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What a Picture is a movie podcast where Hannah and Bryan Loomis cover the best in non-franchise films and discuss what makes a great film great. Hannah and Bryan love original filmmaking across all genres. Are you an obsessive Oscar nominated movie watcher? Are you always looking forward to the next A24 or Neon release? Then we’ll probably get along! Movies covered include any new releases we’re interested in, as well as the historic winners of the Academy Award for Best Picture. New episodes generally release on Saturdays, twice monthly.

Honey Don't (2025) - dir. Ethan Coen

41 mins; August 23, 2025

Sorry, Baby (2025) - dir. Eva Victor

42 mins; August 09, 2025

Does the New York Times 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century List Stack Up? (with Stephen Gillespie)

85 hours 36 mins; July 12, 2025

Materialists (2025) - dir. Celine Song

44 mins; June 28, 2025

The Phoenician Scheme (2025) - dir. Wes Anderson (with Raf Stitt)

81 hours 28 mins; June 07, 2025

Friendship (2025) - dir. Andrew DeYoung

59 mins; May 31, 2025

The 17 Best International Films of 2024-2025 (with Stephen Gillespie)

137 hours 10 mins; May 17, 2025

The Shrouds (2025) - dir. David Cronenberg (with Seth Troyer and Marc Dottavio)

66 hours 12 mins; May 03, 2025

Black Bag (2025) - dir. Steven Soderbergh

57 mins; April 12, 2025

Possession and Beyond: Four Films by Andrzej Żuławski (with Seth & Ben Vargas)

108 hours 35 mins; March 29, 2025

Sight & Sound Superlative Spectacular Season 1 Finale!!! PLUS, Season 2 Announcement

62 hours 31 mins; March 22, 2025

100. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - Stanley Kubrick

37 mins; March 15, 2025

Mickey 17 (2025) - Bong Joon-ho

61 hours 21 mins; March 08, 2025

99. Shoah (1985) - Claude Lanzmann

62 hours 42 mins; March 05, 2025

2025 Oscars Preview Draft (with Dakota Arsenault)

125 hours 55 mins; February 26, 2025

98. Journey to Italy (1954) - Roberto Rossellini

48 mins; February 19, 2025

97. Man with a Movie Camera (1929) - Dziga Vertov

24 mins; February 12, 2025

96. Taxi Driver (1976) - Martin Scorsese

55 mins; February 05, 2025

The Good and the Bad of the 2025 Oscar Nominations

49 mins; January 25, 2025

What a Picture's Top 15 Movies of 2024

96 hours 24 mins; January 22, 2025

95. Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) - Robert Bresson

53 mins; January 15, 2025

94. Andrei Rublev (1966) - Andrei Tarkovsky

54 mins; January 08, 2025

93. The Third Man (1949) - Carol Reed

47 mins; December 18, 2024

92. PlayTime (1967) - Jacques Tati

50 mins; December 11, 2024

91. Histoire(s) du cinéma (1998) - Jean-Luc Godard

51 mins; December 04, 2024

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1974) - Martin Scorsese (with Felicia Maroni)

76 hours 12 mins; November 27, 2024

We Went to Film Fest Knox 2024!

66 hours 12 mins; November 20, 2024

90. Metropolis (1927) - Fritz Lang (with Dakota Arsenault)

82 hours 40 mins; November 13, 2024

Anora (2024) - Sean Baker

62 hours 56 mins; November 02, 2024

89. The Searchers (1956) - John Ford (with Robyn Bahr)

89 hours 26 mins; October 30, 2024

88. Moonlight (2016) - Barry Jenkins

66 hours 48 mins; October 23, 2024

87. The Gleaners and I (2000) - Agnès Varda

74 hours 24 mins; October 16, 2024

86. 8 1/2 (1963) - Federico Fellini

66 hours 13 mins; October 09, 2024

Twelve New Releases to Watch This Fall

55 mins; October 02, 2024

85. Ugetsu (1953) - Kenji Mizoguchi

67 hours 16 mins; September 25, 2024

84. Vertigo (1958) - Alfred Hitchcock (with Calvin Kemph)

85 hours 59 mins; September 18, 2024

83. Modern Times (1936) - Charlie Chaplin

62 hours 20 mins; September 11, 2024

82. A Brighter Summer Day (1991) - Edward Yang

64 hours 25 mins; September 04, 2024

81. Sans Soleil (1983) - Chris Marker

56 mins; August 28, 2024

80. The Shining (1980) - Stanley Kubrick (with Betsy and Trent Gorham)

83 hours 17 mins; August 21, 2024

79. The Piano (1993) - Jane Campion

56 mins; August 14, 2024

78. Touki Bouki (1973) - Djibril Diop Mambéty

49 mins; August 07, 2024

77. The Leopard (1963) - Luchino Visconti

70 hours 46 mins; July 31, 2024

76. Tokyo Story (1953) - Yasujirō Ozu (with Zach Dennis)

85 hours 54 mins; July 24, 2024

75. North by Northwest (1959) - Alfred Hitchcock

58 mins; July 17, 2024

74. Chungking Express (1994) - Wong Kar-wai

83 hours 16 mins; July 10, 2024

73. The General (1926) - Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman

73 hours 32 mins; July 03, 2024

72. Sunset Boulevard (1950) - Billy Wilder

103 hours 16 mins; June 26, 2024

The Top 10 International Films of 2023-2024 (with Stephen Gillespie)

121 hours 33 mins; June 19, 2024

71. Wanda (1970) - Barbara Loden (with Darren Hughes)

106 hours 42 mins; June 12, 2024

70. Breathless (1960) - Jean-Luc Godard

41 mins; June 05, 2024

69. Citizen Kane (1941) - Orson Welles

63 hours 49 mins; May 29, 2024

68. La Jetée (1962) - Chris Marker

56 mins; May 22, 2024

67. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) - Sergio Leone (with Raf Stitt)

94 hours 19 mins; May 15, 2024

66. Battleship Potemkin (1925) - Sergei Eisenstein

73 hours 55 mins; May 08, 2024

65. Céline and Julie Go Boating (1974) - Jacques Rivette

50 mins; May 01, 2024

64. A Matter of Life and Death (1946) - Emeric Pressburger and Michael Powell

39 mins; April 24, 2024

63. News from Home (1976) - Chantal Akerman

62 hours 35 mins; April 17, 2024

62. Killer of Sheep (1978) - Charles Burnett

57 mins; April 10, 2024

61. Ordet (1955) - Carl Theodor Dreyer

67 hours 0 mins; April 03, 2024

60. Pather Panchali (1955) - Satyajit Ray (with Ankita Rathour)

98 hours 39 mins; March 27, 2024

59. Stalker (1979) - Andrei Tarkovsky

49 mins; March 20, 2024

58. The Battle of Algiers (1966) - Gillo Pontecorvo (with Jason Christian)

78 hours 7 mins; March 13, 2024

2024 Oscars Preview and Draft!!! (with Seth Vargas)

121 hours 1 min; March 06, 2024

57. City Lights (1931) - Charlie Chaplin

55 mins; February 28, 2024

56. Spirited Away (2001) - Hayao Miyazaki (with Jim Myers)

56 mins; February 21, 2024

55. Imitation of Life (1959) - Douglas Sirk

53 mins; February 14, 2024

54. Do the Right Thing (1989) - Spike Lee

85 hours 16 mins; February 07, 2024

53. Sansho the Bailiff (1954) - Kenji Mizoguchi

41 mins; January 31, 2024

2024 Oscar Nominations Reaction Extravaganza!

76 hours 33 mins; January 24, 2024

52. L'Atalante (1934) - Jean Vigo

40 mins; January 17, 2024

What a Picture's Top 10 Movies of 2023

109 hours 30 mins; January 10, 2024

51. Rear Window (1954) - Alfred Hitchcock

54 mins; January 03, 2024

Our Sight and Sound Top 100 Progress Report: Halfway Done!

76 hours 23 mins; December 27, 2023

50. Contempt (1963) - Jean-Luc Godard

52 mins; December 20, 2023

49. La Dolce Vita (1960) - Federico Fellini

77 hours 12 mins; December 13, 2023

48. The Apartment (1960) - Billy Wilder (with Brandon Gitles)

85 hours 15 mins; December 06, 2023

47. Yi Yi (2000) - Edward Yang

53 mins; November 29, 2023

46. The Night of the Hunter (1955) - Charles Laughton

46 mins; November 22, 2023

45. Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1962) - Rainer Werner Fassbinder

47 mins; November 15, 2023

44. Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927) - F. W. Murnau (with James Hancock)

88 hours 37 mins; November 08, 2023

43. Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) - Agnès Varda

58 mins; November 01, 2023

42. Seven Samurai (1954) - Akira Kurosawa (with Bill Graham)

72 hours 40 mins; October 25, 2023

41. Goodfellas (1990) - Martin Scorsese

73 hours 2 mins; October 18, 2023

40. The Earrings of Madame De... (1953) - Max Ophüls (with Felicia Maroni)

62 hours 46 mins; October 11, 2023

39. The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) - Víctor Erice (with David Bax)

76 hours 52 mins; October 04, 2023

38. Parasite (2019) - Bong Joon-ho (with Olivia Lancaster)

79 hours 23 mins; September 27, 2023

37. Close-Up (1990) - Abbas Kiarostami

45 mins; September 20, 2023

36. Pierrot le Fou (1965) - Jean-Luc Godard

51 mins; September 13, 2023

35. Beau Travail (1999) - Claire Denis

47 mins; September 06, 2023

34. The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) - Carl Theodor Dreyer

49 mins; August 30, 2023

33. Mirror (1975) - Andrei Tarkovsky (with Stephen Gillespie and Jack Davenport)

81 hours 31 mins; August 23, 2023

32. Apocalypse Now (1979) - Francis Ford Coppola (with Kristen Ankiewicz)

59 mins; August 16, 2023

31. In the Mood for Love (2000) - Wong Kar-wai

52 mins; August 09, 2023

30. Sátántangó (1994) - Béla Tarr (with Ben Vargas)

83 hours 12 mins; August 02, 2023

29. Daughters of the Dust (1991) - Julie Dash

47 mins; July 26, 2023

Boppenharber Spectacular! Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan and Barbie - Greta Gerwig

56 mins; July 22, 2023

28. Blue Velvet (1986) - David Lynch

48 mins; July 19, 2023

27. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943) - Maya Deren and Alexander Hammid

33 mins; July 12, 2023

Past Lives - Celine Song

28 mins; July 08, 2023

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