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The Cinephile Hissy Fit and Guests Discuss the Oscar Field

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Any person rooted in the medium of movies stops and pays attention to Oscar season. The Cinephile Hissy Fit podcast, sponsored and supported by the Ruminations Radio Network, is now different. Folks may say the Academy Awards have slipped in quality, importance, and a plethora of other things, but they still seek out who wins the golden trophies. They still matter in industry, gild careers, and secure legacies in the industry.

For their 101st episode, two golden film critics, trophy dads, and snubbed school teachers Will Johnson and Don Shanahan host their first of two Oscar shows leading up to the 95th Academy Awards. They welcome back returning guests Cati Glidewell and Lauren Knight to examine the Oscar race, the field is nominees, and the snubs that were passed over. Come for the shared challenge and tirade and stay for the mutual love and respect for the fun movies encapsulate. Enjoy our podcast!

ABOUT OUR GUESTS

CATI GLIDEWELL

Image of Cati Glidewell, wearing red glasses and posing behind a bead curtain.

Cati Glidewell is a Chicago based freelance film journalist, reviewer, trivia expert, and prize-winning Oscar enthusiast. She is a lifelong cinephile who is trying everything and telling you all about it. Find her work across YouTube and social media at The Blonde in Front.

LAUREN KNIGHT

Lauren Knight of L.A. Consulting
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For almost a decade, Lauren Knight has been a film programmer, live event specialist, publicist, and celebrity booker/talent wrangler in the metro Phoenix area. She is the founder of L.A. Knight Consulting. Want to add some spice to that grand opening? Want to screen your favorite movie? Don’t know where to start? Let Lauren help you!

Cinephile Hissy Fit is a Film Obsessive Radio podcast, brought to you by RuminationsRadioNetwork.com. Please visit, rate, review and subscribe. If you enjoyed this show, we have more where that came from, with interesting hosts, and wonderful guests. All available on iTunes, Spotify, and anywhere you find your favorite shows. Follow the show on Twitter at @CinephileFit and on Facebook. Also, find both Will Johnson and Don Shanahan on Letterboxd as the accumulate their viewings and build their ranks and lists.

Thank you so much for your captive audience and social media participation! Enjoy our new podcast episode!

Written by Don Shanahan

DON SHANAHAN is a Chicago-based Rotten Tomatoes-approved film critic writing here on Film Obsessive as the Editor-in-Chief and Content Supervisor for the film department. He also writes for his own website, Every Movie Has a Lesson. Don is one of the hosts of the Cinephile Hissy Fit Podcast on the Ruminations Radio Network and sponsored by Film Obsessive. As a school teacher by day, Don writes his movie reviews with life lessons in mind, from the serious to the farcical. He is a proud director and one of the founders of the Chicago Indie Critics and a voting member of the nationally-recognized Critics Choice Association, Online Film Critics Society, North American Film Critics Association, International Film Society Critics Association, Internet Film Critics Society, Online Film and TV Association, and the Celebrity Movie Awards.

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