Shea Cinema: The Best Picture Project
Shea CinemaTLDR; Father/Daughter team watch and review all movies nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, starting back in 1927.Welcome to Shea Cinema, The Best Picture Project! Join host Sara Shea and her father, William Shea, as they watch and explore every film nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Sara and Dad are recreating a project Sara assigned to her high school Film Studies st... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 61 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Categories | Film ReviewsFilm HistoryTV & Film | ||||
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(Episode recorded November 15, 2025)
Review #12 of the season, and another bonus episode! Plus, it's our second musical in a row! Come listen to Sara and Dad literally giggle about this ridiculous, lovely film.
Gold Diggers of 1933 - A Classic Musi... more
(Episode recorded May 7, 2025)
Review #11 of the season, and our 7th nominee for Outstanding Production at the Sixth Academy Awards. 42nd Steet is a full-blown musical, and we have a full-blown stupendous guest in Klarissa Beckstead from I've Seen T... more
(Episode recorded November 2, 2024)
00:00 Introduction to Shea Cinema and King Kong
01:54 Guest Intro: Andrew Corns
05:31 The Academy Awards and Cultural Context
10:52 Production Insights and Screenplay Details
14:29 King Kong Musical
18:00 King Kon... more
(Episode recorded November 2, 2024)
While the official episode on King Kong is just over three hours, Sara, Dad, and guest Andrew Corns recorded for nearly four hours! Not everything deserves to wind up on the cutting room floor, however. Case in po... more
(Episode recorded October 26, 2024)
It's our ninth review of the season, and our sixth nominee for Outstanding Production at the Sixth Academy Awards. State Fair is based on the bestselling 1932 novel by Phil Stong, and was the first of three film a... more
(Episode recorded October 25, 2024)
It's our eighth review of the season, but only our fifth nominee for Outstanding Production at the Sixth Academy Awards. In fact, She Done Him Wrong is the shortest film nominated for the top prize...and the top p... more
(Episode recorded October 19, 2024)
It's been three months since our last episode, but it's been even longer since we recorded this one!
In our seventh review of the season, we are exploring the actual winner of the Oscar for Outstanding Production... more
WE ARE BACK!
In our sixth review of the season, we are back on track with an actual Outstanding Production nomination. We dive into A Farewell to Arms, based on Ernest Hemingway's 1929 novel (which supposedly had 47 different endings!)
We discuss t... more
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- I Learn So Much Every Episode
William & Sara Shea are one of the best podcast duos in the movie space. It’s been such a wonderful journey going through the early years of Hollywood with the two of them. William brings a perspective on film not seen much in the podcast space, due to his experiences as a film lover, and Sara helps teach me so much about the time period with her vast depth of knowledge and ability to translate it to the audience. The pair’s dynamic as father/daughter is a beautiful thing to listen to and I feel... more
Apple Podcasts5Andrew Corns
United States2 years ago - Wonderful Podcast
A great undertaking and this Father/Daughter combo does such a thorough job going through the earliest years of the Oscars with the goal to climb to the present. Sarah and William have a great dynamic and this is a must listen for classic film fans!
Apple Podcasts5kblckUnited States3 years ago
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