that were nominated p...
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Season 4
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Episode 67
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1:23:20
Ben-Hur (1959)
Well, here's a film that won the Best Picture Oscar that was actually a remake. The was the epic silent version in 1925, but it's the 1959 Biblical classic that everyone remembers. Ben-Hur ended up winning 11 Academy Awards that year, whi...
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Season 4
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Episode 66
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1:26:13
All the King's Men (1949)
Here is a film that is eerily similar to what has been happening in the United States political world since 2016. The movie is All the King's Men, a story about greed, corruption, and those who blindly fall prey to those in power. Great d...
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Season 4
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Episode 65
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1:42:53
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Listen to film critic Jack Ferdman's take on it as he analyzes everything about 12 Years a Slave as well as many other films from that year, and hear which film he gives his Rewatch Oscar of 2013.Download, listen, and share ALL ...
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Season 4
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Episode 64
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1:27:45
Gandhi (1982)
Another year ... another biopic wins Best Picture. This time it's Gandhi's turn. A film that covers 50 years of a man who has been revered by millions upon millions of people around the world. The performance of Sir Ben Kingley as this sm...
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Season 4
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Episode 63
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1:32:08
Gone With the Wind (1939)
There literally was no other year like it. When you look at the list of films that were released in the calendar year of 1939, well, the films most people would consider brilliant classics are in the dozens! You can spend weeks upon weeks...
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Season 4
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Episode 62
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1:51:30
Bonus Episode 8: TIFF2024
Film critic and historian, Jack Ferdman, loves this time of year! He's a proud Torontonian ... so why wouldn't he love early September? It's not just because of the beauty of fall in his hometown. It's mostly because he goes t...
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Season 4
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Episode 61
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1:07:40
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
Biopics Biopics Biopics! The Academy loves biopics. There are so many that have been nominated for Oscars ... and even some that have won the top prize, Best Picture. And in 2001, there was one that did just that. Ron Howard's...
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Season 4
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Episode 60
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1:32:46
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
There are a lot of Best Picture winners that are big, bold, and epic in size. Well, in 1936, MGM made something pretty big ... and long. A film that brought people to the theatre to enjoy the spectacle of Broadway, especially if they were...
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Season 4
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Episode 59
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1:17:55
Amadeus (1984)
There were tons of great films that came out in 1984. However, there was one that took away 8 Oscars at the Academy Awards. Amadeus won the hearts of both fans and critics with its amazing story and brilliant performances by Tom Hulce and...
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Season 4
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Episode 58
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1:20:58
Going My Way (1944)
Bing Crosby was the biggest star both in music and in film of the 1940s. Going My Way put him on an even higher level of popularity. The film earned him the Best Actor Oscar, which was the first of three nominations in his acclaimed...
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Season 4
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Episode 57
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1:13:55
Bonus Episode 7: Ranking Meryl Streep's Oscar Nominated Performances
Here is another Bonus Episode, and this time it's all about ... the one, the only ... Meryl!! Meryl Streep is undoubtedly one of the greatest performers to have ever graced the silver screen. From her start on Broadway to her stints...
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Season 4
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Episode 56
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1:25:58
The Deer Hunter (1978)
Many great films came out in 1978 ... several because Hollywood began to tell stories of what soldiers experienced both during the Vietnam war that had just ended a few years before, and also how they dealt with coming home. The De...
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Season 4
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Episode 55
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1:27:39
Oliver! (1968)
First, it was the famous novel by Charles Dickens back in 1838, then it hit the silver screen with many silent and sound ones. Then it hit Broadway with the well-known musical version ... until finally it came back to theatres and won the...
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Season 4
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Episode 54
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1:28:52
