Welcome to Awards Don’t Matter!

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 their importance in film history.

Each episode has Andrew and David asking the question, does this film matter?, all the while exploring why each film won the illustrious and highly coveted award of Best Picture.

The first episode will arrive on April 15th with a discussion on F.W. Murnau’s silent film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans and William A. Wellman’s war epic Wings.

Join along with the discussion as a new episode drops each month by following the discussion on social media on Twitter at @AwardsDontPod and Facebook at Awards Don’t Matter. And shoot through any questions or thoughts to AwardsDontMatterPod@gmail.com.

Billy Crystal Oscars Opening Monologue 1998
James Cameron wins Best Director
Quentin Tarantino Interview
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans End Music 

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Afterwar Director Birgitte Stærmose Talks About the Nature of Truth in This Interview – The Curb

Ruby O'Sullivan-Belfrage is a writer and critic who works and plays on unceded Wurundjeri land. In the wake of Afterwar’s screening at Sydney Film Festival, Ruby O’Sullivan-Belfrage spoke with director Birgitte Stærmose about the impact she hopes the film has, the nature of truth, and how truly annoying the question of genre can be. Afterwar screened at the 2024 Sydney Film Festival, with a release to come in the future.For more interviews and reviews, visit The Curb.com.au. The Curb is proudly an ad free website and relies on community support to stay active. To support The Curb, visit Patreon.com/thecurbau where you can show your support from as little as $1 a month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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