The Movies That Made Me

Our Richard Kelly podcast episode

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring novel by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954)

Tarsem Singh

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Seann William Scott

Moby

Dwight Schultz

The A-Team TV series (1983-87)

Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series (1987-94)

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HOKUM writer/director Damian McCarthy breaks down the movies that had a massive impact on him growing up in the '80s and '90s with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Hokum (2026)

Gremlins (1984)

Oddity (2024)

The Thing (1982)

The Thing (2011)

Nightmare Alley (1947)

The Thing From Another World (1951)

The Frighteners (1996)

Back to the Future (1985)

Fright Night (1985)

Re-Animator (1985)

Bad Taste (1987)

Meet the Feebles (1989)

Dead Alive (1992)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

Evil Dead II: Dead By Dawn (1987)

Army of Darkness (1992)

Blood Simple (1984)

The Evil Dead (1983)

American Movie (1999)

Ringu (1998)

Ghost (1990)

Dirty Harry (1971)

The Ring (2002)

Fight Club (1999) - 32:50

The Matrix (1999)

The Truman Show (1998)

Office Space (1999)

Donnie Darko (2001)

Southland Tales (2001)

The Fall (2006)

Alone in the Dark (1982)

Jaws (1975)

Caveat (2020)

The Hidden (1987)

The Killing (1955)

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Vampire’s Kiss (1987)

Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972)

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

Blue Ruin (2013)

The Toxic Avenger (2025)

I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore (2017)

The Duellists (1977)

He Dies At The End (2010)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Our Richard Kelly podcast episode

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring novel by J.R.R. Tolkien (1954)

Tarsem Singh

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Seann William Scott

Moby

Dwight Schultz

The A-Team TV series (1983-87)

Star Trek: The Next Generation TV series (1987-94)

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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Published 2026-05-12

ARROW UK's Neil Snowdon

92 min

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Arrow UK’s Neil Snowdon walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through five movies he’s proud to have released via Arrow, and five he wishes he could release.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Warriors (1979)

Innerspace (1987)

Excalibur (1981)

The Emerald Forest (1985)

Deliverance (1972)

Hope and Glory (1987)

Where the Heart Is (1990)

Zardoz (1974)

The Devils (1971)

First Knight (1995)

The Exorcist (1973)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Boorman and the Devil (2026)

The Shootist (1976)

The Cowboys (1972)

Dirty Harry (1971)

Taxi Driver (1976)

True Grit (1976)

Targets (1968)

Sleep (2020)

Suspiria (2018)

Suspiria (1977)

Ms. 45 (1981)

Irreversible (2002)

The Boy Friend (1971)

Women in Love (1969)

Altered States (1981)

The Music Lovers (1970)

Lisztomania (1975)

Tommy (1975)

Trapped Ashes (2008)

Gothic (1986)

The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

Crimes of Passion (1984)

Whore (1991)

Salome’s Last Dance (1988)

Robin and Marian (1976)

Unforgiven (1992)

Nuits Rogues (1974)

Judex (1963)

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Petulia (1968)

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)

Cuba (1979)

Citizen Kane (1941)

The Three Musketeers (1973)

The Four Musketeers (1974)

Fantomas (1913-14)

Les Vampires (1915)

The Hunger (1983)

Unstoppable (2010)

True Romance (1994)

Domino (2005)

Deja Vu (2006)

The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

Loving Memory (1970)

Performance (1970)

Little Big Man (1970)

Top Gun (1986)

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)

Isle of the Dead (1945)

Cat People (1943)

The Body Snatcher (1945)

Bedlam (1946)

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

The Seventh Victim (1943)

Marlowe (1969)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

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Warner Bros. Clockwork

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Ken Russell

The Parade’s Gone By… book by Kevin Brownlow (1976)

The Once and Future King novel by T.H. White (1958)

Arthur Rex novel by Anthony Burgess (1978)

David Kittredge

William A. Fraker

BJ and Harmony Colangelo

TFH Guru Jonathan Kaplan

Ms. 45 (Cultographies) by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2017)

The Warner Archive Collection

“Bela Lugosi’s Dead” song by Bauhaus (1979)

Dick Smith

Carl Fullerton

Griffith Park in Los Angeles

The Body Snatcher short story by Robert Louis Stevenson (1884)

James Garner

The Rockford Files TV series (1974-80)

Mike Mignola

Tony Stella

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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Arrow UK’s Neil Snowdon walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through five movies he’s proud to have released via Arrow, and five he wishes he could release.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Warriors (1979)

Innerspace (1987)

Excalibur (1981)

The Emerald Forest (1985)

Deliverance (1972)

Hope and Glory (1987)

Where the Heart Is (1990)

Zardoz (1974)

The Devils (1971)

First Knight (1995)

The Exorcist (1973)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Boorman and the Devil (2026)

The Shootist (1976)

The Cowboys (1972)

Dirty Harry (1971)

Taxi Driver (1976)

True Grit (1976)

Targets (1968)

Sleep (2020)

Suspiria (2018)

Suspiria (1977)

Ms. 45 (1981)

Irreversible (2002)

The Boy Friend (1971)

Women in Love (1969)

Altered States (1981)

The Music Lovers (1970)

Lisztomania (1975)

Tommy (1975)

Trapped Ashes (2008)

Gothic (1986)

The Lair of the White Worm (1988)

Crimes of Passion (1984)

Whore (1991)

Salome’s Last Dance (1988)

Robin and Marian (1976)

Unforgiven (1992)

Nuits Rogues (1974)

Judex (1963)

Eyes Without a Face (1960)

Petulia (1968)

Butch and Sundance: The Early Days (1979)

Cuba (1979)

Citizen Kane (1941)

The Three Musketeers (1973)

The Four Musketeers (1974)

Fantomas (1913-14)

Les Vampires (1915)

The Hunger (1983)

Unstoppable (2010)

True Romance (1994)

Domino (2005)

Deja Vu (2006)

The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)

Loving Memory (1970)

Performance (1970)

Little Big Man (1970)

Top Gun (1986)

The Last Boy Scout (1991)

Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)

Isle of the Dead (1945)

Cat People (1943)

The Body Snatcher (1945)

Bedlam (1946)

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

The Seventh Victim (1943)

Marlowe (1969)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Warner Bros. Clockwork

Our William Friedkin podcast episode

Ken Russell

The Parade’s Gone By… book by Kevin Brownlow (1976)

The Once and Future King novel by T.H. White (1958)

Arthur Rex novel by Anthony Burgess (1978)

David Kittredge

William A. Fraker

BJ and Harmony Colangelo

TFH Guru Jonathan Kaplan

Ms. 45 (Cultographies) by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas (2017)

The Warner Archive Collection

“Bela Lugosi’s Dead” song by Bauhaus (1979)

Dick Smith

Carl Fullerton

Griffith Park in Los Angeles

The Body Snatcher short story by Robert Louis Stevenson (1884)

James Garner

The Rockford Files TV series (1974-80)

Mike Mignola

Tony Stella

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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Published 2026-05-01

TRAILER SHOW: RZA

53 min

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE director RZA on the latest episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me!

Check out the full episode ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE director RZA on the latest episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me!

Check out the full episode ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

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Published 2026-04-28

ONE SPOON OF CHOCOLATE writer/director RZA

83 min

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The RZA is BACK! He breaks down the 10 movies that inspired him while making his latest flick, One Spoon of Chocolate — in theaters this Friday! As a bonus, he and host Josh Olson cook up the perfect double feature pairing for each movie.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

One Spoon of Chocolate (2026)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Waterloo (1970)

Yentil (1983)

The Cowboys (1970)

Walking Tall (1973)

Walking Tall Part 2 (1975)

A Real American Hero (1978)

Walking Tall (2003)

Billy Jack (1971)

Kansas City Confidential (1952)

Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1978)

The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980)

The Creeping Flesh (1973)

Black Samurai (1976)

The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)

The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973)

Our Man Flint (1966)

Nothing But A Man (1964)

For A Few Dollars More (1966)

High Plains Drifter (1973)

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Duck, You Sucker! (1971)

Take A Hard Ride (1975)

The Legend of N— Charlie (1972)

Boss (1974)

Bridges of Madison County (1995)

Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

Any Which Way You Can (1980)

Dirty Harry (1971)

The Enforcer (1976)

Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

Where Eagles Dare (1976)

Moonraker (1971)

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Kelly’s Heroes (1970)

Christine (1983)

Killdozer (1974)

The Car (1977)

Enter the Dragon (1973)

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Game of Death (1978)

Fury of the Dragon (1976)

Dr. Butcher Medical Deviant (1980)

Motel Hell (1980)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Halloween (1978)

Friday the 13th (1980)

The Evil Dead (1981/83)

The Thing (1982)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987)

Mother’s Day (1980)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Hellraiser (1987)

Hellraiser II (1988)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Dawn of the Dead (1985)

Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Longlegs (2024)

Mandy (2018)

Abby (1974)

The Exorcist (1973)

First Blood (1982)

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Life Gamble (1979)

Ten Tigers from Kwangtung (1980)

The Five Deadly Venoms (1978)

Crippled Avengers a.k.a. Mortal Combat (1977)

The Soul of N— Charley (1973)

White Lightning (1973)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

Normal (2026)

Convoy (1978)

Eden (2025)

Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Near Dark (1987)

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Some Girls album by The Rolling Stones (1978)

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“Miss You” song by The Rolling Stones (1978)

“Honky Tonk Women” song by The Rolling Stones (1969)

Billy Squier

“King Tim III” song by Fatback Band (1979)

“Rapper’s Delight” song by the Sugarhill Gang (1979)

Rod Steiger

Martin Luther King Jr.

Josh’s Bronzeville podcast (2017-21)

Laurence Fishburne

Larenz Tate

Christopher Plummer

Orange is the New Black TV series (2013-19)

Michael Harney

The Wu-Tang Clan

Bruce Dern

The Smokehouse in Burbank

Our David Gregory podcast episode

Phil Karlson

Walking Tall TV series (1981)

Peter Cushing

Jim Kelly

Ivan Dixon

Hogan’s Heroes TV series (1965-71)

Bob Crane

Law and Order TV series (1990-2020, 2022- )

The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV series (1970-77)

Mary Tyler Moore

Dick Van Dyke

Lou Grant TV series (1977-82)

I Spy TV series (1965-68)

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV series (1964-68)

The Dick Van Dyke Show TV series (1961-66)

That’s My Mama TV series (1974-75)

Clifford Davis

Good Times TV series (1974-79)

Hill Street Blues TV series (1981-87)

The Milgram Theatre in Philadelphia

RZA/Wu-Tang’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) album (1993)

Rudolph Valentino

Charlie Chaplin

Tekken video game franchise (1994- )

Street Fighter video game franchise (1987- )

Fist of the North Star franchise (1983- )

The Green Hornet TV series (1966-67)

Check out RZA's first The Movies That Made Me appearance ⁠here⁠.

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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The RZA is BACK! He breaks down the 10 movies that inspired him while making his latest flick, One Spoon of Chocolate — in theaters this Friday! As a bonus, he and host Josh Olson cook up the perfect double feature pairing for each movie.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

One Spoon of Chocolate (2026)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Waterloo (1970)

Yentil (1983)

The Cowboys (1970)

Walking Tall (1973)

Walking Tall Part 2 (1975)

A Real American Hero (1978)

Walking Tall (2003)

Billy Jack (1971)

Kansas City Confidential (1952)

Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger (1978)

The Clones of Bruce Lee (1980)

The Creeping Flesh (1973)

Black Samurai (1976)

The Man with the Iron Fists (2012)

The Spook Who Sat By The Door (1973)

Our Man Flint (1966)

Nothing But A Man (1964)

For A Few Dollars More (1966)

High Plains Drifter (1973)

The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

Duck, You Sucker! (1971)

Take A Hard Ride (1975)

The Legend of N— Charlie (1972)

Boss (1974)

Bridges of Madison County (1995)

Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

Any Which Way You Can (1980)

Dirty Harry (1971)

The Enforcer (1976)

Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

Where Eagles Dare (1976)

Moonraker (1971)

The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

Kelly’s Heroes (1970)

Christine (1983)

Killdozer (1974)

The Car (1977)

Enter the Dragon (1973)

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)

Game of Death (1978)

Fury of the Dragon (1976)

Dr. Butcher Medical Deviant (1980)

Motel Hell (1980)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Halloween (1978)

Friday the 13th (1980)

The Evil Dead (1981/83)

The Thing (1982)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: The Dream Warriors (1987)

Mother’s Day (1980)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Hellraiser (1987)

Hellraiser II (1988)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

Dawn of the Dead (1985)

Jeepers Creepers (2001)

Longlegs (2024)

Mandy (2018)

Abby (1974)

The Exorcist (1973)

First Blood (1982)

Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Life Gamble (1979)

Ten Tigers from Kwangtung (1980)

The Five Deadly Venoms (1978)

Crippled Avengers a.k.a. Mortal Combat (1977)

The Soul of N— Charley (1973)

White Lightning (1973)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

Normal (2026)

Convoy (1978)

Eden (2025)

Hillbilly Elegy (2020)

The Lost Boys (1987)

Near Dark (1987)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Our Walton Goggins podcast episode

“Rapture” song by Blondie (1981)

Some Girls album by The Rolling Stones (1978)

Mick Jagger

Keith Richards

“Miss You” song by The Rolling Stones (1978)

“Honky Tonk Women” song by The Rolling Stones (1969)

Billy Squier

“King Tim III” song by Fatback Band (1979)

“Rapper’s Delight” song by the Sugarhill Gang (1979)

Rod Steiger

Martin Luther King Jr.

Josh’s Bronzeville podcast (2017-21)

Laurence Fishburne

Larenz Tate

Christopher Plummer

Orange is the New Black TV series (2013-19)

Michael Harney

The Wu-Tang Clan

Bruce Dern

The Smokehouse in Burbank

Our David Gregory podcast episode

Phil Karlson

Walking Tall TV series (1981)

Peter Cushing

Jim Kelly

Ivan Dixon

Hogan’s Heroes TV series (1965-71)

Bob Crane

Law and Order TV series (1990-2020, 2022- )

The Mary Tyler Moore Show TV series (1970-77)

Mary Tyler Moore

Dick Van Dyke

Lou Grant TV series (1977-82)

I Spy TV series (1965-68)

The Man From U.N.C.L.E. TV series (1964-68)

The Dick Van Dyke Show TV series (1961-66)

That’s My Mama TV series (1974-75)

Clifford Davis

Good Times TV series (1974-79)

Hill Street Blues TV series (1981-87)

The Milgram Theatre in Philadelphia

RZA/Wu-Tang’s Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) album (1993)

Rudolph Valentino

Charlie Chaplin

Tekken video game franchise (1994- )

Street Fighter video game franchise (1987- )

Fist of the North Star franchise (1983- )

The Green Hornet TV series (1966-67)

Check out RZA's first The Movies That Made Me appearance ⁠here⁠.

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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Published 2026-04-24

TRAILER SHOW: Severin Films' David Gregory

26 min

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with Severin Films head honcho David Gregory on a new episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me!

Watch the full episode ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with Severin Films head honcho David Gregory on a new episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me!

Watch the full episode ⁠⁠here⁠⁠.

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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Published 2026-04-21

THE MUMMY writer/director Lee Cronin

81 min

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Writer/director Lee Cronin (THE MUMMY, EVIL DEAD RISE) breaks down the eight movies that made him before he turned 10 — plus movies he's seen since that deserve more shine.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026)

Dead Alive a.k.a. Braindead (1992)

Bad Taste (1987)

The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Hole in the Ground (2019)

Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Jaws (1975)

Jaws 2 (1978)

Jaws 3D (1983)

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Goodfellas (1990)

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

The Commitments (1991)

Sing Street (2016)

Alien (1979)

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

The Shining (1980)

Paranormal Activity (2009)

Ringu (1998)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Local Hero (1983?)

The Holdovers (2023)

Poltergeist (1982)

The Evil Dead (1983)

Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)

Evil Dead (2013)

Robocop (1987)

Robocop 3 (1993)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Black Book (2006)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

The Exorcist (1973)

*Bug (2006)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Blue Velvet (1986)

Killer Joe (2012)

Sorcerer (1977)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

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Peter Jackson

Diana Peñalver

Halo video game franchise (2001- )

The Academy Museum

Care Bears TV series (1985)

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining book by J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich (2023)

Warner Bros

Scatman Crothers

Blumhouse

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

TFH Guru Fede Alvarez

The Fear of God: Twenty-Five Years of The Exorcist documentary by Mark Kermode (1998)

Bug play by Tracy Letts (1996)

The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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Writer/director Lee Cronin (THE MUMMY, EVIL DEAD RISE) breaks down the eight movies that made him before he turned 10 — plus movies he's seen since that deserve more shine.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Lee Cronin’s The Mummy (2026)

Dead Alive a.k.a. Braindead (1992)

Bad Taste (1987)

The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Hole in the Ground (2019)

Evil Dead Rise (2023)

Jaws (1975)

Jaws 2 (1978)

Jaws 3D (1983)

Jaws: The Revenge (1987)

Goodfellas (1990)

Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

The Commitments (1991)

Sing Street (2016)

Alien (1979)

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

The Shining (1980)

Paranormal Activity (2009)

Ringu (1998)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Local Hero (1983?)

The Holdovers (2023)

Poltergeist (1982)

The Evil Dead (1983)

Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (1987)

Evil Dead (2013)

Robocop (1987)

Robocop 3 (1993)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Black Book (2006)

Heavenly Creatures (1994)

The Exorcist (1973)

*Bug (2006)

Reservoir Dogs (1992)

Blue Velvet (1986)

Killer Joe (2012)

Sorcerer (1977)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Peter Jackson

Diana Peñalver

Halo video game franchise (2001- )

The Academy Museum

Care Bears TV series (1985)

Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining book by J. W. Rinzler and Lee Unkrich (2023)

Warner Bros

Scatman Crothers

Blumhouse

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines

TFH Guru Fede Alvarez

The Fear of God: Twenty-Five Years of The Exorcist documentary by Mark Kermode (1998)

Bug play by Tracy Letts (1996)

The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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Published 2026-04-14

Severin Films' David Gregory

88 min

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Severin Films co-founder David Gregory joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down five of his favorite movies that Severin has released in special restorations, and five that he wishes Severin could, one day, release!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Frightmare (1974)

Satan’s Slave (1976)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Supervixens (1975)

The Night God Screamed (1971)

Black Snake (1973)

The Seven Minutes (1971)

*The Nanny (1965)

Delicatessen (1991)

Amelie (2001)

The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

Lust for a Vampire (1971)

Fear in the Night (1972)

Blood and Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019)

Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023)

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol (2026)

The System of Doctor Goudron a.k.a. The Lunatics (1913)

Figures de Cire (1914)

Piranha (1978)

Shivers (1975)

*Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971)

Satan’s Sadists (1969)

Five Bloody Graves (1969)

I Spit on Your Corpse (1974)

Blow-Out (1981)

The Howling (1981)

Satan’s Mistress (1982)

*Bloody Moon (1981)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Pieces (1982)

Hell of the Living Dead (1980)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

El Topo (1970)

The Holy Mountain (1973)

Santa Sangre (1989)

Psycho (1960)

*Threads (1984)

The Bodyguard (1992)

L.A. Story (1981)

Dante’s Peak (1997)

Kess (1969)

The Day After (1983)

The War Game (1967)

The Full Monty (1997)

*Blood for Dracula a.k.a. Young Dracula (1974)

Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

Bicycle Thief a.k.a. The Bicycle Thieves (1948)

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1964)

Taste of Fear (1961)

Diabolique (1955)

Brides of Dracula (1960)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Horror of Dracula (1958)

*Unhinged (1982)

Nightmare a.k.a. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)

*Exit the Dragon Enter the Tiger (1976)

The Tattoo Connection (1978)

Edge of Fury (1978)

Fist of Fury II (1977)

The Dragon Lives Again a.k.a. Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (1977)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Jaws (1975)

*The Last Shark a.k.a. The Great White (1981)

The Inglorious Bastards (1977)

Jaws II (1978)

They Call Me Bruce (1982)

Grizzly (1976)

Alien (1979)

Terminator (1984)

Shocking Dark a.k.a. Terminator II (1989)

Aliens (1986)

The Evil Dead (1981)

Cruel Jaws a.k.a. Jaws 5 (1995)

*I Don’t Want to Be Born (1975)

The Exorcist (1973)

Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Doberman (1997)

The Doberman Gang (1972)

The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)

Les Vampires (1915)

L'ibis Bleu (1919)

The Devils (1971)

Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of The Devils (2002)

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Severin Films co-founder David Gregory joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down five of his favorite movies that Severin has released in special restorations, and five that he wishes Severin could, one day, release!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Frightmare (1974)

Satan’s Slave (1976)

An American Werewolf in London (1981)

Supervixens (1975)

The Night God Screamed (1971)

Black Snake (1973)

The Seven Minutes (1971)

*The Nanny (1965)

Delicatessen (1991)

Amelie (2001)

The Horror of Frankenstein (1970)

Lust for a Vampire (1971)

Fear in the Night (1972)

Blood and Flesh: The Reel Life and Ghastly Death of Al Adamson (2019)

Enter the Clones of Bruce (2023)

Theatre of Horrors: The Sordid Story of Paris' Grand Guignol (2026)

The System of Doctor Goudron a.k.a. The Lunatics (1913)

Figures de Cire (1914)

Piranha (1978)

Shivers (1975)

*Dracula vs Frankenstein (1971)

Satan’s Sadists (1969)

Five Bloody Graves (1969)

I Spit on Your Corpse (1974)

Blow-Out (1981)

The Howling (1981)

Satan’s Mistress (1982)

*Bloody Moon (1981)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Pieces (1982)

Hell of the Living Dead (1980)

Dawn of the Dead (1978)

El Topo (1970)

The Holy Mountain (1973)

Santa Sangre (1989)

Psycho (1960)

*Threads (1984)

The Bodyguard (1992)

L.A. Story (1981)

Dante’s Peak (1997)

Kess (1969)

The Day After (1983)

The War Game (1967)

The Full Monty (1997)

*Blood for Dracula a.k.a. Young Dracula (1974)

Flesh for Frankenstein (1973)

Bicycle Thief a.k.a. The Bicycle Thieves (1948)

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

Whatever Happened to Baby Jane (1964)

Taste of Fear (1961)

Diabolique (1955)

Brides of Dracula (1960)

The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

Horror of Dracula (1958)

*Unhinged (1982)

Nightmare a.k.a. Nightmares in a Damaged Brain (1981)

*Exit the Dragon Enter the Tiger (1976)

The Tattoo Connection (1978)

Edge of Fury (1978)

Fist of Fury II (1977)

The Dragon Lives Again a.k.a. Deadly Hands of Kung Fu (1977)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Jaws (1975)

*The Last Shark a.k.a. The Great White (1981)

The Inglorious Bastards (1977)

Jaws II (1978)

They Call Me Bruce (1982)

Grizzly (1976)

Alien (1979)

Terminator (1984)

Shocking Dark a.k.a. Terminator II (1989)

Aliens (1986)

The Evil Dead (1981)

Cruel Jaws a.k.a. Jaws 5 (1995)

*I Don’t Want to Be Born (1975)

The Exorcist (1973)

Hands of the Ripper (1971)

Taste the Blood of Dracula (1970)

Doberman (1997)

The Doberman Gang (1972)

The Most Assassinated Woman in the World (2018)

Les Vampires (1915)

L'ibis Bleu (1919)

The Devils (1971)

Hell on Earth: The Desecration and Resurrection of The Devils (2002)

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Ralph Bates

Virginia Wetherell

Joan Collins

Amanda Reyes

Al Adamson

The Grand Guignol Theatre in France

Tom Savini

The Cinéma français

BFI

Edgar Allan Poe

Jacques Tourneur

Maurice Tourneur

Barbara Steele

David Cronenberg

Schlock-O-Rama: The Films of Al Adamson book by David Konow (1998)

The Goldman Theatre in Philadelphia

John Travolta

Tisa Farrow

Severin’s new show My Fleapit, My Palace

Murderous Passions: The Delirious Cinema of Jesus Franco book by Stephen Thrower (2020)

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Margaret Thatcher

Lucio Fulci

Alejandro Jodorowsky

Alan Klein

Claudio Argento

Dario Argento

Marcel Marceau

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Mick Jackson

Barry Hines

Ken Loach

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Udo Kier

Andy Warhol

Dark Winds TV series (2022- )

Scooby-Doo franchise

Peter Cushing

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Kino Lorber

Bette Davis

Seth Holt

The Nanny novel by Evelyn Piper (1964)

Pamela Franklin

William Dix

Warner Bros.

Don Gronquist

Bruce Lee

Bruce Li

Bruceploitation

The Shaw Brothers

Golden Harvest Films

Dragon Lee

Tso Name Lee

Elvis Presley

Laurel and Hardy

Emanuelle

James Bond

Quentin Tarantino

The New Beverly Cinema

The Zapruder film

Enzo G. Castellari

Universal Pictures

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Edward L. Montoro

Vic Morrow

James Franciscus

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Peter Medak

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Jan Kounen

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Published 2026-04-07

FOR ALL MANKIND visual effects maestro Todd Sheridan Perry

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Our podcast The Movies That Made Me returns from our post-Oscar hiatus with a brand-new guest! Visual effects supervisor and artist Todd Sheridan Perry breaks down the top 10 visual effects shots that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Infested (2002)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Star Wars (1977)

Tron (1982)

The Abyss (1989)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Dead Alive (1992)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Number 17 (1932)

Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)

Flesh Gordon (1974)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Jack The Giant Killer (1962)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

1941 (1979)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Piranha (1978)

Caveman (1981)

Battle Beyond The Stars (1980)

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

Independence Day (1996)

Seconds (1966)

Superman (1978)

Innerspace (1987)

The Gate (1987)

Bad Taste (1987)

Meet The Feebles (1989)

Forgotten Silver (1995)

The One and Only Ivan (2020)

The Call of the Wild (2020)

F1 (2025)

Tron: Ares (2025)

Heat (1995)

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Georges Melies

James Whale

F.W. Murnau

Peter Jackson

Alfred Hitchcock

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Ray Harryhausen

David Allen

Jim Danforth

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Charles Band

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John Carpenter

Doug Beswick

Jim Aupperle

Bill Hedge

Laine Liska

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Dennis Muren

Joe Viskocil

Douglas Trumbell

Robert Abel

Mat Beck

Jerry Goldsmith

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Randall William Cook

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Our podcast The Movies That Made Me returns from our post-Oscar hiatus with a brand-new guest! Visual effects supervisor and artist Todd Sheridan Perry breaks down the top 10 visual effects shots that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Infested (2002)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)

Star Wars (1977)

Tron (1982)

The Abyss (1989)

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Princess Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy (1909)

The Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927)

Dead Alive (1992)

Foreign Correspondent (1940)

Number 17 (1932)

Darby O’Gill and the Little People (1959)

Flesh Gordon (1974)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Jack The Giant Killer (1962)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

1941 (1979)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Piranha (1978)

Caveman (1981)

Battle Beyond The Stars (1980)

The Incredible Shrinking Woman (1981)

Independence Day (1996)

Seconds (1966)

Superman (1978)

Innerspace (1987)

The Gate (1987)

Bad Taste (1987)

Meet The Feebles (1989)

Forgotten Silver (1995)

The One and Only Ivan (2020)

The Call of the Wild (2020)

F1 (2025)

Tron: Ares (2025)

Heat (1995)

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Robert Wise

TFH Guru Roger Corman

For All Mankind TV series (2019)

Star City TV series (2026- )

I’m A Virgo TV series (2023)

Boots Riley

John Dykstra

J. Stuart Blackton

Georges Melies

James Whale

F.W. Murnau

Peter Jackson

Alfred Hitchcock

The Dick Cavett Show TV series (1968-88)

Ray Harryhausen

David Allen

Jim Danforth

TFH Guru Rick Baker

Charles Band

Gregory Jein

John Carpenter

Doug Beswick

Jim Aupperle

Bill Hedge

Laine Liska

Star Trek franchise

Battlestar Galactica TV series (1978-79)

Dennis Muren

Joe Viskocil

Douglas Trumbell

Robert Abel

Mat Beck

Jerry Goldsmith

John Frankenheimer

Christopher Reeve

Margot Kidder

Weta Workshop

Randall William Cook

Halo TV series (2022-24)

Mickey Rooney

Judy Garland

Richard Taylor

James Cameron

MPC VFX

Bryan Cranston

Darryl Zanuck

Harry Cohn

Jack Warner

Los Angeles International Airport

Robert De Niro

Michael Mann

SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.

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Published 2026-03-24

The Movies That Made Me WILL RETURN

1 min

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In case you haven't noticed, we've been off the last couple of weeks! We've been working double-time for a while, often bringing you two episodes a week as we plowed through this amazing recent awards season. Hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante will return in TWO WEEKS with brand-new episodes of The Movies That Made Me, starting with a supercool video episode April 7!

Until then, see you at the movies...

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In case you haven't noticed, we've been off the last couple of weeks! We've been working double-time for a while, often bringing you two episodes a week as we plowed through this amazing recent awards season. Hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante will return in TWO WEEKS with brand-new episodes of The Movies That Made Me, starting with a supercool video episode April 7!

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Published 2026-03-06

TRAILER SHOW: Emilie Blichfeldt

20 min

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt on the latest episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me!

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt on the latest episode of our podcast The Movies That Made Me!

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Published 2026-03-03

THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt

85 min

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THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt unwraps her favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Grimm’s Fairy Tales for Adults (1969)

The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

The Secret Agent (2025)

Marty Supreme (2025)

Amelie (2001)

The City of Lost Children (1995)

Delicatessen (1992)

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Dogville (2003)

Involuntary (2008)

Play (2011)

The Square (2017)

Fat Girl (2001)

Enter the Void (2009)

Crash (1996)

Crash (2005)

A History of Violence (2005)

Videodrome (1983)

Dead Ringers (1988)

eXistenZ (1999)

The Fly (1986)

Jurassic Park (1993)

The Dead Zone (1983)

Raw (2016)

Midsommar (2019)

Titane (2021)

Immoral Tales (1973)

The Beast (1975)

Babygirl (2025)

Wuthering Heights (2026)

On The Waterfront (1954)

Husbands and Wives (1992)

The Godfather (1972)

The Sweet East (2023)

Good Time (2017)

Funny Pages (2022)

Tess (1979)

Chinatown (1974)

Total Recall (1990)

Alien (1979)

Point Break (1991)

The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Two Towers (2002)

The Return of the King (2003)

Titanic (1997)

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THE UGLY STEPSISTER writer/director Emilie Blichfeldt unwraps her favorite movies with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Grimm’s Fairy Tales for Adults (1969)

The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

The Secret Agent (2025)

Marty Supreme (2025)

Amelie (2001)

The City of Lost Children (1995)

Delicatessen (1992)

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Dogville (2003)

Involuntary (2008)

Play (2011)

The Square (2017)

Fat Girl (2001)

Enter the Void (2009)

Crash (1996)

Crash (2005)

A History of Violence (2005)

Videodrome (1983)

Dead Ringers (1988)

eXistenZ (1999)

The Fly (1986)

Jurassic Park (1993)

The Dead Zone (1983)

Raw (2016)

Midsommar (2019)

Titane (2021)

Immoral Tales (1973)

The Beast (1975)

Babygirl (2025)

Wuthering Heights (2026)

On The Waterfront (1954)

Husbands and Wives (1992)

The Godfather (1972)

The Sweet East (2023)

Good Time (2017)

Funny Pages (2022)

Tess (1979)

Chinatown (1974)

Total Recall (1990)

Alien (1979)

Point Break (1991)

The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

The Two Towers (2002)

The Return of the King (2003)

Titanic (1997)

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Our Kleber Mendonça Filho podcast episode

Rolfe Thiele

Our Josh Safdie podcast episode

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland novel by Lewis Carroll (1865)

Talia Ryder

Kim’s Video in New York

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Published 2026-02-27

TRAILER SHOW: Will Tracy

32 min

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Published 2026-02-24

BUGONIA writer Will Tracy

74 min

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BUGONIA screenwriter Will Tracy talks to The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante about his 10 favorite "held captive" movies!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

Bugonia (2025)

Save the Green Planet! (2003)

The Menu (2022)

Murder, He Says (1945)

After Hours (1985)

Something Wild (1986)

The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Ace in the Hole (1951)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Haunted Honeymoon (1986)

Videodrome (1983)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Naked Spur (1953)

Reign of Terror, a.k.a. The Black Book (1949)

El Cid (1961)

A Man Escaped (1956)

Phone Booth (2002)

Lifeboat (1944)

Devil (2010)

Zone of Interest (2023)

The Exterminating Angel (1962)

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

No Exit (1962)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Rio Bravo (1959)

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

The Last Detail (1973)

Innerspace (1987)

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

The King of Comedy (1982)

Misery (1990)

Gerald’s Game (2017)

Funny Games (1997)

Funny Games (2007)

The Last House on the Left (1972)

The Vanishing (1988)

The Vanishing (1991)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Rear Window (1954)

Vertigo (1958)

North By Northwest (1959)

Captive Wild Woman (1943)

Captive Women (1952)

The Petrified Forest (1936)

Last Stop in Yuma County (2023)

Key Largo (1948)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

The Incident (1967)

Collateral (2004)

One Battle After Another (2025)

A History of Violence (2005)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

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Our Brian Helgeland podcast episode

George Marshall

Marjorie Main

The Ma and Pa Kettle movies

The Rifleman TV series (1958-63)

William Cameron Menzies

TFH Guru Larry Cohen

Misery novel by Stephen King (1987)

Gerald’s Game novel by Stephen King (1992)

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BUGONIA screenwriter Will Tracy talks to The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante about his 10 favorite "held captive" movies!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

Bugonia (2025)

Save the Green Planet! (2003)

The Menu (2022)

Murder, He Says (1945)

After Hours (1985)

Something Wild (1986)

The Ghost Breakers (1940)

Hold That Ghost (1941)

Ace in the Hole (1951)

Young Frankenstein (1974)

Haunted Honeymoon (1986)

Videodrome (1983)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Naked Spur (1953)

Reign of Terror, a.k.a. The Black Book (1949)

El Cid (1961)

A Man Escaped (1956)

Phone Booth (2002)

Lifeboat (1944)

Devil (2010)

Zone of Interest (2023)

The Exterminating Angel (1962)

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972)

No Exit (1962)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Rio Bravo (1959)

Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)

The Last Detail (1973)

Innerspace (1987)

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

The King of Comedy (1982)

Misery (1990)

Gerald’s Game (2017)

Funny Games (1997)

Funny Games (2007)

The Last House on the Left (1972)

The Vanishing (1988)

The Vanishing (1991)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)

The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

Rear Window (1954)

Vertigo (1958)

North By Northwest (1959)

Captive Wild Woman (1943)

Captive Women (1952)

The Petrified Forest (1936)

Last Stop in Yuma County (2023)

Key Largo (1948)

The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)

The Incident (1967)

Collateral (2004)

One Battle After Another (2025)

A History of Violence (2005)

Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

TFH Guru Illeana Douglas

Stavros Halkias

The Cum Town podcast

Our Chapo Trap House podcast episode

Matt Christman

Our Andrew Hickie podcast episodes

Daniel Waters

Our Ari Aster podcast episodes

Our Brian Helgeland podcast episode

George Marshall

Marjorie Main

The Ma and Pa Kettle movies

The Rifleman TV series (1958-63)

William Cameron Menzies

TFH Guru Larry Cohen

Misery novel by Stephen King (1987)

Gerald’s Game novel by Stephen King (1992)

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Published 2026-02-20

TRAILER SHOW: Josh Safdie

24 min

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Published 2026-02-17

MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie

91 min

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MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie unpacks his favorite movies with podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Marty Supreme (2025)

Burying the Ex (2015)

Uncut Gems (2019)

Dazed and Confused (1993)

King of New York (1990)

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

The Funerals (1996)

The Addiction (1995)

4:44 Last Day On Earth (2011)

Tomasso (2019)

The Driller Killer (1979)

Ms .45 (1981)

Go Go Tales (2007)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

A Woman Under the Influence

*Kramer vs Kramer (1979)

Hero (1992)

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1979)

The Brood (1979)

*Fire in the Sky (1993)

*Matinee (1993)

*A Clockwork Orange (1971)

The Lost Boys (1987)

*Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

*E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)

*The Shining (1980)

*Misery (1990)

Popeye (1980)

The Leprechaun (1992)

Mandy (2018)

The Princess Bride (1987)

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Barry Lyndon (1975)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

*The 400 Blows (1959)

*Pulp Fiction (1994)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

*The Red Balloon (1956)

White Mane (1953)

Gremlins (1984)

*The Running Man (1987)

The Terminator (1984)

The King of Comedy (1983)

Total Recall (1990)

Robocop (1987)

*Above The Rim (1994)

Rocky (1976)

Rocky II (1979)

*Rocky III (1982)

Rocky IV (1985)

Rocky V (1990)

Masters of the Universe (1987)

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

*Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Stayin’ Alive (1983)

Carrie (1976)

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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The battle of Jericho

A Nightmare on Elm Street series

Wendy Carlos

John Candy

John Goodman

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Shining novel by Stephen King (1977)

Stanley Kubrick

TFH Guru Mick Garris

The Shining miniseries (1997)

Jack Nicholson

Our Panos Cosmatos podcast episode

The History of Bones: A Memoir book by John Lurie (2021)

The Fleischer Brothers

Tex Avery

Harold Faltermeyer

Oneohtrix Point Never

Welcome Back, Kotter TV series (1975-78)

The Bee Gees

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MARTY SUPREME writer/director Josh Safdie unpacks his favorite movies with podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Marty Supreme (2025)

Burying the Ex (2015)

Uncut Gems (2019)

Dazed and Confused (1993)

King of New York (1990)

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

The Funerals (1996)

The Addiction (1995)

4:44 Last Day On Earth (2011)

Tomasso (2019)

The Driller Killer (1979)

Ms .45 (1981)

Go Go Tales (2007)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

A Woman Under the Influence

*Kramer vs Kramer (1979)

Hero (1992)

Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)

Pink Floyd’s The Wall (1979)

The Brood (1979)

*Fire in the Sky (1993)

*Matinee (1993)

*A Clockwork Orange (1971)

The Lost Boys (1987)

*Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)

Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

*E.T. The Extraterrestrial (1982)

*The Shining (1980)

*Misery (1990)

Popeye (1980)

The Leprechaun (1992)

Mandy (2018)

The Princess Bride (1987)

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

Barry Lyndon (1975)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

*The 400 Blows (1959)

*Pulp Fiction (1994)

The Breakfast Club (1985)

*The Red Balloon (1956)

White Mane (1953)

Gremlins (1984)

*The Running Man (1987)

The Terminator (1984)

The King of Comedy (1983)

Total Recall (1990)

Robocop (1987)

*Above The Rim (1994)

Rocky (1976)

Rocky II (1979)

*Rocky III (1982)

Rocky IV (1985)

Rocky V (1990)

Masters of the Universe (1987)

Beverly Hills Cop II (1987)

*Saturday Night Fever (1977)

Stayin’ Alive (1983)

Carrie (1976)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

The battle of Jericho

A Nightmare on Elm Street series

Wendy Carlos

John Candy

John Goodman

The Cuban Missile Crisis

The Shining novel by Stephen King (1977)

Stanley Kubrick

TFH Guru Mick Garris

The Shining miniseries (1997)

Jack Nicholson

Our Panos Cosmatos podcast episode

The History of Bones: A Memoir book by John Lurie (2021)

The Fleischer Brothers

Tex Avery

Harold Faltermeyer

Oneohtrix Point Never

Welcome Back, Kotter TV series (1975-78)

The Bee Gees

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Published 2026-02-14

TRAILER SHOW: The McManus Brothers

22 min

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Published 2026-02-13

REDUX REDUX writers/directors The McManus Brothers

67 min

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The brother filmmaking tandem Kevin and Matthew McManus (REDUX REDUX) hop on the line to unpack, well, the movies that made them with help from podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Redux Redux (2026)

The Terminator (1984)

Sliding Doors (1998)

Back to the Future (1985)

Bring It On (2000)

The Block Island Sound (2021)

The ’Burbs (1989)

Boss Level (2021)

Groundhog Day (1993)

*Death Wish (1974?)

*Blue Ruin (2013)

*Memento (2000)

Irreversible (2002)

The Prestige (2006)

Dunkirk (2017)

*Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

*Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

*Django Unchained (2012)

The Hateful Eight (2015)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Funeral Kings (2012)

*The Unforgiven (1992)

Invictus (2009)

Mystic River (2003)

*Oldboy (2003)

Oldboy (2013)

Chinatown (1974)

*I Saw The Devil (2010)

A History of Violence (2005)

*A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

*Friday the 13th (1980)

Chato’s Land (1972)

Red River (1948)

Black Christmas (1974)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

While the City Sleeps (1956)

A Christmas Story (1983)

*Drive (2011)

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Revenge of the Creature (1955)

Revenge of the Blood Beast a.k.a. The She Beast (1966)

The Vengeance of She (1968)

The Stepfather (1987)

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Our Jim Cummings podcast episode

Christopher Nolan

Jonathan Nolan

Skywalker Ranch

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Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Redux Redux (2026)

The Terminator (1984)

Sliding Doors (1998)

Back to the Future (1985)

Bring It On (2000)

The Block Island Sound (2021)

The ’Burbs (1989)

Boss Level (2021)

Groundhog Day (1993)

*Death Wish (1974?)

*Blue Ruin (2013)

*Memento (2000)

Irreversible (2002)

The Prestige (2006)

Dunkirk (2017)

*Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003)

*Kill Bill Vol. 2 (2004)

*Django Unchained (2012)

The Hateful Eight (2015)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Funeral Kings (2012)

*The Unforgiven (1992)

Invictus (2009)

Mystic River (2003)

*Oldboy (2003)

Oldboy (2013)

Chinatown (1974)

*I Saw The Devil (2010)

A History of Violence (2005)

*A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

*Friday the 13th (1980)

Chato’s Land (1972)

Red River (1948)

Black Christmas (1974)

Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

While the City Sleeps (1956)

A Christmas Story (1983)

*Drive (2011)

Revenge of the Nerds (1984)

Revenge of the Creature (1955)

Revenge of the Blood Beast a.k.a. The She Beast (1966)

The Vengeance of She (1968)

The Stepfather (1987)

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Our Jim Cummings podcast episode

Christopher Nolan

Jonathan Nolan

Skywalker Ranch

The Vista Theater in Los Angeles

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Published 2026-02-10

SIRAT writer/director Óliver Laxe

54 min

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Writer/director Óliver Laxe (SIRAT) chops it up with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss the movies that made him!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Sirat (2026)

Wages of Fear (1953)

Andrei Rublev (1966)

Nostalghia (1983)

The Mirror (1975)

Ordet (1955)

Au Hazard Balthazar (1966)

Blue Velvet (1986)

Sorcerer (1977)

Mad Max (1979)

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Easy Rider (1969)

Zabriskie Point (1970)

Vanishing Point (1971)

Paris, Texas (1984)

Freaks (1931)

Dersu Uzala (1975)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Dirty Pretty Things (2001)

The Naked Island (1960)

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)

Late Spring (1949)

The Card Counter (2021)

The Four Seasons (1975)

Close-Up (1990)

Where is the Friend’s House? (1987)

Ten (2002)

Five Dedicated to Ozu (2003)

Through the Olive Trees (1994)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Chuck Berry

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Notes on the Cinematographer book by Robert Bresson (1975)

Sculpting in Time book by Andrei Tarkovsky (1985)

John Cassavettes

Béla Tar

Transcendental Style in Cinema: Ozu, Bresson, Dryer book by Paul Schrader (2018)

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Writer/director Óliver Laxe (SIRAT) chops it up with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to discuss the movies that made him!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Sirat (2026)

Wages of Fear (1953)

Andrei Rublev (1966)

Nostalghia (1983)

The Mirror (1975)

Ordet (1955)

Au Hazard Balthazar (1966)

Blue Velvet (1986)

Sorcerer (1977)

Mad Max (1979)

Two-Lane Blacktop (1971)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

Easy Rider (1969)

Zabriskie Point (1970)

Vanishing Point (1971)

Paris, Texas (1984)

Freaks (1931)

Dersu Uzala (1975)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Dirty Pretty Things (2001)

The Naked Island (1960)

The Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice (1952)

Late Spring (1949)

The Card Counter (2021)

The Four Seasons (1975)

Close-Up (1990)

Where is the Friend’s House? (1987)

Ten (2002)

Five Dedicated to Ozu (2003)

Through the Olive Trees (1994)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Chuck Berry

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Notes on the Cinematographer book by Robert Bresson (1975)

Sculpting in Time book by Andrei Tarkovsky (1985)

John Cassavettes

Béla Tar

Transcendental Style in Cinema: Ozu, Bresson, Dryer book by Paul Schrader (2018)

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Published 2026-02-10

TRAILER SHOW: Dallas Goldtooth

23 min

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Published 2026-02-07

TRAILER SHOW: Walton Goggins

25 min

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Published 2026-02-06

FALLOUT star Dallas Goldtooh

63 min

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FALLOUT star Dallas Goldtooth takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through his favorite animated films.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Akira (1988)

Batman: Gotham Knights (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008)

My Neighbor Totoro (1994)

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Hellraiser (1987)

Heavy Metal (1981)

Wolf Children (2012)

The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

Bambi (1941)

Pocahontas (1995)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Spirited Away (2001)

Ponyo (2008)

The Borrowers (1997)

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

An American Tail (1986)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

The Land Before Time (1988)

All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989)

Rock-A-Doodle (1991)

Waltz with Bashir (2008)

WALL-E (2008)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Predator (1987)

Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Explorers (1985)

Marathon Man (1976)

Clearcut (1991)

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

Maverick (1994)

The Lone Ranger (2013)

The Rescuers (1977)

Rescuers Down Under (1990)

Other Notable Items

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Reservation Dogs TV series (2021-23)

Our Sterlin Harjo podcast episode

Heavy Metal Magazine

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH novel by Robert C. O’Brien (1971)

Steven Spielberg

Dragon’s Lair video game (1983)

The Tulsa race massacre

Watchmen limited series (2019)

The American Cinematheque in Hollywood, CA

Vidiots in Los Angeles

The Chapo Trap House podcast

TFH Guru Kier-la Janisse

Maverick TV series (1957-62)

Jay Silverheels

The Lone Ranger TV series (1949-57)

The Mohawk people

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FALLOUT star Dallas Goldtooth takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through his favorite animated films.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Akira (1988)

Batman: Gotham Knights (2008)

The Dark Knight (2008)

My Neighbor Totoro (1994)

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Conan the Barbarian (1982)

Hellraiser (1987)

Heavy Metal (1981)

Wolf Children (2012)

The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

Bambi (1941)

Pocahontas (1995)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Spirited Away (2001)

Ponyo (2008)

The Borrowers (1997)

The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)

An American Tail (1986)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)

The Secret of NIMH (1982)

The Land Before Time (1988)

All Dogs Go To Heaven (1989)

Rock-A-Doodle (1991)

Waltz with Bashir (2008)

WALL-E (2008)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Predator (1987)

Gremlins (1984)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Explorers (1985)

Marathon Man (1976)

Clearcut (1991)

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

Maverick (1994)

The Lone Ranger (2013)

The Rescuers (1977)

Rescuers Down Under (1990)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Reservation Dogs TV series (2021-23)

Our Sterlin Harjo podcast episode

Heavy Metal Magazine

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH novel by Robert C. O’Brien (1971)

Steven Spielberg

Dragon’s Lair video game (1983)

The Tulsa race massacre

Watchmen limited series (2019)

The American Cinematheque in Hollywood, CA

Vidiots in Los Angeles

The Chapo Trap House podcast

TFH Guru Kier-la Janisse

Maverick TV series (1957-62)

Jay Silverheels

The Lone Ranger TV series (1949-57)

The Mohawk people

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Published 2026-02-03

FALLOUT star Walton Goggins

94 min

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FALLOUT star Walton Goggins takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through his favorite westerns.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Accountant (2001)

The Apostle (1998)

House of 1,000 Corpses (2003)

Chrystal (2004)

Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

Predators (2010)

Lincoln (2012)

A History of Violence (2005)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

The Hired Hand (1971)

Easy Rider (1969)

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

For A Few Dollars More (1965)

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1967)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Yojimbo (1960)

Seven Samurai (1954)

High Noon (1952)

The Hateful Eight (2015)

The Cowboys (1970)

King of Marvin Gardens (1972)

Coming Home (1978)

On Golden Pond (1981)

Our Town (1940)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Dillinger (1973)

Wild Rovers (1971)

Shane (1953)

Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973)

The Second Civil War (1997)

The President’s Analyst (1967)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Bad Company (1972)

Places in the Heart (1984)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Piranha (1978)

Daisy Miller (1974)

The Late Show (1977)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

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Geneva Robertson-Dworet

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Sidney Poitier

The Sundance Film Festival

The Slamdance Film Festival

The Shield TV series (2002-08)

Michael Chiklis

Hill Street Blues TV series (1981-87)

The Wire TV series (2002-08)

Justified TV series (2010-15)

Sons of Anarchy TV series (2012-14)

Vice Principals TV series (2016-17)

I’m A Virgo miniseries (2023)

Daniel Waters

Walter Hill

Gregg Toland

The White Lotus TV series (2021- )

Sam Rockwell

Ron Perlman

Quentin Tarantino

Henry Fonda

Sergio Leone

Woody Strode

Tom Hanks

TFH Guru Roger Corman

Stanley Kubrick

Ennio Morricone

Jason Robards

Charles Bronson

Claudia Cardinale

Clint Eastwood

John Wayne

Warren Oates

Bruce Dern

Peter Fonda

Akira Kurosawa

Masaki Kobayashi

Lee Van Cleef

Luciano Vincenzoni

United Artists

James Bond

“The Ecstasy of Gold” theme by Ennio Morricone (1966)

Eli Wallach

Abbey Road Studios

Tim Roth

Kurt Russell

Harlan Ellison

Robert Duvall

Ed Harris

Chris Cooper

Anthony Hopkins

Roscoe Lee Browne

Mark Rydell

William Holden

James Arness

Alan Ladd

Ernest Borgnine

Bo Hopkins

Ben Johnson

Sam Peckinpah

Harry Dean Stanton

Perry Mason TV series (1957-66)

The Rifleman TV series (1958-63)

In The Heat of the Night TV series (1988-95)

Slim Pickens

Richard Boone

George Stevens

Alan Ladd

Paramount Pictures

James Coburn

Our Man Flint film franchise

Errol Flynn

The Criterion Collection

Sam Peckinpah

Gillian Welch

David Rollins

Kris Kristofferson

New Line Cinema

Willie Nelson

The Roxy in West Hollywood, CA

Mick Jagger

Robert Benton

Jeff Bridges

Barry Brown

David Huddleston

Peter Bogdanovich

Art Carney

Lily Tomlin

Sam Spade

Brad Pitt

Anthony Mann

Juliette Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis

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FALLOUT star Walton Goggins takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through his favorite westerns.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Accountant (2001)

The Apostle (1998)

House of 1,000 Corpses (2003)

Chrystal (2004)

Miracle at St. Anna (2008)

Predators (2010)

Lincoln (2012)

A History of Violence (2005)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Once Upon A Time In The West (1968)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

The Hired Hand (1971)

Easy Rider (1969)

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

For A Few Dollars More (1965)

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1967)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Yojimbo (1960)

Seven Samurai (1954)

High Noon (1952)

The Hateful Eight (2015)

The Cowboys (1970)

King of Marvin Gardens (1972)

Coming Home (1978)

On Golden Pond (1981)

Our Town (1940)

The Long Goodbye (1973)

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Dillinger (1973)

Wild Rovers (1971)

Shane (1953)

Pat Garrett & Billy The Kid (1973)

The Second Civil War (1997)

The President’s Analyst (1967)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Bad Company (1972)

Places in the Heart (1984)

The Big Lebowski (1998)

Piranha (1978)

Daisy Miller (1974)

The Late Show (1977)

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Fallout TV series (2024- )

Jonathan Nolan

Graham Wagner

Geneva Robertson-Dworet

Danny McBride

The Righteous Gemstones TV series (2019-25)

El Compadre restaurant in Los Angeles

The Academy Awards

Sidney Poitier

The Sundance Film Festival

The Slamdance Film Festival

The Shield TV series (2002-08)

Michael Chiklis

Hill Street Blues TV series (1981-87)

The Wire TV series (2002-08)

Justified TV series (2010-15)

Sons of Anarchy TV series (2012-14)

Vice Principals TV series (2016-17)

I’m A Virgo miniseries (2023)

Daniel Waters

Walter Hill

Gregg Toland

The White Lotus TV series (2021- )

Sam Rockwell

Ron Perlman

Quentin Tarantino

Henry Fonda

Sergio Leone

Woody Strode

Tom Hanks

TFH Guru Roger Corman

Stanley Kubrick

Ennio Morricone

Jason Robards

Charles Bronson

Claudia Cardinale

Clint Eastwood

John Wayne

Warren Oates

Bruce Dern

Peter Fonda

Akira Kurosawa

Masaki Kobayashi

Lee Van Cleef

Luciano Vincenzoni

United Artists

James Bond

“The Ecstasy of Gold” theme by Ennio Morricone (1966)

Eli Wallach

Abbey Road Studios

Tim Roth

Kurt Russell

Harlan Ellison

Robert Duvall

Ed Harris

Chris Cooper

Anthony Hopkins

Roscoe Lee Browne

Mark Rydell

William Holden

James Arness

Alan Ladd

Ernest Borgnine

Bo Hopkins

Ben Johnson

Sam Peckinpah

Harry Dean Stanton

Perry Mason TV series (1957-66)

The Rifleman TV series (1958-63)

In The Heat of the Night TV series (1988-95)

Slim Pickens

Richard Boone

George Stevens

Alan Ladd

Paramount Pictures

James Coburn

Our Man Flint film franchise

Errol Flynn

The Criterion Collection

Sam Peckinpah

Gillian Welch

David Rollins

Kris Kristofferson

New Line Cinema

Willie Nelson

The Roxy in West Hollywood, CA

Mick Jagger

Robert Benton

Jeff Bridges

Barry Brown

David Huddleston

Peter Bogdanovich

Art Carney

Lily Tomlin

Sam Spade

Brad Pitt

Anthony Mann

Juliette Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis

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Published 2026-01-27

DEAD MAN'S WIRE director Gus Van Sant

61 min

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We've got auteur royalty on The Movies That Made Me today! The one and only GUS VAN SANT joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk about, yes, the movies that made him!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Dead Man’s Wire (2026)

Song Sung Blue (2025)

The Princess Bride (1987)

Burying The Ex (2014)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Sátántangó (1994)

The Turin Horse (2011)

Elephant (2004)

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Gerry (2002)

Last Days (2005)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

The Third Man (1949)

The Celebration (1998)

8 ½ (1963)

The Last of England (1987)

Jubilee (1978)

Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

Mala Noche (1985)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Fail-Safe (1964)

House of Dynamite (2025)

Lord of the Flies (1963)

The Plague (2025)

Whistle (2026)

The Nun (2018)

The Groove Tube (1974)

Modern Problems (1981)

Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

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Staircase (1969)

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We've got auteur royalty on The Movies That Made Me today! The one and only GUS VAN SANT joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk about, yes, the movies that made him!

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Dead Man’s Wire (2026)

Song Sung Blue (2025)

The Princess Bride (1987)

Burying The Ex (2014)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Sátántangó (1994)

The Turin Horse (2011)

Elephant (2004)

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Gerry (2002)

Last Days (2005)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

The Third Man (1949)

The Celebration (1998)

8 ½ (1963)

The Last of England (1987)

Jubilee (1978)

Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

Mala Noche (1985)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Fail-Safe (1964)

House of Dynamite (2025)

Lord of the Flies (1963)

The Plague (2025)

Whistle (2026)

The Nun (2018)

The Groove Tube (1974)

Modern Problems (1981)

Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)

To Die For (1995)

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

The Boys in the Band (1970)

Staircase (1969)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Matt Damon

Casey Affleck

John Cassavettes

HBO

Diane Keaton

Woody Allen

Colin Callender

David Lean

Carol Reed

The Screen Actors Guild

Sergio Leone

Thomas Vinterberg

Lars von Trier

Dogme 95

Focus Features

Barry Diller

Harris Savides

Our Paprika Steen podcast episode

Federico Fellini

Anthony Quinn

Richard Basehart

Robert Altman

Derek Jarman

Stanley Kubrick

John F. Kennedy

Netflix

Peter Brook

The Tower East Theatre in New York

Lord of the Flies novel

Adam Sandler

Ken Shapiro

Chevy Chase

Lane Sarasohn

Tom Schiller

The Smothers Brothers

TFH Guru John Landis

Al Pacino

William Friedkin

Bill Skarsgaard

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Published 2026-01-20

THE RIP writer/director Joe Carnahan

65 min

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THE RIP writer/director Joe Carnahan returns to our podcast The Movies That Made Me. This time, Joe takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante on a sonic journey to unpack the John Williams scores that made him! Check out Joe's first appearance on the podcast here.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Rip (2026)

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

The Towering Inferno (1974)

Earthquake (1974)

Jaws (1975)

Images (1972)

The Cowboys (1972)

Shaft (1971)

Shaft’s Big Score! (1972)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Superman: The Movie (1978)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Gremlins (1984)

Poltergeist (1982)

Cobra (1986)

JFK (1991)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Munich (2005)

The Great Escape (1968)

Stripes (1980)

1941 (1979)

Animal House (1978)

The A-Team (2010)

The Howling (1981)

The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Maestro (2024)

Not Without Hope (2025)

Shadow Force (2025)

ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Always (1989)

Empire of the Sun (1987)

The Last Emperor (1987)

Last Tango in Paris (1973)

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Humphrey Bogart

Clark Gable

Sean Connery

Michael Caine

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Irwin Allen

Steven Spielberg

Robert Altman

John Wayne

Dede Allen

Bruce Dern

Jason Patrick

Roscoe Lee Brown

The Smokehouse Restaurant

Richard Roundtree

“Theme From Shaft” song by Isaac Hayes (1971)

Glen Ford

Glen Campbell

Frank Oz

Sylvester Stallone

John Ottman

Donald Surherland

Jerry Goldsmith

David Mamet

Elmer Bernstein

Dick Miller

Nancy Allen

Tim Matheson

Robert Zemeckis

Bob Gale

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Pino Donaggio

Bernard Hermann

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Bradley Cooper

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Maria Schneider

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THE RIP writer/director Joe Carnahan returns to our podcast The Movies That Made Me. This time, Joe takes hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante on a sonic journey to unpack the John Williams scores that made him! Check out Joe's first appearance on the podcast here.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Rip (2026)

The Man Who Would Be King (1975)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

Cool Hand Luke (1967)

Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

The Towering Inferno (1974)

Earthquake (1974)

Jaws (1975)

Images (1972)

The Cowboys (1972)

Shaft (1971)

Shaft’s Big Score! (1972)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Superman: The Movie (1978)

The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Gremlins (1984)

Poltergeist (1982)

Cobra (1986)

JFK (1991)

The Usual Suspects (1995)

Munich (2005)

The Great Escape (1968)

Stripes (1980)

1941 (1979)

Animal House (1978)

The A-Team (2010)

The Howling (1981)

The Trouble with Harry (1955)

Maestro (2024)

Not Without Hope (2025)

Shadow Force (2025)

ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)

Always (1989)

Empire of the Sun (1987)

The Last Emperor (1987)

Last Tango in Paris (1973)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Our Stephen Bissette podcast episode

Orson Welles

Matt Damon

Ben Affleck

Brad Pitt

“Debbie Downer” on Saturday Night Live

Netflix

John Huston

Paul Newman

Robert Redford

Humphrey Bogart

Clark Gable

Sean Connery

Michael Caine

The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica, CA

John Williams

“The Sabbath Prayer” song from Fiddler on the Roof

Irwin Allen

Steven Spielberg

Robert Altman

John Wayne

Dede Allen

Bruce Dern

Jason Patrick

Roscoe Lee Brown

The Smokehouse Restaurant

Richard Roundtree

“Theme From Shaft” song by Isaac Hayes (1971)

Glen Ford

Glen Campbell

Frank Oz

Sylvester Stallone

John Ottman

Donald Surherland

Jerry Goldsmith

David Mamet

Elmer Bernstein

Dick Miller

Nancy Allen

Tim Matheson

Robert Zemeckis

Bob Gale

Swamp Thing comic books

Pino Donaggio

Bernard Hermann

The Twilight Zone TV series (1959-64)

Bradley Cooper

Clinton Shorter

Kerry Washington

James Cameron

Christopher Nolan

Omar Sy

The Hollywood Bowl

Bernardo Bertolucci

Maria Schneider

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Published 2026-01-16

TRAILER SHOW: Kleber Mendonça Filho

28 min

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE SECRET AGENT writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho on this week’s episode of The Movies That Made Me!

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE SECRET AGENT writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho on this week’s episode of The Movies That Made Me!

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Published 2026-01-13

THE SECRET AGENT writer/director Kleber Mendonça Filho

71 min

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THE SECRET AGENT director Kleber Mendonça Filho joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down the movies that made him! Kleber is fresh off winning this year's Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film for THE SECRET AGENT this weekend. His film's star, Wagner Moura, also took home a Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Small Change (1976)

The Secret Agent (2025)

Bacurau (2019)

*Walkabout (1973)

*Wake in Fright (1971)

The Right Stuff (1983)

Don’t Look Now (1973)

Performance (1970)

The Witches (1990)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Superman (1978)

Star Wars (1977)

Piranha (1978)

*Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Burden of Dreams (1982)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Paris, Texas (1984)

*The Beguiled (1971)

The Beguiled (2017)

Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

*The Long Goodbye (1973)

*Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

MASH (1970)

Chinatown (1974)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Magnolia (1999)

The Wedding Singer (1998)

Happy Gilmore (1995)

Assault on Precinct 13 (1975)

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

LA Plays Itself (2003)

Pictures of Ghosts (2023)

*Twenty Years Later (1984)

The Big Shave (1967)

The Longest Day (1962)

Cleopatra (1963)

Halloween (1978)

La Jetée (1962)

Green Vinyl (2004)

*Gremlins (1984)

*The Host (2006)

E.T. The Extra-terrestrial (1982)

Poltergeist (1982)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

*The Fly (1986)

*Do The Right Thing (1989)

Jungle Fever (1991)

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Philip Kaufman

The Criterion Collection

TFH Guru Roger Corman

Klaus Kinski

Werner Herzog

Nicolas Cage

The French new wave

Don Siegel

Sofia Coppola

Clint Eastwood

Geraldine Page

Paul Thomas Anderson

Robert Altman

Elliott Gould

Jack Davis

Mad Magazine

Mark Rydell

Roman Polanski

Adam Sandler

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Philip Seymour Hoffman

Robert Elswitt

Emily Watson

John Carpenter

Kim Richards

Scream franchise

Eduardo Coutinho

João Pedro Teixeira

Martin Scorsese

The Vietnam War

Bong Joon Ho

Jerry Goldsmith

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Tobe Hooper

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Spike Lee

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THE SECRET AGENT director Kleber Mendonça Filho joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to break down the movies that made him! Kleber is fresh off winning this year's Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film for THE SECRET AGENT this weekend. His film's star, Wagner Moura, also took home a Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Small Change (1976)

The Secret Agent (2025)

Bacurau (2019)

*Walkabout (1973)

*Wake in Fright (1971)

The Right Stuff (1983)

Don’t Look Now (1973)

Performance (1970)

The Witches (1990)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Superman (1978)

Star Wars (1977)

Piranha (1978)

*Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Burden of Dreams (1982)

Apocalypse Now (1979)

The Blues Brothers (1980)

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009)

Paris, Texas (1984)

*The Beguiled (1971)

The Beguiled (2017)

Escape From Alcatraz (1979)

*The Long Goodbye (1973)

*Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

MASH (1970)

Chinatown (1974)

Boogie Nights (1997)

Magnolia (1999)

The Wedding Singer (1998)

Happy Gilmore (1995)

Assault on Precinct 13 (1975)

Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

LA Plays Itself (2003)

Pictures of Ghosts (2023)

*Twenty Years Later (1984)

The Big Shave (1967)

The Longest Day (1962)

Cleopatra (1963)

Halloween (1978)

La Jetée (1962)

Green Vinyl (2004)

*Gremlins (1984)

*The Host (2006)

E.T. The Extra-terrestrial (1982)

Poltergeist (1982)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

*The Fly (1986)

*Do The Right Thing (1989)

Jungle Fever (1991)

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The Cologne Film Festival

Francois Truffaut

Wagner Moura

Udo Kier

The Lord of the Rings franchise

Pedro Pascal

Enzo Nunes

Nicholas Roeg

Ted Kotcheff

Philip Kaufman

The Criterion Collection

TFH Guru Roger Corman

Klaus Kinski

Werner Herzog

Nicolas Cage

The French new wave

Don Siegel

Sofia Coppola

Clint Eastwood

Geraldine Page

Paul Thomas Anderson

Robert Altman

Elliott Gould

Jack Davis

Mad Magazine

Mark Rydell

Roman Polanski

Adam Sandler

The Cannes Film Festival

Columbia Pictures

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Robert Elswitt

Emily Watson

John Carpenter

Kim Richards

Scream franchise

Eduardo Coutinho

João Pedro Teixeira

Martin Scorsese

The Vietnam War

Bong Joon Ho

Jerry Goldsmith

Steven Spielberg

Tobe Hooper

Dick Miller

Polly Holliday

Phoebe Cates

David Cronenberg

Spike Lee

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Published 2026-01-10

TRAILER SHOW: Clint Bentley

28 min

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with TRAIN DREAMS writer/director Clint Bentley on this week’s episode of the pod.

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with TRAIN DREAMS writer/director Clint Bentley on this week’s episode of the pod.

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Published 2026-01-10

TRAILER SHOW: Kristen Stewart

21 min

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER writer/director Kristen Stewart on this week’s episode of the pod.

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Highlighted trailers for movies discussed with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER writer/director Kristen Stewart on this week’s episode of the pod.

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Published 2026-01-09

THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER writer/director Kristen Stewart

68 min

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Movie star Kristen Stewart, who's making her directorial debut with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, unpacks the movies that made her with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Punch Drunk Love (2002)

Uncut Gems (2019)

The Chronology of Water (2025)

Infested (2002)

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

St. Maud (2019)

River of Grass (1994)

First Cow (2019)

Meeks Cutoff (2010)

Badlands (1973)

The Mastermind (2025)

Panic Room (2002)

Female Perversions (1996)

Working Girl (1988)

Working Girls (2025)

9 to 5 (1980)

Angela (1995)

Angela’s Ashes (1999)

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Burden of Dreams (1982)

Hearts of Darkness (1991)

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Jingle All The Way (1996)

Waterworld (1995)

Solaris (1972)

The Greatest Night in Pop (2025)

The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)

The Brutalist (2024)

Godzilla vs Biollante (1989)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Rachel, Rachel (1968)

Wanda (1971)

Targets (1968)

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Shadows (1959)

Faces (1968)

A Woman Under The Influence (1974)

Husbands (1979)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

Opening Night (1977)

Gloria (1980)

Sometimes A Great Notion (1971)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

The Sundance Film Festival

Jeopardy! TV series (1964- )

Adam Sandler

Ken Kesey

Our Rose Glass podcast episode

The Criterion Channel

Our Rebecca Miller podcast episode

Girls TV series (2012-17)

“All Along The Watchtower” cover by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)

Frank Sinatra

“We Are The World” song by USA For Africa (1985)

The Last Movie Stars documentary miniseries (2022)

The Kinks

Ray Davies

Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation Against Themselves book by Sophie Gilbert (2025)

Paul Newman
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Movie star Kristen Stewart, who's making her directorial debut with THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER, unpacks the movies that made her with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Punch Drunk Love (2002)

Uncut Gems (2019)

The Chronology of Water (2025)

Infested (2002)

Love Lies Bleeding (2024)

St. Maud (2019)

River of Grass (1994)

First Cow (2019)

Meeks Cutoff (2010)

Badlands (1973)

The Mastermind (2025)

Panic Room (2002)

Female Perversions (1996)

Working Girl (1988)

Working Girls (2025)

9 to 5 (1980)

Angela (1995)

Angela’s Ashes (1999)

The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005)

Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen (2012)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Burden of Dreams (1982)

Hearts of Darkness (1991)

Fitzcarraldo (1982)

Jingle All The Way (1996)

Waterworld (1995)

Solaris (1972)

The Greatest Night in Pop (2025)

The Testament of Ann Lee (2025)

The Brutalist (2024)

Godzilla vs Biollante (1989)

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)

Rachel, Rachel (1968)

Wanda (1971)

Targets (1968)

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Shadows (1959)

Faces (1968)

A Woman Under The Influence (1974)

Husbands (1979)

The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)

Opening Night (1977)

Gloria (1980)

Sometimes A Great Notion (1971)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

The Sundance Film Festival

Jeopardy! TV series (1964- )

Adam Sandler

Ken Kesey

Our Rose Glass podcast episode

The Criterion Channel

Our Rebecca Miller podcast episode

Girls TV series (2012-17)

“All Along The Watchtower” cover by The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1968)

Frank Sinatra

“We Are The World” song by USA For Africa (1985)

The Last Movie Stars documentary miniseries (2022)

The Kinks

Ray Davies

Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation Against Themselves book by Sophie Gilbert (2025)

Paul Newman
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Published 2026-01-06

TRAIN DREAMS writer/director Clint Bentley

64 min

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Filmmaker Clint Bentley discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Train Dreams (2025)

Thief (1981)

Heat (1995)

*One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Gremlins (1984)

Goonies (1985)

Sometimes A Great Notion (1971)

*Jules et Jim (1962)

Y Tu Mamá También (2002)

*Princess Mononoke (1997)

Spirited Away (2001)

My Neighbor Totoro (1994)

Ponyo (2008)

Cars (2006)

Yellow Submarine (1968)

Bambi (1941)

The Jungle Book (1967)

Robin Hood (1973)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

La Strada (1954)

I Vitelloni (1953)

Il bidone (1955)

La Dolce Vita (1960)

8 ½ (1963)

Happy As Lazzaro (2018)

*Days of Heaven (1978)

Badlands (1973)

Jockey (2021)

*It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)

Casablanca (1942)

The Godfather (1972)

Manhunter (1986)

*Andrei Rublev (1966)

Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

Solaris (1972)

One Battle After Another (2025)

Stalker (1979)

The Mirror (1975)

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Top Gun (1986)

Lady Bird (2017)

The Big Sick (2017)

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning (2025)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

*Baraka (1992)

Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

Let The Corpses Tan (2017)

Amer (2009)

The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (2013)

Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025)

Breathless (1960)

Nouvelle Vague (2025)

Blue Moon (2025)

*Ikiru (1952)

High and Low (1963)

Rashomon (1950)

Seven Samurai (1954)

Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)

*Modern Times (1936)

City Lights (1931)

The Gold Rush (1925)

The Great Dictator (1940)

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Bosch TV series (2014-21)

Tom Bernardo

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Adam Sandler

Federico Fellini

Akira Kurosawa

Police Squad TV series (1982)

Jack Nicholson

Clint Eastwood

John Ford

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest novel by Ken Kesey

Sometimes A Great Notion novel by Ken Kesey

Paul Newman

Richard Jaeckel

Universal Pictures

Henry Fonda

Milos Forman

Train Dreams novella by Denis Johnson

Harry Potter franchise

“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” song by The Beatles (1967)

“Here Comes The Sun” song by The Beatles (1969)

Andrei Tarkovsky

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album by Bob Dylan (1961)

The New Beverly Cinema

Akira Kurosawa

Jean-Luc Godard

Richard Linklater

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Filmmaker Clint Bentley discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Train Dreams (2025)

Thief (1981)

Heat (1995)

*One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)

Gremlins (1984)

Goonies (1985)

Sometimes A Great Notion (1971)

*Jules et Jim (1962)

Y Tu Mamá También (2002)

*Princess Mononoke (1997)

Spirited Away (2001)

My Neighbor Totoro (1994)

Ponyo (2008)

Cars (2006)

Yellow Submarine (1968)

Bambi (1941)

The Jungle Book (1967)

Robin Hood (1973)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

La Strada (1954)

I Vitelloni (1953)

Il bidone (1955)

La Dolce Vita (1960)

8 ½ (1963)

Happy As Lazzaro (2018)

*Days of Heaven (1978)

Badlands (1973)

Jockey (2021)

*It’s A Wonderful Life (1946)

Casablanca (1942)

The Godfather (1972)

Manhunter (1986)

*Andrei Rublev (1966)

Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

Solaris (1972)

One Battle After Another (2025)

Stalker (1979)

The Mirror (1975)

Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Top Gun (1986)

Lady Bird (2017)

The Big Sick (2017)

Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning (2025)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

*Baraka (1992)

Koyaanisqatsi (1982)

The Color of Pomegranates (1969)

Let The Corpses Tan (2017)

Amer (2009)

The Strange Colour of Your Body's Tears (2013)

Reflection in a Dead Diamond (2025)

Breathless (1960)

Nouvelle Vague (2025)

Blue Moon (2025)

*Ikiru (1952)

High and Low (1963)

Rashomon (1950)

Seven Samurai (1954)

Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986)

*Modern Times (1936)

City Lights (1931)

The Gold Rush (1925)

The Great Dictator (1940)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani

Bosch TV series (2014-21)

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Federico Fellini

Akira Kurosawa

Police Squad TV series (1982)

Jack Nicholson

Clint Eastwood

John Ford

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest novel by Ken Kesey

Sometimes A Great Notion novel by Ken Kesey

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Milos Forman

Train Dreams novella by Denis Johnson

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“Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” song by The Beatles (1967)

“Here Comes The Sun” song by The Beatles (1969)

Andrei Tarkovsky

The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan album by Bob Dylan (1961)

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Published 2025-12-19

TRAILER SHOW: Mary Bronstein

30 min

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Published 2025-12-16

IF I HAD LEGS I'D KICK YOU writer/director Mary Bronstein

86 min

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Mary Bronstein discusses a few of her favorite formative films with Josh Olson.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

If You Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)

Repulsion (1965)

Antichrist (2009)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Marty Supreme (2025)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

Shampoo (1975)

The Matrix (1999)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Splendor in the Grass (1961)

Wanda (1971)

Rules Don’t Apply (2016)

Gypsy (1962)

West Side Story (1961)

Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)

The Hot Rock (1972)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

East of Eden (1955)

Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

Bus Stop (1956)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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Arthur Penn

French New Wave

Jean Luc Godard

Natalie Wood

Barbara Loden

Eliah Kazan

Ella Beatty

Howard Hughes

Ethel Merman

Rosalind Russell

Steve McQueen

Robert Redford

Elizabeth Taylor

Richard Burton

Betty Davis

Joan Crawford

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92)

The Academy Awards

James Dean

Raymond Massey

East of Eden novel by John Steinbeck (1952)

Nicholas Ray

Rose Byrne

Marilyn Monroe

Lee Strasberg

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Callie Khouri

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If You Had Legs I’d Kick You (2025)

Repulsion (1965)

Antichrist (2009)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Marty Supreme (2025)

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

Shampoo (1975)

The Matrix (1999)

The Blair Witch Project (1999)

Splendor in the Grass (1961)

Wanda (1971)

Rules Don’t Apply (2016)

Gypsy (1962)

West Side Story (1961)

Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)

The Hot Rock (1972)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

East of Eden (1955)

Rebel Without A Cause (1955)

Bus Stop (1956)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

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Our pals at Movies Unlimited

Conan O’Brien

A$AP Rocky

TFH Guru Illeana Douglas’ Connecticut in the Movies book (2023)

NYU

Blockbuster Video

PBS

Turner Classic Movies

The Video Archives rental shop in Manhattan Beach, CA and later Hermosa Beach, CA

Quentin Tarantino

Kim’s Video shop in NYC

Warren Beatty

Faye Dunaway

Arthur Penn

French New Wave

Jean Luc Godard

Natalie Wood

Barbara Loden

Eliah Kazan

Ella Beatty

Howard Hughes

Ethel Merman

Rosalind Russell

Steve McQueen

Robert Redford

Elizabeth Taylor

Richard Burton

Betty Davis

Joan Crawford

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92)

The Academy Awards

James Dean

Raymond Massey

East of Eden novel by John Steinbeck (1952)

Nicholas Ray

Rose Byrne

Marilyn Monroe

Lee Strasberg

The Actor’s Studio

Callie Khouri

Brad Pitt

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Published 2025-12-12

TRAILER SHOW: Bryan Fuller

25 min

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Published 2025-12-09

DUST BUNNY writer/director Bryan Fuller

102 min

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DUST BUNNY writer/director Bryan Fuller discusses his favorite gateway horror films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Gremlins (1984)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

The Running Man (2025)

Dust Bunny (2025)

Dirty Harry (1971)

Explorers (1985)

Piranha (1978)

Don’t Look Now (1973)

The Howling (1981)

Coma (1978)

The Great Train Robbery (1976)

The ‘Burbs (1989)

Alien (1979)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Humanoids From The Deep (1980)

The Devil’s Backbone (2001)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Scream (1996)

The Terminator (1984)

Time Bandits (1981)

Mad Max (1979)

Weapons (2025)

Hostel (2005)

Saw (2004)

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

Poltergeist (1982)

Star Wars (1977)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

ET The Extraterrestrial (1982)

Blade Runner (1982)

The Thing (1982)

Stand By Me (1985)

Goonies (1985)

The Shining (1980)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Invaders From Mars (1986)

Labyrinth (1986)

The Dark Crystal (1982)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Casino Royale (2006)

The Black Hole (1979)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Bambi (1941)

Escape From Witch Mountain (1975)

The Cat From Outer Space (1978)

The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

Grimm's Fairy Tales of Lustful Couples (1969)

Silent Running (1971)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1983)

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

The Godfather Part II (1974)

Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990)

Die Hard (1988)

Rocky (1976)

Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1985)

Howling III: The Marsupials (1988)

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Pino Donaggio

Brian De Palma

Alexandre Desplat

David Byrne

Brian Eno

John Williams

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Battlestar Galactica TV series (1978-79)

Johnny Mathis

Watchmen graphic novel series by Alan Moore (1986-87)

Pushing Daisies TV series (2007-09)

Sean Connery

Robin Hood

Terry Gilliam

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Howard Hawks

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Briana Venskus

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Louise Fletcher

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Zach Galligan

Kate Capshaw

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Ke Huy Quan

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Cinderella

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Bruce Dern

Wolfgang Petersen

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Noah Hathaway

James Bond

Sybil Danning
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Movies Referenced In This Episode

Gremlins (1984)

You Only Live Twice (1967)

On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969)

The Running Man (2025)

Dust Bunny (2025)

Dirty Harry (1971)

Explorers (1985)

Piranha (1978)

Don’t Look Now (1973)

The Howling (1981)

Coma (1978)

The Great Train Robbery (1976)

The ‘Burbs (1989)

Alien (1979)

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978)

The Shaggy Dog (1959)

Battlestar Galactica (1978)

Humanoids From The Deep (1980)

The Devil’s Backbone (2001)

Pan’s Labyrinth (2006)

Scream (1996)

The Terminator (1984)

Time Bandits (1981)

Mad Max (1979)

Weapons (2025)

Hostel (2005)

Saw (2004)

Jennifer’s Body (2009)

Poltergeist (1982)

Star Wars (1977)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)

ET The Extraterrestrial (1982)

Blade Runner (1982)

The Thing (1982)

Stand By Me (1985)

Goonies (1985)

The Shining (1980)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Invaders From Mars (1986)

Labyrinth (1986)

The Dark Crystal (1982)

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

Casino Royale (2006)

The Black Hole (1979)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Bambi (1941)

Escape From Witch Mountain (1975)

The Cat From Outer Space (1978)

The Ugly Stepsister (2025)

Grimm's Fairy Tales of Lustful Couples (1969)

Silent Running (1971)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1983)

The NeverEnding Story (1984)

The Godfather Part II (1974)

Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990)

Die Hard (1988)

Rocky (1976)

Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1985)

Howling III: The Marsupials (1988)

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TFH Guru Edgar Wright

Lily Allen

David Harbour

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Laurence Fishburne

Margery Simkin

Sophie Sloan

Columbia Pictures

Our Ethan Hawke podcast episode

Jerry Goldsmith

Pino Donaggio

Brian De Palma

Alexandre Desplat

David Byrne

Brian Eno

John Williams

Alien photo novel by Richard J Anobile (1979)

Star Trek TV series (1966-68)

Battlestar Galactica TV series (1978-79)

Johnny Mathis

Watchmen graphic novel series by Alan Moore (1986-87)

Pushing Daisies TV series (2007-09)

Sean Connery

Robin Hood

Terry Gilliam

Sid Sheinberg

Tobe Hooper

Steven Spielberg

Amblin

Craig T. Nelson

JoBeth Williams

Howard Hawks

TFH Guru John Sayles

Bryan’s Queer for Fear: The History of Queer Horror TV series (2022)

Briana Venskus

Wil Wheaton

River Phoenix

Dave Grusin

The MPAA’s PG-13 rating

Louise Fletcher

Jim Henson

Animal the Muppet

The Muppet Show TV series (1976-81)

Zach Galligan

Kate Capshaw

Harrison Ford

Ke Huy Quan

Mads Mikkelson

Walt Disney Pictures

The Love Boat

Ernest Borgnine

Joseph Bottoms

Shudder

Cinderella

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

Marie Liljedahl

Huey, Dewey, and Louie

Bruce Dern

Wolfgang Petersen

Barrett Oliver

Noah Hathaway

James Bond

Sybil Danning
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Published 2025-12-05

TRAILER SHOW: Daniel Bessner

25 min

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Published 2025-12-02

AMERICAN PRESTIGE host, historian and author Daniel Bessner

66 min

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Author/historian Daniel Bessner discusses his favorite dystopian films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Vanishing Point (1971)

Mad Max (1971)

Casablanca (1941)

Looper (2012)

Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

Chronicle (2012)

Fruitvale Station (2013)

Black Panther (2018)

Knives Out (2019)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Children of Men (2010)

Idiocracy (2006)

The Matrix (1999)

The Animatrix (2003)

Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)

They Live (1988)

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

Minority Report (2002)

Magnolia (1999)

War of the Worlds (2005)

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Escape From LA (1996)

Escape From New York (1981)

Robocop (1987)

The Warriors (1979)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

12 Monkeys (1995)

Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1988)

The Fisher King (1991)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

Brazil (1985)

Time Bandits (1981)

V for Vendetta (2005)

Gattaca (1997)

Mad Max (1979)

The Road Warrior (1981)

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

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Daniel’s “Life and Death of Hollywood" article in Harper’s Bazaar

Poker Face TV series (2023- )

Laura Dern

Carrie Fisher

Clive Owen

Julianne Moore

Lana Wachowski

Lily Wachowski

Slavoj Zizek

Keith David

Rowdy Roddy Piper

Joe Pantoliano

John Carpenter

Harlan Ellison

Tom Cruise

Philip K. Dick

Steven Spielberg

Max von Sydow

Kurt Russell

Peter Fonda

“Theme From New York, New York” song by Frank Sinatra (1977)

12 Monkeys TV series (2015-18)

Bruce Willis

Brad Pitt

Terry Gilliam

Henry Jaglom

The Occupy Wall Street movement

V for Vendetta graphic novel series by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (1982-89)

Ethan Hawke

Jude Law

Ernest Borgnine

Nicholas Hoult

Tom Hardy

Charlize Theron

George Miller

Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road book by Kyle Buchanan (2022)

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Author/historian Daniel Bessner discusses his favorite dystopian films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Vanishing Point (1971)

Mad Max (1971)

Casablanca (1941)

Looper (2012)

Hollywood Boulevard (1976)

Chronicle (2012)

Fruitvale Station (2013)

Black Panther (2018)

Knives Out (2019)

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)

Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

Children of Men (2010)

Idiocracy (2006)

The Matrix (1999)

The Animatrix (2003)

Batman: Gotham Knight (2008)

They Live (1988)

Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

Minority Report (2002)

Magnolia (1999)

War of the Worlds (2005)

Mission: Impossible (1996)

Escape From LA (1996)

Escape From New York (1981)

Robocop (1987)

The Warriors (1979)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

12 Monkeys (1995)

Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure (1988)

The Fisher King (1991)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

Brazil (1985)

Time Bandits (1981)

V for Vendetta (2005)

Gattaca (1997)

Mad Max (1979)

The Road Warrior (1981)

Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)

Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)

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Our pals at Movies Unlimited

The Mission: Impossible film franchise

The American Cinematheque in Los Angeles

Spike Lee

George Miller

Steven Seagal

Daniel’s American Prestige podcast

Lawrence Summers

Daniel’s “Life and Death of Hollywood" article in Harper’s Bazaar

Poker Face TV series (2023- )

Laura Dern

Carrie Fisher

Clive Owen

Julianne Moore

Lana Wachowski

Lily Wachowski

Slavoj Zizek

Keith David

Rowdy Roddy Piper

Joe Pantoliano

John Carpenter

Harlan Ellison

Tom Cruise

Philip K. Dick

Steven Spielberg

Max von Sydow

Kurt Russell

Peter Fonda

“Theme From New York, New York” song by Frank Sinatra (1977)

12 Monkeys TV series (2015-18)

Bruce Willis

Brad Pitt

Terry Gilliam

Henry Jaglom

The Occupy Wall Street movement

V for Vendetta graphic novel series by Alan Moore and David Lloyd (1982-89)

Ethan Hawke

Jude Law

Ernest Borgnine

Nicholas Hoult

Tom Hardy

Charlize Theron

George Miller

Blood, Sweat & Chrome: The Wild and True Story of Mad Max: Fury Road book by Kyle Buchanan (2022)

The Star Wars franchise

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Mel Gibson

Daniel’s American Prestige interview with Glen Lowry

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Published 2025-11-14

TRAILER SHOW: Edgar Wright

26 min

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Published 2025-11-11

RUNNING MAN director Edgar Wright Returns!

84 min

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Filmmaker/TFH Guru/Cinema Aficionado Edgar Wright returns to discuss a few of his favorite cinematic dystopian futures with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

The Running Man (2025)

Hellzapoppin (1941)

The Chocolate War (1988)

A Boy And His Dog (1975)

Soylent Green (1973)

The Second Civil War (1997)

The China Syndrome (1979)

Halloween (1978)

Halloween (2007)

Halloween (2018)

The Howling (1981)

The Deadly Affair (1967)

A Deadly Affair (2017)

His Deadly Affair (2019)

Deadly Affair (2024)

Deadly Affair a.k.a. Star Struck (2000)

The Chain Reaction (1980)

Chain Reaction (1996)

Mad Max (1979)

Crash (1996)

Crash (2005)

Baby Driver (2017)

Boss Baby (2017)

Star Wars (1977)

The Ruins (2008)

The 10th Victim (1965)

The Prize of Peril (1983)

Danger: Diabolik (1968)

John Wick (2014)

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Our Man Flint (1966)

In Like Flint (1967)

The President’s Analyst (1967)

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

Barbarella (1968)

Modesty Blaise (1966)

Rollerball (1975)

Battle Royale (2000)

The Hunger Games (2012)

Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

The Detective (1968)

Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Terminator: Genisys (2015)

Punishment Park (1971)

Privilege (1967)

Culloden (1964)

The War Game (1966)

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

Threads (1984)

Logan’s Run (1976)

Walkabout (1971)

I Start Counting (1970)

The Shuttered Room (1967)

Looker (1981)

Escape From New York (1981)

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

The Creator (2023)

Prom Night (1980)

Scanners (1981)

Phantasm (1979)

Brazil (1985)

Blade Runner (1982)

1984 (1984)

Robocop (1987)

Total Recall (1990)

Robodoc (2023)

The Terminator (1984)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Delicatessen (1992)

A History of Violence (2005)

Super Vixens (1976)

Doberman (1997)

Demolition Man (1993)

Idiocracy (2006)

The Adventures of Ford Farlaine (1990)

Heathers (1988)

Death Race 2000 (1976)

Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

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Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The United States vs. Billie Holiday (2021)

The Running Man (2025)

Hellzapoppin (1941)

The Chocolate War (1988)

A Boy And His Dog (1975)

Soylent Green (1973)

The Second Civil War (1997)

The China Syndrome (1979)

Halloween (1978)

Halloween (2007)

Halloween (2018)

The Howling (1981)

The Deadly Affair (1967)

A Deadly Affair (2017)

His Deadly Affair (2019)

Deadly Affair (2024)

Deadly Affair a.k.a. Star Struck (2000)

The Chain Reaction (1980)

Chain Reaction (1996)

Mad Max (1979)

Crash (1996)

Crash (2005)

Baby Driver (2017)

Boss Baby (2017)

Star Wars (1977)

The Ruins (2008)

The 10th Victim (1965)

The Prize of Peril (1983)

Danger: Diabolik (1968)

John Wick (2014)

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)

Our Man Flint (1966)

In Like Flint (1967)

The President’s Analyst (1967)

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

Barbarella (1968)

Modesty Blaise (1966)

Rollerball (1975)

Battle Royale (2000)

The Hunger Games (2012)

Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard with a Vengeance (1995)

The Detective (1968)

Three Days of the Condor (1975)

Terminator: Genisys (2015)

Punishment Park (1971)

Privilege (1967)

Culloden (1964)

The War Game (1966)

Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)

Threads (1984)

Logan’s Run (1976)

Walkabout (1971)

I Start Counting (1970)

The Shuttered Room (1967)

Looker (1981)

Escape From New York (1981)

Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)

The Creator (2023)

Prom Night (1980)

Scanners (1981)

Phantasm (1979)

Brazil (1985)

Blade Runner (1982)

1984 (1984)

Robocop (1987)

Total Recall (1990)

Robodoc (2023)

The Terminator (1984)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Delicatessen (1992)

A History of Violence (2005)

Super Vixens (1976)

Doberman (1997)

Demolition Man (1993)

Idiocracy (2006)

The Adventures of Ford Farlaine (1990)

Heathers (1988)

Death Race 2000 (1976)

Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

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Published 2025-10-28

Criterion Collection producer Karen Stetler

91 min

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Karen Stetler shares some of her best experiences producing discs for The Criterion Collection with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Black Narcissus (1947)

The Apple (1980)

A History of Violence (2005)

Raging Bull (1980)

Dead Ringers (1988)

Naked Lunch (1991)

Scanners (1981)

Crash (1996)

The Brood (1979)

Videodrome (1983)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Citizen Kane (1941)

King Kong (1933)

The Red Shoes (1948)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Monty Python’s The Life of Brian (1979)

Time Bandits (1981)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

The Fisher King (1991)

The African Queen (1951)

Dark of the Sun (1968)

Sons and Lovers (1960)

I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)

Oliver Twist (1948)

Major Barbara (1941)

Brief Encounter (1945)

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Tunes of Glory (1960)

The Horse’s Mouth (1958)

*The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)

*Cairo Station (1958)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Nashville (1975)

*3 Women (1977)

*McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)

Don’t Look Now (1973)

The Player (1992)

Short Cuts (1993)

*Matewan (1987)

*Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)

One False Move (1992)

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Shaft (1971)

Shaft (2000)

The Terminator (1984)

*Withnail & I (1987)

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

*The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965)

*Downhill Racer (1968)

The French Connection (1972)

War of the Worlds (1953)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1959)

Avatar (2009)

*The Prince of Tides (1991)

*Funny Girl (1968)

Yentil (1983)

The Tales of Hoffman (1951)

Birth of a Nation (1915)

A Matter of Life and Death (1956)

Mother (1996)

*The Dead (1987)

The Howling (1981)

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Pia Zadora

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Tom Bernardo

David Cronenberg

A History of Violence graphic novel by John Wagner (1997)

Janus Films

Martin Scorsese

Thelma Schoonmaker

Sugar Ray Leonard

Frank Warner

Terry Gilliam

Sid Sheinberg

The Battle of Brazil book by Jack Mathews (1987)

Kim Greist

Hunter S. Thompson

Ralph Steadman

Johnny Depp

Benicio del Toro

Lynda Obst

Richard LaGravense

Robin Williams

Our 2025 Halloween Jam episode

Emeric Pressburger

The Cannes Film Festival

ITV

The Film Foundation

Lauren Bacall

TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski

DH Lawrence

Erwin Hillier

Wendy Hiller

Ronald Neame

David Lean

Alex Corda

BAFTAAlec Guinness

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Kumar Shahani

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Hind Rostom

The Criterion Channel

Playboy Magazine

Alexander Payne

Robert Altman

Sissy Spacek

Shelley Duvall

Vilmos Zsigmond

Keith Carradine

Michael Murphy

Rene Auberjonois

Joan Tewkesbury

Graham Clifford

Ingmar Bergman

TFH Guru John Sayles

Walter Mosley’s Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins novel series

Attica Locke

Carl Franklin

Don Cheadle

Billy Bob Thornton

Denzel Washington

Picket Fences TV series

Woody Allen

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold novel by John Le Carre

Martin Ritt director

Richard Burton

Mikhail Gorbachev

Robert Redford

The Sundance Film Festival

Joe Jay Jalbert

Michael Ritchie

Gene Hackman

The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting by Craig Barron and Mark Cotta Vaz (2004)

Ben Bird

The Star Wars film franchise

Ray Harryhausen

Barbra Streisand

Elliott Gould

Our RZA podcast episode

The Wu-Tang Clan

Wayne Wang

Ang Lee

TFH Guru Guillermo del Toro

Albert Brooks

John Huston
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Karen Stetler shares some of her best experiences producing discs for The Criterion Collection with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Black Narcissus (1947)

The Apple (1980)

A History of Violence (2005)

Raging Bull (1980)

Dead Ringers (1988)

Naked Lunch (1991)

Scanners (1981)

Crash (1996)

The Brood (1979)

Videodrome (1983)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Taxi Driver (1976)

Citizen Kane (1941)

King Kong (1933)

The Red Shoes (1948)

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Monty Python’s The Life of Brian (1979)

Time Bandits (1981)

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

The Fisher King (1991)

The African Queen (1951)

Dark of the Sun (1968)

Sons and Lovers (1960)

I Know Where I’m Going! (1945)

Oliver Twist (1948)

Major Barbara (1941)

Brief Encounter (1945)

The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

Tunes of Glory (1960)

The Horse’s Mouth (1958)

*The Cloud-Capped Star (1960)

*Cairo Station (1958)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Nashville (1975)

*3 Women (1977)

*McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

The Man Who Fell To Earth (1976)

Don’t Look Now (1973)

The Player (1992)

Short Cuts (1993)

*Matewan (1987)

*Devil In A Blue Dress (1995)

One False Move (1992)

The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941)

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

Shaft (1971)

Shaft (2000)

The Terminator (1984)

*Withnail & I (1987)

How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

*The Spy Who Came In From The Cold (1965)

*Downhill Racer (1968)

The French Connection (1972)

War of the Worlds (1953)

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1959)

Avatar (2009)

*The Prince of Tides (1991)

*Funny Girl (1968)

Yentil (1983)

The Tales of Hoffman (1951)

Birth of a Nation (1915)

A Matter of Life and Death (1956)

Mother (1996)

*The Dead (1987)

The Howling (1981)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Our pals at Movies Unlimited

Film and Television Institute of India

Michael Powell

Pia Zadora

The Criterion Collection

Menachem Golan

Severin Films

The Chicago International Film Festival

Bosch TV series (2014-21)

Tom Bernardo

David Cronenberg

A History of Violence graphic novel by John Wagner (1997)

Janus Films

Martin Scorsese

Thelma Schoonmaker

Sugar Ray Leonard

Frank Warner

Terry Gilliam

Sid Sheinberg

The Battle of Brazil book by Jack Mathews (1987)

Kim Greist

Hunter S. Thompson

Ralph Steadman

Johnny Depp

Benicio del Toro

Lynda Obst

Richard LaGravense

Robin Williams

Our 2025 Halloween Jam episode

Emeric Pressburger

The Cannes Film Festival

ITV

The Film Foundation

Lauren Bacall

TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski

DH Lawrence

Erwin Hillier

Wendy Hiller

Ronald Neame

David Lean

Alex Corda

BAFTAAlec Guinness

Video Archives

Quentin TarantinoRitwik Ghatak

Satyajit Ray

Saeed Akhtar Mirza

Kumar Shahani

The Indiana National Film Archive

Professor Joseph Fahmy

Farid Shawqi

Hind Rostom

The Criterion Channel

Playboy Magazine

Alexander Payne

Robert Altman

Sissy Spacek

Shelley Duvall

Vilmos Zsigmond

Keith Carradine

Michael Murphy

Rene Auberjonois

Joan Tewkesbury

Graham Clifford

Ingmar Bergman

TFH Guru John Sayles

Walter Mosley’s Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins novel series

Attica Locke

Carl Franklin

Don Cheadle

Billy Bob Thornton

Denzel Washington

Picket Fences TV series

Woody Allen

The Spy Who Came In From The Cold novel by John Le Carre

Martin Ritt director

Richard Burton

Mikhail Gorbachev

Robert Redford

The Sundance Film Festival

Joe Jay Jalbert

Michael Ritchie

Gene Hackman

The Invisible Art: The Legends of Movie Matte Painting by Craig Barron and Mark Cotta Vaz (2004)

Ben Bird

The Star Wars film franchise

Ray Harryhausen

Barbra Streisand

Elliott Gould

Our RZA podcast episode

The Wu-Tang Clan

Wayne Wang

Ang Lee

TFH Guru Guillermo del Toro

Albert Brooks

John Huston
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Published 2025-10-24

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere author WARREN ZANES

106 min

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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere author Warren Zanes discusses the ten most important Bruce Springsteen songs.

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Published 2025-10-21

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere writer/director SCOTT COOPER

69 min

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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere writer/director Scott Cooper discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (2025)

Crazy Heart (2009)

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Out of the Furnace (2013)

The Deer Hunter (1978)

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Tender Mercies (1983)

Black Mass (2015)

The Conversation (1974)

Badlands (1973)

Days of Heaven (1978)

Hostiles (2017)

Antlers (2021)

Heat (1995)

Thief (1981)

Ferrari (2024)

A Boy And His Dog (1975)

Unforgiven (1992)

A History of Violence (2005)

Naked Lunch (1991)

Spyder (2002)

Gerry (2002)

The Instigators (2024)

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Se7en (1995)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Our pals at Movies Unlimited

The American Cinematheque

Martin Scorsese

Bruce Springsteen

Deliver Me from Nowhere book by Warren Zanes (2023)

Our Warren Zanes podcast episode

Nebraska album by Bruce Springsteen (1982)

Telluride Film Festival

Stephen Graham

“Born To Run” song by Bruce Springsteen (1975)

"Dream Baby Dream" song by Suicide (1979), cover by Bruce Springsteen

Somewhere North of Nashville album by Bruce Springsteen (2025)

Nebraska ‘82: Expanded Edition album by Bruce Springsteen (2025)

Jon Landau

Born In The USA album by Bruce Springsteen (1984)

“Darkness On The Edge Of Town” song by Bruce Springsteen (1978)

Sam Cooke

Al Teller

Our David Krumholtz podcast episode

“Mansion On The Hill” song by Bruce Springsteen (1982)

“My Father’s House” song by Bruce Springsteen (1982)

“Badlands” song by Bruce Springsteen

Miami Vice TV series (1984-89)

The El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles

Maria Bello

Darkness On The Edge Of Town album by Bruce Springsteen (1978)

Our Casey Affleck podcast episode

Matt Damon

Gus Van Sant

TFH Guru Dennis Lehane

“Fight The Power” song by Public Enemy (1989)

Petty: The Biography book by Warren Zanes (2015)

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Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere writer/director Scott Cooper discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere (2025)

Crazy Heart (2009)

The Last Picture Show (1971)

Out of the Furnace (2013)

The Deer Hunter (1978)

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Tender Mercies (1983)

Black Mass (2015)

The Conversation (1974)

Badlands (1973)

Days of Heaven (1978)

Hostiles (2017)

Antlers (2021)

Heat (1995)

Thief (1981)

Ferrari (2024)

A Boy And His Dog (1975)

Unforgiven (1992)

A History of Violence (2005)

Naked Lunch (1991)

Spyder (2002)

Gerry (2002)

The Instigators (2024)

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Se7en (1995)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Our pals at Movies Unlimited

The American Cinematheque

Martin Scorsese

Bruce Springsteen

Deliver Me from Nowhere book by Warren Zanes (2023)

Our Warren Zanes podcast episode

Nebraska album by Bruce Springsteen (1982)

Telluride Film Festival

Stephen Graham

“Born To Run” song by Bruce Springsteen (1975)

"Dream Baby Dream" song by Suicide (1979), cover by Bruce Springsteen

Somewhere North of Nashville album by Bruce Springsteen (2025)

Nebraska ‘82: Expanded Edition album by Bruce Springsteen (2025)

Jon Landau

Born In The USA album by Bruce Springsteen (1984)

“Darkness On The Edge Of Town” song by Bruce Springsteen (1978)

Sam Cooke

Al Teller

Our David Krumholtz podcast episode

“Mansion On The Hill” song by Bruce Springsteen (1982)

“My Father’s House” song by Bruce Springsteen (1982)

“Badlands” song by Bruce Springsteen

Miami Vice TV series (1984-89)

The El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles

Maria Bello

Darkness On The Edge Of Town album by Bruce Springsteen (1978)

Our Casey Affleck podcast episode

Matt Damon

Gus Van Sant

TFH Guru Dennis Lehane

“Fight The Power” song by Public Enemy (1989)

Petty: The Biography book by Warren Zanes (2015)

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Published 2025-10-17

The Movies That Made Me Halloween Jam 2025

183 min

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It’s Halloween 2025, and The Movies That Made Me is getting gruesome. Josh and Joe call in the ghosts of episodes past for a wicked roundtable of horror favorites—ranging from cult curiosities to midnight movie masterpieces. If you crave atmosphere, mayhem, and monsters, this year’s Halloween Jam is your cinematic séance.

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It’s Halloween 2025, and The Movies That Made Me is getting gruesome. Josh and Joe call in the ghosts of episodes past for a wicked roundtable of horror favorites—ranging from cult curiosities to midnight movie masterpieces. If you crave atmosphere, mayhem, and monsters, this year’s Halloween Jam is your cinematic séance.

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Published 2025-10-14

EDDINGTON writer/director Ari Aster - Part 2

54 min

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The discussion continues between The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante and Eddington writer/director Ari Aster.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Barry Lyndon (1976)

Lolita (1962)

Lolita (1997)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Defending Your Life (1991)

Real Life (1979)

Mother (1996)

High Anxiety (1977)

Silent Movie (1976)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Elephant Man (1981)

Robocop (1987)

Flesh + Blood (1985)

The Fourth Man (1983)

Soldier of Orange (1977)

Turkish Delight (1973)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Infested (2002)

Basic Instinct (1992)

Total Recall (1990)

Showgirls (1995)

Hollow Man (2000)

Black Book (2006)

Taxi Driver (1976)

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Straw Dogs (1974)

Audition (1999)

Ichi The Killer (2001)

Gozu (2003)

Devils On The Doorstep (2000)

Twentynine Palms (2003)

Zabriskie Point (1970)

Looking For Mr Goodbar (1977)

Fat Girl (2001)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Blue Velvet (1986)

Walkabout (1971)

Psycho (1960)

Vertigo (1958)

A History of Violence (2005)

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

Andrei Rublev (1966)

Imitation of Life (1959)

The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)

The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982)

Written on the Wind (1956)

There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

The Butcher Boy (1997)

The Heart of the World (2000)

Rumours (2024)

Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)

Daisies (1966)

The Cremator (1969)

Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)

World of Glory (1991)

Songs From The Second Floor (2000)

A Swedish Love Story (1970)

Playtime (1967)

Billy’s Balloon (1998)

World of Tomorrow (2015)

Elephant (1989)

Eddington (2025)

Matinee (1993)

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Lolita novel by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)

Adrian Lyne

Peter Sellers

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

Dallas TV series (1978-91)

Dynasty TV series (1981-89)

The Toronto International Film Festival

Eamonn Owens

Neil Jordan

The Butcher Boy novel by Patrick McCabe (1992)

Guy Maddin

Evan Johnson

Sergei Eisenstein

Our Caelum Vatnsdal podcast episode

Jan Švankmajer

The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson (1979-1995)

Don Hertzfeldt

Alan Clarke

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The discussion continues between The Movies That Made Me podcast hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante and Eddington writer/director Ari Aster.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Barry Lyndon (1976)

Lolita (1962)

Lolita (1997)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

Defending Your Life (1991)

Real Life (1979)

Mother (1996)

High Anxiety (1977)

Silent Movie (1976)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Elephant Man (1981)

Robocop (1987)

Flesh + Blood (1985)

The Fourth Man (1983)

Soldier of Orange (1977)

Turkish Delight (1973)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Infested (2002)

Basic Instinct (1992)

Total Recall (1990)

Showgirls (1995)

Hollow Man (2000)

Black Book (2006)

Taxi Driver (1976)

The Wild Bunch (1969)

Straw Dogs (1974)

Audition (1999)

Ichi The Killer (2001)

Gozu (2003)

Devils On The Doorstep (2000)

Twentynine Palms (2003)

Zabriskie Point (1970)

Looking For Mr Goodbar (1977)

Fat Girl (2001)

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Blue Velvet (1986)

Walkabout (1971)

Psycho (1960)

Vertigo (1958)

A History of Violence (2005)

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

Ivan’s Childhood (1962)

Andrei Rublev (1966)

Imitation of Life (1959)

The Baby of Mâcon (1993)

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)

The Draughtsman’s Contract (1982)

Written on the Wind (1956)

There’s Always Tomorrow (1956)

Mildred Pierce (1945)

The Butcher Boy (1997)

The Heart of the World (2000)

Rumours (2024)

Dimensions of Dialogue (1983)

Daisies (1966)

The Cremator (1969)

Conspirators of Pleasure (1996)

World of Glory (1991)

Songs From The Second Floor (2000)

A Swedish Love Story (1970)

Playtime (1967)

Billy’s Balloon (1998)

World of Tomorrow (2015)

Elephant (1989)

Eddington (2025)

Matinee (1993)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Our pals at Movies Unlimited

Coen Brothers Bruce Jay Friedman

James Mason

Lolita novel by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)

Adrian Lyne

Peter Sellers

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

Dallas TV series (1978-91)

Dynasty TV series (1981-89)

The Toronto International Film Festival

Eamonn Owens

Neil Jordan

The Butcher Boy novel by Patrick McCabe (1992)

Guy Maddin

Evan Johnson

Sergei Eisenstein

Our Caelum Vatnsdal podcast episode

Jan Švankmajer

The Far Side comic strip by Gary Larson (1979-1995)

Don Hertzfeldt

Alan Clarke

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Published 2025-10-07

EDDINGTON writer/director Ari Aster

58 min

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Writer, director, producer Ari Aster discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Eddington (2025)

Midsommar (2019)

Beau Is Afraid (2023)

Heathers (1988)

Batman Returns (1992)

3 Ninjas (1992)

A Face In The Crowd (1957)

Surf Ninjas (1993)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Babe: Pig In The City (1998)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Goodfellas (1990)

Taxi Driver (1976)

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

A History of Violence (2005)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Black Narcissus (1947)

Peeping Tom (1960)

Age of Consent (1969)

Happiness (1998)

The Piano Teacher (2001)

Cul-de-sac (1966)

The Servant (1963)

Wake in Fright (1971)

Four Lions (2010)

Jam (2006)

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Grown-Ups (1980)

Home Sweet Home (1982)

Nuts in May (1976)

Hard Labor (1973)

Naked (1991)

Secrets and Lies (1996)

Vera Drake (2004)

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Mr. Turner (2014)

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Breaking The Waves (1996)

Dogville (2003)

Europa (1991)

An Element of Crime (1984)

Seventh Continent (1989)

Benny’s Video (1992)

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)

Caché (2005)

The White Ribbon (2009)

Funny Games (1997)

Funny Games (2007)

Punishment Park (1971)

Edvard Munch (1974)

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

The War Game (1966)

Threads (1984)

Ghost World (2001)

Crumb (1995)

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Our Patreon!

Our pals at Movies Unlimited

The Chapo Traphouse Podcast

Blue Jam radio series (1997-99)

Jam TV series (2000)

Brass Eye (1997, 2001)

The Chris Morris Music Show (1994)

On the Hour radio show (1991-92)

The Day Today radio show (1994)

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

The Kingdom TV series (1994, 1997, 2022)

Our Daniel Clowes podcast

Eightball comic by Daniel Clowes (1989-2003)

Robert Crumb

Zap Comix comic series (1968-2014)

Terry Zwigoff

Monica graphic novel by Daniel Clowes (2023)

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Writer, director, producer Ari Aster discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Eddington (2025)

Midsommar (2019)

Beau Is Afraid (2023)

Heathers (1988)

Batman Returns (1992)

3 Ninjas (1992)

A Face In The Crowd (1957)

Surf Ninjas (1993)

Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)

Babe: Pig In The City (1998)

Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)

Goodfellas (1990)

Taxi Driver (1976)

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)

A History of Violence (2005)

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Black Narcissus (1947)

Peeping Tom (1960)

Age of Consent (1969)

Happiness (1998)

The Piano Teacher (2001)

Cul-de-sac (1966)

The Servant (1963)

Wake in Fright (1971)

Four Lions (2010)

Jam (2006)

Welcome to the Dollhouse (1996)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Grown-Ups (1980)

Home Sweet Home (1982)

Nuts in May (1976)

Hard Labor (1973)

Naked (1991)

Secrets and Lies (1996)

Vera Drake (2004)

Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

Mr. Turner (2014)

Topsy-Turvy (1999)

Breaking The Waves (1996)

Dogville (2003)

Europa (1991)

An Element of Crime (1984)

Seventh Continent (1989)

Benny’s Video (1992)

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (1994)

Caché (2005)

The White Ribbon (2009)

Funny Games (1997)

Funny Games (2007)

Punishment Park (1971)

Edvard Munch (1974)

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)

The War Game (1966)

Threads (1984)

Ghost World (2001)

Crumb (1995)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Our pals at Movies Unlimited

The Chapo Traphouse Podcast

Blue Jam radio series (1997-99)

Jam TV series (2000)

Brass Eye (1997, 2001)

The Chris Morris Music Show (1994)

On the Hour radio show (1991-92)

The Day Today radio show (1994)

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

The Kingdom TV series (1994, 1997, 2022)

Our Daniel Clowes podcast

Eightball comic by Daniel Clowes (1989-2003)

Robert Crumb

Zap Comix comic series (1968-2014)

Terry Zwigoff

Monica graphic novel by Daniel Clowes (2023)

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Published 2025-10-06

TRAILER SHOW: Mercedes Bryce Morgan

18 min

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A few featured trailers for movies discussed with Mercedes Bryce Morgan

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Published 2025-09-30

BONE LAKE director Mercedes Bryce Morgan

64 min

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Bone Lake director Mercedes Bryce Morgan discusses 10 movies that are horny and unsettling with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

Bone Lake (2025)

Jaws (1975)

Ms. 45 (1981)

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Titane (2021)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

The Counselor (2014)

Alien (1979)

The Duellists (1977)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

Raw (2018)

Crash (1996)

Trash Humpers (2011)

Kids (1995)

Spring Breakers (2012)

Society (1989)

Crash (2005)

1984 (1984)

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

Crash! (1976)

Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)

Re-Animator (1985)

The Substance (2024)

The Handmaiden (2016)

Oldboy (2003)

Poor Things (2023)

Bugonia (2025)

Climax (2018)

Baraka (1992)

Samsara (2001)

Irreversible (2002)

Heathers (1988)

House of Yes (1997)

Mean Girls (2004)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Showgirls (1995)

Robocop (1987)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Flesh and Blood (1985)

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

The Doom Generation (1995)

Independence Day (1996)

Gremlins (1984)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Revolutionary Road (2008)

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Roger Ebert’s review of Crash

David Cronenberg

Elvis Costello

Crash novel by JG Ballard (1973)

The Little Drummer Girl miniseries (2018)

The House of Yes play by Wendy MacLeod (1990)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? play by Edward Albee (1962)

The Titanic

Paul Verhoeven

The Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles

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Valley of the Dolls novel by Jacqueline Susann (1966)

Gregg Araki

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Bone Lake director Mercedes Bryce Morgan discusses 10 movies that are horny and unsettling with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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Movies Referenced In This Episode

Bone Lake (2025)

Jaws (1975)

Ms. 45 (1981)

Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Titane (2021)

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)

The Counselor (2014)

Alien (1979)

The Duellists (1977)

Thelma and Louise (1991)

Raw (2018)

Crash (1996)

Trash Humpers (2011)

Kids (1995)

Spring Breakers (2012)

Society (1989)

Crash (2005)

1984 (1984)

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

Crash! (1976)

Checkered Flag or Crash (1977)

Re-Animator (1985)

The Substance (2024)

The Handmaiden (2016)

Oldboy (2003)

Poor Things (2023)

Bugonia (2025)

Climax (2018)

Baraka (1992)

Samsara (2001)

Irreversible (2002)

Heathers (1988)

House of Yes (1997)

Mean Girls (2004)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Showgirls (1995)

Robocop (1987)

Starship Troopers (1997)

Flesh and Blood (1985)

Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

The Doom Generation (1995)

Independence Day (1996)

Gremlins (1984)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Revolutionary Road (2008)

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USC School of Cinematic Arts

Abel Ferrara

Zoë Lund

Twin Peaks TV series (1990-91, 2017)

Roger Ebert’s review of Crash

David Cronenberg

Elvis Costello

Crash novel by JG Ballard (1973)

The Little Drummer Girl miniseries (2018)

The House of Yes play by Wendy MacLeod (1990)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? play by Edward Albee (1962)

The Titanic

Paul Verhoeven

The Nuart Theatre in Los Angeles

Russ Meyer

Valley of the Dolls novel by Jacqueline Susann (1966)

Gregg Araki

James Duval

John Mahoney

Frasier TV series (1993-2004)

Mike Leigh

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Published 2025-09-19

TRAILER SHOW: Anthony Jeselnik

25 min

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Published 2025-09-16

Comedian Anthony Jeselnik

81 min

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Comedian Anthony Jeselnik discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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Movies Referenced In This Episode

Weapons (2025)

Hereditary (2018)

Alien (1979)

*Jaws (1975)

*Top Secret! (1984)

Airplane! (1980)

Top Gun (1986)

Airport (1970)

The Naked Gun (1988)

Blue Lagoon (1980)

Real Genius (1985)

Tombstone (1993)

*The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

28 Days Later (2003)

The Terminator (1984)

*King of New York (1990)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Touch of Evil (1958)

Go Go Tales (2007)

4:44 Last Day On Earth (2011)

*Cemetery Man (1983)

*Knockin On Heaven’s Door (1997)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Blade Runner (1982)

The Bucket List (2010)

*Se7en (1995)

Schindler’s List (1993)

A History of Violence (2005)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

*Braveheart (1995)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Apocalypto (2006)

*Comedian (2002)

MacGruber (2010)

*Martyrs (2008)

*Inside (2007)

Funny Games (1997)

Saw (2008)

Bambi (1941)

The Coffee Table (2022)

*Manchester by the Sea (2016)

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Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker

Alien: Earth TV series (2025- )

The Hollywood Reporter

Wondery

Sigourney Weaver

Roy Scheider

Gilligan’s Island TV series (1964-67)

John Williams

Val Kilmer

Elvis Presley

Police Squad TV series (1982)

Cher

Mr. Show With Bob And David TV series (1995-98)

The Ben Stiller Show TV series (1992-93, 1995)

Second City Television TV series (1976-81)

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

The Comedy Cellar in New York

Colin Quinn

Jacques Cousteau

Seinfeld TV series (1989-98)

TFH Guru Mick Garris

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Comedian Anthony Jeselnik discusses a few of his favorite movies with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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Movies Referenced In This Episode

Weapons (2025)

Hereditary (2018)

Alien (1979)

*Jaws (1975)

*Top Secret! (1984)

Airplane! (1980)

Top Gun (1986)

Airport (1970)

The Naked Gun (1988)

Blue Lagoon (1980)

Real Genius (1985)

Tombstone (1993)

*The Return of the Living Dead (1985)

Night of the Living Dead (1968)

28 Days Later (2003)

The Terminator (1984)

*King of New York (1990)

Pulp Fiction (1994)

Bad Lieutenant (1992)

Citizen Kane (1941)

Touch of Evil (1958)

Go Go Tales (2007)

4:44 Last Day On Earth (2011)

*Cemetery Man (1983)

*Knockin On Heaven’s Door (1997)

Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Blade Runner (1982)

The Bucket List (2010)

*Se7en (1995)

Schindler’s List (1993)

A History of Violence (2005)

The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

*Braveheart (1995)

Lethal Weapon (1987)

Apocalypto (2006)

*Comedian (2002)

MacGruber (2010)

*Martyrs (2008)

*Inside (2007)

Funny Games (1997)

Saw (2008)

Bambi (1941)

The Coffee Table (2022)

*Manchester by the Sea (2016)

Other Notable Items

Our Patreon!

Our pals at Movies Unlimited

Zucker, Abrahams and Zucker

Alien: Earth TV series (2025- )

The Hollywood Reporter

Wondery

Sigourney Weaver

Roy Scheider

Gilligan’s Island TV series (1964-67)

John Williams

Val Kilmer

Elvis Presley

Police Squad TV series (1982)

Cher

Mr. Show With Bob And David TV series (1995-98)

The Ben Stiller Show TV series (1992-93, 1995)

Second City Television TV series (1976-81)

Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )

The Comedy Cellar in New York

Colin Quinn

Jacques Cousteau

Seinfeld TV series (1989-98)

TFH Guru Mick Garris

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Published 2025-09-12

TRAILER SHOW: Splitsville

25 min

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SPLITSVILLE co-writers Michael Angelo Covino & Kyle Marvin

75 min

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Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin discuss some of the films they watched while writing SPLITSVILLE with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

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Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Climb (2020)

Splitsville (2025)

Mission: Impossible (1996)

The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

Swept Away (1974)

Swept Away (2002)

Which Way Is Up? (1977)

Pardon Mon Affaire (1976)

The Woman in Red (1984)

The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

A New Leaf (1971)

Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977)

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)

Gremlins (1984)

Ishtar (1987)

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)

Carnal Knowledge (1971)

Divorce Italian Style (1961)

Divorce American Style (1967)

How To Kill Your Wife (1965)

The Magnificent Cuckold (1964)

The Pizza Triangle (1970)

The 10th Victim (1965)

The In-Laws (1979)

Midnight Run (1988)

Boccaccio ‘70 (1962)

Stromboli (1950)

Johnny Stecchino (1991)

Men… (1985)

Me And Him (1988)

Chatterbox (1977)

A Talking Cat!?! (2013)

We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972)

We All Love Each Other So Much (1974)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)

Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life (1983)

Monty Python’s The Life Of Brian (1979)

The Producers (1968)

American History X (1997)

The Mask (1994) - Kyle

The Gold Rush (1925) - Mike

City Lights (1931)

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

80 For Brady (2023)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Hellzapoppin (1941)

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Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin discuss some of the films they watched while writing SPLITSVILLE with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

The Climb (2020)

Splitsville (2025)

Mission: Impossible (1996)

The Seduction of Mimi (1972)

Swept Away (1974)

Swept Away (2002)

Which Way Is Up? (1977)

Pardon Mon Affaire (1976)

The Woman in Red (1984)

The Heartbreak Kid (1972)

The Heartbreak Kid (2007)

A New Leaf (1971)

Looking For Mr. Goodbar (1977)

The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953)

Gremlins (1984)

Ishtar (1987)

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)

Carnal Knowledge (1971)

Divorce Italian Style (1961)

Divorce American Style (1967)

How To Kill Your Wife (1965)

The Magnificent Cuckold (1964)

The Pizza Triangle (1970)

The 10th Victim (1965)

The In-Laws (1979)

Midnight Run (1988)

Boccaccio ‘70 (1962)

Stromboli (1950)

Johnny Stecchino (1991)

Men… (1985)

Me And Him (1988)

Chatterbox (1977)

A Talking Cat!?! (2013)

We Won’t Grow Old Together (1972)

We All Love Each Other So Much (1974)

Blazing Saddles (1974)

Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)

Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life (1983)

Monty Python’s The Life Of Brian (1979)

The Producers (1968)

American History X (1997)

The Mask (1994) - Kyle

The Gold Rush (1925) - Mike

City Lights (1931)

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

80 For Brady (2023)

Abigail’s Party (1977)

Revolutionary Road (2008)

Hellzapoppin (1941)

Other Notable Items

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