Vulture's Kyle Buchanan and KPCC's John Horn are on the ground at the Sundance Film Festival, and they'll discuss a clutch of major movies that could factor into next year's awards race. In the meantime, there's still plenty to say about this year's competition, and John and Kyle debate the Academy's sweeping new changes and mull over the notion of "The Big Short" as the new Best Picture frontrunner. Subscribe the The Awards Show Show podcast on iTunes:...

Co-hosts Kyle Buchanan (Vulture.com) and John Horn (The Frame) take a deeper dive into the #OscarsSoWhite controversy and debate what the Motion Picture Academy can do to improve the awards, make the Academy membership — and the film business — more inclusive, and make a stronger Oscars telecast in the process. Subscribe to this podcast on itunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/awards-show-show-from-vulture/id1060952322?mt=2

We have all you need to know about the Oscar nominations. "The Revenant" and "Mad Max: Fury Road" led the race, but Kyle Buchanan (Vulture.com) thinks the ultimate Best Picture battle will come down to two very different movies. He and John Horn (The Frame) rant about the Academy's twenty white acting nominees and discuss why this happened, while sifting through smaller categories to debate their favorite inclusions (and most frustrating exclusions). Subscribe to The Awards Show Show on...

George Miller joins co-hosts John Horn and Kyle Buchanan to talk about his wild 'Mad Max: Fury Road' trip through awards season. The Aussie filmmaker shares how he made this groundbreaking film, talks possible sequels, and remembers his Oscar win for 'Happy Feet'. Plus, Kyle and John read the Oscar tea leaves when assessing the Hollywood guild's own film nominations. Subscribe to this podcast on itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/awards-show-show-from-vulture/id1060952322?mt=2

Special guest: "The Martian" screenwriter Drew Goddard chats with hosts Kyle Buchanan and John Horn about his weird and wonderful awards-season experience, whether or not "The Martian" is a comedy, and what makes director Ridley Scott so deserving. Later, John and Kyle discuss this week's glut of Christmas releases, including "The Revenant" and "The Hateful Eight," and Drew recommends one surprising overlooked film from 2015 while dishing on "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and his former boss...

'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' will it or won't it? Debating the Oscar chances for the biggest movie of the year. And can its helmer J.J. Abrams sneak into a Best Director category that could be crowded with blockbuster auteurs?

We break down the surprises, omissions and the resettled field now that the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes have weighed in. "Spotlight" is locked and loaded, but what happened to former favorite "The Martian"? And does anybody understand what’s going on with the up-for-grabs Best Supporting Actor race? And finally, a deep dive into the Best Adapted Screenplay category, with cameos from writers including Aaron Sorkin. Listen above, or subscribe to The Awards Show Show on iTunes.

Vulture's Kyle Buchanan and The Frame's John Horn discuss the wackiest awards-season rumor yet — and it involves a carnal, bestial encounter with Leonardo DiCaprio — before moving on to the question of whether a blockbuster like "The Martian" or "Mad Max" has a shot at Best Picture. (If either won, it would be the first time such a big hit has triumphed since… well, they’ll tell you.) They go on to debate who’ll get nominated for Best Actress, and it’s an awfully young crowd. Who do you think...

Are true stories a sure bet during awards season? From "Spotlight" to "Steve Jobs," several of this year's contenders are based on true events — though some take liberties with fact and fiction; Hosts John and Kyle also assess new releases 'Creed' and 'The Danish Girl,' and the buzzy yet-to-be-released movie "The Revenant"; Plus, we hear excerpts from interviews with directors Ryan Coogler, Tom McCarthy and Danny Boyle, and actor Eddie Redmayne. Subscribe to this podcast on itunes.

Our first episode, in which John Horn and Kyle Buchanan talk "Carol," diversity, and category fraud. Subscribe to this podcast on itunes.