Cinemallennials

On this episode of Cinemallennials,  I talked with Harry Marks, writer for Cabinet of Curiosities  and host of Let’s All Go to The Lobby on Tiktok about 1958’s A Night to Remember, hailed by many as the most accurate depiction of the tragic sinking of the Titanic on the silver screen.   While not the most well-known film in the United States, A Night to Remember has left an indelible mark on not o...

Hello my name is David Lewis and I am the host of Cinemallennials, a podcast where myself and another millennial watch a classic film ranging from the 1890s to 1969 and discuss its significance and relevance in our world today. On this episode of Cinemallennials,  I talked with educator and Tiktoker, Tristan Ettleman , about one of my favorite films of all time, Laurel and Hardy’s 1934 Christmas c...

On this episode of Cinemallennials I spoke with author James Krouse his book,  A Bird in the Deep: The True Story of the USS Partridge.” And how it relates to 1956’s The Caine Mutiny starring former Navyman himself, Humphrey Bogart. The Caine Mutiny is not like a lot of the films that we have covered on the show before, while it’s a hidden gem for millennials like myself and the younger generation...

Hello my name is David Lewis and I am the host of Cinemallennials, a podcast where myself and another millennial watch a classic film ranging from the 1890s to 1969 and discuss its significance and relevance in our world today. On today’s episode of Cinemallennials, I talked with Matt Duffy from ReelGoldRundown on Instagram and TikTok and we talked about a film that transformed visual effects and...

Before we get into the show today, this episode was recorded on December 2nd, 2021, 54 days before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. When the invasion occurred Rachael and I made sure that we wanted to make this and the following points clear. We stand with Ukraine and that we made this with the intention of discussing the film’s historical and cultural significance and to contextualize it for our...

On today’s episode of Cinemallennials, I talked with Will Pender, host of Now that’s What I Call A Podcast about the silent horror classic, The Phantom of the Opera starring the Man of a Thousand Faces, Lon Chaney, and the original scream queen, Mary Philbin. Lon Chaney paved the way for all of our favorite grotesque but deeply human onscreen characters. Costumed and made up creatures like Dracula...

On today’s episode of Cinemallennials, I talk with another K Cut podcast host, James Bunn about Frederico Fellini’s master work on the process of filmmaking, 8 ½. Frederico Fellini’s legacy is that of his films, grounded fantasy, a cavalcade of nostalgia, fever dreams, lust, and desire. From Tim Burton to David Lynch, Fellini is revered as one of the masters of surrealist cinema.  Considered...

On today’s episode of Cinemallennials, I’ll be talking to film scholar and host of the Audiovisual Cultures podcast, Dr. Paula Blair about Frank Capra’s 1934 screwball comedy It Happened One Night. Although it might not look like all that much on the outside when googling or seeing the most famous clips from It Happened One Night,  the film could easily be considered as one of the most influential...

On today’s episode of Cinemallennials, I’ll be talking with my girlfriend Alex about one of the most influential, romantic, and anti-fascist films of all time, the unconquerable Casablanca. Films like Star Wars, Indiana Jones, and Space Jam 2 as well as Disney World’s former greatest ride, The Great Movie Ride have all referenced or have directly used scenes from Casablanca. Whether you’ve watched...

On today’s episode of Cinemallennials, I’ll be talking with Lars Henriks, a director, actor, and host of the Lars Henriks Podcast International who picked a film that really needs no introduction, The Wizard of Oz (1939). From its storied production history to its long list of changes in its illustrious who’s who of writing and directing departments, featuring names like, Victor Fleming, George Cu...

On today's episode of Cinemallennials I talked with my cousin Devon about the 1968 science fiction classic, Planet of the Apes, directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, and Kim Hunter. Planet of the Apes follows the story of a crew of astronauts that crash land on a planet 300 million light years into the future where their perception of both man and ape are...

On today's episode of Cinemallennials I talked with James Wilson about the 1963 World War II film, The Great Escape directed by John Sturges and starring both British and Hollywood legends Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, James Garner, Charles Bronson, and Donald Pleasance. The Great Escape follows the story of a group of allied prisoners during World War II who are hell-bent on escaping from...

On this episode of Cinemallennials, I talked with Oisín Ó Ruacháinn about Ingmar Bergman’s 1957 allegorical masterpiece, The Seventh Seal, a personal favorite of mine and is often considered to be one of the all-time greatest films ever made. The Seventh Seal launched Bergman’s reputation as a world-class director, ushered in a new era of the American movie-going experience allowing art house and...

Hello, my name is Dave Lewis and I am the host of Cinemallennials, a podcast where myself and another millennial watch a classic film that we haven’t seen before ranging from the early 1900s to the late 1960s and discuss its significance and relevance in our world today. On today’s episode, I talked with Andreas Babiolakis, creator of FilmsFatale.com about the 1953 western Shane starring Alan Ladd...

On today’s episode, I am joined by Logan and Brayden from the Absolutely Gobsmacked Podcast who picked Charlie Chaplin’s 1940 satiric triumph, The Great Dictator. Charlie Chaplin is one of the most recognizable, and most important comedians of all time. By the late 1930s however, he had still not made the transition to sound causing critics to doubt the comedian’s future. As Nationalism and Fascis...

Hello, my name is Dave Lewis and I am the host of Cinemallennials, a podcast where myself and another millennial watch a classic film that we haven’t seen before ranging from the early 1900s to the late 1960s and discuss its significance and relevance in our world today. On today’s episode, I talked with Mary Jo Hernandez about the 1959 comedy, Some Like it Hot, directed by Hollywood legend Billy...

On today’s episode, I talked with Izzy from Be Kind Rewind, her YouTube channel where she explores Hollywood history, women in film, and general film studies. Izzy picked the original 1954 Godzilla just in time for the newest chapter in the longest-running franchise in film history, Godzilla vs. Kong that comes out today internationally and on March 31st here in the United States. Godzilla follows...

On today’s episode, I talked with Nick Reed about the 1957 anti-war film, Paths of Glory , directed by the great Stanley Kubrick. Based on real-life events, Paths of Glory stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, who is ordered by his pompous, and overambitious commanding officer, played by George Macready to lead a suicide mission.  After the attack fails, Colonel Dax is then forced to defend his...

On today’s episode, I talked with Nolan Ryan, yes you heard that right and no its not that Nolan Ryan, but we talked about legendary Japanese director, Akria Kurosawa’s 1958 epic, The Hidden Fortress.   If you’re in any way interested in film, you’ve heard of those kinds of films that did alright in the era in which they were born but would go on to inspire major blockbusters that were releas...

On today’s episode, I am joined by my cousin Sean Clark who picked Akria Kurosawa’s 1954 epic Seven Samurai. It’s considered from both a technical and ­­ cultural level, whether it be from its editing, camera techniques, symbolism, and its dialogue, as the most influential, remade, reworked, and referenced films of all time as well perhaps the greatest film ever made. Akira Kurosawa had created ma...

On today’s episode, I talked with Devin Araujo about the 1946 noir, The Big Sleep . Produced and directed by the legendary Howard Hawks, starring the equally as legendary Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall, who previously enchanted the word over in 1944’s To Have and Have Not , causing a massive call for the two stars and future Hollywood power couple to share the screen again. Private eye, Philip...

On today’s episode, I talked with an old school friend of mine, Mike Bardzilowski who picked 1959’s North by Northwest starring Cary Grant, and New Jersey’s own, Eva Marie Saint. While our generation generally knows Alfred Hitchcock’s horror pictures like Psycho , and The Birds at this point in Hitchcock’s career he was known as the master of suspense, from his intrigue-based melodramas and psycho...

On today’s episode, I talked with my cousin, Kelly, the executive editor on We are Bookish who also has a master’s degree in screenwriting, and you can tell by what she says in the show. Kelly picked 1950’s All About Eve, the first Best Picture winner we are talking about on the show. Written and directed by Joseph Mankiewicz, who adapted the script from a short story called The Wisdom of Eve by M...

On today’s episode, I talked with James Lamdin Founder and Director of Vintage and Pre-owned watches at Analog/Shift , a vintage and pre-owned watch boutique located in New York City, if our main character Robert was a New Yorker instead of a Brit, he’d be well acquainted with James who picked Frank Capra’s 1937 epic, Lost Horizon. Based on the 1933 novel of the same name written by James Hilton,...

On today’s episode, I talked with Christian Palacios, an old soccer and AP World history classmate and he picked a film that is steeped in both world and film history, and that film is, Citizen Kane . At the age of 16, Welles gets his acting debut using the gift of the gab in Dublin in 1931, fast 1935 he makes his radio debut, on CBS, a year later he establishes himself as a director with The Vood...