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

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Sinners, One Battle After Another

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