Oscars Outsider

Is Digger already in trouble before it even opens?With the film’s release approaching, we look at the warning signs around Warner Bros.’ campaign, the strange press tour built around Tom Cruise’s “Mr. Movies” persona...

The fall festival season is starting to reshape the Oscar race.We break down the surprising end of the Venice Film Festival, where Woman Unknown pulled off an unexpected Golden Lion win, before turning to one of the...

The Best International Feature Film Oscar is the most chaotic, politically charged, and scandal-ridden category in Academy history — and Dylan, Craig, and Sean are here to prove it. In this episode: a full history of...

Venice 2025 is days away — and awards season is officially on. Dylan and Craig break down the full in-competition lineup, make their Golden Lion predictions, and identify the Oscar sleepers you need to know before the...

Is The Odyssey actually WEAK on screenplay? Dylan and Craig make the bold case that Christopher Nolan's writing could be the one category his ancient-Greece epic trips up on — and back it up with a full slate of...

The Oscar race just reshuffled — and we've got receipts. Dylan and Craig dig into the latest Best Picture prediction lists from Variety's Clayton Davis and the full Next Best Picture team, then argue about which hyped...

Emily Wilson — the scholar whose Odyssey translation Christopher Nolan called his primary source — just published a scathing review in the London Review of Books, and the hosts dig into whether she's right. Then Dylan...

Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey is a genuine cultural moment — but could it become the most-nominated film in Oscar history? Dylan and Craig break down the full awards race case for The Odyssey, including whether it can...

The Digger trailer finally dropped — and we are NOT impressed. Dylan and Craig break down why Tom Cruise's long-awaited political satire from Alejandro González Iñárritu feels more like Scary Movie than Dr. Strangelove...

Who is the most overdue actor in Hollywood? According to a Nate Silver model from 2012, it isn't Leonardo DiCaprio — it's Matt Damon. And he still hasn't won. Now Damon (The Odyssey) and Tom Cruise (Digger) are both...

It’s way too early… so naturally we’re making our first Oscar predictions. This week on Oscars Outsider , we start building the 2026 Best Picture race from scratch: what already feels like a lock, what feels wildly...

This week on Oscars Outsider, we dive into one of the Academy’s strangest and most confusing categories: Best Original Score.From the early days of studio music departments to decades of split categories, reunited...

Spielberg is back with aliens — but is that enough to make Disclosure Day a real Oscar contender? This week on Oscars Outsider , we close the book on Cannes, revisit whether the Palme d’Or winner Fjord is now a serious...

The Cannes awards are here, and somehow the Oscar race feels less clear than it did before. In this episode of The Oscars Outsider Podcast, we react to the major winners from the Cannes Film Festival, including the...

Cannes is almost over, which means it is time to make our Palme d’Or predictions. In this episode, we break down the Cannes competition, make our picks for who we think could win the Palme d’Or, and talk through which...