In 2015, Alejandro G. Iñárritu followed up his Best Director win for ‘Birdman’ with ‘The Revenant,’ the movie where Leonaro DiCaprio won an Oscar for getting mauled by a bear and eating raw bison liver. But is he as good as Bryan Cranston in ‘Trumbo?’ Is Andrea Riseborough the best performance in ‘Birdman?’ And is Tom Hardy j**king off in that one scene by the fire with Will Poulter?
The Revenant (with Carl Lundstedt)
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Jun 04, 2025
Oscar Chaser
A monthly companion pod to my weekly Substack, where I post a deep-dive into the movies filmmakers made immediately following their Oscar win for Best Director, examining the big swings, undercelebrated gems, and flops that followed these filmmakers' crowning moments.
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