Lee Daniels
Oscar-nominated writer, producer, director Lee Daniels (The United States vs. Billie Holiday, Empire, The Butler) discusses some of his favorite films with Josh & Joe.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Infested (2002)
Shadowboxer (2005)
The United States Vs. Billie Holiday (2021)
A Star Is Born (1937)
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (2013)
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
Lady Sings The Blues (1972)
Island In The Sun (1957)
Carmen Jones (1954)
Claudine (1974)
Mandingo (1975)
Drum (1976)
Caligula (1979)
Gloria (1980)
The Exorcist (1973)
Abby (1974)
Blacula (1972)
Scream Blacula Scream (1973)
Cabaret (1972)
Lenny (1974)
Sounder (1972)
All That Jazz (1979)
I Am A Camera (1955)
Travels With My Aunt (1972)
The Emigrants (1971)
Star 80 (1983)
Harold And Maude (1971)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Pickup On South Street (1953)
In The Mood For Love (2000)
Leave Her To Heaven (1945)
Laura (1944)
Dragonwyck (1946)
The Baron of Arizona (1950)
His Kind of Woman (1951)
Explorers (1985)
Innerspace (1987)
Jack Reacher (2012)
Them (1954)
Revenge of the Creature (1955)
Tarantula! (1955)
Coogan’s Bluff (1968)
Going In Style (1979)
Going In Style (2017)
Judas And The Black Messiah (2021)
Stroszek (1977)
Fitzcarraldo (1982)
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)
Cave Of Forgotten Dreams (2010)
Grizzly Man (2005)
Aguirre, The Wrath Of God (1972)
My Best Fiend (1999)
Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans (2009)
Mandy (2018)
Dreams With Sharp Teeth (2008)
A Gray State (2017)
Citizen Kane (1941)
Other Notable Items
M. David Mullen
Hulu
Garrett Hedlund
Andra Day
Billie Holiday’s famous “Strange Fruit” performance
Joe Roth
Jeff Kirschenbaum
Susan-Lori Parks
Mark Bomback
The Locust Street Theater in Philadelphia
Trevante Rhodes
Muhammad Ali
Frank Rizzo
Harry Belafonte
Dorothy Dandridge
Bob Mackie
Diana Ross
Billy Dee Williams
Richard Pryor
Berry Gordy
Motown Records
Lady Sings the Blues (1972)
Diahann Carroll
James Earl Jones
Curtis Mayfield
Claudine soundtrack (1974) by Gladys Knight & the Pips
The Criterion Collection
John Berry
Julia TV series (1968-1971)
Ken Norton
Perry King
James Mason
The Milgram Theatre in Philadelphia
Peter O’Toole
Helen Mirren
Bob Guccione
Gore Vidal
John Cassavetes
Gena Rowlands
John Gielgud
William Marshall
Bob Fosse
Cicely Tyson
Liza Minneli
The 45th Academy Awards
Julie Harris
Christopher Isherwood
Maggie Smith
Liv Ullman
Eric Roberts
Phil Spector
Ruth Gordon
Samuel Fuller
Richard Widmark
Wong Kar-wai
The Cannes Film Festival
Vincent Price
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Robert Mitchum
Howard Hughes
The upcoming Shout Select Blu-ray of Explorers
The Travis McGee series
The Jack Reacher series
Tom Cruise
Christopher McQuarrie
John Sayles
Clint Eastwood
Strawberry Alarm Clock
Fred Hampton
“The Greatest Love Of All” by Whitney Houston (1985), memorably covered by Randy Watson and Sexual Chocolate
Werner Herzog, a pop culture icon
The Bill Hader podcast episodes
The Sandi Tan podcast episode
Erik Nelson
Harlan Ellison
Fred Astaire
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