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Monday · 30 min
LC
Lights Camera Accolade
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).
- 20 episodes
- Avg 1 hr 5 min
- English
- LC#51August 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
- LC#50July 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.
- LC#49July 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!
- LC#48July 8 · 1 hr 3 min
Jake’s Choice - Can't Believe It Wasn't Cloud Atlas (2025 Full Release)
This is the full release of 2025’s July bonus and spoils Paul Schrader’s First Reformed (2017). If you don't want to wait an entire year before listening to our full bonus episodes, consider supporting us on patreon
- LC#47June 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.
- LC#46June 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
- LC#45June 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
- LC#44May 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.
- LC#43May 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
- LC#42April 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.
- LC#41April 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
- LC#40April 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
- LC#39March 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.
- LC#38March 25 · 2 hr 38 min
14th Academy Awards - Pre-War Moral Panic
This episode spoils 1941’s nominees Sergeant York, Blossoms in the Dust, Here Comes Mr. Jordan, The Little Foxes, Citizen Kane, Hold Back the Dawn, One Foot in Heaven, The Maltese Falcon, Suspicion and winner How Green Was My Valley. This year had a little bit of everything: patriotism, biopics, scheming families, biopics, ghosts, biopics, private investigators, biopics, important discourse about religion and immigration, and biopics. Join us as we re-litigate the 14th Academy Awards and whether or not the Academy was right to snub what is now considered the best movie of all time. For bonus content find us on patreon For contacting us about our totally correct takes, or for fulfilling our Test Pilot or The Philadelphia Story fanfiction request— you can email us at lightscameraaccolade@gmail.com
- LC#37March 3 · 50 min
Women's History Month #1 - One Small Step for Women, One Giant Leap for Film (Full)
This is the full release of 2025’s Women's History Month bonus and spoils the movies Suspense (1913) and The Blot (1921). Did you know women were directing Hollywood films years before they gained the right to vote? Neither did most of us, until we were introduced to Lois Weber. Listen to this preview of our bonus episode where we take a look at two of this trailblazer's most famous films. If you don't want to wait an entire year before listening to our full bonus episodes, consider supporting us on patreon
- LC#36February 27 · 25 min
Black History Month #2 - Confirm My Bias, King (Preview)
This episode spoils 1929's Hallelujah. For Black History Month, we’re revisiting King Vidor’s 1929 film Hallelujah (one of the first major studio productions to feature an all-Black cast). Celebrated for groundbreaking performances and sound design, yet complicated by stereotypes and studio-era framing, Hallelujah sits at a crossroads of representation, exploitation, and opportunity. We unpack its legacy, its music, and what it meant for Black performers navigating early Hollywood. 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.
- LC#35February 17 · 2 hr 41 min
13th Academy Awards - How to Lose a Wife in Two Hours
This episode spoils 1940’s nominees The Grapes of Wrath, Our Town, All This and Heaven Too, Foreign Correspondent, The Long Voyage Home, The Great Dictator, The Letter, The Philadelphia Story, Kitty Foyle and winner Rebecca. This year brings us some of the highest highs and the lowest lows. It’s the year in which the looming world war becomes more real and Hollywood has to start acknowledging it. Meanwhile, two movies break Jake this year, and it’s not necessarily the ones you’d expect. For bonus content find us on patreon For contacting us about our totally correct takes, or for fulfilling our Test Pilot or The Philadelphia Story fanfiction request— you can email us at lightscameraaccolade@gmail.com
- LC#34February 3 · 1 hr 5 min
Black History Month #1 - Beyond the Studio Gates (Full)
This is the full release of 2025’s February bonus and spoils the movie Within Our Gates (1920). We honored Black History Month by viewing the oldest existing feature film from a black American director; Oscar Micheaux's 1920 classic: Within Our Gates, a landmark of early Black cinema that confronts racism, violence, and hypocrisy in Jim Crow America head-on. Unfortunately, the type of narrative that we don't see in mainstream media for almost another century after its release. If you don't want to wait a full year before listening to our full bonus episodes, consider supporting us on patreon
- LC#33January 30 · 26 min
Sarah's Choice - Climbing the Corporate Leader (Preview)
This episode spoils the pre-code movie Baby Face (1933). Join us as we discuss one of the movies credited with causing the enforcement of the Hays Code. A woman sleeps her way to the top, and gets away with it relatively unscathed? Can't say the same for the men she leaves in her wake or William Hays's ghost. 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.