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Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Gosh, after that rather well executed sojourn into darkness with Mutiny on the Bounty, it feels appropriate to give…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. The utterly delightful and charming first entry in the six (6!) long film series, The Thin Man, was nominated fo…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. We reach one of the greatest, grandest, and most celebrated Best Picture winners of all time: Frank Capra's…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. After the debacle that was Cavalcade, we take a dig into one of the films it triumphed over: Lloyd Bacon's endu…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. From the peaks of All Quiet on the Western Front to the possible valley of Wesley Ruggles Best Picture winner, C…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. From the valley of The Broadway Melody, Andrew and Dave reach a peak with the exceptional All Quiet on the Western…
William A. Wellman’s masterful war epic, Wings, holds the honour of kicking off the Academy Awards by winning the Best Outstanding Picture award. While the grander, undeniable masterpiece of cinema, S…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Ah, after a stellar start, David and Andrew encounter the first bonafide dud Best Picture winner: Harry Beaumont…
From outré queer director and musical theatre genius, John Cameron Mitchell comes a revelatory piece of understated suburban melodrama exploring the complex nature of grief when complicated by intrica…
A devilish question to ask viewers of Bong Joon-ho’s history defining Best Picture winner, Parasite, is who they believe the titular parasite to be? Is it the Kim’s? A lower-class family, eking whate…
Powered by JustWatch Help keep The Curb independent by joining our Patreon. Welcome to the first discussion episode of Awards Don't Matter! Hosts David and Andrew discuss the first…
Welcome to... Follow along with hosts Andrew F Peirce and David Giannini as they travel through the history of the Academy Awards by looking at each of the Best Picture winners and discussing thei…