How does movie awards voting work? Why is the winner never the best movie? Listen to this radio interview I did to find out.

By Adam Lippe

Billy Crystal showing us how he can count

I was on Gtown radio on Friday morning to talk about the Medium Rare Cinema screening of the uncut version of Burn! (being shown at a new location), but also to talk about the Oscars. I took the opportunity to discuss my experience in voting in the Online Film Critics Society awards, and the various stages which prevent any real surprises, and how that holds true in the Oscar voting as well. Because of the quick turnaround time, this isn’t as polished as some of the other recent podcasts, but it runs a brisk 90 minutes that you can squeeze in while watching the red carpet nonsense on mute.

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On Cold Fish:

Though the 16 year old me described the 1994 weepie Angie, starring Geena Davis as a Brooklyn mother raising her new baby alone, as “maudlin and melodramatic,” Roger Ebert, during his TV review, referring to the multitude of soap-operaish problems piling up on the titular character, suggested that it was only in Hollywood where Angie would get a happy ending. “If they made this movie in France, Angie would have shot herself.”

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