With the Academy Awards happening this weekend, we’re picking some our favorite needle drop moments from the best picture nominees and exploring the history behind these older songs and the impacts they make within the films.
Spoilers abound! Here are the songs and films discussed: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” in “Marty Supreme” (4:06); “American Girl” in “One Battle After Another” (10:43); “Eu Não Sou Cachorro Não” in “The Secret Agent” (16:18); “Where Have All the Flowers Gone” in “Bugonia” (22:48); and “Pick Poor Robin Clean” in “Sinners” (29:14).
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