Hamnet, Rental Family, Is This Thing On?, The Voice of Hind Rajab, Sentimental Value, Hedda, The Secret Agent and more films, restaurants and travel all reviewed LIVE! from the 26th Woodstock Film Festival. More shownotes coming soon (after I settle back in from a long trip).

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We will be reviewing Wake Up, Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Jay Kelly, Train Dreams, Cover-Up, The Perfect Neighbor, A House of Dynamite, and the Netflix Oscars Slate in this upcoming episode. 

Otherwise, stay tuned for part 3 of our Woodstock Coverage later this week on MMO for another Oscar Race Checkpoint covering the Woodstock Awards and Indie Film Discoveries we loved and would like to feature... including The Ark, Floating Carousel, Adult Children, On The End, Park Avenue, and Eloise and the Dress.

LIVE! from Woodstock w/ Andrew Morgan! - Reviewing Hamnet, Rental Family, etc - ORC 10/19/25

Gotham Nominations show particular strength for One Battle After Another. Plus, we discuss potential winners in each category and review a few of the nominees like Blue Moon & Familiar Touch.

Film by Film Nomination Tallies: One Battle After Another stays super strong - 1:10 
Blue Moon Review Part 1, underperformers + The Tribute Effect - 4:47 
The Gotham Best Feature 10 and the categories Oscars Crossover History - 7:19 
Review of Familiar Touch - 12:06 
Best Director and more Obaa BOBO talk - 13:35 
Breakthrough Director - 17:24 
Original and Adapted Screenplay - 19:04 
International Feature and an odd omission of Sentimental Value - 22:27 
The Lead Performance winner could be chalk - 24:30 
Blue Moon Review Part 2 - 27:41 
The Supporting Performance Category is loaded with contenders - 28:42 
Best Breakthrough Performer - 32:01 
(Snubs? or) Contenders NOT Nominated / Submitted at the Gothams - 34:14 

DOC NYC Shortlist & Gotham’s Best Doc Feature Category - 36:00 

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Gotham Noms '25: Does One Battle Start Sweeping Already? - ORC 10/30/25

For Episode 464, Josh Parham, Giovanni Lago, and I are here to recap the 2025 Gotham Film Award Nominations. For this week's poll, as "Predator: Badlands" is set for a wide release and "Sentimental Value" is scheduled for a limited release in theaters this weekend, we're asking, "Which Is Your Favorite Film Starring Elle Fanning?" We also reveal the winner of last week's poll, for the release of "Bugonia," in which we asked, "Which Is Your Favorite Yorgos Lanthimos Film?" We also share our reactions to the trailers for "Scream 7," "Dead Man's Wire," "Little Amélie or the Character of Rain," "Sirāt," and "Fackham Hall," answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Thank you all for listening, supporting, subscribing, and voting. Enjoy!

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Episode 464 - The Gotham Film Award Nominations, "Scream 7," "Dead Man's Wire," "Little Amélie," "Sirāt" & "Fackham Hall" Trailers

Dennis und Tobit haben die große Viennale 2025 hinter sich: Und heuer jagte ein Jahreshighlight das nächste! Uns bleibt keine andere Wahl, darüber zu reden, mal mit sentimentalem Gemüt, mal in farbfroher Lust! Es war nur ein kleiner Unfall, wenn wir durch die Kinosäle gestolpert sind, auf der Jagd, ein Screening nach dem anderen, und jedes ist wie eine kleine Wiedergeburt. Wir entschuldigen uns, hören auf einen hochpolitischen Hilfeschrei und weniger auf zwei Verschwörungstheoretiker. Ach ja, und Dennis hat auch nen Anime gesehen, der ganz gut ist!

234: Rache, Mord, Tränen | Viennale 2025

On this episode, JD and Brendan discuss Joachim Trier's new film SENTIMENTAL VALUE, starring Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve!

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Review: Sentimental Value

For Episode 465, Megan Lachinski, Cody Dericks, Daniel Howat, Tom O'Brien, and I are here to preview what's to come over the next several weeks for the 2025-2026 awards season as more nominations roll in from groups such as the British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) and Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA). For this week's poll, we're revisiting our famous question, "Which Film Do You Think Is Going To Be The Next Best Picture Oscar Winner?" We also reveal the winner of last week's poll, for the wide and limited releases of "Predator: Badlands" and "Sentimental Value" respectively, "Which Is Your Favorite Film Starring Elle Fanning?" We also share our reactions to the trailers for "The Testament Of Ann Lee," "Michael," "Five Nights At Freddy's 2," "100 Nights Of Hero" and "Rosemead," answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Thank you all for listening, supporting, subscribing, and voting. Enjoy!

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Episode 465 - Awards Season Preview, "The Testament Of Ann Lee," "Michael," "Five Nights At Freddy's 2," "100 Nights Of Hero" & "Rosemead" Trailers

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture

For this week's third podcast review, Ema Sasic, Josh Parham, and Giovanni Lago join me to review and discuss the latest film from Joachim Trier, "Sentimental Value," starring Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning. The film had its world premiere at the main competition of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, where it received widespread acclaim and won the Grand Prix. It has been selected as the Norwegian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards. What did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss the performances, writing, and direction from Trier (co-written with Eskil Vogt), the themes, its awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy!

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"Sentimental Value"

Oscar Race Checkpoint returns with a big Awards News segment covering the EFA & BIFA noms, changes from SAG & Critics Choice, an added Gotham Tribute that we called +++ Governor’s Awards and campaign talk. Then we enjoyed a big What We’re Watching segment covering Nouvelle Vague, Ballad of a Small Player, House of Dynamite, Die My Love, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Christy, Nuremberg, Are We Good?, and I’m Not Everything I Want To Be. Finally, we close with a few trailer reviews including Scream 7, Michael, The Testament of Ann Lee, and Marty Supreme. 

AWARDS NEWS: 
EFA Noms: The European Film Awards could be a big day for Sentimental Value - 1:54 
BIFA Noms: British Independent Film Awards & where we’re looking for crossover - 5:26 
The Governors Awards & Tom Cruise’s Big Speech - 15:27 
The Critics Choice Awards add 4 categories on E! - 20:09 
The Gotham Awards add a tribute for Jeremy Allan White + Wicked/campaign talk - 22:44 
The Actor Awards are the new SAG’s - 28:06 

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING:
Nouvelle Vague - 30:32 
Ballad of a Small Player - 34:47 
Die My Love - 37:43 
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You - 40:40 
A House of Dynamite - 42:56 
Christy and the latest Sydney Sweeney drama - 45:07 
Nuremberg - 49:31 
Are We Good? - 52:14 
I’m Not Everything I Want To Be - 58:50 

TRAILER REVIEWS:
Scream 7 - 1:03:56 
Michael - 1:07:42 
The Testament of Ann Lee - 1:09:30 
Marty Supreme - 1:12:04 

OUTRO: We discuss where you can find us on social media and the big green and pink movie that we may or may not be reviewing next. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar We also reminisce about our lost loved ones after AlsoMike lost his grandmother this week. R.I.P., Grammy. We love you. 

Gov Awards, EFA & BIFA, Nouvelle Vague + Wicked & Marty Supreme Buzz - ORC 11/19/25

Sentimental Value should contend for big nominations at the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards and many upcoming precursors as well as major Oscar Nominations, and we have to study it in this loaded film study Oscars Profile review show.

NON-SPOILER REVIEW OF SENTIMENTAL VALUE:
Reception Thus Far. Critical, Audience & Box Office - 2:55 
Our Theater-Going Experience - 4:50 
The Awards Profile Thus Far + Golden Globes Predictions - 7:58 
Enjoying the film much more on 2nd viewing, more so than at the festivals - 11:04 
A Huge Stellan Skarsgard Discussion and a Dissection of Supporting Actor - 13:23 
Having Fun with a Film about Filmmakers - 22:41 
Trier makes personal films hiding behind fictions, much like Gustav in this story - 25:10 
Renate Reinsve and THREE! Tremendous Supporting Actress Performances - 27:32 
Review of the Production Values including praise for the Score & Cinematography - 32:21 
Our Oscar Nom Predictions, a Lead Actress Breakdown & Over/Under - 35:23 

SPOILER WARNING - 40:39 

SPOILER SECTION FOR SENTIMENTAL VALUE:
Two Big Nitpicks - 41:29 
Big Performance Moments for Renate Reinsve - 45:00 
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas Big Performance Takeaways - 49:33 
Stellan Skarsgard’s Gustav Motivations & Performance Takes - 55:03 
The Themes Played Out in the Ending - 1:03:43 
How A Worst Scene Becomes A Best Scene on Rethink - 1:08:06 
Final Grades - 1:11:01 

OUTRO: We have more Oscar Race Checkpoints and Oscar Profile film studies coming soon, maybe, kinda, sorta… or not. We won’t say. But thank you as always for listening. Please follow us on social media and rate/review our show to pledge your support. And thanks again for doing that as well. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar

Sentimental Value - Hey, kid. Watch these DVDs - An Oscar Profile - Ep  510

We are not mature enough to ignore that she said Jafar Punani, and we promise never to act mature enough to ignore that she said Jufar Punani. You’re welcome. Nor will we ever underreact to the first big winners of awards season at the Gotham and NYFCC Awards + BIFA’s. They mean everything (and nothing at all) AS ALWAYS! Plus, we react to the Thanksgiving week box office, and we review new films from DOC NYC and our nearby movie theaters and discuss the AMC Popcorn Pass in the final moments of the episode as well.

AWARD NEWS: 
Half of the NYFCC Winners - 1:48 
The 2025 Gotham Awards from all angles - 3:54 
Reviewing 2000 Meters to Andriivka - 32:22 
BIFA Winner Tallies - 37:22 

Thanksgiving Week Box Office + how right was M1 about Wicked: For Good? - 41:04 

MORE REVIEWS: 
Mr. Nobody Against Putin - 48:00 
There Was, There Was Not - 50:46 
Fackham Hall - 54:26 
Rental Family - 58:17 

The Rest of the NYFCC Winners including One Battle After Another wins - 1:00:25 

OUTRO TALK: we discuss where you can follow us on social media and how you can support us with 5 star ratings and likes wherever you get your podcasts. https://linktr.ee/mikemikeandoscar 
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Plus, we discuss which one of us went in for the AMC Popcorn Pass and whether or not its actually a good deal. 


Gotham, NYFCC & BIFA Winner OverReactions! One Battle, Panahi & Pillion start Hot - ORC 12/2/25

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