Episode description

Our format is a little different this week: the first half of the episode was recorded before the Oscars and features our predictions for each category, plus the films which we think actually deserved to win; the second half is our reaction to the total mess that was the 94th Academy Awards.

Movies mentioned (* indicates possible spoilers):

• West Side Story (2021), Cruella, Cyrano, Nightmare Alley (2021), Dune
• The Power of the Dog*, King Richard, tick tick… BOOM!, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), Don’t Look Up
• The Tragedy of Macbeth
• The Eyes of Tammy Faye (2021)
• Belfast
• Parallel Mothers
• No Time To Die, Encanto
• Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised), Attica, Flee, Ascension, Writing with Fire
• Drive My Car, The Hand of God, The Worst Person in the World
• The Lost Daughter, CODA
• Hidden Figures, The Shape of Water, Brokeback Mountain, Roma
• Licorice Pizza
• Wild Rose, Men (2022)
• Spencer
• Holy Smoke!
• La La Land, Moonlight
• Zack Snyder’s Justice League, James Bond franchise, The Godfather films
• The Lost City, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, Memoria, The Northman, Thelma & Louise

The Smartest People in the Room is hosted by Rachel Casey and Maddie Weiner. It is edited by Maddie Weiner. Original theme and interstitial music is by Scott Boice - follow him on Instagram @sc00gle and find more of his work on Bandcamp.