Who will win? Who should win? Previewing the 2025 Oscars

By Evan Dawson,

Published February 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM EST

Four men wearing headphones sit at a table in a radio talk studio: a man front left has short brown hair and is wearing a navy button-down shirt, jeans, and sneakers; a man back left has short brown hair, a brown beard, and is wearing a green cardigan over a green t-shirt; a man back right has a grey beard and is wearing a blue baseball cap, orange and green plaid button-down shirt, and green t-shirt; a man front right has short dark hair and is wearing a blue fleece vest over a white button-down shirt, jeans, and hiking boots.

1 of 2 — (foreground) Matt Passantino, (background) Scott Pukos and Adam Lubitow on "Connections"

(foreground) Matt Passantino, (background) Scott Pukos and Adam Lubitow on "Connections with Evan Dawson" on Tuesday, February 25, 2025

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A smiling man with short dark hair wearing a blue button-down shirt and a grey blazer. He is holding a pair of eyeglasses. The word "Connections" appears on the left side of the photo in vertical letters.

Will the Best Picture statue go to "Anora," a gritty drama about a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch? Or will it go to another of the nominated films — the Bob Dylan biopic, perhaps, or the film about the selection of a new Pope, or even a musical?

We always have a great time playing clips and debating which films deserve the accolades... and which are overrated. Our guests join us for our annual Oscars preview.

Our guests:

Scott Pukos, director of communications for The Little Theatre
Adam Lubitow, projectionist and programmer at The Little Theatre, and programming director for Anomaly: The Rochester Genre Film Festival
Matt Passantino, film critic for CITY Magazine
Rachel Harrison, author