Listen: What Films and Performances Are Stirring the Most Oscar Buzz?

By Kristopher Tapley

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – PLAYBACK is a Variety / iHeartRadio podcast bringing you conversations with the talents behind many of today’s hottest films. New episodes air every Thursday.

The Oscar season has been in full swing for months, but we’re getting closer and closer to crunch time. Ballots will be sent to Academy members in just two weeks. Meanwhile, critics groups, and industry guilds and organizations are dishing out their year-end assessments, assembling the various contenders on the awards playing field.

This week, Variety‘s deputy awards and features editor Jenelle Riley joins me to discuss the season’s offerings, predict where things might be heading, and to put a bow on the year with chatter about the best movies of 2018.

Listen to this week’s episode of “Playback” below.

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