Essentially Cinema

'The Search For Spock': Celebrating 40 Years of Star Trek III

Star Trek III: The Search For Spock is Anthony's favorite film of the Star Trek franchise. Join him and Ben as they explore the film and its impact on each of them as Essentially Cinema boldly goes where no podcast has gone before.

Philosophizing Soderbergh’s SOLARIS at 20 Years

A discussion on Steven Soderbergh's 2002 adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's classic, SOLARIS, with comparisons to Andrei Tarkovsky's 1972 classic. We'd love to hear back from you on which version you prefer or your thoughts on either film.

Across the Aisle Ep 1 Part 2

Across the Aisle concludes it's Summer 2022 wrap up in this, the second part of episode 1. Until next time, the aisle is being cleaned.

Across the Aisle E1 Part 1

In Part One of 'Across the Aisle,' a new Review segment from Essentially Cinema, Anthony and Ben wrap up Summer 2022’s film season with ten movies that resonated with them or drew their ire. They are known to disagree vehemently at times.

From ”The Banana Splits” to Roger Corman and Beyond: An Interview with filmmaker Terence H. Winkless

Anthony has a blast interviewing writer/actor/filmmaker Terence H. Winkless. So many great stories of the glory days of 70s, 80s, and 90s filmmaking. A great chat. A great guy, who tells it like it is!

Sit back and enjoy!

Winkless will return!

KHAAAANNNNN! Celebrating 40 Years of Star Trek II

Join Anthony and Ben as they revisit the classic STAR TREK film, THE WRATH OF KHAN. No, we're not advocating vengeance, however some Romulan Ale might have been served though.

Essentially Cinema Celebrates the Oscars

This week, Ben and Anthony recap the 94th Oscars and talk Oscar history.

A FLY On the Wall: Recollecting an On-Set Experience with Rick Schmidlin

As a companion piece to Essentially Cinema's "Genre-Bending: The Fly & Dune," Ben had a chance to sit down with Rick Schmidlin, the producer's assistant on 1986's THE FLY. Hear behind-the-scenes reflections on Rick's set experience, producer Mel Brooks' comedic reaction to dailies, and how a set prop was eventually fitted into a motorcycle part.

More Colorful Metaphors: Reflecting on 35 Years of STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME

No more "double dumb ass on you" or "dipshit retrieval of torpedoes" intended. Ben and Anthony beam you up for a voyage home, discussing the 35th anniversary of STAR TREK's fish out of water story.

Genre Bending: The Fly & Dune

In our third episode, we celebrate Halloween and a current release in our genre-bending Horror Sci-Fi Double Feature episode where Ben, who has not seen THE FLY (1958 & 1986), discusses both films with Anthony. We then talk about Lynch's DUNE 84 and Villeneuve's 2021 DUNE (part one). Villeneuve's film is now in theatres.

 

Our thanks to Twentieth Century Studios, Universal, and Warner Bros/Legendary for use of their trailer clips.