We’re shipping up to Boston this week for 2003’s modern day Greek tragedy, “Mystic River”! Sean Penn and Tim Robbins both took home Oscars for their rag-wrung performances, and Marcia Gay Harden was well and truly robbed of her second Oscar as the tortured Celeste. We’re of differing opinions on Laura Linney’s low-key Lady Macbeth, but eye to eye o…

It’s the Little Movie That Could of 2006, “Little Miss Sunshine”! It shined at the Oscars, including a frankly totally deserved Best Supporting Actress nomination for Abigail Breslin and equally wholly deserved wins for Michael Arndt’s screenplay and Alan Arkin as dirty grandpa. But there’s also the way Toni Collette eats that popsicle and Greg Kin…

Suburban strife in the early 2000s feels good in a place like this. This week we’re wading into a neighborhood pool full of dysfunction, premature midlife crisis and some fabulous features ensemble lady acting, it’s 2006’s “Little Children”! Kate Winslet and Patrick Wilson are a veritable heat wave of extramarital chemistry but then there’s Jackie …

We’ve made an excellent choice this week covering 2001’s “I Am Sam”! Sean Penn’s performance is far from an infamous bus ride with one’s sister and he’s surrounded by an ensemble of women that includes Michelle Pfeiffer, Dakota Fanning, Dianne Wiest, Laura Dern and Loretta Devine, a Best supporting bunch of friends, an Easter egg hunt of great acto…

While we took a bit of a break last week, we were in fact in Pittsburgh TOGETHER for a weekend of eating, chatting, eating some more, and encountering a series of BSAs in the wild, including an extra goosey Lucy, the no nonsense matrons of the Friday fish fry, a psychic diner waitress and just a dazzling variety of baked goods along the way.Join us…

From talking cats to supportive husbands to dancing matriarchs, we just can't get enough TikTok. This week we're taking a break from the usual Oscar bait and high profile actressing to queen out on the Best Supporting TikTokers of our lives. May our picks find their way to your For You Page!Join us for The Best Supporting Aftershow and early access…

If all you know of this movie is the steamy, swoony Andrew Scott/Paul Mescal press tour, well get ready to have your heart broken. Andrew Haigh’s “All of Us Strangers” is as much about the curious courtship of Adam and Harry as it is about grief, letting go of the past and feeling like a ghost in this world. Jamie Bell and Claire Foy’s Best Support…

Don your board shorts, your racquetball glasses and a wavering Connecticut accent and let’s help Annette Bening swim to Florida! This week we’re diving into the 2023 biopic, “Nyad,” with a deserving Best Actress/Best Supporting Actress nomination combination for Annette and Jodie Foster. The script itself may wade into the shallow end occasionally,…

Just in time for the big discounts on Valentine’s Day candy, we are going back to the good old days of 2011’s “Crazy Stupid Love”! It’s teeming with Oscar winners and nominees, including this year’s Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, a hot dog free Julianne Moore and Queen Steve Carell. To say nothing of Marisa Tomei and Kevin Bacon making the most with …

At long last, for this week’s Birthday Girl’s Choice we’re finally discussing the classic actressing buffet that is “All About Eve”! Anne Baxter, Bette Davis, Celeste Holm and Thelma Ritter took a lion’s share of Oscar nominations that year, and Best Supporting Venomous Fishwife Addison DeWitt earned George Sanders a well deserved win. We do a lot …

It’s Birthday Girl’s Choice this week and we can’t think of a better way to celebrate turning 39 than a bit of “Fun Mom Dinner”! It’s the quintessential love to hate to love kind of movie. It’s got a stacked cast with Toni Collette, Bridget Everett and Molly Shannon, but it’s also got a plot that mostly meanders around on a quiet Thursday night in …

We may not exactly be God, but we are definitely here for Margaret this week as we queen out on 2023’s adaptation of Judy Blume’s “Are You There God? it’s Me, Margaret.” Rachel McAdams glows in her mom era, giving us so many nuances in her own coming of age as Barbara Simon. We’ll buy Kathy Bates as a Jewish grandmother in New York, but what if it …

Da’Vine Joy Randolph is practically lapping the other contenders in the race for Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars this year for her performance in “The Holdovers.” And we may or may not quite get why! We try to figure out why we’re not holding strong feelings over Randolph’s grieving mother Mary, but we can agree that Paul Giamatti is at his G…

There’s just never enough hot dogs in Todd Haynes’ brilliant “May December”! Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman are both monsters in sunglasses, and Charles Melton’s broken DILF makes us want to re-read Codependent No More immediately.Join us for The Best Supporting Aftershow and early access to main episodes on Patreon: www.patreon.com/bsapodEmail…

It’s a Nancy Meyers Christmas this week as we take on 2006’s harbinger of the home exchange craze, “The Holiday”! Kate Winslet goes from Bridget Jones to Elizabeth Gilbert thanks to two weeks in LA, a formative friendship with Eli Wallach, and a sort of requisite love interest in Jack Black. Meanwhile Cameron Diaz spirals out in the English country…

We’re flung out of space this week for “Carol”! We have been sleeping on potentially the best LGBT movie on the shelf, with Oscar nominated and worthy performances by Her Majesty Cate Blanchett and the BSA with the dragon tattoo herself, Rooney Mara, as well as Sarah Paulson as Best Supporting Abbie and that Glassy score by Carter Burwell, We may n…

We’re just a couple of Beths aspiring to be Jo, hoping to be Amy but happy to end up like Meg, to say nothing of Marmee! This week, we’re welcoming in the holiday season with a perfect early 90s cozy up on the couch and cry movie, “Little Women”! Kirsten Dunst nearly steals the show until Clare Danes pulls out all the stops, Winona Ryder earns her …

We’re headed to a nursing home in Buffalo in the dead of winter this week! We’re discussing Tamara Jenkins’ darkly funny “The Savages,” with two Queen Philips, Bosco and Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney giving Best Supporting Sister, and some featured ensemble standouts like Debra Monk, Gbenga Akinnagbe and Margo Martingale. (To say nothing of Burt an…

Awards season has unofficially begun with The Third Annual Westons! It is literally our biggest episode of the year, as we celebrate the best supporting friends, sisters, moms, men, assistants to the BSA, kitchen acting, score and more from this past year of episodes, induct a new batch of Queens and announce our BSA of the Year! Join us for The Be…

We’re dancing with our fingers and finding out what they call a quarter pounder with cheese in France this week as we continue TarantiNovember/NovUMAber with the 90s modern classic, “Pulp Fiction”! Uma Thurman’s Oscar nominated performance as the mysterious and charming Mia Wallace steals the second act of the movie and much of our time in this wee…

TarantiNovember aka NovUMAber continues this week with Volume 2 of Beatrix Kiddo’s quest to Kill Bill. The frenetic violence of the first movie gives way to a more plaintive western, but we still get the Texas funeral, Beatrix’s training montage with Pai Mei, the Budd and Elle one act play in a trailer in the middle of the desert, Daryl Hannah serv…

We’re wiggling all of our toes this week as we kick off TarentiNovember. The magnificence of Uma Thurman as an action star giving face journeys and nuance is enough to make both of swoon. We discover that Mr. Tarentino is the ultimate reference queen, the newfound sexiness of men in eye masks, and the magic of Lucy Liu.Join us for SEASON 1 of "SMAS…

Who will survive and what will be left of us this week as we tackle the titan of terror herself, 1974’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”! And despite the gruesome title, it’s a surprisingly beautiful movie with a lot to say about the horrors of meat eating and ultimately an account of what Queen Sally Hardesty will endure to escape becoming tomorrow n…

We’ll just die if we don’t get to talk about Paula Prentiss in 1975’s “The Stepford Wives” this week! The original and far superior adaptation of Ira Levin’s potentially prophetic novel features a real Mary and Rhoda duo in Katherine Ross’s Joanna and Prentiss’s Bobbie, who along with Tina Louise’s Charmaine can’t understand why the other wives in …

We’re going back to another childhood favorite this week to kick off the best supporting spooky season! “Ghostbusters” may be a perfect vehicle for Bill Murray to do the Bill Murray thing, but we’re here for some long overdue Annie Potts appreciation as bespectacled receptionist Janine and to, of course, recognize the icon that is Dana Barrett’s ap…

We're going back...back...back to sequels this week with the cult classic dud, "Grease 2"! It's off-kilter and amusing for about 45 minutes, and then it really goes into a ditch, but in the meantime we get Didi Conn, Lorna Luft, Eve Arden, Dodie Goodman, Adrian Zmed, Peter Frechette and of course, Michelle Pfeiffer as Stephanie, who's a total ketch…

We’re changing up our regularly scheduled programming to bring the Aftershow from Patreon to the main feed this week! And we go deep this episode—-as the seasons change, so do the seasons of our lives. But then we’ve got a game, Best Supporting Assignments and of course, BSA of the Week! Susie Bannion baby, whaddya got?Join us for The Best Supporti…

It’s Sequel September and we’re kicking things off with a staple from both our childhoods, the potentially superior Grumpier Old Men! Ann-Margret gets at least one of the best lines in the movie in an otherwise very supporting role, Sophia Loren takes our breath away as Spaghetti Regetti’s cousin Maria, Best Supporting Burgess shines in those outta…

We’re winding down Family Movie Month with the definitively PG-13 talking baby movie that kicked off a trilogy, “Look Who’s Talking”! Kirstie Alley and John Travolta have chemistry for days, and Olympia Dukakis was born to play Long Island mom Rosie. (But have you seen her as the lesbian cowgirl?) We also get Twink Caplan as work bestie Rona, Abe V…

Family Movie Month continues with three men, a British baby mama, a charming little lady and one hell of a BSA in 1990’s “Three Men and a Little Lady”! Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg have us hot under the collars of our purple turtlenecks, we’re fascinated by Nancy Travis’s career and we can not say enough good things about Fiona Shaw as Elspeth …

Family Movie Month takes us to the basement of the Alamo and back in Pee-wee’s Big Adventure! The comedic genius of Paul Reubens is on full display here but we also get Elizabeth Daily as Dottie, Diane Salinger’s au revoiring Simone, a swoonworthy Judd Omen as Mickey, Jan Hooks teaching us to say “adobe” as tour guide Tina and Danny Elfman’s iconic…

Family Movie Month kicks off this week with a gaggle of familiar faces and a wagon full of nostalgia in 1993’s truly delightful “Dennis the Menace”! John Hughes’s script elevates the story from its comic strip roots, and the cast includes Walter Matthau at the beginning of his Grandpa Comedy era, a truly menacing Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson nav…

Jamie Lee continues to be all of us and outdo all of us, this time with a guaranteed guest actress Emmy nomination next year for her role as Hurricane Donna Berzatto in Season 2 of “The Bear.” The 6th episode, “Fishes,” compress the nearly three hours of epic family dysfunction of “August: Osage County” into a white hot 65 minutes of Christmastime …

Romantic Comedy Month continues with an under-celebrated gem starring an under-celebrated gem, its 2005’s “The Wedding Date”! While this is quickly becoming a Debra Messing stan podcast, we save the last dance for Best Supporting Amy Adams as the classic Sister Getting Married, but with the volume turned up. Jack Davenport’s back as a sweet little …

Romantic Comedy Month continues with 1993’s undeniably creepy “Sleepless in Seattle.” We may be lacking a bit of that spark for this movie, but to no fault of the impeccable cast, including Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Bill Pullman, Rosie O’Donnell, Rob Reiner, Victor Garber and of course Best Supporting Rita Wilson with that monologue. To say nothing of t…

We’re taking Romantic Comedy month to the streets of San Francisco by way of HBO, for “Looking: the Movie”! Not the series but a series epilogue, conclusion and continuation of the quaint and chaotic lives of Patrick, Dom, Augustin, Richie and of course, Lauren Weedman's Best Supporting Doris! We’re all ears for Russell Tovey’s Kevin and swoon for …

We’re kicking off Romantic Comedy Month with the gold standard from 1989, “When Harry Met Sally.” Meg Ryan is an under appreciated icon of her time and Billy Crystal is a babe with a beard and a book. But more importantly we get the brilliance of Carrie Fisher, elevating the classic best friend role of Marie with pitch perfect delivery of the best …

Hold onto your butts, clever girls, we’re revisiting the 1993 modern classic, “Jurassic Park”! Gay icon, Oscar winner and all around queen Laura Dern runs away with our favorite moments in the movie, and may be 30 years ahead of her time as a fashion plate. She is joined by Best Supporting Jeff Goldblum, Sam Neill’s curmudgeonly paleontologist with…

We’re taking the express bus to Bonkers this week with 1994’s “Speed”! Sandra Bullock’s career isn’t the only thing about to blow up as she gives a masterclass in steering wheel acting and a bonus chemistry lesson with Keanu Reeves at peak babe as our pop-quiz loving hero Jack. JAG alums Joe Morton and Beth Grant are also on board, plus a wired Den…

We are kicking off Action Movie Month with a rich slice of the 90’s, True Lies! Reigning Best Supporting Actress Jamie Lee Curtis steals the show and our hearts as unassuming Helen Trasker, wife of Austrian American muscle god/government agent Harry, who gets in too deep and reveals her own inner action hero. Plus: Best Supporting Bill Paxton, a ge…

Let’s just say it: “The Talented Mr. Ripley” is a gay 90’s classic with an ensemble of stars. Matt Damon is admittedly great as Tom, and Gwyneth Paltrow is just lovely as Marge, but the supporting cast truly shines. Oscar nominated Jude Law as bathing beauty Dickie, Queen Philip Seymour Hoffman as terminal main character Freddie, a smashing Jack Da…

It’s a flashback episode this week, and truly the pilot episode of this podcast. In April of 2019, Nick joined Colin on “In the Details” to celebrate Amy Adams in her first Oscar nominated role (for a Best Supporting Actress, of course), 2005’s “Junebug”! Along the way we have our first discussion of co-star and queen Celia Weston, we trade movie r…

We have much to say this week about 2013’s romantic comedy for middle-aged babes, “Enough Said.” Three name queen and 11 time Emmy winner Julia Louis-Dreyfus’s Eva navigates a budding romance with James Gandolfini’s Albert, including the most endearing interactions in a frozen yogurt shop, while forming a new friendship with Marianne, played by Nic…

For the love of Annette Bening, we give Mike Mills’ “20th Century Women” a go this week! Annette gives a masterclass in cigarette acting while Greta Gerwig wins our hearts as Best Supporting Abbie, a proxy cool older cousin type to 15 year old Jamie in 1979 Santa Barbara. To say nothing of a mustachioed Billy Crudup as former hippie and current boa…

We’re visiting the drop ceilings, fluorescent lights and empty coffee pots of 90s office life in 1997’s “Clockwatchers” this week. A very Muriel-esque Toni Collette is the new girl in the temp pool, making fast friends with Parker Posey, Lisa Kudrow and Alanna Ubach, all at exciting times in their film careers. We get Debra Jo Rupp doing micromanag…

Justice for Melissa! This week we’re giving some much overdue love to Jami Gertz’s award-winning performance as Bill Paxton’s woefully neglected fiancé in peril in 1996’s “Twister.” But first, we have a lot of feelings about Helen Hunt, especially her Oscar winning accent in “As Good As It Gets.” Plus: Best Supporting Aunt Meg with those obscene pl…

We’re taking a disconcertingly long journey down to Tennessee this week to count down our Top 5 BSAs of Robert Altman’s ensemble opus, “Nashville.” The nominees include Barbara Harris, Shelley Duvall, Geraldine Chaplin, Karen Black, Ronee Blakley, Ned Beatty, Lily Tomlin and even some cameos from Elliott Gould and Julie Christie. This may not have …

It’s the most perfect in-flight movie of our generation, “Crazy Rich Asians”! Speaking of which, we have a lot to say about our dreams of luxury travel at the top of the episode, as well as the banal nightmare of the airport experience, but lots of love for the familiar beats and sweeping grandeur of this ensemble romantic comedy. Plus two of the c…

Sarah Polley continues to wow us this week with her feature film debut as writer and director, 2006’s “Away From Her.” Much like “Women Talking,” it’s no easy breezy airplane movie, but sometimes you just want to be a little devastated. Oscar nominated Julie Christie glows as Fiona, whose developing Alzheimer’s renders her husband Grant a stranger …

We're flashing back to a different time and a different podcast this week! This is a 2018 episode of In the Details, the godmother of Best Supporting Podcast, and one of the first episodes we ever recorded together. But we waste no time queening out on actresses, particularly Cate Blanchett and Judi Dench in the modern gay classic "Notes on a Scand…