The Academy Academy

Donald Saunderson and Patrick Gremillion discover the absolute, undeniable, and scientifically proven greatest performance in your favorite actor's esteemed career via a direct-elimination bracket, usually with a kind lil' guest.

The Academy Academy is a tv podcast hosted by Academy Academy, with 227 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  Episode #227

  Our Feature Presentation: More Dalliances with De Palma (Greetings, and Hi, Mom!)

  Dec 16, 20251h 16m

  Don & Pat discuss Brian De Palma's earliest works on this week's The Academy Academy! Is Greetings a counter-cultural barn burner? Is Ladybugs Rodney Dangerfield's best film? Should Post Malone have made a theme song for Eddington? Does Hi, Mom! still shock and push boundaries? Tune in and find out! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social

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  Episode #226

  Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Sisters)

  Nov 28, 20251h 11m

  Don & Pat continue to plumb the depths of Cinema Speculation as they discuss Sisters on this week's The Academy Academy. Discover what makes Bernard Herrmann furious! Find out which heavy metal musician is most comparable to Brian De Palma! Determine what family friendly feature was felled by The Untouchables at the box office and more! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social

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  Episode #225

  Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Hollywood in the Seventies Part 4: Five Easy Pieces and Shampoo)

  Nov 21, 20251h 20m

  Is having the middle name "Eroica" a telltale sign your parents are emotionally closed-off intellectuals? Does Bill Maher think he's Warren Beatty when he's really Jack Warden? Do men love getting into jams? Are jams the juice?! All this and more is discussed on this week's The Academy Academy! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social

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  Episode #224

  Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (Hollywood in the Seventies Part 3: Little Murders and Carnal Knowledge

  Nov 14, 20251h 14m

  It's a Feiffer Double Feature, folks! Should Hollywood let Karl Ove Knausgård direct a feature film? Are shorts for quitters? Is there an intern feeding New York Times opinion columnists cold Campbell's Soup as they lie dormant? All this and more will be answered on this week's The Academy Academy! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social

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  Episode #223

  Our Feature Presentation: A Cinema Speculation Podcast (New Hollywood in the Seventies Part 2: Mickey One and The Rain People)

  Nov 7, 20251h 17m

  What happens when a seemingly strait-laced Esquire Magazine Columnist-type guy smokes exactly one joint and watches a Fellini movie? Is America the original Megalopolis? And where did you get that Francis Ford Coppola's Jack Challenge Coin?! Don & Pat discuss Arthur Penn's Mickey One and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People on this week's The Academy Academy! If you are a fan of the pod and/or need a place to send your unfiltered takes on Hong-sang Soo and Jingle All the Way, send us an email at theacademyacademypodcast@gmail.com or message Don on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/donsaunderson.bsky.social

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