Lights Camera Accolade

Asian American History Month - What Made Us Watch It? (Preview)

This episode spoils the 1930 Japanese film What Made Her Do It? -- a movie that takes the concept: “life is suffering and then you die” to the next level.
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7th Academy Awards - Capra Captures All the Awards

This episode spoils 1934's nominees The Barretts of Wimpole Street, Cleopatra, Flirtation Walk, The Gay Divorcee, Here Comes the Navy, The House of Rothschild, Imitation of Life, One Night of Love, The Thin Man, Viva Villa!, and winner It Happened One Night.
The White Parade gets an honorable mention by thankfully deciding to (mostly) be a lost film and saving us the watch time.
1934 delivered epic spectacle unlike anything we've seen so far. This year had everything from painful portrayals of conflicts over identity and family dysfunction to extremely questionable portrayals of historical figures. But the humblest and most human entries won us over this year (and the Academy too apparently) in the first Oscars sweep in history.

6th Academy Awards - No Accounting for Taste

This episode spoils 1932/33's 42nd Street, A Farewell to Arms, Cavalcade, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Lady for a Day, Little Women, The Private Life of Henry VIII, She Done Him Wrong, and State Fair
Prohibition ended and the Academy decided to celebrate by nominating basically every movie that came out. Join us as we discuss some good movies and some terrible movies-- with almost no consensus on which are which. Unless it's a Paul Muni or Mae West movie.

5th Academy Awards - Two Hours With You

This episode spoils 1931/32's Arrowsmith, Bad Girl, The Champ, Five Star Final, Grand Hotel, One Hour With You, Shanghai Express, and The Smiling Lieutenant
Battlelines are drawn as the gang is split by differences of opinion over taste and content. What makes a film truly great -- fashion, cinematography, story, vibes? We get closer to the answer as we discuss the largest pool of Best Picture nominees (so far). 

4th Academy Awards - The Greatest Depression

This episode spoils 1930/31's Cimarron, East Lynne, The Front Page, Skippy, and Trader Horn.
Jake struggles to pronounce names while the Academy struggles to nominate a good movie. 1931 was a terrible year for the economy, and an even worse one for the movies. Problematic doesn’t begin to describe some of these films.

3rd Academy Awards - All Not Quiet on the Podcast Front

This episode spoils 1929/1930's All Quiet on the Western Front, The Big House, Disraeli, The Divorcee, and The Love Parade.
A new challenger arrives! Join us as we cover the third year of the Academy Awards.

2nd Academy Awards - Broadway Dreamin

This episode spoils 1928/29's Alibi, Hollywood Revue, In Old Arizona, and The Broadway Melody.
Hollywood hits some highs and lows as 1929’s nominees grapple with the introduction of sound, and we gain a newfound respect for quality sound design. 

1st Academy Awards - Big Wings Have Small Beginnings

The movies were silent, but we are not. This episode spoils 1927/28's 7th Heaven, The Racket, and Wings. Join us as we discuss the first ever Academy Awards, and some of the history around why they came about.