This week, we explore how the various guild awards can tell us who is in the best position to bring home Oscars (0:53). Then, we try and digest the deluge of ‘Green Book’ controversies (25:21). Finally, we try and place our finger on an answer to the existential question hanging over our show: What does 'Best Picture' even mean (32:42)?
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
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This Is the Most Wide-Open Best Picture Race in Years, Sean Fennessey
Green Book Director Used to Flash His Penis As a Joke, Anna Silman
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