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Movies 101
Movies 101

98th Oscars Retrospective & "Paul McCartney: Man on the Run"

Published March 23, 2026 at 12:40 PM PDT
On the left: Photos of Oscar recipients Paul Thomas Anderson, Jessie Buckley, Autumn Durald-Arkapaw, and Michael B. Jordan; stills from Oscar-winning films, including the 2025 animated film K-Pop Demon Hunters, the 2025 documentary Mr. Nobody Against Putin, the 2025 film One Battle After Another, and the 2025 film Sentimental Value. On the right: Paul and Linda McCartney in the 2026 documentary film Paul McCartney: Man on the Run.
Left: Photos of Oscar recipients Paul Thomas Anderson, Jessie Buckley, Autumn Durald-Arkapaw, and Michael B. Jordan; stills from Oscar-winning films, including KPop Demon Hunters (2025), Mr. Nobody Against Putin (2025), One Battle After Another (2025), and Sentimental Value (2025). Right: Paul and Linda McCartney in the documentary film Paul McCartney: Man on the Run (2026).

The Motion Picture Academy has had its say, and that means that we can now have ours. On this week’s show, Dan Webster, Nathan Weinbender and Mary Pat Treuthart discuss the 98th Oscars broadcast, the wins and the shoulda-beens. Then they discusss another music-themed documentary, this one featuring the former Beatle Paul McCartney, Amazon Studio’s Paul McCartney: Man on the Run.

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