HeyJaredThe Oscar Project
I started writing about movies as a personal quest to watch every Oscar nominated film I can find. I now write about Oscar nominated movies of the past and bring you reviews, weekly movie previews, and longform thoughts on film.
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4.70-Filmmaker Interview with Angad Aulakh (opens the original)
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In today’s episode, I interview Angad Aulakh, director of the short film “Aurora,” a exploration of the loneliness and isolation felt by a man in deep space and those he left behind on Earth.Listen to hear about the musical inspiration for the film, his collaboration with the star of the film, Guy Kent, and the interesting use of sound to convey certain emotions throughout the film.Books mentioned in this episode include:Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyFilms
Monday Digest-August 24, 2026 (opens the original)
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Spider-Man: Brand New Day continues to do well at the box office despite slowing down from the massive start last month. I saw something over the weekend that the film should surpass the domestic box office total of Avengers: Endgame in the next day or two and become the second highest domestic grossing film of all time (behind Star Wars: Episode VII: The Force Awakens). With all that covered, please also take a moment to check out what you might have missed on The Oscar Project last week.Weekly
4.69-Svengali with Enrico Banson (opens the original)
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Today’s episode is my conversation about the 1931 film Svengali. I’m joined by film and theater director who writes the newsletter and we talk about whether this film belongs with the great Universal horror films of the era, how the film portrays bohemian artistic culture of the late 1800s, and some of the most incredible production design we have seen in Oscar nominated films to date.You can watch Svengali on <a href="https://tubitv.com/movies/100055542/svengali?start=true&tracking=google-feed&
Weekend Releases-8/21/26 (opens the original)
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Welcome to The Oscar Project’s weekly movie preview. Subscribe to have these previews emailed directly to your inbox!Buy Me a MovieIf anything this weekend could dethrone Spider-Man: Brand New Day, Insidious: Out of the Further is probably it. I’m not saying it’s GOING to happen, but with the previous installment raking in $33 million on opening weekend and the film coming from an established franchise, I
4.68-Filmmaker Interview with Deborah Lee Smith and Brian Leahy (opens the original)
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In today’s episode, I interview Deborah Lee Smith and Brian Leahy, producer, star, writer, and director of the short film “Glitterbomb,” which follows a woman through a harrowing situation while she tries desperately to keep her composure on a virtual job interview.Listen to hear about Deborah’s real life experience that inspired the film, the incredible achievement of an extremely small crew that worked on the film on a very tight timeline, and the logistics of shooting one of the best one-shot
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