A+Z Movie Review Podcast · Alex Long and Zach Cavanagh

Episode 32 - 2024 Oscar Nominations

·1 hr 2 min·4 clips

Greta Gerwig is left out of Best Director while Justine Trier makes the lineup.

1. A+Z Movie Review Podcast episode 32 focuses on the 2024 Oscar nominations. 2. Alex and Zach host the episode and frame it as their annual Oscar-season check-in. 3. The episode asks which nominations were expected, which omissions mattered, and whether Oppenheimer is about to dominate the Oscars. 4. Alex says Oppenheimer received 13 nominations, one shy of the record held by All About Eve, La La Land, and Titanic. 5. The hosts note that the awards ceremony is on March 10 and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel again. 6. They read the Best Picture lineup: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, and The Zone of Interest. 7. They spend time on The Zone of Interest and describe it as a Nazi commandant building a family life near Auschwitz. 8. They point out that Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest make the Best Picture race unusually international. 9. They move to Best Director and list Justine Trier, Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Jonathan Glazer. 10. Greta Gerwig is the named omission from Best Director, and the hosts connect that snub to Barbie and to the Academy's taste for weightier films. 11. In Best Actor, they list Bradley Cooper, Colman Domingo, Paul Giamatti, Cillian Murphy, and Jeffrey Wright. 12. Leonardo DiCaprio is discussed as the major omission, despite his campaign work for Lily Gladstone. 13. The Best Actress field includes Annette Bening, Lily Gladstone, Sandra Hüller, Carey Mulligan, and Emma Stone. 14. They contrast Annette Bening's Nyad nomination with the absence of Margot Robbie and Greta Lee. 15. Best Supporting Actor includes Sterling K. Brown, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr., Ryan Gosling, and Mark Ruffalo. 16. Best Supporting Actress includes Emily Blunt, Danielle Brooks, America Ferrera, Jodie Foster, and Divine Joy Randolph. 17. The hosts sound relaxed and conversational, with frequent jokes about Morbius, Madame Web, fake names, and Oscar-body politics. 18. The episode uses a category-by-category rundown rather than a formal interview, with Alex often leading and Zach reacting. 19. Listeners who follow the Oscars, movie awards, or 2024 nominees will get the most from this episode. 20. Listeners who want a spoiler-free narrative story or deep film criticism may skip it.

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