Matt Ruskin
Writer/director Matt Ruskin discusses a few of his favorite films with Josh Olson and Joe Dante.
First, here’s our WGA Spotlight featuring Grace N. Edwards.
Show Notes – WGA Spotlight: Grace N. Edwards:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Jodi (2023)
Other Notable Items
Grace’s podcast The Antidote
Insecure TV series (2016-2021)
SAG-AFTRA
The Ike Barinholtz podcast episode
The University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
NYU
The WGA East
Columbia University
Jamal Joseph
Inside Amy Schumer TV series (2013-16, 2022)
Chris Rock
Broad City TV series (2014-19)
Dan Powell
Loosely Exactly Nicole TV series (2016-18)
Nicole Byer
The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt TV series (2015-19)
Mr. Mayor TV series (2021-22)
Survival of the Thickest TV series (2023- )
Michelle Buteau
Mindy Kaling
David Stassen
Daria TV series (1997-2003)
Tracee Ellis Ross
Barry Jenkins
Living Single TV series (1993-1998)
Yvette Lee Bowser
The Showrunners Training Program
Erika Alexander
Queen Latifah
Kim Coles
Netflix
ABC
Dear White People TV series (2017-21)
A Different World TV series (1987-1993)
Run The World TV series (2021-23)
Bob’s Big Boy Restaurant
Warner Brothers
Drew Carey
Swingers Diner
Paramount Pictures
Walt Disney Pictures
Amazon Studios
Lena Waithe
Beyonce
Our friends at Movies Unlimited!
Show Notes – Matt Ruskin:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Boston Strangler (1968) – J.D. Lifshitz’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Boston Strangler (2023)
Zodiac (2007)
Good Will Hunting (1997)
The Town (2010)
The Departed (2006)
Mystic River (2003)
The Last Detail (1973) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Star Wars (1977)
Dr. Strangelove (1964) – Michael Lehmann’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Criterion Blu-ray review
In The Heat Of The Night (1967) – Michael Schlesinger’s trailer commentary, Charlie Largent’s Blu-ray review, Glenn Erickson’s 4K Blu-ray review
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
Sisters (1973) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Smile (1975) – Jessica Bendinger’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Grand Prix (1966)
The Friends Of Eddie Coyle (1973) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary
The Godfather (1972) – Ernest Dickerson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Randy Fuller’s wine pairings
Booster (2012)
Monument Ave. (1998)
Blow (2001)
Boogie Nights (1997)
The Verdict (1982)
Spotlight (2015) – Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review, Dennis Cozzalio’s review
Gandhi (1982)
…And Justice For All (1979)
Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Scarface (1983) – Katt Shea’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Brink’s Job (1978)
The Exorcist (1973) – Oren Peli’s trailer commentary
The Usual Suspects (1995)
Straight Time (1978) – Josh Olson’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
The Graduate (1967) – Neil LaBute’s trailer commentary, Glenn Erickson’s Blu-ray review
Pieces Of A Woman (2020)
White God (2014)
Titicut Follies (1967)
Gone With The Wind (1939)
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)
Hurry Sundown (1967)
Other Notable Items
Tony Curtis
Keira Knightley
The Carrie Coon podcast episode
The Boston Stranglers book by Susan Kelly (1995)
Loretta McLaughlin
Jean Cole
David Fincher
Martin Scorsese
Alec Baldwin
Mark Wahlberg
Hal Ashby
Jack Nicholson
Otis Young
Randy Quaid
Indiana Jones
Norman Jewison
Steve McQueen
Faye Dunaway
Timothy Dalton
Pierce Brosnan
Brian De Palma
Michael Ritchie
John Frankenheimer
Richard Fleischer
James Bond
Buckminster Fuller
Robert Mitchum
Alex Rocco
The Winter Hill Gang
Paul Kelly
Michael Mann
Seymour Cassell
Ted Demme
Denis Leary
Colm Meaney
Sidney Lumet
Paul Newman
Charlotte Rampling
Ben Kingsley
Academy Awards
TFH Guru Dennis Lehane
Casey Affleck
Michelle Monaghan
The Titus Welliver podcast episode
Morgan Freeman
Ed Harris
Mark Margolis
Michael K. Williams
Ben Affleck
Kate Winslet
Mare Of Easttown miniseries (2021)
Chris Cooper
Chernobyl miniseries (2019)
William Friedkin
Peter Falk
Peter Boyle
Paul Sorvino
Gena Rowlands
Dustin Hoffman
M. Emmet Walsh
No Beast So Fierce novel by Edward Bunker (1973)
Kornél Mundruczó
Vanessa Kirby
Shia LaBeouf
Henry Fonda
Albert DeSalvo
Warren Beatty
Peter Hurkos
George Voskovec
Frederick Wiseman
The New York Film Festival
PBS
Otto Preminger
Michael Caine
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