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Lights Camera Accolade

Lights Camera Accolade takes listeners on a journey through a century of cinema by way of the Academy Awards' Best Picture nominees and winners (as told by complete amateurs).

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  • #58
    Tuesday · 34 min

    Native American Heritage Month #1 - Do You Want to Build an Igloo? (2025 Full Release)

    This is the full release of 2025’s November bonus and spoils the movie Nanook of the North (1922). This proto-”documentary” helped invent documentaries… and also helped invent faking them. The movie vividly portrays elements of Inuit life as it follows “Nanook” and his “family” through many of their traditions and survival tactics. It ultimately raises several questions about authenticity versus narrative— like did Nanook *actually* solo hunt seven polar bears with just a harpoon? Was the family in danger of freezing to death if they didn’t build the igloo in one hour? ARE THOSE EVEN HIS REAL WIVES? Probably not. Did we have a great time watching it anyway? Absolutely. If you don't want to wait an entire year before listening to our full bonus episodes, consider supporting us on patreon

  • #57
    October 31 · 23 min

    Spooky Month #3: The Uninvited Cat People (2026 Preview)

    This episode spoils Cat People (1942) and The Uninvited (1944). It's spooky season once again, meaning another horror double feature! This October we continue our horror journey with a double feature from the 1940s by watching Val Lewton's atmospheric Cat People (1942) and the haunted-house mystery The Uninvited (1944). As horror evolves from shadowy monsters and gothic spectacle into psychological suspense, supernatural mystery, and things lurking just beyond our line of sight, we discover that sometimes the scariest thing is what we can't quite see. If you don't want to wait a year before listening to our full bonus episodes, support us on patreon and get access to monthly bonus content.

  • #56
    October 1 · 52 min

    Spooky Month #2 - The Birth of Monster Movies (2025 Full Release)

    This is the full release of 2025’s October bonus and spoils 1931’s Dracula and Frankenstein. It's alive! Or, technically, undead. This episode we spoiled the movies that launched Universal's cinematic Monsters universe which defined what cinematic horror could be. If you don't want to wait an entire year before listening to our full bonus episodes, consider supporting us on Patreon

  • #55
    September 30 · 20 min

    Hispanic Heritage Month #2 - Identity Theft (2026 Preview)

    Abby and Sarah spoil 1945’s La Otra for Hispanic Heritage Month. Deeper into Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema, this film noir drama has some interesting ideas about what to do when you’re fed up with struggling to make ends meet while your twin sister has a wardrobe to die for. Feliz Navidad! If you don't want to wait a year before listening to our full bonus episodes, support us on patreon and get access to monthly themed bonus content.

  • #54
    September 24 · 1 hr 59 min

    18th Academy Awards - The Lost Episode

    Sarah and Abby spoil the best picture nominees from the 18th Academy Awards, celebrating movies released in 1945 including: Anchors Aweigh, Mildred Pierce, Spellbound, The Bells of St. Mary's and winner: Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend. We heard you have some postwar trauma in need of treatment. For that, we're going to prescribe a healthy dose of early film noir, some questionable psychiatric therapy, a few raucous song and dance numbers, and a heaping helping of sentimentality. And if none of that works, there's always the bottle. For bonus content find us on Patreon For contacting us about our totally correct takes, reaching out for collaboration, or for fulfilling our Test Pilot/Talk of the Town fanfiction request— you can email us at lightscameraaccolade@gmail.com

  • #53
    September 8 · 34 min

    Hispanic Heritage Month #1: Just Another Normal Movie (2025 Full Release)

    Full release of 2025’s September bonus and spoils 1933’s La mujer del puerto (The Woman of the Port). The Hays Code would never have approved of the film picked for our first foray into the beginning of Mexico’s Golden Age of Cinema. The main character of this movie truly cannot catch a break, and this movie certainly doesn't shy away from taboo subjects and shock value. If you don't want to wait an entire year before listening to our full bonus episodes, consider supporting us on patreon

  • #52
    August 31 · 30 min

    Abby's Choice - Keep Calm and Carry On An Affair (2026 Preview)

    Spoils 1946’s Brief Encounter for the preview of our August 2026 bonus episode. Abby was merciful for her special Host Choice month episode this year and didn’t force a dusty western. Instead, we were treated to a quiet, tragic romance (emphasis on the tragic) about two married people who find themselves unintentionally falling in love. If you don't want to wait a year before listening to our full bonus episodes, support us on patreon and get access to monthly bonus content.

  • #51
    August 4 · 50 min

    Abby's Choice - For Jay Cavendish (2025 Full Release)

    The full release of 2025’s August bonus spoils the movie Slow West (2015). For Abby’s (not) birthday month, she decided to abuse her power and force us all to make an impossible choice: a choice between two westerns. Some would potentially consider a contemporary western as taking the easy way out-- but the consequences of that decision would weigh heavily on Jake for at least 24 hours after credits rolled. If you don't want to wait an entire year before listening to our full bonus episodes, consider supporting us on patreon

  • #50
    July 31 · 27 min

    Summer Blockbuster #1 - Lust in the Dust (Preview)

    This is a preview of our July bonus episode and spoils 1946’s Lust in the Dust. (And technically the smallest of spoilers for parts of Skinamarink (2022), The Exorcist (1973), and The Conjuring (2013)? If you squint, there’s a connection here. Or maybe we just went on some wild tangents this episode.) For July, we’re focusing on the highest grossing movies of their respective decades. For the 1940s we were treated to one of the most insane movies we’ve watched so far. Despite not passing the Production Code standards and being banned in several regions of the US, this movie still made over $338 million dollars (adjusted for inflation). People really wanted to see this movie. And that might say something about where we were at as a country at the time. Was it popular because of the star-studded cast? The violence? The egregious brown face?? Perhaps all of the above. Enjoy this hot mess of a conversation about a hot mess of a movie. If you don't want to wait a year before listening to our full bonus episodes, support us on patreon and get access to monthly bonus content.

  • #49
    July 28 · 1 hr 49 min

    17th Academy Awards - Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss

    This episode spoils 1944's Best Picture nominees: Gaslight, Double Indemnity, Since You Went Away, Wilson, and winner Going My Way. Yes, that's right. A shorter list than usual. We made it! We're celebrating five, you read it right, five best picture nominees for the 17th Academy Awards. Arguably, all of these movies are searching out an answer to the question 'What do you do in times of uncertainty?' Do you become bitter and cynical? Do you question your sanity? Do you gather your community close? Or do you allegedly rise to the occasion as the subject of an incredibly boring presidential biopic? Find out in our newest episode!

  • #47
    June 30 · 28 min

    Pride Month #2 - You'll Get Used to It (Preview)

    This is a preview of our June 2026 bonus episode. Celebrate Pride Month with us as we watch and discuss/spoil 1931's Madchen in Uniform, a(nother) German milestone in early queer cinema. Featuring an all female cast backed by predominantly women and queer creatives, Madchen overtly lesbian and anti-authoritarian themes led to its eventual banning in Nazi Germany. Luckily, distribution abroad saved the film from being destroyed so that you, yes you, can watch it with us today. If you don't want to wait a year before listening to our full bonus episodes, support us on patreon and get access to monthly bonus content.

  • #46
    June 29 · 2 hr 34 min

    16th Academy Awards - We'll Always Have Casablanca

    This episode spoils 1943’s best picture nominees: In Which We Serve, The Human Comedy, The Ox-Bow Incident, The More the Merrier, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Heaven Can Wait, Watch on the Rhine, Madame Curie, The Song of Bernadette, and winner Casablanca. For the 16th Academy Awards, our nominees chiefly explore how the war impacted the lives of those at home, how communities (be they a ship's crew, Spanish guerilla fighters, or ordinary people in the heart of America) respond to violence, and the individual sacrifices required to build a better tomorrow. One clear voice in a room can change everything, whether that voice belongs to an anti-fascist resistance leader, a woman determined to better understand the world around her, or even a barely educated French peasant girl. Can any of these movies surpass one of the most beloved classics of all time? Probably not, but one of them might get way closer than expected. Can't get enough of our yapping? Find us on Patreon for bonus content For contacting us about our totally correct takes, or for fulfilling our Test Pilot/Talk of the Town fanfiction requests— you can email us at lightscameraaccolade@gmail.com

  • #45
    June 5 · 46 min

    Pride Month #1 - Why Do We Keep Making the Same Mistakes Over and Over? (Full)

    This is the full release of 2025’s June bonus episode for Pride Month and spoils the German movie Anders als die Andern ("Different from the Others", 1919), a film that challenged Germany’s anti-gay laws and feels as relevant as ever as it explores our understanding of sexuality, gender, and the harm that legal and social oppression inflicts on queer lives. If you don't want to wait an entire year before listening to our full bonus episodes, consider supporting us on patreon

  • #44
    May 31 · 27 min

    AAPI Heritage Month #2 - It’s Still Spring Somewhere (Preview)

    For our second celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month we watched China’s 1948 film Spring in a Small Town -- an intimate movie about the interweaving lives of a family and their surprise guest trying to figure out how to navigate moving forward in a landscape where many of them can no longer envision a happy future in the aftermath of the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War 2. We love a melancholy movie. If you don't want to wait a year before listening to our full bonus episodes, support us on patreon and get access to monthly bonus content.

  • #43
    May 5 · 54 min

    AAPI Heritage Month #1 - What Made Us Watch It? (Full)

    This is the full release of 2025’s May bonus celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, where we watched the 1930 Japanese film What Made Her Do It? -- a movie that takes the concept: “life is suffering and then you die” to the next level. But who's to say that you can't choose how you go out? If you don't want to wait an entire year before listening to our full bonus episodes, consider supporting us on patreon

  • #42
    April 29 · 19 min

    Animation History #1 - The Fairest of All Time (Preview)

    This episode spoils 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Join us alongside a special guest as we discuss the movie that birthed a dynasty (of princesses). Snow White convinced Hollywood that animation was a viable medium for full length movies and propelled Disney animation and similar studios into a golden age of animation. Heigh-ho! If you don't want to wait a year before listening to our full bonus episodes, support us on patreon and get access to monthly bonus content.

  • #41
    April 21 · 2 hr 25 min

    15th Academy Awards - The Stiffest of Upper Lips

    This episode spoils 1942’s nominees 49th Parallel, King's Row, Yankee Doodle Dandy, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Pride of the Yankees, The Talk of the Town, The Pied Piper, Wake Island, Random Harvest, and winner Mrs. Miniver. America officially joins World War 2 which means Hollywood officially endorses it. This year's movies universally deal with the question of being steadfast and determined in a time of stress or change (for better or worse). Yes, there's a lot of rugged patriotism on display. Yes, there's a lot of talk about ethics and justice. Yes, checks notes, Ronald Reagan is here?? For bonus content find us on Patreon For contacting us about our totally correct takes, reaching out for collaboration, or for fulfilling our Test Pilot/Talk of the Town fanfiction request— you can email us at lightscameraaccolade@gmail.com

  • #40
    April 7 · 40 min

    Chrysantha’s Choice - Misery Loves Company (Full)

    This is the full release of 2025’s April bonus and spoils the movie Misery (1990). For our April bonus, we let Chrysantha pick a birthday movie. What better than a feel good movie about a writer connecting with his number one fan? If you don't want to wait an entire year before listening to our full bonus episodes, consider supporting us on patreon

  • #39
    March 31 · 21 min

    Women’s History Month #2 - The Bar is in Hell (Preview)

    This episode spoils Dorothy Arzner’s 1932 film Merrily We Go to Hell starring Frederic March and Sylvia Sidney. We’re back to pre-Code movies as we celebrate Women's History Month this year, so of course that means the movie is going to tackle themes of infidelity; stooping down to the level of your philandering, alcoholic spouse; and recognizing when it's time to cut your losses. Technically the full episode also spoils Alice Guy-Blache’s 1902 short La Fée aux Choux (The Cabbage Fairy) and its … interesting YouTube comment section. If you don't want to wait a year before listening to our full bonus episodes, support us on patreon and get access to monthly bonus content.

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