About this episode

Will Johnson and Don Shanahan discuss Paul Thomas Anderson's film 'One Battle After Another' and its Oscar prospects.

For their 228thepisode, two underground revolution critics, two stoner dads, and two small beers teachers, Will Johnson and Don Shanahan, drive their podcast over the West Texas hills of the Oscar race to offer their praise and criticism of Paul Thomas Anderson's "One Battle After Another." The movie is the current front-runner for Best Picture and PTA is more than due after 28 years of previous nominations in several categories. Should this be the one 2025 movie that gets the tallest and shiniest crown? Come learn more and stay for the mutual love and respect that fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast! Speakpipe - send us a voicemail https://discord.gg/N6MKWXU2 https://www.teepublic.com/user/ruminationsradionetwork https://www.instagram.com/cinephilehissyfit/ https://www.instagram.com/casablancadon/ www.RuminationsRadioNetwork.com www.instagram.com/RuminationsRadioNetwork Production by Mitch Proctor for Area 42 Studios and Sound Episode Artwork by Charles Langley for Area 42 Studios and Sound https://www.patreon.com/RuminationsRadio https://everymoviehasalesson.com/ https://ruminationsradio.transistor.fm/ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

People in this episode

Hosts: Will Johnson, Don Shanahan

Topics covered

• Oscar race
• film criticism
• Best Picture
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• movie reviews

Keywords

• Oscar race
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• film review
• Best Picture
• Cinephile Hissy Fit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Area 42 Studios and Sound, Ruminations Radio Network

Books & works: One Battle After Another

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