Popmatic crew shares our Oscar picks and a whole lot of recommendations of things for you to watch, read, and listen to while you wait for the DVDs of the winners to come in. Crystal was so disappointed with this year’s nominees that she called in sick. We give you the skinny on a whole lot of programming the library is doing for African American History Month. We cover so many things in this episode, I’m going to stop typing now.

African American History Month:

full list of African American History Month programs

DVD pick - Pariah directed by former Nashvillian Dee Rees

Oscars:

Master of Disguise by Antoni J. Mendez (basis for Argo)

Amanda’s picks

Best picture – Django Unchained

Best actor Hugh Jackman - Les Miserables

The Boy from Oz soundtrack featuring Hugh Jackman

Best actress - Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty

Best director – Ang Lee for Life of Pi

Writing (original screenplay) – Django Unchained by Quentin Tarantino

Music (original song) – “Skyfall” by Adele & Paul Epworth from Skyfall - get it on Freegal

Music (original song) – “Everybody Needs a Friend” by Walter Murphy & Seth McFarlane from Ted

Music (original song) – ” Suddenly” by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Herbert Kretzmer, Alain Boubil

Bill’s picks

Best picture - Zero Dark Thirty

Hurt Locker

Actor in a leading role - Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln

Best actress – Jessica Chastain in Zero Dark Thirty

Take Shelter starring Michael Shannon & Jessica Chastain

Best director – Michael Haneke for Amour 

Cinematography - Roger Deakins for Skyfall

The Assassination of Jessie James by the Coward Robert Ford

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy starring Gary Oldman

Bryan’s picks

Do the Movies Have a Future? by David Denby

Best picture - Beasts of the Southern Wild

Ballast

Actor in a leading role - Joaquin Phoenix in The Master

Sex and Rockets: the Occult World of Jack Parsons by John Carter

Strange Angel: the Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle

I’m Still Here

Actress in a leading role – Quvenzhané Wallis is Beasts of the Southern Wild

Mulholland Drive starring Naomi Watts

Directing - David O. Russell for Silver Linings Playbook

I ♥ Huckabees starring Naomi Watts

The Fighter

Writing (adapted screenplay) - Tony Kushner for Lincoln

Angels in America

Visual Effects – Richard Stammers, Trevor Wood, Charley Henley, and Martin Hill for Prometheus

Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny

One Response to “Popmatic Podcast February 2013: Oscars”

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