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Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 3 February 2023
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
With the Oscars on the horizon, The Washington Post’s chief film critic and a culture writer share their hot takes on the movies they loved and who may win the golden statues.
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This year’s Oscars are already notable: Angela Bassett became Marvel’s first performer to be nominated, and a controversy surrounding an unlikely best actress nomination kicked up concerns about social media campaigning.
That doesn’t mean that all of the movies were memorable, but they were surprising, according to The Post’s chief film critic Ann Hornaday and culture writer Sonia Rao.
Hornaday and Rao share their top films, the themes that bring the best picture nominees together, and who they think will win at the 95th Academy Awards on March 12.
There are no spoilers. We promise.
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is supported by Google. |
| 0:05.2 | Once again, award season is upon us. |
| 0:08.7 | And now the five nominees for performance by an actress in a leading role. |
| 0:13.0 | Here are the nominees for performance by an actor in a leading role. |
| 0:16.9 | Here are the ten nominees for best motion picture of the year. |
| 0:24.3 | Last week, the 2023 Oscar nominations were announced. |
| 0:27.9 | For the film nerds and the casual viewers, there is so much anticipation around these awards. |
| 0:33.4 | There are, of course, the crowd favorites. |
| 0:36.2 | Angela Bassett, in Black Panther, Wakanda Forever. |
| 0:42.2 | And there are surprise underdogs. |
| 0:44.4 | Andrea Rizbara, in Telesli. |
| 0:48.5 | Of course, everybody's got an opinion about who deserves to win. |
| 0:52.1 | But when two of our culture writers look at this year's list of nominees, |
| 0:56.2 | they see something bigger. |
| 0:59.2 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 1:02.6 | I'm Martine Powers. |
| 1:04.2 | It's Friday, February 3rd. |
| 1:06.2 | Today, I asked the post Anne Hornetay and Stony Arow for their hot takes on the 2023 Oscars. |
| 1:12.6 | And we talk about the moments from the past few years that have shaped the movies that we want to see |
| 1:18.4 | and that we want to recognize. |
| 1:26.4 | So first, let's have you say who you are and what you do and why don't you go first. |
| 1:30.8 | I'm Anne Hornetay and I'm the Chief Film Critic at the Washington Post. |
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