The Picture House Regional Film Center is excited to announce Your Ticket to the Oscars, a brand-new six week film club series starting Monday, January 20th, at 7:00pm in Bronxville. The series will be hosted by veteran film critic Joe Neumaier, host of The Movie Minute of 710AM-WOR, offering attendees exclusive behind-the-scenes insights, Oscar predictions, and engaging discussions after each screening.
This exclusive Film Club kicks off on January 20th with a screening of A Complete Unknown, showcasing Timothée Chalamet’s captivating performance as Bob Dylan. The five additional screenings will be revealed following the announcement of the 2025 Oscar nominations. The series concludes with a special free broadcast of the 97th Academy Awards on March 2nd in Bronxville, exclusively for Film Club attendees, who will also have the chance to enter an Oscar Ballot pool for a shot at winning tickets to a future Film Club series.
“We’re thrilled to start the new year with Your Ticket to the Oscars, giving our community the chance to engage with some of the year’s most anticipated films in a way that reflects our mission to foster a shared cinema experience,” said Clayton Bushong, Executive Director of The Picture House Regional Film Center. “With veteran critic Joe Neumaier leading the discussions, this series offers a unique blend of exclusive screenings, Oscar predictions, and behind-
the-scenes insights, all in line with our commitment to presenting the best in independent, international, and classic cinema. It’s the perfect way to bring movie lovers together for awards season.”
“The film year 2024 brought us electrifying performances, dynamic scripts, masterful direction, and stories and viewpoints that illuminated the world around us,” says Neumaier. “I’m looking forward to bringing a selection of Oscar-nominated titles to The Picture House audiences, followed by in-depth talkbacks with my fellow movie-lovers – and hear what they think of these Academy Award hopefuls.”
About Joe Neumaier: Joe Neumaier, on-air film critic for New York’s 710AM-WOR, has been an entertainment journalist, movie critic, onstage moderator, and radio/TV commentator for over 30 years. His writing on cinema and culture has appeared in The New York Times, Variety, Time, The Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, The New York Daily News, The New York Post, USA Today, Hamptons, and The London Observer, and his broadcast appearances include MSNBC, CNN, CBS Sunday Morning, and KTLA – Los Angeles. He is a former longtime member of the New York Film Critics Circle and a current member of the Critics Choice Association. Some of his ‘A’ list interviews in the film industry include Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Jack Nicholson, Bill Murray, Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Margot Robbie, and Greta Gerwig.
For more information or to reserve your pass for Your Ticket to the Oscars series, go to https://www.thepicturehouse.org/tph-film-club.
