Rewatching Oscar

Another Oscar broadcast for the history books!  Download and listen to Jack's take on the 96th Annual Academy Awards that took place on Sunday, March 10th.  Oppenheimer rocked the night with 7 awards…

In 1980, legendary actor Robert Redford made his directorial debut with a film that moved so many and gave us great dramatic performances from Donald Sutherland, newcomer Timothy Hutton, and even com…

Many directors fit certain categories of filmmaking ... when you think of films that focus on the little guy overcoming obstacles and beating corporations or banks or the rich ... well, you think of …

Westerns are not as popular amongst movie-goers over the past 40 years ... but there is one that changed the way we look at the Wild West.  Clint Eastwood gave us Unforgiven. It's a film that turns t…

The 1970s were the dawn of a new generation of filmmakers.  The era between 1967 and 1979 is known as New Hollywood cinema.  Directors and screenwriters began making films with fewer reigns on them a…

Well ... another year has passed and we finally are here.: The announcement of the Academy Award nominations for the best films of 2023.  Yes, there weren't many shockers ... but there are always a c…

There were a lot of films that were released after WWII from all different perspectives of what went on during that time.  However, during the early 1940s, many films did the same DURING wartime.  Th…

Well ... season 4 starts off with a bang! One of the BIG Oscar winners of all-time.  It's epic in size, and was loved by so many when it came out.  Is this romance/disaster film still all as great as…

Jack loves being a film critic ... analyzing both the good and the bad of everything that is cinema.  The Best Picture Oscar winner of 1951, An American in Paris, covers both ends of that spectrum. T…

Sometimes films go above and beyond just being a source of entertainment.  Some movies are not just pieces of art put on celluloid for all film lovers to watch, but they are important ... educational…

There are films that seem strange when you read the plot outline.  You think to yourself, why would this be made? Then you find out that the perfect guy for this story is the director, so you think i…

It has been 25 years, but there are still many who believe that the 1998 winner for Best Picture should NOT have been Shakespeare in Love.  Jack revisits this controversial winner and tells us how go…

It all started with this one. The first Best Picture winner was also a silent film ... the only completely non-talkie to ever win the top award. Yes, even The Artist (2011) had some words at the film…

Rewatching Oscar with Jack Ferdman

Here is another Bonus Episode, and this time it's all about ... JACK!!  No, not the host of this show (although he may want you to think it is), but about the one ..…

This is one of the great films of the last 50 years.  Jack analyzes this film in depth, talking about how it came about, as well as themes of authoritarianism. This movie not only has an incredible s…

Billy Wilder is one of the greatest directors in cinematic history.  Here Jack talks about one of his gems, The Apartment.  The screenplay, the direction, the acting, and the cinematography are all r…

Well ... it took the Academy a while, but finally, 34 years after the last musical to win Best Picture, the Rob Marshall blockbuster Chicago took home Oscar's biggest prize in 2002.  What makes this …

SEVENTY years ago this movie dominated Hollywood and the Academy Awards.  It is a drama disguised as a war film.  From Here to Eternity is a movie that took home a boatload of Oscars back in 1953.  A…

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences loves to talk and pay respects to actors and films from a bygone era.  They had a huge opportunity to do so by honouring The Artist, a film that pays h…

There are films that deserve the Best Picture award and there are films that are just movies that shocked us that they even got nominated ... and then there are films like Driving Miss Daisy.  Wow! H…