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
68 episodes
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
Ep. 53 - Nomadland (2020)
The year 2020 was a very strange one ... for all of us. The world for all intents and purposes, felt like it was put on pause. COVID-19 was really the only thing on our minds. And because of it, even movie theatres and the film indu...
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Season 4
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Episode 53
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1:15:34
The Hurt Locker (2009)
In 2009 the Academy Awards increased the number of films that could be nominated for Best Picture. For over 6 decades there used to be only 5 films selected. However, the Academy decided that more films should be at least acknowledg...
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Season 4
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Episode 52
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1:20:31
The Broadway Melody (1928/29)
There have been good, great, and even brilliant Best Picture winners over the past century. Many stay with us forever, and we love watching them over and over and over again. And then, well, there are films like The Broadway Melody....
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Season 4
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Episode 51
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1:08:27
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
What an incredible year in cinema! There were so many great films to close out the decade. It was a time when Hollywood turned a new page and began making deeper, darker, and more rich films. And one of those films was this classic ...
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Season 4
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Episode 50
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1:19:55
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
There have only been three films that have swept the "big five" Oscars. And this one, the ONLY so-called horror film to win, is the last to win Best Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, and Screenplay. The Silence of the Lambs scared ...
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Season 4
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Episode 49
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1:21:47
Bonus Episode 6: Oscars 2024 Recap
Another Oscar broadcast for the history books! Download and listen to Jack's take on the 96th Annual Academy Awards that took place on Sunday, March 10th. Oppenheimer rocked the night with 7 awards including the big prize. Jimmy Kim...
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Season 4
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Episode 48
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37:25
Ordinary People (1980) Including 2024 Oscar Predictions
In 1980, legendary actor Robert Redford made his directorial debut with a film that moved so many and gave us great dramatic performances from Donald Sutherland, newcomer Timothy Hutton, and even comedy sitcom star Mary Tyler Moore. The f...
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Season 4
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Episode 47
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1:21:05
You Can't Take It With You (1938)
Many directors fit certain categories of filmmaking ... when you think of films that focus on the little guy overcoming obstacles and beating corporations or banks or the rich ... well, you think of Frank Capra. Capra won three Academy Aw...
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Season 4
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Episode 46
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1:05:47
Unforgiven (1992)
Westerns are not as popular amongst movie-goers over the past 40 years ... but there is one that changed the way we look at the Wild West. Clint Eastwood gave us Unforgiven. It's a film that turns the Western tropes of the past on its hea...
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Season 4
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Episode 45
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1:14:28
The French Connection (1971)
The 1970s were the dawn of a new generation of filmmakers. The era between 1967 and 1979 is known as New Hollywood cinema. Directors and screenwriters began making films with fewer reigns on them and trying new riskier stories, with...
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Season 4
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Episode 44
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1:18:27
Bonus Episode 5: Oscar Nominations 2024
Well ... another year has passed and we finally are here.: The announcement of the Academy Award nominations for the best films of 2023. Yes, there weren't many shockers ... but there are always a couple that stir the pot. Fans lose their...
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Season 4
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Episode 43
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