Over 11 years and 570 episodes, John Rabe and Team Off-Ramp scoured SoCal for the people, places, and ideas whose stories needed to be told, and the show became a love-letter to Los Angeles. Now, John is sharing selections from the Off-Ramp vault to help you explore this imperfect paradise.
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What does it take for a studio or performer to get an Academy Award? A clever campaign can help, being a good film helps too. But why not custom tailor a movie to win an Oscar? You hear about movies like this around award season everywhere—they're called "Oscar bait." Biopics with strong, meaty lead roles, epic dramas about real world events. They sweep up awards but rarely make it into film classes. So what makes a movie Oscar bait? And do any films this year meet the definition? Filmweek contributor and LA Weekly film critic Amy Nicholson joins John at Musso & Frank.