The 98th Oscars Recap

About this episode

The episode recaps the 98th Academy Awards, discussing major nominations, wins, and surprises from the ceremony.

The 98th Academy Awards have now come and gone in a largely uncontentious ceremony. We discuss the final awards season showdown between Ryan Coogler's Sinners with its record-breaking nominations and Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, along with this year's many deserved — and maybe a few undeserved — wins. We also run down some surprises in the telecast, its beautiful In Memoriam segment, and the Timothée Chalamet of it all.

People in this episode

Hosts: Derek Wong, Amir Touray, Jeff Zhang

Topics covered

• Oscars
• Academy Awards
• film reviews
• awards season
• telecast surprises

Keywords

• Oscars
• Academy Awards
• Ryan Coogler
• Paul Thomas Anderson
• film reviews
• In Memoriam
• Timothée Chalamet

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Sinners, One Battle After Another

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