# best director (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover best director. Page: Feed: --- ## [In 'The End of Oak Street,' Anne Hathaway Has Gun - Will Shoot Dinos](https://oscarchaser.substack.com/p/in-the-end-of-oak-street-anne-hathaway) _2026-08-17 · Kyle Wilson · Oscar Chaser_ Plus: 'Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma,' 'Tony,' 'The Wrong Girls,' 'Cookie Queens' ## [401 – Playing By Heart](https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2026/08/17/401-playing-by-heart/) _2026-08-17 · This Had Oscar Buzz_ In the bygone moviegoing trend of “interconnected stories of Angelenos,” this week’s episode is a forgotten entry with a loaded cast. Playing By Heart from writer/director Willard Carroll follows multiple stories of romantic struggles, with Gena Rowlands and Sean Connery as a TV chef and her producer husband as the film’s epicenter. With themes of … Continue reading "401 – Playing By Heart" [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/3563080/fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/EP/THOB_EP_401_Playing_By_Heart.mp3) ## [Interiors (with Ellen Haun)](https://oscarchaser.substack.com/p/interiors-with-ellen-haun) _2026-08-14 · Kyle Wilson · Oscar Chaser_ Bonus Podcast Episode 12 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211071558/c3f2dd0c0cf183254234cdd748e1f54c.mp3) ## [400 – Town and Country](https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2026/08/10/400-town-and-country/) _2026-08-10 · This Had Oscar Buzz_ It’s our 400th episode this week, so we had to go big. What could be more fitting than a notorious bomb with major star pedigree?! No stranger to misfires, Warren Beatty nevertheless was one of the biggest names in Hollywood that could generate buzz with any project – and more prophetically in this case – … Continue reading "400 – Town and Country" [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/3563080/fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/EP/THOB_EP_400_Town_and_Country.mp3) ## ['Interiors' After 'Annie Hall' - Woody Allen's Bergman Detour](https://oscarchaser.substack.com/p/interiors-after-annie-hall-woody) _2026-08-07 · Kyle Wilson · Oscar Chaser_ After winning Best Director for 'Annie Hall,' Woody Allen dropped the jokes for a riff on 'Cries and Whispers' ## [399 – Lovely And Amazing (with Jeff Hiller!)](https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2026/08/03/399-lovely-and-amazing-with-jeff-hiller/) _2026-08-03 · This Had Oscar Buzz_ Emmy winner Jeff Hiller joins us this week to talk about one of our beloved Nicole Holofcener’s earliest films. Lovely and Amazing follows a Los Angeles family of women burdened by insecurities, from the mother (Oscar nominee Brenda Blethyn) opting in to liposuction to her two adult daughters who help her with a preteen adopted sister. Debuting … Continue reading "399 – Lovely And Amazing (with… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/3563080/fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/EP/THOB_EP_399_Lovely_and_Amazing_-_with_Jeff_Hiller.mp3) ## [398 – Short Term 12](https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2026/07/27/398-short-term-12/) _2026-07-27 · This Had Oscar Buzz_ With Spider-Man: Brand New Day arriving in theatres this week, we’re looking back at director Destin Daniel Cretton’s 2013 debut, Short Term 12. Launched at SXSW and distributed in late summer by micro-indie Cinedigm, the film earned major critical support for its portrait of a child group home populated with compelling characters, both among its residents and the … Continue reading "398 – Short… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/3563080/fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/EP/THOB_EP_398_Short_Term_12.mp3) ## [The Odyssey (with Thomas Constantine Moore)](https://oscarchaser.substack.com/p/the-odyssey-with-thomas-constantine) _2026-07-24 · Kyle Wilson · Oscar Chaser_ Bonus Podcast Episode 11 [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/208242626/188c6ea7317a26ca783913b53f649322.mp3) ## [How 'The Odyssey' Completes Christopher Nolan's End-of-the-World Trilogy](https://oscarchaser.substack.com/p/how-the-odyssey-completes-christopher) _2026-07-20 · Kyle Wilson · Oscar Chaser_ Christopher Nolan has spent a career moving backwards and forwards through time. In the wake of his 'Oppenheimer' Oscar win, he's gone back to the beginning. ## [397 – The Thin Blue Line (w/ Pamela Ribon!)](https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2026/07/20/397-the-thin-blue-line-w-pamela-ribon/) _2026-07-20 · This Had Oscar Buzz_ We welcome back Oscar-nominated My Year of Dicks filmmaker Pamela Ribon this week for \[gasp\] our very first documentary episode! In 1988, Errol Morris made a documentary hit out of The Thin Blue Line. Detailing police corruption and bias that led to the wrongful conviction of Robert W. Wood for a police shooting, the film became a non-fiction … Continue reading "397 – The Thin Blue Line (w/ Pamela… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/3563080/fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/EP/THOB_EP_397_The_Thin_Blue_Line_-_with_Pamela_Ribon.mp3) ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/j6ym3OcXgYs7) _2026-07-20 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [396 – The Stepford Wives (with Nicholas Colia!)](https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2026/07/13/396-the-stepford-wives-with-nicholas-colia/) _2026-07-13 · This Had Oscar Buzz_ We’re back talking about Nicole Kidman’s post-Oscar years this week and Griffin in Summer filmmaker Nicholas Colia is here to join us! After winning her Oscar for The Hours, each of the many projects Kidman attached herself to carried some degree of pedigree and buzz. One of them just happened to be a famous disaster: 2004’s The … Continue reading "396 – The Stepford Wives (with Nicholas Colia!)" [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/3563080/fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/EP/THOB_EP_396_The_Stepford_Wives_-_with_Nicholas_Colia.mp3) ## [How 'Heaven's Gate' Became Hollywood's Greatest Myth](https://oscarchaser.substack.com/p/how-heavens-gate-became-hollywoods) _2026-07-10 · Kyle Wilson · Oscar Chaser_ After 'The Deer Hunter,' Michael Cimino was the scapegoat the industry needed to kill New Hollywood. ## [395 – Insomnia](https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2026/07/06/395-insomnia/) _2026-07-06 · This Had Oscar Buzz_ After becoming a critical and arthouse sensation with Memento, Christopher Nolan leaped to studio filmmaking with American remake Insomnia. The film (based on the 1997 Norwegian film) stars Al Pacino as a corrupt cop sent to Alaska to solve a murder, only to be caught in the web of the killer (Robin Williams). Though a successful summer … Continue reading "395 – Insomnia" [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/3563080/fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/EP/THOB_EP_395_Insomnia.mp3) ## [The Best Movies of 2026 So Far: Genre Movies Lead the Way](https://oscarchaser.substack.com/p/the-best-movies-of-2026-so-far-genre) _2026-06-30 · Kyle Wilson · Oscar Chaser_ Halfway through the year, here are the new releases I'd recommend checking out ## [394 – Queer (with Mitchell Beaupre!)](https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2026/06/29/394-queer-with-mitchell-beaupre/) _2026-06-29 · This Had Oscar Buzz_ Letterboxd head of editorial Mitchell Beaupre returns to us this week to close out Pride month with one of Luca Guadagnino’s most divisive films. In 2024, with audiences still under the spell of Challengers, the director also brought to the screen a long-gestating passion project: an adaptation of William S. Burroughs’ Queer. Starring Daniel Craig as Burroughs … Continue reading "394 – Queer (with… [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/3563080/fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/EP/THOB_EP_394_Queer_-_with_Mitchell_Beaupre.mp3) ## [How Robert Benton Went From 'Kramer vs. Kramer' to Meryl Streep's Worst Movie](https://oscarchaser.substack.com/p/how-robert-benton-went-from-kramer) _2026-06-26 · Kyle Wilson · Oscar Chaser_ A femme fatale becomes Meryl's Achilles' heel. ## [Best Director Winners' Oscar Chasers Ranked: 1980-2026](https://oscarchaser.substack.com/p/best-director-winners-oscar-chasers) _2026-06-25 · Kyle Wilson · Oscar Chaser_ From 'Ocean's Eleven' to 'The Passion of the Christ' ## ['Toy Story 5' is What Happens When Taylor Swift Takes Over For Randy Newman](https://oscarchaser.substack.com/p/toy-story-5-is-what-happens-when) _2026-06-22 · Kyle Wilson · Oscar Chaser_ Plus: 'Blue Film,' 'Michael,' and more thoughts on 'Obsession' ## [393 – C’Mon C’Mon](https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2026/06/22/393-cmon-cmon/) _2026-06-22 · This Had Oscar Buzz_ On deck this week is a sentimental recent fav, Mike Mills’ beautiful black-and-white tribute to modern day youngsters and the state of mind that is “uncle.” C’Mon C’Mon casts Joaquin Phoenix as a radio journalist who takes in his sister’s kid when she has to handle the father’s mental health crisis. With Gaby Hoffman and Scoot McNairy … Continue reading "393 – C’Mon C’Mon" [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/3563080/fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/EP/THOB_EP_393_Cmon_Cmon.mp3) ## [Stream Torrents & IPTV Instantly (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/uujNFyTSfj4Z) _2026-06-22 · **Sponsored**_ Search magnet links and stream movies, music, books, and live TV in-browser ## [392 – Robin Hood (2010)](https://fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/2026/06/15/392-robin-hood-2010/) _2026-06-15 · This Had Oscar Buzz_ We’re back to discussing the filmography of director Ridley Scott this week, though this episode was recorded… before the news of his Honorary Oscar. Nope, there is also a new riff on a Robin Hood this week, so we’re talking his ongoing collaboration with Russell Crowe and their 2010 take on the fable. Arriving at … Continue reading "392 – Robin Hood (2010)" [Listen](https://media.blubrry.com/3563080/fightinginthewarroom.com/THOB/EP/THOB_EP_392_Robin_Hood.mp3)