This week on the Oscars Death Race Podcast, I bring on my friend Ed Noncent aka "Management" to talk about the surge of Excellent Black films that are competitive for the Oscars this year, including Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Da 5 Bloods, One Night in Miami, and Soul. We contextualize each film in the canon of black films and what they represent and the themes the tackle. There's also a bit of a tribute to Chadwick Boseman's career.
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In this week's episode, we are joined by mod of the Oscars Death Race Subreddit and Discord, and the man behind the Google Tracking Sheets and Community Site, SlightAstronomer. We go into his touching reasons for participating the Oscars Death Race and for giving back to the community, and then we dig into three Best Picture favorites that came out on streaming - Mank, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and Promising Young Woman. We also dig into the question of whether or not so many films have come out on streaming this year will help or hurt the Death Race, and how it affect's Netflix's chances for getting Best Picture.
Check out SlightAstronomer's Tracking Sheet at https://old.reddit.com/r/deathracetracking/ and his community site at https://oscarsdeathrace.netlify.app/
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This episode we are joined by Ray Luu of the Reel Asian Podcast to discuss the Asian Representation present in this year's Best Picture contenders Minari, Nomadland and Sound of Metal, as well as the broader trends and importance of having Asian representation both in front of and behind the cameras. We also dig into Variety's Actors on Actors episode with Steve Yuen and Riz Ahmed.
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Variety's Actors on Actors: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acLmXKkMEuU
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This episode we are joined by Dakota of the ContraZoomPod to talk about the Rest of the Best Picture predicted nominees (The Father, First Cow, News of the World, Judas and the Black Messiah), as well as to give our predictions about which films will make the cut for the final nominations next week. Also, be sure to check out the Academy of Death Racers on the ODR Subreddit and Discord - a super cool project from the mods over there to help build community around the death race. I also may or may not livestream my reactions to the Oscars nominations on Monday, we'll see.
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Ladies and Gentlemen and Others, Start Your Engines, the Death Race is on! In this episode we go over the nominated films for the 93rd Academy Awards, talk about who snuck in, who got snubbed, and where you can find all these Oscar nominated films to watch. Plus we plot out the next few episodes of the season, and my high level thoughts on other films I've already seen - Emma, Borat Sequel and Onward
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Current Death Race 2021 status: 22/41 Features | 1/15 Shorts | 23/56 Overall
This episode we go over the stragglers from the Major categories of Acting, Directing and Screenplay that I haven't seen yet - Hillbilly Elegy for Best Supporting Actress for Glen Close (and Makeup and Hair), US vs Billie Holiday for Best Actress for Andra Day, Pieces of a Woman for Best Actress for Vanessa Kirby, The White TIger for Best Adapted Screenplay, and Another Round for Best Director and Best International Feature Film
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Current Death Race 2021 status: 25/41 Features | 1/15 Shorts | 26/56 Overall
While I may have fallen a bit behind schedule this week, we're still talking about the various Oscar Nominated International Films I watched this week - Quo Vadis, Aida? from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Better Days from Hong Kong, and Pinocchio from Italy. (The Man Who Sold His Skin and The Life Ahead will have to wait for another week). Plus I talk about the Academy of Death Racers nominees and the WGA and PGA Award winners and how they impact the Oscars Race
Contra Zoom Pod Guest Appearance: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6bKz5UIFZz2S47MOsqO3ey
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Current Death Race 2021 status: 30/41 Features | 1/15 Shorts | 31/56 Overall
This week we try to catch up back to pace for the Death Race by watching all five Documentary Feature films - Collective (also up for Best International Film from Romania), The Mole Agent, Crip Camp, My Octopus Teacher and Time. Plus I chat about the ever confusing Actress races after the SAG Awards (and the every secured Actor races), as well as the guild awards for Hair and Makeup and for Visual Effects
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Current Death Race 2021 status: 32/41 Features | 5/15 Shorts | 37/56 Overall
In this episode of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, I'm joined by animation student Jonny aka PencilHead and we make our way through all the animated films - both feature and short. There are some very spicy takes (Onward over Soul? Over the Moon not that bad? Dreamworks over Disney?) that you have to hear to believe.
PencilHead's IG: https://www.instagram.com/mr.pencilhead PencilHead's LB: https://letterboxd.com/pencilheadguy/
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Current Death Race 2021 status: 35/41 Features | 5/15 Shorts | 40/56 Overall
This week, I have on Jeff and Pierre, the hosts of the Classic Movies Live podcast to go through who we THINK will win the Oscars, but more importantly, who we WANT to win the Oscars. Plus, some talk about the Academy of Death Racers livestream this Saturday, and the three films I was able to watch this week - Greyhound, The Man Who Sold His Skin, and The Life Ahead - as well as my plans to actually finish the death race in time.
Academy of Death Racers livestream 4/24/21 6PM ET / 3PM PT: ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Izu3pIvJ0DE
Classic Movies Live: https://open.spotify.com/show/3gy7EYnn7LORzZIgBOF7wG
Jeff's Blog: http://absolutetrash.jkbulmer.me/
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