The Essential Films Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

We're back! On today's podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark record a commentary track for the 1959 Alfred Hitchcock classic: NORTH BY NORTHWEST, accompanied by other movie discussions. To skip right to the commentary, go to the 30:10 mark.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

Taking a look at Quentin Tarantino's 2009 modern classic INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

We're walkin' here!!! On today's podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark examine the 1969 Academy Award Best Picture winner: MIDNIGHT COWBOY.

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

Happy Halloween! Midnight Cowboy has been delayed, so please enjoy this special episode: 31 Essential Films to watch this Halloween! From PSYCHO to THE WITCH and all monsters in between, this episode will give you a wicked watchlist for the spookiest time of year.

YOUTUBE:
youtube.com/adolfojacosta

SOCIAL MEDIA

• TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Sportsguy515


• FACEBOOK: facebook.com/TheEssentialFilms

SOCIAL MEDIA

TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Sportsguy515

FACEBOOK: facebook.com/TheEssentialFilms

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/essentialfilmspodcast

Music Courtesy of Marc v/d Meulen

Official Website: https://www.marcvdmeulen.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzzv...
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3QFHz...
AudioJungle: http://audiojungle.net/user/marcvdmeulen

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

On today’s adventure, we celebrate the life and career of Richard Donner.

Films Discussed:
X-15 (1961)
THE TWILIGHT ZONE: “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet” (TV Episode, 1963)
THE OMEN (1976)
SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978)
SUPERMAN II (1981)
THE GOONIES (1985)
THE GOONIES ARE GOOD ENOUGH (Music Video, 1985)
LADYHAWKE (1985)
LETHAL WEAPON (1987)
THE LOST BOYS (1987)
SCROOGED (1988)
LETHAL WEAPON 2 (1989)
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Dig That Cat... He's Real Gone (1989) (TV Episode) 
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: The Ventriloquist's Dummy (1990) (TV Episode)
TALES FROM THE CRYPT: Showdown (1992) (TV Episode) 
LETHAL WEAPON 3 (1992)
RADIO FLYER (1992)
FREE WILLY (1993)
MAVERICK (1994)
ASSASSINS (1995)
CONSPIRACY THEORY (1997)
LETHAL WEAPON 4 (1998)
X-MEN (2000)
16 BLOCKS (2006)
SUPERMAN II: THE RICHARD DONNER CUT (2006)

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

On today’s adventure, Adolfo & Mark will take "No Prisoners!" as they discuss the David Lean Academy Award-winning LAWRENCE OF ARABIA!


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

Never you mind honey. On today’s Podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark head to Anarene, Texas to look into the lives and loves of its local citizens in Peter Bogdonavich’s coming of age classic, THE LAST PICTURE SHOW. Plus: Adolfo and Mark discuss the recent AMC stock bonanza.

Films Referenced:
RED RIVER (1948)
THE SANDS OF IWO JIMA (1949)
FATHER OF THE BRIDE (1950)
WINCHESTER ‘73 (1950)
KISS ME DEADLY (1955)
HEAD (1968)
TARGETS (1968)
PLANET OF THE PREHISTORIC WOMEN (1968)
BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
EASY RIDER (1969)
THE MARY TYLER MOORE SHOW (Series, 1970-77)
DRIVE, HE SAID (1970)
FIVE EASY PIECES (1970)
THE KING OF MARVIN GARDENS (1972)
THE GODFATHER (1972)
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN (1974)
WONDER WOMAN (Series, 1975-79)
THE MUPPET MOVIE (1979)
HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART I (1981)
TRADING PLACES (1983)
THE SIMPSONS (Series, 1989-)
TEXASVILLE (1990)
THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES (1993)
BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD DO AMERICA (1996)
FAMILY GUY (Series, 1999 -)
BAD SANTA (2003)
TWO AND A HALF MEN (Series, 2003-2015)
THE OFFICE, Episode “Stress Relief” (2009)
RAISING HOPE (Series, 2010-14)
BOB’S BURGERS (Series, 2011- )
THE CROODS (2013)
WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020)
THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 (2020)
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM (2020)

LINKS:
America Lost and Found: The BBS Story (https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/769-america-lost-and-found-the-bbs-story)

SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Sportsguy515
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/TheEssentialFilms
INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/essentialfilmspodcast



This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

On this Bonus Features episode, we go further into Mark’s adventures into exploitation films.

NOTE: Bonus Features episodes are raw and unedited, with little production.

Films Referenced:
THE BIG GUNDOWN (1966)
THE UNDERTAKER AND HIS PALS (1966)
MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE (1966)
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)
THE WIZARD OF GORE (1970)
THE CAT O’NINE TAILS (1971)
BLACK CHRISTMAS (1974)
DEEP RED (1975)
TAXI DRIVER (1976)
ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 (1976)
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE (1978)
CALIGULA (1979)
CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (1980)
CITY OF THE LIVING DEAD (1980)
NEW YEAR’S EVIL (1980)
CANNIBAL FEROX (1981)
THE BEYOND (1981)
THE HOUSE BY THE CEMETERY (1981)
PIECES (1982)
TENEBRE (1982)
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT (1984)
DAY OF THE DEAD (1985)
PHENOMENA (1985)
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2 (1987)
THE DEUCE (Series, 2017-2019)
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (2019)


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

On this Bonus Features episode, we discuss how HBO MAX and Warner Media are radically changing the industry by releasing the entire 2021 slate on HBO MAX as well as theaters. Is this the future of movies? Plus Mark discusses his adventures into exploitation films in the month of December. And some Criterion and blu-ray talk to top it off.

NOTE: Bonus Features episodes are raw and unedited, with little production.

Films Referenced:
AND GOD CREATED WOMAN (1956)
DR. NO (1962)
THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963)
GOLDFINGER (1964)
SHELAKO (1968)
THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE (1970)
THE WIZARD OF GORE (1970)
DEEP RED (1975)
SALÓ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM (1975)
DAWN OF THE DEAD (1978)
ZOMBI 2 (1979)
FRIDAY THE 13th (1980)
DON’T GO IN THE WOODS (1981)
COME AND SEE (1985)
NO WAY BACK (1992)
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN (2012)
THE DEUCE (Series, 2017-2019)
ROMA (2018)
THE IRISHMAN (2019)
MARRIAGE STORY (2019)
WONDER WOMAN 1984 (2020)
TENET (2020)
MANK (2020)
THE MANDALORIAN (Series, 2019-2020)
MATRIX 4 (2021)
THE SUICIDE SQUAD (2021)
MORTAL KOMBAT (2021)
THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK (2021)
GODZILLA VS KONG (2021)

LINKS:
Grindhouse Movie DataBase (gcbd.com)
Sleazoid Express Book https://www.amazon.com/Sleazoid-Express-Mind-Twisting-Through-Grindhouse/dp/0743215834
Dawn Of The Dead 4K Set https://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=26880
Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema: https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1427-ingmar-bergman-s-cinema

SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Sportsguy515
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/TheEssentialFilms

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com

MERRY CHRISTMAS! On today’s adventure, we celebrate Christmas with Dudley, Henry and Julia as we discuss the 1947 holiday classic, THE BISHOP’S WIFE! We go into the original cast of the film, who was originally supposed to play the angel, the initial box office failure (and how the studios sought to fix that), guaranteed Christmas royalties, Hallmark Christmas movies, Christmas classics, the wacky trailer, and much more!

Films Referenced:

IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
THE EXORCIST (1973)
SCARFACE (1983)
MRS. DOUBTFIRE (1993)
MIRACLE ON 34th STREET (1994)
JINGLE ALL THE WAY (1996)
DISNEY’S A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2009)

SOCIAL MEDIA
TWITTER: @EssentialFilms, @FPMoviePodcast, @Sportsguy515
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/TheEssentialFilms


This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit adolfoacosta.substack.com