
Shea Cinema: The Best Picture Project
TLDR; Father/Daughter team watch and review all movies nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, starting back in 1927.
Welcome to Shea Cinema, The Best Picture Project!
Join host Sara Shea and her father, William Shea, as they watch and explore every film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Sara and Dad are recreating a project Sara assigned to her high school Film Studies students, which includes contextual historical research, discussing their personal responses to each film, what makes these films important, why these films need to be understood in context, and, finally, did the winner deserve the Oscar?
So grab your popcorn, pull up a chair, sit back and relax, and let's begin Shea Cinema.
Podcasting since 2023 • 56 episodes
Shea Cinema: The Best Picture Project
Latest Episodes
S6E9: She Done Him Wrong, 1933
(Episode recorded October 25, 2024)It's our eighth review of the season, but only our fifth nominee for Outstanding Production at the Sixth Academy Awards. In fact, She Done Him Wrong is the shortest film nominated for ...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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1:47:53

S6E8: Cavalcade, 1933
(Episode recorded October 19, 2024)It's been three months since our last episode, but it's been even longer since we recorded this one!In our seventh review of the season, we are exploring the actual winner of the Oscar f...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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2:03:59

S6E7: A Farewell to Arms, 1932
WE ARE BACK!In our sixth review of the season, we are back on track with an actual Outstanding Production nomination. We dive into A Farewell to Arms, based on Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel (which supposedly had 47 different en...
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Season 6
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Episode 7
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2:00:16

S6E6: The Sign of the Cross, 1932 BONUS EPISODE!
This is our third bonus episode and our fifth review of the season! We are covering one of Dad's childhood favorites: Cecil B. DeMille's notorious tale of forbidden love and Roman Empire decadence, The Sign of the Cross. With...
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Season 6
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Episode 6
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2:10:27
S6E5: I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang, 1932 (feat. Kieran B)
For our second regular nomination review of the season, we are excited to welcome Kieran B. from Best Picture Cast as our first official guest host! Kieran, Dad and Sara take a deep dive into this classic Warner Brothers prison flick, making co...
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Season 6
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Episode 5
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2:45:05
