The Essential Films Podcast - Episode #031: 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)

On today's podcast odyssey, Adolfo and Mark journey into the unknown across time and space as they take a deep dive into Stanley Kubrick's enigmatic 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968). Listen as they discuss the origins of the film, how it was co-written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke, the ahead-of-their time visual effects, the meaning of that head-scratching ending and the "soul" of HAL 9000. Plus: God, the creation of the universe and everything in between.

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The 2019 Essential Film Awards

Celebrating the cinematic achievements of 2018.

Official 2018 Selections

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Best Film - Drama

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Barry Jenkins

Annapurna Pictures

Cast:  KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Colman Domingo, Teyonah Parris, Michael Beach, Dave Franco, Diego Luna, Pedro Pascal, Ed Skrein, Brian Tyree Henry, Regina King

Screenplay: Barry Jenkins; Based on If Beale Street Could Talk by James Baldwin

Producers: Megan Ellison, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, Barry Jenkins

Cinematography: James Laxton

Other Nominees

Cold War

First Reformed

Roma

A Star Is Born

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Best Film - Comedy or Musical

THE FAVOURITE

Yorgos Lanthimos

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Cast: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Alwyn

Screenplay: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara

Producers:  Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos

Cinematography: Robbie Ryan

Other Nominees

Eighth Grade

Mary Poppins Returns

Paddington 2
Sorry to Bother You

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ACTING AWARDS

Best Actor - Drama

Ethan Hawke

FIRST REFORMED

Other Nominees

Christian Bale - Vice

Bradley Cooper - A Star is Born

Willem Dafoe - At Eternity’s Gate

Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody

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Best Actor - Comedy/Musical

Lakeith Stanfield

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU

Other Nominees

Jason Bateman - Game Night

Robert Redford - The Old Man & the Gun

Ryan Reynolds - Deadpool 2

Nick Robinson - Love, Simon

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Best Actress - Drama

Toni Collette

HEREDITARY

Other Nominees

Yalitza Aparicio - Roma

Glenn Close - The Wife

Lady Gaga - A Star is Born

KiKi Layne - If Beale Street Cold Talk

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Best Actress - Comedy/Musical

Olivia Colman

THE FAVOURITE

Other Nominees

Emily Blunt - Mary Poppins Returns

Regina Hall - Support The Girls

Rachel McAdams - Game Night

Melissa McCarthy - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

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Best Supporting Actor

Michael B. Jordan

BLACK PANTHER

Other Nominees

Adam Driver - Blackkklansman

Hugh Grant - Paddington 2

Richard E Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Anton Yelchin - Thoroughbreds

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Best Supporting Actress

Regina King 

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Olivia Cooke - Thoroughbreds

Elizabeth Debicki - Widows

Emma Stone - The Favourite

Rachel Weisz - The Favourite

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Best Ensemble

Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Cynthia Erivo, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya, Jacki Weaver, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, Liam Neeson, Lukas Haas

WIDOWS

Other Nominees

Annihilation

Black Panther

The Favourite

Game Night

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Best Voice Acting/Motion Capture Performance

Josh Brolin

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

Other Nominees

Bryan Cranston - Isle of Dogs

Shameik Moore - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Sarah Silverman - Ralph Breaks the Internet

Ben Whishaw - Paddington 2

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Breakthrough Performance

Yalitza Aparicio

ROMA

Other Nominees

Elsie Fisher - Eighth Grade

Milly Shapiro - Hereditary

Millicent Simmonds - A Quiet Place

Letitia Wright - Black Panther

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SKILL & TECHNICAL AWARDS

Best Director

Bradley Cooper

A STAR IS BORN

Alfonso Curaon - Roma

Barry Jenkins - If Beale Street Could Talk

Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite

Spike Lee - BlacKKKlansman

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Best Screenplay - Original

Bo Burnham

EIGHTH GRADE

Other Nominees

First Reformed

Hereditary
Sorry to Bother You

Thoroughbreds

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Best Screenplay - Adapted

Spike Lee

BLACKKKLANSMAN

Annihilation

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

If Beale Street Could Talk

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

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Best Art Direction/Visual Design

Production Design: Hannah Beachler; Set Decoration: Jay Hart

BLACK PANTHER

Other Nominees

Annihilation

Avengers: Infinity War

The Favourite

Mary Poppins Returns

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Best Cinematography

Łukasz Żal

COLD WAR

Other Nominees

Burning
If Beale Street Could Talk

Roma

Suspiria

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Best Costumes

Ruth Carter

BLACK PANTHER

Other Nominees

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

The Favourite

Mary Poppins Returns
Suspiria

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Best Editing

Tom Cross

FIRST MAN

Other Nominees

Black Mirror: Bandersnatch

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

A Star Is Born

Widows

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Best Make-Up & Hair

Greg Cannom, Kate Biscoe and Patricia Dehaney

VICE

Other Nominees

The Favourite

Mary Poppins Returns

Mary Queen of Scots

Suspiria

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Best Music - Score

Nicholas Britell

IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Other Nominees

Black Panther

First Man

Isle of Dogs
Suspiria

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Best Music - Song

"Shallow"

A STAR IS BORN

Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando and Andrew Wyatt

Other Nominees

“Ashes” - Deadpool 2

“Go!” - Teen Titans Go! To The Movies

“Home” - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

“The Place Where Lost Things Go” - Mary Poppins Returns

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Best Music - Song Score or Soundtrack

A STAR IS BORN

Other Nominees

Cold War
Mary Poppins Returns
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Teen Titans Go! To The Movies

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Best Sound Design

A QUIET PLACE

Other Nominees

Avengers: Infinity War

Black Panther

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

A Star is Born

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Best Stunts

MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - FALLOUT

Other Nominees

Ant-Man and The Wasp

Avengers: Infinity War

Black Panther

Halloween

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Best Visual Effects

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

Other Nominees

Ant-Man and The Wasp

Black Panther

First Man

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

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FILM CATEGORIES

Best Action/Adventure Film

BLACK PANTHER

Ryan Coogler

Other Nominees

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Deadpool 2

Mission Impossible: Fallout

Widows

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Best Animated Feature Film

SPIDER-MAN INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE

Bob Persichetti

Peter Ramsey

Rodney Rothman

Other Nominees

Incredibles 2

Isle of Dogs

Mary and the Witch’s Flower

Ralph Breaks the Internet

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Best Blockbuster Film

AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR

Anthony Russo

Joe Russo

Other Nominees

Aquaman

Black Panther

Deadpool 2

Mission: Impossible - Fallout

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Best Documentary

WON'T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

Morgan Neville

Other Nominees

Did You Wonder Who Fired The Gun

Free Solo

Minding the Gap

RBG

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Best Foreign Language Film

COLD WAR

Paweł Pawlikowski

Poland

Other Nominees

Burning - South Korea

Happy As Lazarro - Italy

Roma - Mexico

Shoplifters - Japan

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Best Horror or Thriller Film

HEREDITARY

Ari Aster

Other Nominees

Halloween

Mandy

A Quiet Place

Suspiria

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Best Independent or Limited Release Film

ROMA

Alfonso Cuaron

Other Nominees

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

First Reformed

Support the Girls

Thoroughbreds

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Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Film

ANNIHILATION

Alex Garland

Other Nominees

Ant-Man and the Wasp

Avengers: Infinity War

Ready Player One

Sorry to Bother You
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The following films did not win any Essential Film Awards but are noteworthy for their cinematic contributions in 2018:

ANT-MAN AND THE WASP

AT ETERNITY'S GATE

THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS

BLACK MIRROR: BANDERSNATCH

BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY

BUMBLEBEE

BURNING

CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?

CHRISTOPHER ROBIN

CREED II

DEADPOOL 2

DID YOU WONDER WHO FIRED THE GUN?

FREE SOLO

GAME NIGHT

HALLOWEEN

INCREDIBLES 2

ISLE OF DOGS

LOVE, SIMON

MARY AND THE WITCH'S FLOWER

MARY POPPINS RETURNS

A NIGHT AT THE GARDEN

PADDINGTON 2

RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET

RBG

SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY

SUPPORT THE GIRLS

TEEN TITANS GO! TO THE MOVIES

THOROUGHBREDS

THE WIFE

YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

The Essential Films Podcast - Bonus Features - Goldblum Mania

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In this Bonus Features episode, recorded before our Silence of the Lambs episode, Adolfo and Mark discuss the glory that is Jeff Goldblum. From EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY to THE FLY to THE LOST WORLD: JURASSIC PARK to... VIBES?

The Essential Films Podcast - Episode #029: THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
On today’s adventure, Adolfo and Mark sit down with some fava beans and a nice chianti as they discuss Jonathan Demme’s horror classic THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS (1991)

On this week’s show:

• The Polar Vortex
• Mark’s mother subjects him to the horrors of Hannibal Lecter
• Brian Cox: always a bad guy
• Gene Hackman… director?
• RIP Jonathan Demme
• Original casting choices including Michelle Pfeiffer and Sean Connery
• The “real life” Jack Crawford: John Douglas
• Buffalo Bill is Captain Stottlemeyer???
• Demme puts us in Clarice’s shoes with characters directly addressing camera
• How Lecter’s plexiglass cage was conceived
• Lecter never says “HELLO CLARICE”
• Lecter has super powers
• The Courtship of Clarice and Hannibal
• The hidden joke of the “fava beans” quote
• Why does Bill even need night vision goggles?
• The 3 serial killers that inspired Buffalo Bill
• The unsung real life actress, Chris McGinn, who was the autopsy victim
• BOB THE GOON!
• Addressing the controversy over LGBT representation (or misrepresentation) in the film
• “Where will it tickle you?” “Get this THING out of here”
• The beauty of the cinematography and direction of the final meeting between Clarice and Lecter.
• The terrifying sequence of Hannibal Lecter’s “face off” escape
• The masterful suspense of the climax
• Hopkins wins a Best Actor Oscar for only being on camera for 16 minutes

FILMS REFERENCED:

• PSYCHO (1960)
• THE EXORCIST (1973)
• THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (1974)
• JAWS (1975)
• THE ELEPHANT MAN (1980)
• STOP MAKING SENSE (1984)
• CONAN THE DESTROYER (1984)
• MANHUNTER (1986)
• SOMETHING WILD (1986)
• MARRIED TO THE MOB (1988)
• THE ACCUSED (1988)
• BATMAN (1989)
• TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY (1991)
• PHILADELPHIA (1993)
• MATILDA (1996)
• INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996)
• THE SIXTH SENSE (1999)
• HANNIBAL (2001)
• RED DRAGON (2002)
• MONK (TV Series, 2002-2009)
• HANNIBAL RISING (2007)
• BLACK SWAN (2010)
• HANNIBAL (TV Series, 2013-2015)
• GET OUT (2017)
• CONVERSATIONS WITH A KILLER: THE TED BUNDY TAPES (TV Series, 2019)

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