The Az And When Movie Podcast

Our 2025 Movie Draft, with Isabel Hasani and Micah Santos!

Welcome in a new season of Az and When by looking back on a great movie year! Follow our three hosts as they shake off their dissertation-season trauma and draft in their favourite films of 2025 – all while having way-too-serious debates, bashing filmbros, and wondering how uni life is already almost over. Follow ⁠Micah on Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/micahfsantos/] Follow ⁠Isabel on Letterboxd⁠ [https://letterboxd.com/moonizzy/] Links to everything Az and When ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here [https://linktr.ee/azandwhenpod] Chapters 00:00 Welcome Back 09:54 Let’s Go Drafting 12:01 Round One: Ocean waves, ocean waves… 40:19 Round Two: The dead speak! 57:13 Round Three: And my eyes see… Oscar gold? 01:16:48 Round Four: Underseen gems? 01:39:21 Round Five: Sequels, supers, and stupid white boys 02:00:23 Round Six: Bringing it home 02:16:02 Final Draft + Honourable Mentions

The Film Students' Oscars Guide 2026 (feat. Ella Forbes & Isabel Hasani)

Three friends share their thoughts on the 98th Academy Awards nominations, discussing the biggest movies of awards season before jumping into their predictions and delusions for each category of this year's Oscars. Follow Ella on Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/ellamae04/] Follow Isabel on Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/moonizzy/] Links to everything Az and When ⁠⁠⁠⁠here [https://linktr.ee/azandwhenpod] Chapters 00:00 How was 2025? 07:34 Nominations Check-in 12:29 International Feature Film 22:52 Casting 29:46 Cinematography / The ‘F1’ Debate 44:24 Lead Actor / The ‘Marty Supreme’ Debate 56:33 Lead Actress 01:02:55 Supporting Actor 01:17:24 Supporting Actress 01:22:19 Original Screenplay 01:29:40 Adapted Screenplay 01:35:48 Costume Design 01:37:50 Makeup and Hairstyling 01:39:49 Production Design 01:46:15 Visual Effects 01:48:13 Sound 01:53:13 Director 02:05:21 Best Picture 02:07:56 Biggest Losers 02:16:59 Bonus Round

Our 2016 Movie Draft! (feat. Amelia Clark, Isabel Hasani, Micah Santos)

Az and When's final episode of the year sees four friends draft films from one of their favourite years for cinema, all while cracking wise, playing with the sound mixer, and yapping their asses off. Follow Amelia [https://letterboxd.com/ameliajclark/], Isabel [https://letterboxd.com/moonizzy/] and Micah [https://letterboxd.com/micahfsantos/] on Letterboxd Links to everything Az and When ⁠⁠⁠here [https://linktr.ee/azandwhenpod] Chapters 00:00 Welcome Back 10:50 Rules and Regulations 12:54 An Intriguing Round One 35:13 Round Two (RIP Headphone Users) 54:25 Round Three: Doomed Romances 01:17:40 Round Four 01:35:59 Round Five 01:54:40 Final Draft 01:56:38 Honourable Mentions and Oscars 02:04:18 Actors and Actors Pairings Reaction 02:07:11 Outtakes

Celebrating Christmas with 'Bridget Jones's Diary' (feat. Lucy Heron)

Just in time for Christmas, two twenty-somethings talk about being single at 32. Also included: thoughts on ABBA, Bond, and female empowerment. Follow Lucy on Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/lucyxoxo/] Links to everything Az and When ⁠⁠here [https://linktr.ee/azandwhenpod] Chapters 00:00 Welcome Back 01:09 Remembering Rob and Michele Reiner & Sophie Kinsella 03:38 Intro to Lucy 05:48 Documentary Diaries 12:12 ‘Bridget Jones’s Diary’ 17:21 Plot Breakdown 30:58 Some Sequel Talk 45:48 So What Was The Point? 49:36 Favourite Moments, Key Takeaways 01:08:52 The British Classic Tangent 01:14:28 The ‘Mamma Mia!’ Tangent 01:19:51 The James Bond Tangent 01:26:43 The Netflix/Warner buyout and Final Thoughts

'The New Frontier' is Peak DC Storytelling (feat. Jason Ling)

Jason returns from the mountaintops to talk about recent cinema sequels 'Wicked: For Good' and 'Zootopia 2' before diving into Darwyn Cooke's seminal limited series for DC. The duo break down its nature as an origin story for various classic Silver Age superheroes, as an idealistic wish-fulfilment post-WWII McCarthy-era fantasy, and as a possible template for future films in James Gunn's DCU. Visit Jason on Letterboxd [https://letterboxd.com/j_ling/] Links to everything Az and When ⁠here [https://linktr.ee/azandwhenpod] Chapters 00:00 Welcome Back 03:57 ‘Wicked: For Good’ and ‘Zootopia 2’ 10:52 Our ‘Avatar: Fire and Ash’ Hype Train 18:08 Recent Reads 21:57 Introducing ‘The New Frontier’ 28:08 Spoiler Deep Dive: ‘The New Frontier’ 46:56 ‘Justice League: The New Frontier’ (Film Adaptation) 51:15 DCU Possibilities 52:56 Comic Recommendations 01:02:23 Final Thoughts 01:05:50 Outtakes