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Podcast: ‘Anora,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ and the Elusive Fifth Best Actor Slot

Clarence Moye by Clarence Moye
November 19, 2024
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Podcast: ‘Anora,’ ‘A Real Pain,’ and the Elusive Fifth Best Actor Slot

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We dive into two major 2025 Oscar contenders: A24’s Anora and Searchlight’s A Real Pain. We review each title and break down key moments of the films. Fair warning: our Anora conversation has a few spoilers, but we give you fair warning before ruining a few key moments of the film. Then, our A Real Pain conversation leads us to a discussion of the fifth Best Actor slot and whether or not Jesse Eisneberg has a shot for his great performance.

We close our podcast, as always, with the Flash Forward to the media we’re most anticipating in the upcoming week.

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Clarence Moye

Clarence Moye

Clarence Moye is a proud co-founder of The Contending where he writes about film, television, and occasionally Taylor Swift. Under his 10-year run at Awards Daily, Clarence covered the Academy Awards, the Golden Globes, the Telluride Film Festival, the SCAD Savannah Film Festival, the Middleburg Film Festival, and much more. Clarence is a member of the Critics Choice Association.

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