This week's Intermission focuses on the history of method acting. We talk about those who created and expanded upon it (Stanislavski, Strasberg and Adler) and we talk about those actors today dedicated to the craft and method (DeNiro, Pacino, DiCaprio).

We're back with a look at the 75th Academy Awards! We talk about how the Invasion of Iraq played a big part in the ceremony, continue our love-fest for Daniel Day-Lewis, and discuss the big separation of the art from its creators in times of controversy.

We head back to the 70s this week! We talk about about Sly Stallone's big night taking home Best Picture, Network's Aaron Sorkin-esque script, and our confusion with Martin Scorcese and Robert DeNiro.

Alfred Hitchcock graces the scene! This week, we talk about Rebecca starring our boy Laurence Olivier, being ever swoon-worthy. Find out what beloved Disney film was inspired by Thief of Baghdad, which two Best Actor nominees were roommates, and why it took Chaplin so long to finally make a "talkie."  

With the Oscars quickly approaching, we talk about our picks to take home the big awards! Join us for a quick conversation about what we hope to see happen at this year's ceremony. 

Old Blue Eyes is back at it again in the Academy Awards celebrating the films of 1953. We talk about making out in the sand, Sinatra's beef with Mario Puzo, and the weird May-December romance between Gregory Peck and Audrey Hepburn.. And Star Wars. Because we never can’t talk about Star Wars.

Is there anything better than British period dramas? Not really. This year, we dive into pre-Downton Abbey Julian Fellowes with Gosford Park, the surprise hit that was Shrek (and is now just a series of memes) and the musical hype that was Moulin Rouge. We talk about a post- 9/11 Hollywood, the Howard family legacy and if A Beautiful Mind really deserved to take home the Oscar gold. 

What does it take to play a historical figure onscreen? Well, it takes a lot. Corey and Audrey talk about notable actors who have portrayed real-life people several times over, as well as the history of biopics.

The Academy Awards really bent genre norms in 1982, including a sci-fi and a comedy up for best picture. But as we’ve learned, biopics tend to make a clean sweep. Breaking news--Ben Kingsley is a Quaker (this was news to Audrey) and Corey pronounces a Polish name correctly! 

What do you get when you cross Seth McFarlane, Daniel Day Lewis and five billion-dollar blockbusters? The 85th Academy Awards, featuring one of the best Bond films of the 21st Century and one of DDL’s best performances.

In this episode, Audrey talks about The Nightmare Before Christmas...again. That’s because this week, we are talking about our favorite Christmas movies for our Intermission! Corey goes fringe, as usual.

This week, we talk about how musicals dominated the 37th Academy Awards and Stanley Kubrick didn’t. Neither did Peter O’Toole or Richard Burton. But our fair ladies Julie and Audrey sure did! 

We know Audrey Hepburn for her slim figure, her doe eyes and her fashion sense...but who really was she? We explore the early life of Audrey, from her brief career as a ballerina to her humanitarian work in her later life. It just goes to show--if your name is Audrey, you’re a cool person. 

Welcome to 1935, which is arguably a diet 2020! This week, we talk about Fred Astaire’s fancy feet in Top Hat, Clark Gable’s waxed chest in Mutiny on the Bounty, the first refused Academy Award and the mystery of why they are called the Oscars.

Why do we have the Oscar categories that we do? Since we’re jumping back into the 1930s next week, this week’s intermission is about discontinued Oscar categories, including Best Title Writing (which is sooo 1929.) We also chat about categories we would like to see at the Academy Awards.

The power of film compels you! Pea soup flies in this episode about the 46th Academy Awards, where THE STING scored big at the ceremony and THE EXORCIST scored big among fainting audiences all over the world. We also talk about where we were in ‘62 (neither of us were anywhere. We weren’t born) with AMERICAN GRAFFITI.

‘Tis the season for things going bump in the night! Audrey and Corey (the gravel-voiced assistant) discuss their favorite Halloween films that get them in the spirit of spooky season. What scary films haunt our nightmares? Seriously guys, we talk about everything from The Conjuring to Hocus Pocus. 

Tom Hanks runs, Morgan Freeman narrates and Jodie Foster does whatever she does in Nell! The 67th Academy awards were stacked, with huge contenders pitted against one another. But did the right one win? Or is the result stranger than (pulp) fiction? In completely unrelated news, Jeffrey Dahmer was a people nommer.

We all have opinions about movies that should have won awards. Audrey thinks Titanic should have sunk. Corey didn’t think The King gave a very good Speech. This week, we look at Oscar snubs through the decades. 

In this episode, we talk about the big winners of 1948, including the British Invasion that was HAMLET starring Laurence Olivier. We also cover TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson...just kidding) and JOHNNY BELINDA, which was kind of traumatic. 

Who would have thought that a boy born in Dorking, Surrey would become Mr. Shakespeare himself? In this intermission episode, we take a deep dive into the life (and love) of Laurence Olivier, who has three honorary doctorates and Audrey and Corey collectively have zero. Did you know Larry wanted to be a comedian at one point? We all have our skeletons.

In this episode, we go back to the fifties, in the midst of old Hollywood charm. Betty Davis Eyes, Marlene Dietrich Legs, the Hollywood Blacklist and the big winners and nominees, which include ALL ABOUT EVE and SUNSET BOULEVARD. Joseph McCarthy was most definitely a Mean Girl, by the way. 

Who was swoon-worthy back in the Golden Age of Hollywood? There were a LOT. In this Intermission episode, Audrey and Corey gawk over pinup-worthy men and women of the 40s and 50s in cinema and how the idea of “celebrity” has changed (or not.) Audrey talks a lot about Marlon Brando’s arms. Did Corey have a pinup poster in his bedroom? The world will never know. (He did not.)

It’s the 80s, baby! 1986 brought some heavy hitters like Platoon, The Mission and Top Gun. Tom Cruise STILL hasn’t won an Academy Award and Audrey is happy about it. Corey discusses Woody Allen’s Hannah and Her Sisters and we talk about how great Platoon (and Willem Dafoe) is.