We've spoken with a number of actors, directors, and writers of some of the films nominated for Oscars this year. The Academy Awards will be held Sunday, February 24. In the meantime, you can listen to those interviews here!

John Gatins was here in November to discus "Flight," with the film's director Robert Zemeckis. Gatins wrote the screenplay, which has been nominated for Best Original Screenplay. Listen to that interview here.  

"Silver Linings Playbook" has been nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. David O. Russell was on the Lopate Show in January to discuss the film, which he wrote and directed. Listen to that interview here.

"Django Unchained" has been nominated for Best Picture. we spoke with Samuel L. Jackson about his role in the film and his career. Listen to that interview here.

"Argo" is up for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. We spoke with former CIA agent Antonio Mendez, who wrote the book on which the movie is based—listen to that interview here. And Chris Terrio, who wrote the screenplay, is coming on the show Tuesday, February 12. 

The documentary "How to Survive a Plague," about AIDS activists in the early 1980s, has been nominated for Best Documentary Feature. Director David France was on our show in September, along with activist Peter Staley, who is featured in the film. Listen to that interview here. 

"Searching for Sugarman" is also up for Best Documentary Feature. We spoke with director Malik Bendjelloul and Rodriguez, the subject of the film, in July. Listen to that interview here.

Jon Alpert and Matt O'Neill were here February 8 to discuss "Redeption," which has been nominated for Best Documentary Short. Listen to that interview here.

Neil Barsky, filmmaker, talks with Brian Lehrer about his new documentary on former NYC Mayor Ed Koch.

Early yesterday morning the nominees for the 2013 Academy Awards were announced and Slate film critic Dana Stevens joins us to talk about some of the music-related nominees for this year's awards.

This weekend, Queens of Comedy Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host the Golden Globes, just a few days after Emma Stone and 2013 Oscar host Seth McFarlane presented the Oscar nominations. Add to that the Razzie nominations for the worst movies of 2012, and you have a well-rounded kick-off to red carpet season. The Takeaway’s Movie Date team, Rafer Guzman and Kristen Meinzer have all the details on the nominees, the snubs, and the upcoming shows.

The nominees for the 85th Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning with John Williams once again up for a Best Score statuette.

WNYC looks back at the best Oscar-related conversations on our air - from Leonard Lopate's talk with Samuel L. Jackson to the real-life sex surrogate who inspired Helen Hunt's Academy Award-nominated role.

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Melena Ryzik, writer of the New York Times' award season blog Carpetbagger, joins us to share a couple of important updates to this year's Academy Awards, including a change to the controversial "Best Original Song" category.

Elaine Sciolino, a Paris Correspondent for the New York Times, talks about the presidential campaign in France, where the debate over the economy has taken center stage. We’ll also look at how the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal has sparked a national conversation, and the French reaction to how well “The Artist” did at last month’s Oscars. Her latest book is La Seduction: How the French Play the Game of Life.

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There are at least 100 reports of acid attacks in Pakistan each year, and they're overwhelmingly against women. This figure only accounts for the reported cases — it’s assumed that many more go unreported.

The Academy Award-winning documentary short film "Saving Face" looks at this phenomenon through the experiences of three people: Zakia, a 39-year-old woman whose husband threw acid on her after she filed for divorce; Rukhasana, a 23-year-old woman who was attacked by her husband and his family; and Dr. Mohammad Jawad, a plastic surgeon dedicated to healing the faces of the injured women.

The Artist won five Oscars Sunday night, making it the first silent film to win big at the Academy Awards since the original ceremony 83 years ago. Other winners included Meryl Streep, who won Actress in a Leading Role for The Iron Lady; Octavia Spencer, who won Actress in a Supporting Role for The Help; and Christopher Plummer, who won Actor in a Supporting Role for Beginners. See a complete list of the winners here, along with acceptance speeches from some of the big winners.

If history is any guide, the winners of the Best Short and Feature Documentary categories at Sunday night's Academy Awards will likely be New Yorkers. Since 2005, half of the winning directors and 10 of the 14 winning producers have called New York City home.

The 84th annual Academy Awards take place on Sunday, and a number of the nominees have been guests on the Leonard Lopate Show this year. Here’s a list of interviews with directors and actors (and even one football coach) that you can listen to to learn more about their work:

The Academy Awards are this Sunday. Before the winners are announced, we want to know which films made the cut for your industry. Screenwriters, make-up artists, sound editors, actors, costume designers: which work would you nominate for your industry's category? What feature film, documentary, performance, or technical feat was a glaring omission from the Oscar nominations and what was spot on? Give us a call 212.433.WNYC, or post your story here!

Excitement about the red carpet heats up as the 84th Annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday. Will "The Artist" walk away with best film? And will the Academy take "Bridesmaids" seriously and make Melissa McCarthy the victorious underdog? Find out who our Movie Date podcasters think will go home with a little statuette. As always we hear from Rafer Guzman, film critic for Newsday, and Kristen Meinzer, culture producer for the Takeaway.

Sunday is the 84th Academy Awards ceremony and flashbulbs will be popping on the red carpet. To help get in the mood, here are a few highlights of memorable Oscars moments through the years.

On Sunday, WNYC will host a live chat during the ABC telecast of the Oscar Awards ceremony. Special guests include Fresh Air and New York Magazine Film Critic David Edelstein, Salon's Senior Writer on Film Andrew O'Hehir, Managing Editor of Fashion for NBC New York Laurel Pinson, Studio 360 host Kurt Andersen, Fishko Files host Sara Fishko, WQXR hosts David Garland, Jeff Spurgeon, Kerry Nolan and Elliott Forrest, and the Movie Date team from The Takeaway. Join the conversation at 8 P.M. on Sunday.

Who hasn't stood in front of a mirror, pretending to hold an Oscar and giving a thank you speech? Well, from Wednesday through Sunday, members of the public can do just that with a real Oscar statuette in Grand Central Terminal's Vanderbilt Hall.

Tonight at 8 pm, join WQXR hosts Jeff Spurgeon, Elliott Forrest and David Garland for an unbridled discussion of the Academy Awards' winners and losers.