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Feb 2023
1h 29m

Best Picture Power Rankings and a Deeply...

The Ringer
About this episode

With less than five weeks until the Academy Awards, Joanna Robinson joins Sean and Amanda to dive deep into the Andrea Riseborough nomination controversy (1:00), sort an unpredictable pair of Best Actor and Best Actress races, and power rank the Best Picture contenders one last time until the final predictions (54:00).


Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Guest: Joanna Robinson

Producers: Bobby Wagner and Kaya McMullen

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