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This week on the InSession Film Podcast, we preview the summer movie season and conclude the 1960’s portion of our Best Picture Movie Series with Midnight Cowboy! We also discuss the new Academy rules in regards to members and voting.
– Sinners Box Office / New Academy Rules (3:39)
To begin the show this week, we rave about the continued box office success for Ryan Cooger’s massive hit Sinners, which had a record-breaking drop off of 10 percent. The film is still making waves and creating remarkable discourse on social media. Additionally, we had to discuss the new rules set by The Academy and how it will affect awards season later on in the year. These rules now mandate that members have to see the films before voting and treating AI on a case-by-case basis.
– Summer Movie Preview (29:15)
The summer season is upon us. May is typically when Hollywood kicks off the summer and this year we begin with another Marvel outing in Thunderbolts*. Summer 2025 might not lack the appeal of other years, but there are still a few blockbusters worth being excited about. The smaller movies on the other hand might be where the summer has its stranglehold on cinemagoers. Wes Anderson, Celine Song, Mike Flanagan, Ari Aster and many others have films coming out that look very promising.
– Best Picture Movie Series: Midnight Cowboy (1:29:13)
We continue this series by rounding out the 1960s with the iconic American New Wave film Midnight Cowboy! This is a film that features some of the most memorable lines of dialogue and performances in all of cinema. It’s also a work of art that took New Hollywood by storm, cementing for good that we are in a new era of filmmaking. While very accessible in its emotion, it’s a film that is experimental in its filmmaking and storytelling. There’s a lot to love about Midnight Cowboy and we had a great time breaking it all down.
– Music
Fantastic Four – Michael Giacchino
Everybody’s Talking – Harry Nilsson
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InSession Film Podcast – Episode 634
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Thunderbolts*
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