Every week on This Had Oscar Buzz, film and entertainment writers Joe Reid and Chris Feil are going to be talking about a different movie that once upon a time had big-time Academy Award aspirations, and for one reason or another, it all went wrong.
385 – Billy Bathgate
120 hours 3 mins; March 30, 2026
384 – Jarhead
139 hours 31 mins; March 23, 2026
383 – Joker: Folie à Deux
119 hours 0 mins; March 16, 2026
382 – Get Low
121 hours 3 mins; March 09, 2026
381 – Happy Endings
130 hours 3 mins; March 02, 2026
380 – The Company
103 hours 55 mins; February 23, 2026
379 – Amsterdam
107 hours 57 mins; February 16, 2026
378 – Being Flynn
105 hours 10 mins; February 09, 2026
377 – The Iron Claw (w/ Roxana Hadadi!)
152 hours 14 mins; February 02, 2026
Class of 2025
163 hours 16 mins; January 26, 2026
376 – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
137 hours 44 mins; January 19, 2026
375 – My Own Private Idaho
130 hours 26 mins; January 12, 2026
374 – Booksmart
122 hours 7 mins; January 05, 2026
373 – Uncut Gems (w/ Chris Rosen!)
161 hours 40 mins; December 29, 2025
372 – The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (w/ Natalie Walker!)
166 hours 23 mins; December 22, 2025
371 – The Founder
113 hours 1 min; December 15, 2025
370 – Looper
142 hours 46 mins; December 08, 2025
369 – i’m thinking of ending things
137 hours 56 mins; December 01, 2025
368 – The Devil All the Time (with Katey Rich!)
163 hours 11 mins; November 24, 2025
367 – Mumford
122 hours 34 mins; November 17, 2025
366 – Foe
124 hours 8 mins; November 10, 2025
365 – Hanging Up
141 hours 18 mins; November 03, 2025
364 – Bones and All
142 hours 18 mins; October 27, 2025
363 – Super 8
126 hours 12 mins; October 20, 2025
362 – Used People
97 hours 52 mins; October 13, 2025
361 – Ocean’s Eleven
130 hours 39 mins; October 06, 2025
360 – The Boxer
100 hours 43 mins; September 29, 2025
359 – The Last Thing He Wanted
126 hours 51 mins; September 22, 2025
THOB does TIFF-ty
124 hours 48 mins; September 15, 2025
358 – The Light Between Oceans
98 hours 9 mins; September 08, 2025
357 – The Deep End of the Ocean
138 hours 12 mins; September 01, 2025
356 – The Fountain
121 hours 9 mins; August 25, 2025
355 – Punch-Drunk Love (with Katie Walsh!)
132 hours 42 mins; August 18, 2025
354 – Best in Show
111 hours 7 mins; August 11, 2025
353 – Mamma Mia! (w/ Jorge Molina!)
143 hours 4 mins; August 04, 2025
352 – Freaky Friday
128 hours 12 mins; July 28, 2025
351 – The War of the Roses
103 hours 56 mins; July 21, 2025
350 – The History Boys
117 hours 9 mins; July 14, 2025
349 – The Deep End (with Bobby Finger!)
139 hours 51 mins; July 07, 2025
348 – BPM
118 hours 17 mins; June 30, 2025
347 – Take This Waltz
119 hours 44 mins; June 23, 2025
346 – Madame Sousatzka (w/ Taylor Cole!)
133 hours 15 mins; June 16, 2025
345 – Great Expectations
111 hours 36 mins; June 09, 2025
344 – Things We Lost in the Fire
0 secs; June 02, 2025
343 – White Noise (Festival Fever!)
142 hours 34 mins; May 26, 2025
342 – Strictly Ballroom (Festival Fever!)
0 secs; May 18, 2025
341 – Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Dead (Festival Fever!)
127 hours 2 mins; May 12, 2025
340 – Titane (Festival Fever!)
162 hours 24 mins; May 05, 2025
339 – 99 Homes
118 hours 15 mins; April 28, 2025
338 – The Death of Stalin
130 hours 26 mins; April 21, 2025
337 – To the Wonder
120 hours 48 mins; April 14, 2025
336 – Certain Women (with Shirley Li!)
143 hours 53 mins; April 07, 2025
335 – Jersey Boys (with Tyler Coates!)
109 hours 58 mins; March 31, 2025
334 – The French Dispatch
151 hours 43 mins; March 24, 2025
333 – King of the Hill
112 hours 10 mins; March 17, 2025
332 – Snowpiercer (with Bilge Ebiri!)
142 hours 44 mins; March 10, 2025
331 – Saltburn (with Louis Peitzman!)
151 hours 45 mins; March 03, 2025
330 – In Good Company (with Emily St. James!)
142 hours 36 mins; February 24, 2025
329 – The Devil’s Own (with Dan Mecca and Conor O’Donnell!)
153 hours 23 mins; February 17, 2025
328 – Hope Springs
126 hours 23 mins; February 10, 2025
BONUS – Sundance ’25
55 mins; February 05, 2025
327 – On the Road
104 hours 48 mins; February 03, 2025
Class of 2024
170 hours 29 mins; January 27, 2025
326 – The Dressmaker
121 hours 33 mins; January 20, 2025
325 – We Don’t Live Here Anymore
140 hours 58 mins; January 13, 2025
324 – Devil in a Blue Dress (with Mitchell Beaupre!)
158 hours 9 mins; January 05, 2025
323 – Rust and Bone
105 hours 52 mins; December 30, 2024
322 – Love Actually
177 hours 10 mins; December 23, 2024
321 – Ben Is Back
118 hours 58 mins; December 16, 2024
320 – Matchstick Men
142 hours 53 mins; December 09, 2024
319 – Bend It Like Beckham (Patreon Selects)
127 hours 50 mins; December 02, 2024
318 – My Policeman (with Katey Rich!)
148 hours 54 mins; November 25, 2024
BONUS – A sneak peek at Demi, Myself, & I – GHOST (with Bobby Finger!)
116 hours 13 mins; November 21, 2024
317 – Chappaquiddick (Patreon Selects)
123 hours 39 mins; November 18, 2024
316 – Liberty Heights
142 hours 15 mins; November 11, 2024
315 – French Exit
150 hours 23 mins; November 04, 2024
314 – Unbreakable
107 hours 17 mins; October 28, 2024
313 – The Menu
132 hours 5 mins; October 21, 2024
312 – Labor Day
118 hours 41 mins; October 14, 2024
311 – The Lady in the Van
142 hours 53 mins; October 07, 2024
310 – Man on the Moon
129 hours 29 mins; September 30, 2024
309 – Jeffrey (Patreon Selects)
116 hours 57 mins; September 23, 2024
THOB Returns to TIFF!
159 hours 31 mins; September 16, 2024
308 – The Monuments Men
109 hours 3 mins; September 09, 2024
307 – Brad’s Status
111 hours 44 mins; September 02, 2024
306 – Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her
108 hours 54 mins; August 26, 2024
305 – Peterloo (with Fran Hoepfner)
117 hours 56 mins; August 19, 2024
304 – American Psycho
133 hours 22 mins; August 12, 2024
303 – Red Rocket
116 hours 47 mins; August 05, 2024
302 – Sliding Doors (with Bobby Finger)
122 hours 1 min; July 29, 2024
301 – Bernie
137 hours 30 mins; July 22, 2024
300 – Collateral Beauty
152 hours 16 mins; July 15, 2024
299 – The Matrix Resurrections
123 hours 8 mins; July 08, 2024
298 – A Perfect World
104 hours 48 mins; July 01, 2024
297 – To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar
