The Academy’s Captive Audience
Welcome one and all to The Academy’s Captive Audience! Here your hosts Ben and Kit will delve into the award winning and rightfully nominated films since the creation of the Academy of Arts and Sciences. Our goal is to create an audio record of these films. Our reactions, thoughts, and overall experience will be here as a guide post to navigate all those films you may have never heard of and always wondered why they won. Without any further ado, Let’s roll that film!
Episodes
Aug 13, 2025
Aug 13, 2025
1 hr 16 min
Join us for a special episode where we sit down with our friend and filmmaker A.R. Björklund as we discuss a myriad of films, the crew behind the scenes, the current state of Hollywood, and the ever enduring magic that cinema has had and continues to have on us.
Find out more about A.R. Björklund here...
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3923857/
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Jul 30, 2025
Jul 30, 2025
45 min
Join Ben and Kit as we conclude our look into the 90th Academy Awards. Kit delves deep into the murky pool of this years Best Picture winner and Ben gives a master class of linguistic fluency. The following films are discussed...
Dunkirk
Darkest Hour
Call Me by Your Name
The Shape of Water
Jul 16, 2025
Jul 16, 2025
46 min
Ben and Kit take a look at the 90th Academy Awards best picture nominees and go into what makes this year so special. The following films are discussed...
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Post
Phantom Thread
Lady Bird
Get Out
Jul 2, 2025
Jul 2, 2025
38 min
In this episode Ben and Kit share their picks from the New York Times Top 100 Films of the 21st Century. We also share our thoughts on the new inductees into the Academy Awards. Come fly with us!
You can access the NYT article here.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/best-movies-21st-century.html
And cast your own ballot here.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/movies/reader-ballot-movies-21st-century.html
Jun 17, 2025
Jun 17, 2025
1 hr 1 min
Welcome one and all to The Academy's Captive Audience! Here your hosts Ben and Kit will delve into the award winning and rightfully nominated films since the creation of the Academy of Arts and Sciences.
After publishing our first three episodes on substack, we have finally expanded our reach to other podcast platforms. And what better place to begin Episode IV than with the 50th Academy Awards. Again Welcome and Thank You for listening!