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We (Barely) Survived 24 Hours at the Movies: An Unhinged Timeline of AMC’s Oscars Best Picture Marathon


We survived 24 hours inside a movie theater for AMC's best picture marathon, a showcase of 9 Oscar nominees. Here's our unhinged timeline of events.

Rebecca Rubin: Ethan, I always thought our most harrowing mutual experience would be the time we were flying back from the Toronto Film Festival and our plane was almost struck by lightning. Rubin: I nodded off twice when I watched “Conclave” at a perfectly humane hour, which is to say I didn’t have high hopes for myself at 2:40 a.m. With the Coke Icee still coursing through my veins, though, I couldn’t fall asleep. Shanfeld: After Elphaba hit that high note and got the fuck out of Emerald City, the audience clapped for the first time, which felt more like a celebration of ourselves than “Wicked.” Rebecca, how are you feeling?

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