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.
Shea Cinema: The Best Picture Project
S2E7: Season 2 Finale
This is our Season Two finale, closing out our examination of the films nominated for Outstanding Picture at the Second Academy Awards.
Join us as we do a deep dive into the transition to sound in the film industry – there are lots of challenges and successes during this tumultuous time!
Plus, our personal rankings, and Oscar Bridesmaids.
Link to beginning of LA Times Annual Preview (requires subscription to access):
https://latimes.newspapers.com/image/385536795/?clipping_id=135350896
Books mentioned by Dad:
- Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman
- Bringing Up Oscar: The History of the Men and Women Who Founded the Academy by Debra Ann Pawlak
- Captain of Her Soul: The Life of Marion Davies by Lara Gabrielle
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Email us rants as well as raves: sheacinema@gmail.com
You can also find us on Instagram: @sheacinema
Please leave us a review wherever you are listening!
Email us rants as well as raves: sheacinema@gmail.com
You can also find us on Instagram (and now Twitter/X): @sheacinema